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“AND YE'SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE.”—John viii. 32.
VOL. LIII.
CHARLOTTE, N. C., THUR.S DAY, MARCH 12, 1931.
NO. 11.
THE CHURCH BUDGET
I?y Rev. H. Wilson
(Paper read at the Presbyterian Workers’ Conference)
Dr. Gaston, Members of the
Workers’ Conference, , and
Friends:
The subject of “Church Budg
et” is next in importance only
to evangelism. Excepting win
ning the soul to Christ there is
nothing that has more to do
with the building of Christian
character and the forming of
proper ideals than a right view
of the Church budget.
To get the right view of the
Church budget there are a few
essential questions one should
understand thoroughly and set
tle for himself by the light of
the Scriptures.
I. Why the Budget?
The budget is necessary for
the chui’ch for the same reason
that it is necessary in any well
ordered business establishment
or well ordered home. The fi
nancial problems are insistent
in thb church as in any other
enterprise—perhaps even more
perplexing, (jhurch finance must
be faced and dealt with either
.successfully or unsuccessfully.
1. The budget, then, is ne
cessary because it is the only
businesslike method of dealing
with Church finances. There is
an old idea among busine.ss
men unfavorable to the church
because they were forced to ad
mit that it was a very difficult
task to collect a church debt.
“Not slothful in businees” is
enjoined on the church with as
much emphasis as being "lej-
vent in spirit serving the Lord.”
2. ' A well planned budget
presents to the njernb.ers ejefi-.
nite objectives. When the people
know what they are working to
they work with much more en
thusiasm. There is more co-op
eration and consequently better
results.
3. It doe.s away with the
guess-work manner of estimat
ing and collecting moneys. This
haphazard, guess-work manner
is responsible for much of the
trouble experienced in church
work in the past, which a faith
ful, well worked-out budget
system will entirely eliminate
or reduce to a minimum.
II. What Should Be Included in
the Budget?
The next question that is
likely to come to the inquiring-
mind is: What should be in
cluded in the budget ? The budg
et of the progressive church
includes every item of expense
calculated to be met during the
ensuing year, with a reasonable
allowance margin for incidental
dem:i-ids not possible to defi^
nitely arrange for in the b'udg-
et. These items may differ
slightly in difl'erent churches,
but for the most of the church
es in our group the budget as a
whole could be worked out un
der the following heads: 1. Sal
aries. 2. Upkeep or Mainte
nance. 3. Operating expenses.
4. Benevolences. 5. General As
sembly. 6. Miscellaneous.
Under the head of salaries
would come the pastor, janitor,
the organist and the financial
secretary The last named sal
ary worker is seldom found in
our churches, yet I am strongly
of the opinion that where a fi
nancial secretary is paid for a
few hours’ work each month in
checking envelopes and record
ing receipts and disbursemnets
the results will more than pay
the cost. Under the head of up
keep we would place the fuel,
light, water, insurance, install
ments, interests. Pension Plan
payments. Operating expense
would include: church envel
opes, printing, postage, adver
tising, evangelistic services. Be
nevolences would include the es
timated local benevolences and
the adopted benevolence quota
as handed down by the Presby
tery. The General Assembly’s
budget is understood. Any oth
er expenses would come under
the head of miscellaneous. I
III. Arranging the Budget
There are three different
methods being practiced in ar
ranging the items in the budg
et. Each arrangement is made
with respect to the intended
method of collecting. The single
budget system is used by those
churches that combine all itertis
of expense under one head.
They use the single envelojie
for collecting and the officers
apportion the. funds out as th(iy
think best. Then there is, the
two budget system. In this sys
tem there is. a budget that - ih-
cludes all local expenses and;a
separate budget for missioijis
and benevolences. The method
of collecting is the duplex or
double envelope system. The
members pay their benevolent
pledges in the red-print popkfct
and their local pledge in the
black-print pocket. In some
churches the blackprint pocket
collection goes to pastor’s sal
ary and the basket or loose col
lection goes for other expenses.
