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      Early Budgets

      Budget of Christ Lutheran Church for 1918    
           
      Pastors Salary$1,200.00   
      Sexton$136.00   
      Choir, Including organist$458.32   
      Music$16.63   
      Synodical apportionment$300.00   
      Communion Wines & Wafers$10.00   
      Postage & Stationery for Financial Secretary$10.00   
      Coal Bill 1917$109.30   
      Coal Bill 1918$131.00   
      Telephone for Parsonage$30.00   
      Lights for Church$75.00   
      Printing, including Duplex Envelopes$30.00   
      Lights in front of church$26.33   
      Insurance$44.50   
      Repairs to furnace & new lights for church$179.00   
           
      Total$2,297.76   
           
      Over $200.00 of the choir fund and $76.00 for lights was raised by special collection.
           
      We estimate March 1st, balance on sugscriptions outstanding $500.00, about $100.00
      of which we do not expect to collect.    
           
      It will take about $400.00 to finish paying the above items.  This will leave a deficit on
      our apportionment of about $200.00 and will also leave not in bank of $500.00. 
           
      In addition to the above we have paid to the Armerian-Syrian Fund $212.21 

      Budget of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church 1921 - 1922

      Budget beginning May 1, 1921 ending April 30, 1922
        
      Pastor's Salary $1,800.00
      Saxton $   300.00
      Organist $   200.00
      Voices & Director $   550.00
      Music $     50.00
      Synodical Apportionmnet $   800.00
      Postage & Stationery $     25.00
      Fuel $   170.00
      Telephone $     30.00
      Lights $   100.00
      Printing & Duplex Envelopes $     50.00
      Maintenance & Insurance $   500.00
        
      Total $4,575.00

      Budget for Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church
      January 1, 1927 - December 31, 1927 
        
      Pastor's Salary $1,800.00
      Synodical Apportionment $1,167.00
      Organist $   300.00
      Choir $   450.00
      Music $     50.00
      Postage and Stationery $     25.00
      Fuel $   250.00
      Lights $   100.00
      Telephone and Parsonage $     30.00
      Printing and Duplex Envelopes $     50.00
      Insurance $   150.00
      Teacher of Bible in Schools $   120.00
      Improvement fund $   500.00
      Saxton $   300.00
      Emergency $   400.00
        
      Total $5,692.00

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      The early budgets of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church were simple but fulfilled the needs of the church.  In the early 1900's the church had a paid choir.  Choir members received a salary of about $6.00 per month.


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