FEBRUARY 12, 1964  SESSION MEETING (condensed)

Where held - First U.P. Church parlor

How Many? - 23 elders present, 1 excused

Who was there? - Elders Dorothy Beveridge, Douglas Connell, James Ebersole, Arnott Keating, Harry Manley, James Marshall, Donald Patterson, John Simpson, David Allison, James Armstrong, Glen Rankin, Harry Rhea, Harry Royer, Thomas Wallace, Adrian Wells, Katherine White, Gerald Carlson, David Hallam, Merritt Jewell, John Kritzer, James Lipes, Allen Morrill, Glenn Parsons, Samuel Thompson.  

1. David Hallam elected Clerk of Session
2. James Lipes elected Assistant Clerk of Session
3. Sam Thompson moved that the Session authorize the purchase of a Session Minute Book, that a roll book be secured and opened, and that part-time help be employed  to prepare the Roll. Seconded and approved.
4. Six Elders from each former congregation now serving on the Session of Faith church were appointed as committees to receive & dismiss members until the final uniting of Services of Worship.  Actions to be reported to the full Session at the meeting next after such receiving of members.  All members to be received in the name of Faith United Presbyterian Church.
5. Anyone being received by Reaffirmation of Faith to be counseled by one of the Stated Supply Pastors before being received by any Session committee.
6. Rev. Mr. Phillippe named Moderator of the Board of Deacons of Faith UPC.
7. Recognizing the importance of communication between the Session and the Board of Trustees, Thompson moved that the Chairman of the Trustees or a Trustee appointed by the Chairman attend regular Session meetings and the Chairman of the Stewardship & Mission Committee of the Session attend regular Trustee meetings.  Seconded & approved.
8. Trustee officers elected:  David Moffet, chairman; Eldon Tinsman, vice-Chairman; Mrs. Robert Lanphere, secretary.
9. PULPIT NOMINATING COMMITTEE:  Session to recommend to the congregation at its next Congregational Meeting on February 26 that it be composed of twelve persons, three from each former congregation, and representing the various areas of the life of the church.
10. James Marshall moved that the six Elders from each of the former congregations recommend three persons from their former congregation as members of the Pulpit Nominating Committee and present those names to the full Session at its next regular meeting.  Seconded & approved.
11. Elder Katherine White was named interim treasurer of Faith Church with the treasurers of the four former congregations to serve as assistants.  Mrs. White was given authority to bring together the general treasuries of the four former congregations into one account in the name of Faith United Presbyterian Church and to write checks and make deposits on the account.
12. A committee was established consisting of the Interim Treasurer, the Treasurers of the four former congregations, and four financial advisors to be appointed by the Board of Trustees and given authority to adjust "Guide-line Budgets" of the former churches, "bringing together all possible areas immediately" and "allowed the flexibility to make adjustments as situations arise during the early months of the operation of Faith United Presbyterian Church."
13. CORPORATE WORSHIP SERVICES of Faith Church to begin on April 5, 1964, with details to be worked out by a Worship Committee of Session.
14. Moved, seconded, and approved that a nominating committee make recommendations of persons to serve on Session committees.  This Nominating Committee shall be composed of the three supply pastors and Clerk of Session as ex-officio members, with the moderator to appoint the four regular committee members.  Appointed were Elders James Marshall, James Lipes, James Ebersole and J. Douglas Connell.
15. COMMITTEES:
    • o   Worship (chosen entirely from the Session)
    • o   Christian Education
    • o   Stewardship & Mission
    • o   Evangelism
    • o   Parish Life & Organizations
    • OTHER COMMITTEES:
      • o   Committee on By-laws
      • o   Strategy Committee (Moved by Ebersole, seconded by Thompson that the Strategy Committee be composed of the Chariman of the Committees of the Session + Chairman of Trustees + Chairman of Deacons + the Pastors of the Church as ex-officio members)
      • o   Women's Association - Presidents of the Women's Association of the four merged congregations met together and petitioned the Session for permission to form an interim advisory committee consisting of two representatives from each former church to draw up a proposal of steps necessary to unite the work of the former women's associations and present plans to Session for approval.
      • Architects have been contacted regarding the possibility of their being employed to survey and make recommendations about the physical plants of the four former congregations, and their responses have been received. 
        • o   Special Session Committee on Physical Facilities to be appointed by moderator of Session and to report these appointments at the next Session meeting.
      • The procedure for training & receiving of Communicants Class was referred to the CE Committee which will report back to the Session.