The thii'd is the three budget
system where; there is a separ
ate budget for pastor’s salarjr,
a second budget for other local
expenses and a third for benev
olences. MembersCare asked to
subscribe to each of the three
budgets and a three-pocket en
velope is used for collection.
Either one of the three metli-
ods is better than ±he guess
work, unbusinesslike, method
formerly used in most’ of oijr
churthes, but the second meth
od where the budget is diyidsd
into twa:najts aii4-*QlIecteii ;by
the double envelope system is
the simplest and is being useid
by most of the progressive
churches.
IV. Who Should Prepare the
Budget?
With this systematic arrange
ment of the budget the next
question which naturally comes
is, who will prepare the budgeti?
iV. ABRAHAM
KENDRICK
taken in the selection of the
persons who are to go out and
canvas. None but the most loyal
and faithful should...be entru.st-
ed with so great a r'esponsibd-
ity. A prayer and consecration
service for canvassers, a mag- Rev. Abraham Kendrick,
nifying-of the solemn signiifi-Mizpah Presbyterian
cance of the responsibility of ‘^nurch. South Boston, Va.,
the canvassers should help i to the great beyond on
spiritually in preparing the i Eebruary 23, 1931, at
church for giving,.pledges. ■ 'I home, 316
Finally, let us remember that i
organizing and 'arranging the .j'u nmAh’ ’
tnnr'Vn'uov.i>..rvioaT,..- -nAfv,,-v,^ ^on October 11, 187r>. He
machinery- means nothing until
it be charged with power from
on high. For truly Jesus said,
“Without me,ye - can do noth
ing,” Through the divine -power
working in us we are enabled lo
show men that subscribing to
the church budget is an ex
pression of love for Him who
gave His life for us. Thmu.g’n jt
we help i’- carrying the gospel
message to the millions in ig-.
norance in other lands. Ws. an
swer the cry of the poor add
needy, assist in the building of
churches, schools, . hospitals;
support and ..encourage those!work and servqd
ministering servants whos
lives are devoted entirely to the
saving of souls.
HARRISON INSTITUTE
NEWS .
was 56 years of age. Rev. Ken
drick spent his early years in
Brisotl, Tenn., where he attend
ed public, school. At 17 he en-
rtered Hampton Institute, Hamp
ton, Va., from which school he
graduated in 1899. He then ma
triculated in Lincoln Universi
ty and completed both the col
lege and theological courses.
He was ordained to the gos
pel ministi-y in 1909, and took
charge of Mizpah church in
that same year. For 21 years he
was the beloved pastor. He was
Of course, it is impossible for
the pastor to stay out of this
part of the work completely but
we think it would be a mistakb
for him to arrange the budget
even though his official scalf is
more or less incompetent. It
would not be best for the Dea
con Board to arrange it al
though the Session may ap
prove of their recommendation.
Because of the great impor
tance of the budget, because it
must reach the people as an ac
curate review of their financial
obligation, the budget commit
tee must report its findings to
the entire official board—El
ders. Deacons and Trustees.
They should go over it and ap
prove it before it goes' before
the people.
V. Raising the Bud.get
The grand finale in this drama
of finance is raising the budg
et.
A budget planned reflects
spiritual awakening.
A budget adopted reflects
hope and determination.
A budget raised increases
The students are hard at
work in the. afternoon on the
new base ball, field, trying to
get it in .shape for the season.
This large tract of land has
just been,.given to the students
by the President. The work, is
under the supervision of Prof.
Roy ,:Cunningham.
Dr- and - Mrs-. J. M. Gaston
spent a -few hours on the cam
pus a few da,ys ago. Dr. Gaston
made a strong address before
the .faculty and student body.
This address .will long be re
membered .'by all,,
He left Harhison -with a fine im-
presssion of our new President.
We hope Dr. and Mrs. Gaston
will soon come again.
President and Mrs. J, G. Por
ter, Prof, and Mrs. R. W. Boul-
ware and son Ralph, Rev. and
Mrs. D. T. Murray, and Prof. J.
