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OSHAWA, ONTARIO, JANUARY 30, 1917
Church School Finances
It is along about this time of the year that
church school finances begin to drag and school
bourds are put to their wits’ end to find money to
meet eurrent expenses. |
~ The teachers in our elementary schools as a rule
a ‘are none too well paid and they should be paid what
is due them promptly each month.
| They ought nat
to be put to any embarrassment of having to wait un-
duly for their wages receiving their pay in uncertain
A few suggestions with reference to ways and
Lo means for raising the money to maintain a school
may be in order at this time. When an elementary
. oo achool is planned for, each member of the church
> should he personally interviewed and subscriptions
to the school fund for certain amounts a month be se-
cured. This obligation when once assumed by &
: member should be met as faithfully as the house
rent or the grocery bill. Every member of the
church should contribute doward the school fund ac-
ga cording to his ability. See Testimonies Vol. VI. p. 217.
1f this plan has not been set in operation at the
beginning of the school year or if it has been im-
perfectly carried out then the thing to do now is to
get right after it and make a thorough job of it.
Dao
It may not be a
. r particalarly pleasing task, but it is a necessary one
Co and it shoald bé taken hold of without delay so that
This responsibility rests on the school board.
| the board may know what to count on in the matter
of income. Bh ( ‘this does not bring in the necessary
oo a, otter methods must be resorted to.
~ Bookmarks may be made of silk ribbon on which
0 Lord’ 8 prayer, the ‘ten commandments or any
oo other ‘chdice matter may be printed. The Canadian
LL : Pablishing Association | has done considerable of this
sort of printing for our churches.
help of the school.
children and considerable money raised for the schoal.
Last year one of our schools was largely financed by
this method.
The sisters of the church can form a sewing cir- 0 - .
genious members of the church can often plan activi-
cle and make quilts and other articles to sell
ties that will produce an income for the school fund, oh
Some years ago in a conference where the writer
was carrying administrative responegibilities, a sister
decided to start a church school.
tuition was very small. Not to be daunted the sis-
ter went at it, giving a room in her home for the
class room and boarding the teacher herseif.
devised several plans to bring in funds.
school.
names and about $40.00 in cash was realized in thie
way. The quilt was then made up and it was a
unique affair. “Toward the close of the sthool year
it was found that the finances were in a bad WAY, 80 .
that quilt was mortgaged to a friendly doctor for
At a gathering of our people held later im
the season enough money was solicited to raise the
$40.00.
mortgage on the quilt and it was presented to the
writer who was then leaving that conference for an-
It is needless to say that Lprize the quilt . oo
Tt bad been the means of raising $86.-
00 for the cause of Christian education ‘under the .
able management of that plucky mister. mae a
other field.
very highly.
These book marks
may be painted with pleasing designs if there ia
someone in the church that possesses that kind of
talent or if some friend is willing to do it for the
These can then be sold by the
Members of the
church who were able to help were hostile to the pro. Lo
ject, and those who favored it and had children to .
send were quite poor, so the amount tealized from
She
‘One was the
making of 2 number of black and red quilt blocks to
send out to her friends and mcquaintances with the
suggestion that they work the nnmes on them of us
many as would contribute ten cents toward the
The pieces came back well decorated with: