Early Budgets
| Budget of Christ Lutheran Church for 1918 | ||||
| Pastors Salary | $1,200.00 | |||
| Sexton | $136.00 | |||
| Choir, Including organist | $458.32 | |||
| Music | $16.63 | |||
| Synodical apportionment | $300.00 | |||
| Communion Wines & Wafers | $10.00 | |||
| Postage & Stationery for Financial Secretary | $10.00 | |||
| Coal Bill 1917 | $109.30 | |||
| Coal Bill 1918 | $131.00 | |||
| Telephone for Parsonage | $30.00 | |||
| Lights for Church | $75.00 | |||
| Printing, including Duplex Envelopes | $30.00 | |||
| Lights in front of church | $26.33 | |||
| Insurance | $44.50 | |||
| Repairs to furnace & new lights for church | $179.00 | |||
| Total | $2,297.76 | |||
| Over $200.00 of the choir fund and $76.00 for lights was raised by special collection. | ||||
| We estimate March 1st, balance on sugscriptions outstanding $500.00, about $100.00 | ||||
| of which we do not expect to collect. | ||||
| It will take about $400.00 to finish paying the above items. This will leave a deficit on | ||||
| our apportionment of about $200.00 and will also leave not in bank of $500.00. | ||||
| In addition to the above we have paid to the Armerian-Syrian Fund $212.21 | ||||
| Budget beginning May 1, 1921 ending April 30, 1922 | |
| Pastor's Salary | $1,800.00 |
| Saxton | $ 300.00 |
| Organist | $ 200.00 |
| Voices & Director | $ 550.00 |
| Music | $ 50.00 |
| Synodical Apportionmnet | $ 800.00 |
| Postage & Stationery | $ 25.00 |
| Fuel | $ 170.00 |
| Telephone | $ 30.00 |
| Lights | $ 100.00 |
| Printing & Duplex Envelopes | $ 50.00 |
| Maintenance & Insurance | $ 500.00 |
| Total | $4,575.00 |
| Budget for Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church | |
| January 1, 1927 - December 31, 1927 | |
| Pastor's Salary | $1,800.00 |
| Synodical Apportionment | $1,167.00 |
| Organist | $ 300.00 |
| Choir | $ 450.00 |
| Music | $ 50.00 |
| Postage and Stationery | $ 25.00 |
| Fuel | $ 250.00 |
| Lights | $ 100.00 |
| Telephone and Parsonage | $ 30.00 |
| Printing and Duplex Envelopes | $ 50.00 |
| Insurance | $ 150.00 |
| Teacher of Bible in Schools | $ 120.00 |
| Improvement fund | $ 500.00 |
| Saxton | $ 300.00 |
| Emergency | $ 400.00 |
| Total | $5,692.00 |
The early budgets of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church were simple but fulfilled the needs of the church. In the early 1900's the church had a paid choir. Choir members received a salary of about $6.00 per month.