Center Church annual manuals: 1870 and 1871 · scan page 97

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however, that while the main direction
will be with the yomiLrcr
por-
tion, no member of the church should withliold liis ro-np<
!ati( n.
The
i
association
should
incur no
debtss. but
provision
sho'iid
be mnde
in
j
advance
for
all
its
pecuniary
iieeds.
The
orp::i? ization need
not
b(^
i
complex.
Perhas no ofhcers will be needed but a Secretary
;in<^ TrcMS-
\
urer.
Let the whole nssoci.ition be divided up into committees cliarired
}
with special fields of labor, and the work may
at
once
beg-in.
The
j
chairmen
of the
respective
committees, with
the
Secretory
a.nd
the
j
Treasurer, mav constitute an executive commiiteo
to whom tlie wliclo
\
i
management
of
the
association may
l^e
entrusteJ.
One
commiitee
j
might have charge of the
work
to be
done
in our
congregaticm, ihe
i
Sabbath school and Bible classes.
A second of tract
distrii)Ution and
j
its kindred work.
And
ntill
another
of mission
enterprises.
The^e
;
committees may
bo
subdivided
if
it
shall
be
found
advantageous,
i
Your comndttee suppose that S'2000 can
be judiciously and
ns< fuiiy
\
expended this year in such work, but wlien the proposed organizadoa
;
is effected and their work
laid
out
in
detail, the
several committees
!
should lay their plans and
estimates
before
the church and
receive
;
contributions and pledges of money,
th.it there may be no embarrass-
j
ment frotn want
of means
or
from
inde'otedncss.
Frequent
reporis
:
should be made to the church of
tlie progress of the work undert. ken.
;
that the whole church shall
be
made
acquainted
with what
is
o.one
i
and led to take an
interest
in
it.
As
the
object
of the
assoc ation
,
will be to perform work auxiliary and
supplementary
to
that
of the
i
pastor, we
pro[)OSw
that
it be
called
" The
Pastor's Aid
Society
<
i
i
the First Church."
If
it
is formed
and
carried
on
with the
simple
\
desire of doing good,
in the spirit of devotion to the service of
(
hrist.
]
it will be of great benefit to our church and to our city.
|
The
report was accepted and an adjournment made to .Monday
:
evening Feb.
7, when
it was understood that such an org^anization
would be formed as would give practical effect to the report of the
Committee.
j
At
this adjourned meeting (Feb.
7,) some
discussion
was
fiad
I
which indicated a general conviction that the formation of an assu-
j
ciation contemplated in the report of the comnuttee, was desirabK-
j
and
important.
The Committee then
reported
the following Plan of Organiz;^-
tion

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P008-0097. Center Church annual manuals: 1870 and 1871, printed page not verified, PDF page 97. New Haven (Conn.). First Church of Christ; digitized copy contributed by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center https://archive.org/details/manualoffirstchu00newh_0/page/n97/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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