SESSION MEETING - MARCH 18, 1964  (condensed)

Elders Present:  David Allison, Arnott Keating, Gerald Carlson, Thomas Wallace, Dorothy Beveridge, Katherine White, James Lipes, Harry Royer, David Hallam, Donald Patterson, Glenn Parsons, John Simpson, Adrian Wells, Harry Rhea, Samuel Thompson, John Kritzer, Douglas Connell, James Armstrong, Harry Manley, James Ebersole, James Marshall, and David Moffet, from Trustees. Also W. Ayoub, stated supply pastor and H. D. Finley, Moderator.  Excused by Session action:  Allen Morrill and Glen Rankin. 

• Clerk of Session:  Request for transfers out granted for Marjorie Sparr to First United Presbyterian Church of Long Beach, CA and to Katie McChesney to Central Congregational Church, Galesburg, IL.  Transfers in requested by Allen Bennett from Little York Methodist; reception to membership at Faith Church for Mary Louise Anderson by profession of faith; and Louie Anderson by reaffirmation of faith. The following have asked to be received into membership of Faith Church:  by transfer of Letter:  Clarence P. Patterson, Mrs. Beulah Patterson and Miss Janet Patterson from First Methodist Church, Monmouth, IL  and by profession of faith:  Don Schwass, Mrs. Patty Schwass, Miss Joyce Patterson, Robert Anderson, Gary Brown and Howard Hume.  Moved and carried that these persons be received by the committee of the Session as provided for and that a report be made at the next meeting of the Session. Carried. 

• Motion made and carried to grant permission for the groups of the former Grace Church Women's Association to serve a luncheon on April 10, 1964 to women of the Methodist Church who will be attending a conference here.

• Strategy Committee: Recommends that all office equipment, supplies and procedure be centralized in the Second Church building; that addressing equipment be standardized by use of the Elliot system; that a new Elliott 808 Addressing machine be purchased and existing addressograph machines now owned by Faith Church be sold; that removal, when advisable, of the 'intercom' system from the Grace Church building occur; that extension phone service, as needed, be installed in the Second Church building and that college students be hired for extra secretarial work on an hourly basis of $1.00 per hour.

• Stewardship & Mission Committee:

1. Moved and carried that a talent-interest inventory of all members of Faith Church be conducted by the Deacons in consultation with the stated supply pastors.
2. Moved and carried that a contribution of $20,600 be accepted as the minimal General Mission giving of Faith Church for 1964 and that if additional funds are available that this amount be increased before the end of the current year.
3. Moved and carried that if the inventory of the property of Faith Church now being taken reveals a surplus of communion-ware, one such service be sent to the Rev. David McCreath for use in his work as a prison chaplain in Cook County, IL.
4. Moved and carried that the Session grant permission to the youth group to pursue fund-raising projects outside the church only for the two trips now being considered, namely to Chicago and to Stronghold.  Such projects as car washing, house cleaning, baby sitting, and yard work being mentioned as the type of project contemplated.

• Following discussion it was moved that those persons who will be no longer employed by Faith Church in such capacities as organists, choir directors, secretaries, etc., because of the discontinuation of various offices and individual church choirs, be notified in person by a member of the Session appointed by the Strategy Committee. 

• Report by Samuel Thompson, Worship Committee, that the following have accepted positions on the music staff:  Elwood Ball, organist and interim chairman of the music staff, Clarence P. Patterson, choir director, and Mrs. Lloyd Arthur, assistant organist.

• Christian Education Committee:

1. Moved and carried that the Faith and Life Curriculum be used exclusively in Faith Church school classes.
2. Recommendation read that a communicant's class be conducted as follows:  to begin April 4 and be held for two hours each Saturday morning though May 16; that all eighth graders be invited to attend; that Rev. Mr. Phillippe invite parents of the class members to a meeting on Sunday evening, April 5; that private conferences be arranged with each student; that a dinner with the Session followed by examination and reception be held on May 15 and that Confirmation be set for Pentecost Sunday, May 17.  Motion made and carried.

• Motion made and carried that permission be given for holding an Easter Sunrise service to be followed by breakfast at the Ninth Avenue building.

• Evangelism Committee:

1. Recommended that an announcement be printed in the church paper from time to time regarding the work of the committee.
2. Recommended that visitation cards be made available in the pews at each worship service.
3. Recommended that new members be received on May 31, 1964 and that each prospective member be consulted with by one or more of the stated supply pastors as may seem advisable. All recommendations approved.

• Motion made and carried that Lloyd Arthur, with approval of the Nominating Committee, be named treasurer of Faith Church for the balance of the year 1964 and that the salary of $75 per month for his services as treasurer and financial secretary be set.

• Mrs. White reported the attendance of herself, Rhea, and Hallam as Commissioners to the regular meeting of Monmouth Presbytery on March 17, 1964.

• Next Session meeting on March 25, 1964 at 8 PM in the First Church building.
• Adjournment followed prayer by the Rev. Fahmy Ayoub.