Please plan to join us and pass the word that this is a community event and is open to the public!

We may also need volunteers the night of the fundraiser if anyone is interested in helping!

Thank you so much!! We are very excited to finally be able to hold this fundraiser and celebrate 25 years of watching children learn & grow!  We feel very blessed to have been given the opportunity by Faith Church to teach, love and nurture children for the last twenty-five years.  We also feel blessed to be a part of this family of Faith.

Elders Present:  Mrs. White, Mrs. Beveridge, Royer, Lipes, Keating, Kritzer, Patterson, Wallace, Hallam, Wells, Rankin, Armstrong, Rhea, Carlson, Thompson, Jewell, Connell, Simpson, Manley, Allison, Ebersole, Marshall. The moderator was the Rev. H. D. Finley. 

• Request granted for use of the parish hall facilities of the former Second Church by Brownie Scouts and Junior Girl Scouts June 8 through 12 in case of rain. 
• Moved by Rhea, second by Wallace, that request from the Rev. Mr. Ayoub that a number of hymn books and sheet music be given to the First Presbyterian Church of Nashville, Ill.  be referred to the music staff for consideration and with power to act in this matter. Carried.
• Moved by Kritzer, second by Keating, that the piano now in the manse of the former Ninth Avenue Church be given to the Rev. Mr. Ayoub for his personal use.  Carried.

Christian Education Committee:   Report by Connell, Chairman.

• Moved by Connell, second by Patterson, that a complete church school program through adult level be carried on at the Ninth Avenue center.  Carried.
• Report by Wallace, chairman of sub-committee on Youth Work.  Motion made by Wallace, second by Ebersole, that the Youth Center in the Grace Church building be continued on Monday nights from 7:30 to 10 p.m. during the summer.  Carried.
• Report by Wallace of the Senior High Retreat held at Stronghold May 23 & 24. The following recommendations are submitted to the Session by the Senior Highs:

1. We, as teenagers, feel a definite need for an extended study period in our CE program.  Possibly a 2-hour Sunday School class or a 2 or 3-hour Youth fellowship program.  We do feel that the youth fellowship should continue to meet on Sunday evening regularly.
2. We feel a need for a program that would remove barriers between adults and teens.  We would like to participate in a Parish group program if one is set up.
3. We feel that Faith Church should take a more active and positive stand concerning social and civic problems existing in Monmouth.
4. We feel a program should be started at once for the people who are between high school age and adults.  Special study groups, etc.
5. We would like permission to invite other youth groups, especially the colored groups, from other denominations, to join with us in some of our studies.

Moved by Wallace, second by Keating, that the report be received by the Session with recommendations noted. Carried.

• Report by Patterson, chairman of the sub-committee on Camps and Conferences. 

Moved by Patterson, second by Wallace, that the sum of $500 for the purpose of assisting youths wishing to attend camps and conferences be made available.  Carried.

Facilities Committee:  On behalf of David Turnbull, chairman of the Facilities Committee, it was recommended that the firm of Cooley and Borre & Associates of Park Ridge, IL be selected as the architectural firm to make plans and supervise construction of alterations and additions to the former Second Church structure for use of Faith Church and that the fee for this work be negotiated with the architectural firm following the submission of plans approved by the congregation.

• Moved by Wallace, second by Manley, that the report be accepted and the architectural firm be employed as recommended.  Carried.
• Moved by Wallace, second by Simpson, that an appropriate questionnaire be included in an early issue of Focus on Faith in order to secure from the congregation some ideas as to what facilities are desired in the development of the Faith Church building. Carried

Report made by Rev. Finley of the baptism of James Albert Huff during morning worship on May 17, 1964 in the sanctuary of the former Grace Church.

Nominations Committee: 

• Moved by Marshall, committee chairman, and seconded by Allison, that the following persons be added to the Facilities or Building committee:   Adrian Wells, Mrs. Grace Peterson, Harold Hubbard, George Gardner, Leonard Johnson, Mrs. Frederick Lauder, and Paul Bunn, with Mrs. Lyle Finley and Ralph Whiteman, as alternates.  Carried.

Moved by Thompson, second by Wells, that the Nominations Committee be instructed to name a committee of five persons to serve with the pastor-elect in selecting an assistant pastor.  Carried.

The following candidates for membership in Faith United Presbyterian Church were presented: 

(By profession of faith)

1. Mrs. Jean C. Kistler
2. James W. Dixon
3. Mrs. Sodiana Rose Dixon
4. James R. Briggs

(By transfer of letter from West Side UP Church in Monmouth, IL)

1. Ross W. Williams
2. Mrs. Lois Williams
3. Miss Deborah Watkins
4. Glenn H. Fillman
5. Mrs. Bettie M. Fillman
6. Mrs. Gertrude A. Sheets

(By transfer of letter from Little Cedar UP Church in Little York, IL)

1. L. Brown Hamilton

(College affiliate memberships)

1. Dan Anderson
2. Lois Anderson

Moved by Ebersole, second by Connell, that these persons be received, with James W. Dixon and James R. Briggs to be so received subject to their baptism set for May 31, 1964 at a service of worship.  Carried. 

Motion passed that the Worship Committee arrange for the setting up of worship facilities in the parish hall below the sanctuary in the Second Church building during the months of June and July.  Carried.