Church of Our Father – Meeting Minutes of Dec 26, 1891 (Financial Report – In Debt)
Atlanta, Ga. Dec 26, 1891
Regular meeting of Board of Trustees of the Church of Our Father.
Mr. J.E. Harding in the chair and Messrs. Behre, Crafts, Currier, Dixon present.
Minutes of the last meeting read and approved.
Mr. Behre from special committee on taxes reported progress.
Mr. Dixon for Committee on Ways and Means reported progress and Mr. Behre for sub committee of ways and means reported they had prepared a letter to send to non-residents but had withheld the same on request of Rev. Wm. Cole.
It was moved and voted that Mr. Behre from the Music Committee be requested to express the thanks of the board to Messrs. Miles and Stiff for the use of their organ at the at the ordination exercises.
Mr. Dixon from committee on church property reported that he had procured an estimate from Mr. Lowe on the cost of painting the church. Amount $35.00.
This matter was laid upon the table for future action.
The board then resolved itself into a committee of the whole to prepare a financial statement of the condition of the society Jan 1st 1892 with the following results, viz:
Receipts
| Collections |
$600.00 |
| Sunday Collections |
$150.00 |
| Rents |
$600.00 |
| Total |
$1,350.00 |
Liabilities
| A.U.A. Apr 1st 1891 |
$350.00 |
| A.U.A. Note Oct 30 1891 |
$250.00 |
| A.U.A Ins Apr 30, 1891 |
$25.00 |
| A.U.A. Ins Oct 30, 1891 |
$25.00 |
| Building Fund |
$37.82 |
| Woman’s Fund |
$42.05 |
| Dr. Chaney |
$175.00 |
| Mr. Cole |
$150.00 |
| On Taxes 1890 |
$90.00 |
| Total |
$1,144.87 |
Estimated Expenses
| Minister’s Salary |
$1,000 |
| Incidental Expenses |
$125.00 |
| Light and Fuel |
$30.00 |
| Printing |
$25.00 |
| Music |
$150.00 |
| Insurance |
$100.00 |
| Repairs |
$75.00 |
| Street Paving |
$150.00 |
| A.U.A. Note Apr 1, 1892 |
$350.00 |
| A.U.A. Ins Apr 1, 1892 |
$18.75 |
| A.U.A. Note Oct 30, 1891 |
$250.00 |
| A.U.A. Ins Oct 30, 1892 |
$18.75 |
| Total |
$3,337.37 |
| Sep Receipts |
$1,350.00 |
| Balance Un-provided for of |
$1,987.37 |
No further business appearing, the board adjourned.
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H. M. Currier, Clerk
Physical Archive: UUCA Box: 26 Folder: 02 Book: 02 Pages: 76 – 77
Citation: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta Records, RG 026, Archives and Manuscripts Dept., Pitts Theology Library, Emory University, Atlanta GA
Archivist Note: There was an error in the total of Estimated Expenses. Correct figure is $3,437.37 (not $3,337.37).