Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), July 16, 1988, p. 9

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HALTONHILLSOUTLOOICSaUtnUy Jaly IMSPage SAINTS AND SINNERS George Give all clerics equal pay The Lutheran pastors In Australia are not poor Salaries are about on a par with the average Lutheran pas tor salary in the United States But the Austallan system discourage Initiative and incentive No said the task force member That is a low and inaccuarate view mankind If one Is a Christian ones commitment is one incentive Rainbows Rainbows occur the Second Kids World Almanac explains when sun light passes through raindrops bend the light rays to form bands of col or The most brightly colored rainbows occur when the raindrops arc large A rainbow can only be seen when your back Is to the sun According to the World Almanac of Presidential facts Andrew John son the 17th of the United States was the only chief executive to have no formal lion He had been apprenticed to be a tailor at the age of 14 but he ran away to open his own shop By George We can assume I suppose that Jimmy and Jim go for the Idea How about Robert Schullcr Or Billy Graham Or Re Humbard who once told me he needed a luxurious house because he entertained many famous people Row about your pastor Would he subscribe to the plan There is a underway in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America million members to equalize the pay of all clergymen in the denomination If the Lutherans approve will other nominal ions follow suit If they were to we might be faced with a situation in the Reformed Church for example where Schullcr would not only be getting the same pay as every other Reformed Church pastor but less perhaps than an asso ciate pastor in rural Iowa who has two children In school Could such a thing come to In A us train ill Lutheran pastors receive the same base pay The only difference comes in an increment a minister gets for each child In his It means that the senior pastor of a large suburban congregation gets the same salary as the pastor of a small rural parish or as the assistant minis tcr in his own parish It means that the president of the Lutheran Church In Australia a capitalist country like ours gets ex actly the same salary as the seminary graduate In his parish As a matter of fact il the young seminary graduate has a school age child he gets a higher salary than the denomination president whose dren may be grown I this create a lot of faction Thats the surprising thing a member of a Lutheran task force which has been studying the Australian plan The level of content among the clergy in Australia is higher than it Is in the United Slates There the there In the pressure to prove he savs The pastors in Australia look upon the salary system as a witness in the same way they look upon their faith as a witness In this case it is their affirmation of what a salary should be for everyone an adequate living By says this task force member in United Slates has been influenced by a cultural value system in which the purpose of a salary is more than just to provide a livelihood Here salary Is lied In with selfesteem and self worth Our system could perhaps be de fended he says If it produced con tcntment and satisfaction But what he has found is that the system in the United Slates where salary bears the symbol of status and worth has fostered discontent even when salaries arc Increased ASTROGRAPH Bernice Osol General con Ions In I ha year ahead look like will be easier than they have been for past several Capitalize on these developments to advance your interests LEO July Aug Your judgment of others may not be up to par today and there is a possibility you will assign a I tributes to a thai she t deserve Major changes are ahead for Leo In coming year Send for your AstroGraph prod Id Ions today Mall to AstroGraph this news paper PO Box Cleveland OH Bo sure to state your ac Aug 238pt Someone whose friendship you may do today that savor el dlsap points you Tho bo lessened LIBRA Sept 23Ocl You tend to bo a bit flirtations today and might wittingly flash some hi I ho 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