New Britain herald., 1915-01-15

Educational society was exceeded by , s13390, the total being s331.90. 1 The Congregational Sunday school , and Publishing society was given s176. The Ministerial Relief so- | ciety was given $110. The total ap- portionment was exceeded by $576.31, the total being $4,976.31. The sum of S1,40150 was paid out for various purposes by the treasurer , of the church. Under this head came s10O, paid to the New Britain milk station and $50 to the City Mission. The Sunday school expended S153.10 for missions. The total paid out by the missionary committee for the year was $6, 6,530.91.
 Report Of tho Pastor.
 The pastor told of the work as fol- lows:
 There is not much left for the pastor to report. The clerk gives the statistics of the church. The societies committees take full charge from the material end; and all the separate organizations of the church make full report of their work. That which Is left for the pastor is a series of inn pressons. First in regard to the pub lie services. The Go to Church Sun day made an impression on the city and also created an added interest Tn the regular services of the church. There has been a healthy increase in the membership of the church and all the societies are in active opera tion.
 The Sunday school has been well taken care of by the efficient super rtoi, hn work have been enthusiastically car ried forward A cradle roll of the children too young for membership in the regular school has been carefully organized. The senior Bible classes have shown a marked increase of in tcrest, some of these are having the largest attendance of their history. i There have been some new fea- ! lures to the years work. The Go to Church Sunday has already been mentioned. The Every Mem Der Canvass" worked a double result; it increased the resources of the church and the mission work and it also ere ated a new sense of fellowship. The Vacation school revealed that there is much that could be done for the chil- dren during the summer months. And the religious canvass of the city le- ! vealed to us the large opportunitie that are open to us to do service for individuals in the city.
 "The pastor finds that with each year he is called upon to do more in ! the community life, and large oppor- tunity is given for comm unity ser vice. The pastor has made the usual number of calls. He has given all the time he could to this work. He has officiatod at thirty-four funerals and sixteen weddings. { "A phase Of work that will not b2 reported elsewhere should be men, f toned here. It has to do with the charities of the church. Through the generosity of individuals the pastor and his assistants do much for the poor. More than forty Thanksgiving g dinners were sent out; and all through the year the pastor and his assistants do in a quiet way that which has helped much. { There is much that might be said i in regard to the hearty cooperation of the church with its pastor in the work. Some one remarked that all that MT. Maier has to do with the Bible class is to say what he would like and they see that it is done.
 
 whole church, and this hearty CO., operation has made the work of the year a pleasure and a delight. HENRY w MAYER" Receipts. The treasurers' report, showing tho church to be in good financial con- dition, was:
 Balance on hand; ' Jan. 1, 1914 ...$ O0.00 From c h u h Collections and Pledges ... 3.442.1a From Individuals
 and Special Of
 ferings ....... 301.65 Interest on Sarah
 A. Strong fund 202.00 Armenians of the
 church ...... 5000 From Sunday
 School for A. B.
 c. F. M. .. 60.10 Interest on loan to
 First Ecclesiasti-
 cal Society .... eos
 - $4,o62.57
 Disbursements. For church uses $465.S2 For church chari-
 ties . 9290 For Sunday school 349.19 Printing press for
 Sunday school 465O New Britain Milk
 Station . 10000 Boys camp .... 5000 Hartford School of
 Religious Peda-
 gOgy ....... 1000 Federal Council of
 hurc h e S of
 Christ ........ 1000