M. Jones attended the. Workers’
Conference in Charlotte last
month.
The Zone, meeting of McClel
land Presbytery was held at
Harbison, February 17th. This
meeting was a -success. Mrs.
M. M. Jones, President of At
lantic Synodical, introduced
Miss El'anore Ewing, Secretary
of the Southern District of the
work of- w omen of the Board
of National Missions. Miss
Ewdng in her usual w'ay made
a fine address and we. know that
this district will be helped b-e-
cause of her visit. President
Porter, Chairman of the dis
trict, made a strong appeal to
the churches represented to
raise their, full benevolence
quotas in ..spite of the. financial
depression..
Dr. -J.. D. Martin, President
,of Brainevd Institute, made a
helpful talk. We also had with
us Mrs.-J—D... Martin, Dr. I. P.
Pogue, of, Sumter, S. C., Mrs.
Hannah Smith and Mrs. Irene
Eichelberger, of Newberry, S.
C.
-The Harbison Quartette gave
a concert in, Newberry last Fri
faithfully. He w^as always will
ing -to give the best he had
'for the advancement of human
ity. He was unassuming, yet
scholarly, dignified and an ear-
'.lest preacher of the gospel. He
was a useful and dependable
Presbyter. He not only served
the Mizpah church, but organ-
Charlotte C. H., Va.; Dr. M. !
C. Rux, Keysville, Va.; Rev.
Wm. Stitt. Nottoway, Va.; Dr.
and Mrs. G. C. Shaw, Oxford,
N. C.; Rev. A. A. Hector, Rich
mond, Va.; Rev. W. H. Shep-per-
son, Jetersville, Va.; Mrs. Lily
Crawford, Mocksville, N. C. .
Other ministers from :South
Boston were as follows: Rev. -L.
E. Coleman. Rev. S. E.-Ragland,
Rev P. C. Banks, Dr. D. L. Mil
ler, Rev. Henry Woods, Rev. S.
L. "Young, Rev. Carr.
Mr. Royal Briggs, the popu
lar new undertaker, had charge
of the remains. Much praise
was given to him for his man
agement. Interment was niiule
in the South-Boston new cem
etery.
BARBER-SCOTIA news
PINE STREET CHEKCH,
DURHAM
By Mrs. A. C. Baker
The Pine -Street church Mis
sionary' Society held its last
meeting with Mrs,’Lzizie'Ever
ett on Carr Street,-.Monday eve
ning, FebiMary 22, at which
time the election of officers took
place. With one exception the
officers' were re-elected. Mrs.
Annie C. - Alston, resigned as
Treasurer and Mrs. T. D. Par
ham was elected ’ to that posi
tion. -
The Society has been frequent
Eed, and was the honored pas^My called upon during the winter
tor of Love’s Presbyterian
church, near Paces, Va., for 12
years. Rev. Kendrick also en
gaged in school work, and
through his Uadership him.-
dreds of boys and girls have
been inspired and sent forth to
f)ursue their educational ca-
teers.
faith and inspires self-respect. ; day night, February 27. The
Raising the budget seems_ to ; along wRh Mra- R-
be a bigger task than preparing ‘
it, but where it is taken up in
the right way there is every
reason why we should not fail.
The Every-Member Plan as
outlined by the General Coun
cil’s Committee on Program and
Field Activities is so far the
best method for raising funds.
It is not failure proof but wher
ever faithfully carried out im
provement in financial condi
tions can easily be seen.
A successful canvas for sub
scriptions requires that the
people be instructed by ser- |
mons. Stewardship Study |
W. Boulware- and Miss Jennie
Young, made a fine impression.
This-'Concert was for Calvary
Presbyterian church,- ,of which
Rev. D. Talmage Murray is
pastor.
The Parochial School gave a
concei't last Friday evening,
February 27, in the College
Chapel. The training of the
boys and girls showed a re
markable degree of hard work
accomplislied by the well
trained teachers.
