The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-11-13
REV. EARLE JEWELL
Will LEAVE CITY
Resigned RectOrship of Good
Samaritan Episcopal
Church Wednesday
RED WING WANTS HIM
In Two Years He Has Revital-
lied Congregation and
Doubled Membership

rev. Earle B. Jewell, rector OF
the Good Samaritan Episcopal
Church, of this city, rendered his
resignation to his Vestry at a
meeting held Wednesday noon. The
board will take final action today,
but it is expected that his resigna-
ton will be accepted.
This brilliant young Divine
came to this city Oct 1, 1928. The
Good Samaritan Church had been
without a rector for some time
but it did not take long for Rev.
Jewell to revitilaze the congrega-
ton. He has doubled the member
ship of the church. The membership
of the church school has also been
doubled; the congregation has been
put on a budget system and at the
end of the year all obligations are
paid. A new lighting system. has
been installed in the church; new
! flooring has been laid, the church
painted inside and out, and the
rectory altered and repaired.
AS a pulpit orator Rev. Jewell
has but few equals in the North
west. During his pastorate he has
received II calls to go elsewhere,
among them being the arch dea-
conship of the Diocese of Mime
sofa. Every call has been more
insistent with alluring increases in
salary and promotion in his pro-
fession.
Rev. and Mrs. Jewell have been
so happy in their connections in
this city that deaf ear has been
tourned to calls to go elsewhere.
However, he has received a call to
the Christ Church, Red Wing.
This is the sixth largest Episcopal
| church in Minnesota. There are
| 512 communicates. The church
! comfortably seats five hundred peo-
pie. It occupies full block of
ground in the very heart of Red
Wing. Adjacent to the church is
Chapel, and nearby is large and
well equipped parish house. The
Rectory, three blocks from the
church is modern in every detail
Christ Church will celebrate the
18th anniversary of it's existence
Monday evening" During this long
period of time there have been
only seven rectors. Christ Church
was the Mother Church for Lake
City, Rochester, Wabasha and 9TH
er Minnesota cities.
At this writing Rev. Jewell also
is considering call from church
in st. Louis with a membership Of
between 700 and 300 communicates
with constituent list of 1,5OO. This
church has an extensive building
program ahead which includes a.
new church, new chapel, parish
house and rectory.
! The st. Louis call carries with it
even more salary than the Red
Wing call. Rev. Jewell is a Min
nesota man, Red Wing is near the
home of his mother. His associ-
ates are in this estate. He is wait
ing to get the details of the st.
Louis situation before he makes a
final decision.
During the two years that Rev.
Jewell and his estimable wife have
been residents of this city they
have been most desirable residents
and have made many friends. Rev.
Jewell has been active in commun-
II ity affairs, serving as chaplain of
Robert Swift Post, American Le-
gion, and District Boy Scout Com
missioner.
The Herald editor has played a
lot Of golf with Rev. Jewell. A golf
course is one of the finest places
in the world to find out the real
character of man. AS man and
a friend he passes muster.
The entire community rejoice
with Rev. Jewell in his deserved
promotion, but it will be with great
reluctance that we will see him go
elsewhere.
In any event Rev. Jewell will
carry on his work in this city un-
til after Christmas, and will take
up his work in his new location
about the first of the new year.