1990-1993

1990

A new artificial Christmas tree was donated to replace the old one.

Nursery attendants were no longer paid per lack of use of the facility.

The 145th Anniversary fund reached $12,000. Rev. Wallace Schulz (Vicar Schulz brother and associate speaker for the Lutheran Hour) was the guest speaker for the 146th Anniversary celebration. A goal of $5,000 for the Lutheran Hour was easily exceeded.

We said goodbye to Vicar Schulz and hellow to Vicar Wayne Palmer.

Helen Porter was honored for her 20 years of service as our head organist.

For the first time in memory, the annual Sunday School Picnic was canceled due to heavy rains. The rescheduled picnic was also canceled due to rain.

The church was burglarized. We lost a microwave oven and a coffee pot.

Engineering consultants from Columbus revealed it would cost between $80,000 and $100,000 to install air conditioning in the church.

We resolved not to participage any longer with St. John's and St. Luke's in a joint Reformation Service.

1991

Our member, Fritz Frueh, worked on the new Muskingum County Library and informed the church council that three heating boilers, two years old, were available (95% efficient). Since our boiler was 35 years old and operated at approximately 60% efficiency, we decided to use the funds from the Paul Terry and Henry Rohrman estates to accept the the three boilers and purchased an additional boiler as well. The new boilers were installed and adjustments made to the system for $25,000.

We hosted the St. Louis Seminary Chorus, which sag at both services in exchange for a meal and door offering.

The American Red Cross was permitted to use the parish hall once a month for collecting blood.

Mission Sunday was celebrated with our missionary from Togo, Rev. David Maffett. He was our guest speaker and we raised $4,000 that day. We also promised to support him with an additional $1,500 per year for the next three years.

We collected over $4,000 to be given to the "Bibles for Russia" drive.

The Women's Group, an evening Bible study, was formed.

We said goodbye to Vicar Wayne Palmer and said hello to Vicar Christopher Atwell.

1992

We were still experiencing problems getting heat on a consistent basis, so we ordered a ne part fourth boiler. Ceiling fans were installed in an attempt to movie air within the church. An additional $3,915 was approved to correct heating problems which had existed in the hating system since it was installed in 1956. A gas consumption report indicated that our new boilers resulted in a 15-25% reduction in gas usage over the past year.

Outside lights to illuminate the front of the church were installed by the rotary club.

Plans for our 150th Anniverary were made with Lloyd Barnes as chairman.

A quotation for air conditioning the church was $85,680. After extended discussion, a secret ballot defeated the motion. Six voted in favor while 33 voted against.

Since there was difficulty finding enough people to work the Ladies Aid Pork Supper, The Fellowship Club assisted in the cooking of the meal.

Christopher Atwell left and Tim Gaffney arrived. We discontinued our arrangement with Vicar Gaffney after six weeks and applied for a new vicar. In December we welcomed Vicar Anthony Cloose.

The words to 32 additional hymns were added to the back of our hymnals

1993

The 150th Anniversary Committee announced the plans for our 1994 anniversary year.

We hosted a musical team from "Jews for Jesus."

Minutes of the Voters Assembly and church council meetings from 1939-1990 were bound.