Dr. A. B. McCoy, Sabbath
School Missionary, addressed
the faculty and student body
=es. Micron Study crasses : Monday morning February 23.
and the printed material which | during the chapel hour._H_ _
comes to all of us almost too , gamzed a ^ group
often.
It IS important that care b.e
of Sabbath
school workers for the summer.
REPORTER.
On September 30, 1909, Rev.
Kendt'ick was married to Miss
Mamie ^ott, of Charlotte. He
i^s a devoted and loving hus-
sSJFtrfl’g-Wa'g’klnd, sympathet
ic find patient.
Rev. K-endrick exerted a tre
mendous influence for good in
his community. He was ad
mired, respected and loved by
all.
The funeral service was con
ducted from the First Baptist
church of South Boston on
Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock
in the presence of a very large
concourse of people. The Rev.
G. P. Watkins, D. D., of Mar
tinsville, Va., had charge of the
services. The Rev. C. J. Baker,
D. D., of Danville, Va., read the
Scriptures; the Rev. L. B.
West, D. D., of Charlotte,
prayed. The Rev. L. M. Onque,
of Mocksville, a life-long friend
of the deceased, delivered a fit
ting eulogy.
Several ministers of the
Southern Ifirginia (Presbytery
were present and spoke, as well
as several local ministers, all
paying tribute to this noble
man of God.
The active pall bearers were
furnished by the Masonic or
ganization, and the honorary
pall bearer H were the ministers
of Southern Virginia Presbyte
ry and the Synod of Catawb-i
and elders of his chi'.rch.
The florai designs were mauv
and beautiful. The casket, a
beautiful graj' metallic, was
entirely covered with flowers
and about 24 flower girls of the
school he served so well carried
the rest.
He leaves to mourn his loss a
wife, Mrs. M. L. Kendrick; a
sister, Mrs. E. Young; a niece,
Mrs. Kathleen Benin, both of
Charleston, W. Va.; a sister
and brother-in-law. Reverend
and Mrs. J J. Shepperson, of
Bristol, Tenn ; a cousin, Mr.
John L. Neal, of Charlotte, N.
C., and a cousin. Dr. I. H. Rus
sell, of Durham, N. C.
Solos were rendered by Mrs.
James Mason and Mr. James
Ford.
Out-of-town visitors to the
funeral were as follows:
Dr. L. J. Melton, Dr. L. B.
West and Rev. Mayberry, all of
Charlotte, N. C.; Dr. G. P. Wat
kins, Martinsville, Va.; Rev.
W. M. Fovdkes, Leaksville, N.
C.; Dr. J. Murray Jeffress,
to help those in need and has
responded to the extent of its
ability; also the church has
helped largely in coni,/ibuting
money foi .food and clothing.
The Missionary Soiciety gave
S25 to the Pension Fund of the
church,
.Mrs. L, Everett was elected
delegate to reoresent the Mis
sionary Soc’.etv at th^ Woman’s
Presbytenai wmch -i^eets in
Af 1 M -A t* H s oQ'li ’
is-atjha
Our pastor. Dr. Avant. in
spite ot il! healtn. ts preaching
good sermons everv Sun(i.i,y,
The Sunday senoo. 0Dser,ed
Lincoln Da/ at i.nc Sunday
school hour, February 8. Mrs.
Avant had charge of the pro
gram which was splendidly car
ried out and the neat sum of §6
was realized and sent to the
Board.
The Young People’s League
is having some real interesting
meetings with Mr. T. S. Bennett
as its President. If,the young
women that are employed as
teachers and clerks here in
-Miss M,‘,iry Elizabeth Moore,
founder and principal of Farm
Life Instil vite, Hiddenite, North
Carolina, was a guest at Bar-
ber-Scotia College, Friday
night, remaining until Saturday
evening. Miss Moore gave us a
very interesting talk in chapel
on her institution, how it is
progressing, its needs, and what
it is accomplishing. This school
is located in the mountains
North of Statesville, and Miss
Moore is making a great effort
to help those pooi- mountain
boys and girls. The teachers
and students here contributed
money and clothing for her and
the institution.
