The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-05-04
PASTORS ARE PRINTERS, TOO
Two of Those Present Have Printing
Establishments in Church Base
ments Where They Issue
Publications.

+. Raising money for benevolence is a
s job and ought not to be foisted
off on to the Sunday school, the Wo
man IS missionary society, the Ladies
Aid society or other similar organize
lions, was sentiment expressed in the
! business meeting held this morning by
the Wisconsin Conference of the Eng.
lish Lutheran Synod of the Northwest
i in convention in Grace Lutheran
| church, Prairie aveue.
The conference opened Tuesday night
with general meeting, holy commun
ion, preparatory service, confession and
absolution, followed with a sermon by
the Rev. John F. Feeders of Racine.
The principal speaker announced for
this mornings session, the Rev. G. A.
Naumann of Milwaukee, was unable to
be present so that the session was de.
voted to business.
As to raising money for benevolence
a general discussion of the subject re.
suited in a resolution being adopted
carrying with it recommendation to
the Synod Of the Northwest that there.
after all benevolence offerings be made
in monthly installments instead of an.
nually as in the past has been allowable
under the constitution and bylaws
Many of the pastors present said their
churches had found the monthly install
ment plan satisfactory when it had been
given trial in their Individual churches
| Another complication that took much
Of the time of the conference was the
case of the Rev. E. G. Fink of Waterloo
who has also conducted services in Che
! struggling church in Marshall. The
Marshall congregation has lately erect.
ed church edifice but it feels that
it cannot support a minister Of its own
without outside assistance of some sort
In it's extremity it called upon the Rev
W. Fink to help it out. Mr.. Fink com
piled for some time but his Waterloo
congregation object, to his continuing
the service. The matter was rought to
the conference for decision.
After considerable discussion a mo-
tion was made for the appointment of
committee to investigate the matter
and recommend to the conference a
course of action in regard to allowing
or not allowing Mr.. Fink to discontinue
his services in Marshall. The motion
passed and the presiding officer, the
Rev. G. K. Rubrecht of Epiphany, Mil
waukee, appointed committee com
posed Of two clericals, the Revs. HI. K.
Gebhart and J. J. S. Rumbarger, La
Crosse, and two laiety, John o. diversion
and Charles Draeger, Racine. The Rev.
John F. Feeder, of Racine, is the Sec
rotary of the conference.
Some of the pastors believe in the
adage "every man his own printer
The Rev. J. J. S. Rumbarger of La
| Crosse and the Rev. F. R Weber of
Platteville, have both declared their
independence of job houses and have
established printing Offices in their
church Easements where they dabble
in the printers ink, setting up and
printing their own church newspapers,
programs of meetings, posters, dodgers,
invitations, parish stationery. and
! the like.
"It's recreation, not work. one Of
the reverend gentlemen remarked. Two
portfolios Of church printing were ex-
hibited, showing many kinds of work
from the literature used in running a
church "white elephant campaign" to
the daintiest of Easter cards embellish-
| ed with churchly notices, financial re-
ports, programs for ladies aid socie-
ties and rosters.
This conference has not yet followed
the example of various others in send
ing a protest to the President and
Congress protesting against armament
and preparedness, but one of the Of
fcers of the conference said it was not
at all unlikely that some such resolu-
ton might be introduced before the
adjournment of the body tomorrow
/ afternoon.
Tnight's session will include adj
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