Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-17
NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN
AND SPECIAL OFFERING
Explanation is Given of the Rela-
ton Which One Bears to
the Other.

In the April number of Trinity Parish
Annals, Rev i. NJ. kirkus, rector of
Trinity Church, in answer 10 inquiries
on the subject, gives the following ex-
planation of the relation which offerings
for Especial objects" have to Nation Wide
Campaign funds:
l. The Nationwide Campaign is in
tended To induce systematic provision
for all church work in every department,
whether Darochial, diocesan, or extra
diocesan.
2. Allotments made by the committee
on the Nation Wide Campaign are for
extra-docesan work only, by which is
meant the work of the general church,
now under the direction of the Presiding
Bishop and Council" in the three de-
partments of missions, social service
and religious education.
3. The allotment for Delaware was
s42, ,S74 year for three years Of which
amount Trinity parish assumed about
one-fourth, namely, $1,000 for Trinity
Church, and $500 for Holy Trinity {Old
Swedes, Church.
4. In order to meet this allotment n
total budget of $4,000 was adopted for
1920 i'm Trinity Church, of which il WAS
expected TO raise for the parish $4,000
Wide campaign, and the remaining $50
600 by special subscriptions, Of which
one-half should apply to work in the par
ish and diocese and the other half To the
general church work as outlined above.
s. The pledges covering the amount
promised for general church work have
not quite reached the necessary total of
$4,000 The amounts received will be
forwarded every three months to the
treasurer Of the nationwide campaign,
Lewis B. Franklin of New York. The
distribution of these contributions Is the
responsibility Of the presiding bishop and
council. who are acting under lnstruc-
tions gwen them by resolution OF the Inst
General Convention. The Sunday school
pledges for missions, and the children 5
Lenten offering are also credited on our
allotment
q. The pledges covering work in the
parish and diocese should also reach the
total of $4,000, which is additional To the
amounts raised by pew rents interest on
endowment, open-plate offerings on all
Sundays. and the special Easter Offering
which together should aggregate another
SI0,O 900 This total of S20.0 900 is needed to
meet the fixed expenses OF conducting our
work in accordance wit the budget adopt
ed by the vestry for 1920.
:. The system outlined above elimin-
ates all special offerings for the work Of
the general church and for the running ex-
penses of the parish and diocese. The one
seeming exception to this rule is not real
exception. On the first Sunday IN May
envelopes for Sunday school expenses are
substituted for the regular duplex en-
velopc. This is in accordance with GUS
tom of many years standing and the
amount contributed in this way will be
deducted from the appropriation made
through the vestrY In 1921 this special
envelope viii be omitted.
s. The new system does not eliminate
special offerings for the charities OF the
parish. nor for the work undertaken by
our various guilds and organizations. One
Sunday offering each year will still be de-
voted TO the charities connected with the
Old Swedes Church, and special contrlbu-
tions will be solicited as usual for the
kindergarten which is conducted there.
On Good Friday and Christmas Day the
offerings will be for the rector's fund for
charitable uses; on Thanksgiving Day for
the Babies Hospital; and on All Saints
Day for the work of the Altar Chapter.
The needs of other charitable objects will
be referred to the congregation as they
arise Gifts for all these objects are volun-
tary, and cannot be regulated by any
fixed system.
Nor does the system preclude the oc-
casional presentation of special objects
not provided for through the regular chan
nels, but which are entitled to our sym
pathy and support.