Church of Our Father – Meeting Minutes, Sep 24, 1894 (Reduce Number of Trustees)

Atlanta, Ga., Sept 24, 1894

Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Church of Our Father held Sept 24, 1894.

Present: Crafts, Currier, Harding, Kennedy, Winslow and Rev. Cole.

Mr. Crafts in the chair.  Reading of the minutes postponed.

The following preamble and resolutions were read and laid upon the table to be acted upon at the next meeting.

Whereas, the Trustees are convinced that the work of the Board and the Church would be carried out in a better and more satisfactory manner if the Board were of a less number, therefore be it

Resolved, that we recommend that the present Board of Trustees resign their office at the next Annual Meeting of the Church and that we further recommend to the church that they elect a new Board of seven members to consist of the Clerk and Treasurer and five trustees.

On motion it was voted to request the Committee on Ways and Means to present at the next meeting of the Trustees a financial statement of the condition of the church and also to present recommendation for the coming year.

On motion it was voted to also request all the Standing Committees to report and make recommendations for the future at the next meeting.

It was voted to request the Woman’s Alliance to appoint two ladies to act with the Music Committee of the Board.

Some repairs of the church being reported necessary, the matter was referred to the Committee on Church Property.

No other business appearing, the Board adjourned.

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H.M. Currier, Clerk

Physical Archive: UUCA Box: 26 Folder: 02 Book: 02 Pages: 116
Citation: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta Records, RG 026, Archives and Manuscripts Dept., Pitts Theology Library, Emory University, Atlanta GA