Miss Flora Lee Orr, who has
bee quarantined for diphtheria
for- the I'-a.^t three weeks, is
back at school again this v’’efek.
On March 10 we had the
privilege of having the Rev. I.
Harding- Hiig-hes, pastor of the
All Saints Ei)iscoj)al Church,
Concord, with us for our chapel
seik’ices. He gave a very inter
esting talk on “Reverence.”
On the fifth Sunday in March
the Y. W. C, A. will give a mu
sical program in the chapel of
the college. Visitors from all
neighboring schools are invit
ed.
MEETING OF CAPE FEAR
YOUNG PEOPLES LEAGUE
The Young People’s League
of the first and second districts
of Cape Fear Presbytery held
its first quarterly meeting, Sat
urday, February 28, 1931, at
Calvary church, Wilson, N. C.
The meeting opened with song-
service, the President presid
ing. After the song service the
League was asked te go in 'he
rear of the church. There reci'e-
atio|!-Iwf,ir -wbs. held,. Under Jthe
leadership of Rev. 'Shirley tha
League entered whole-hearted
ly into this period, participating
in games, yelling and singing
songs. After this the League
went back into the church.
The discussion period wa.s
next. The main topic for dis
cussion was: “"VVhere Does
Christianity Apply?” Sub
questions under this were: 1.
How “different” or how “good”
must a person be in order to
be considered a Christian?
2. What is Religion? What
Does it Do for a Person ?
Will the Religion of Jesus
Durham that belong to various I Really Work Today ?
Presbyterian churches would i 4, m’hat Part of Our Dai-
attend oui" League, Sunday I [y Lives Must Christianity
school and ' church' services Show Itself?
what a help they would be in
helping others and themselves,
too; but no amount of persuad
ing and visiting seems to have
any effect on these well pre
pared Presbyterian young wo
men. We can count on help or
':he presence of only three,
namely. Miss Thelma Gray, of
Missouri; Miss Theresa Clag-
gett, of New York, and Miss
Dorcas Lay, of North Carolina.
A program will be rendered
at the church Sunday evening
in a popular meeting. Mrs. De
Anna Hayswood will preside.
The Missionary Society meets
Monday evening, March 9, at
the manse with MrL Avant.
Mrs. Laura Stitt’s husband
has returned to her home on
Dunbar Street after undegoing
a major operation at Duke Hos
pital.
Miss Eva Patterson was oper
ated on at Lincoln Hospital last
week for appendicitis.
After undergoing a very se
rious operation at Lincoln Hos
pital Mrs. M. Tapp'-Mays is re-
cuperatinr at her home on Hill
side A've'.' These three ladies
are members of Pine St. church
and of the same Sunday school.
NOTICE
The Presbytery of Fairfield
will convene , with the Second
Presbyterian church of Camden.
March 25th, 1931, at 8 o’clock
P. M. All Sessional Records are
required. ’
M. I. JACKSON, S. C.
Members of the League
brought out very beneficial
points on these questions.
When the League reached the
point where the questions were
too hard for them to solve Rev.
McFadden and Rev. Bryan
cleared the path for them.
After the discussion the fol
lowing items of business were
disposed of:
1. The report of the Secre
tary.
2. The next place of meting;
Davie Street Presbyterian
church, Raleigh.
3. The League voted to pro
vide prizes for the Presbyteri.il
Stewardship contest.
A very mipressive worshqi
service was held and then the
offering wa'; taken, and the ben
ediction pronounced.
Aft-ar the meeting the mem-
'oership of the League were in
vited to vavous homes fir din
ner. Each one enjoyed this very
much.
The members of the I '-'ague
departed tor their various
homes with a determination to
do better work, having ver-ei\'e-;l
much inspiration from tlie
meeting.
MR. JOSEPH HASKINS, Pi-'e.s-
ident.
MISS BERTHA ARRINGTON.
Secretary.
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I.et us leave the broken ci.s-
terns and drink of the Eternal
Waters.