St. Pauli is proud to run a balanced operational budget and to be able
to assist local charities as well. The congregation, however, gladly accepts
donations to two funds that enhance the service that St. Pauli provides
to its members and local community.
Memorial Fund
Monetary gifts made to this fund may be designated to honor or remember
an individual or group of individuals. Monies from this fund have, in
the past, purchased hymnals, altar pieces, a stained glass window, and
other specialty items. Memorial funds may also be donated for designated
events or charitable services.
Cemetery Fund
Care and maintenance of the St. Pauli Cemetery is funded by purchases
of plots as well as designated memorial gifts. However, the cemetery fund
is generally insufficient to meet the annual maintenance needs and monies
are often taken from congregational funds to make up the difference. For
more than one hundred years, St. Pauli has provided plots and maintenance
to its church members and their families free of charge. Therefore, St.
Pauli gratefully accepts any donations to its cemetery fund by family
descendants or people interested in preservation of historic prairie cemeteries.
You may make your tax-deductible donation to St. Pauli Lutheran Church
by mailing a check or money order payable to St. Pauli Church to:
St. Pauli Lutheran Church
Box 944
Thief River Falls, Minnesota 56701