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YEARBOOK
Minutes of the 1971 Fall Meeting and
Minutes and Reports of the 173rd Annual Meeting
With Lists and Statistics
PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
MAY 5-6, 1972
THE BOARD OF MINISTERIAL AID
Officers President: Rev. Clarence W. Fuller, 44 Bellevue Avenue, Melrose 02176 Secretary: Rev. Emil C. Beck, 14 Beacon Street, Boston 02108 Treasurer: Mr. Thomas Todd, Jr., 14 Beacon Street, Boston 02108
Executive Committee Rev. Clarence W. Fuller, Chairman; Rev. Emil C. Beck, Mr. Ralph F. TuUer.
All applications for aid should be sent to Rev. Clarence W. Fuller, 44 Bellevue Avenue, Melrose 02176.
Should anyone desire to leave a legacy in aid of the benevolent work of this board, the following form of bequest will be sufficient:
I give and devise to The Board of Ministerial Aid, incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts, for the charitable uses and purposes of said Corporation
Gifts are needed from living donors.
Agreement exists between The Board of Ministerial Aid and the Congregational Board of Ministerial Relief by which the State Board turns over to the National Board all of the net income from its endow- ment funds and receives, in turn, such money as is needed for the pay- ment of its grants. The Congregational Board of Ministerial Relie"^ receives a portion of the funds assigned to the Pension Boards in the budget of the United Church of Christ.
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YEARBOOK
MINUTES OF THE 1971 FALL MEETING AND
MINUTES AND REPORTS OF THE 173rd ANNUAL MEETING
WITH LISTS AND STATISTICS
PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
May 5-6, 1972
Host Churches Churches of the Pittsfleld Area
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NOTICES
All communications should be addressed to the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ, 6th Floor, 14 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. 02108.
All missionary money being sent through the Conference should be made payable to the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ and sent to: Atten- tion of Mr. Ralph F. Tuller, Treasurer, 14 Beacon Street, Boston 02108.
Unless requested otherwise, these contributions, beyond the sum the Conference retains for its own work (from undesignated money), are sent on to the Treasurer of the United Church of Christ in New York, where they are divided among the Boards and Instrumentalities according to the agreed upon percentages.
It is recommended and earnestly requested that church treasurers remit monthly such funds as are in hand, and that the final remittance for each calendar year be sent before January 10, if credit is desired in the next Year Book.
Copies of the Act of Incorporation may be had on application to 14 Beacon Street, Boston 02108.
The churches are requested to contribute through the treasurers of their Associa- tions for the expenses of the Conference a sum as Fellowship dues equivalent to $1.50 for each member, based upon the total membership of January 1, 1972 (for 1973 it will be $2.00), and the treasurers of the Associations are requested to for- ward the amounts as soon as possible to the Conference Treasurer, 14 Beacon St., Boston 02108.
The "Minutes" are sent to the churches by direction of the Conference, with distribution of one copy to every minister, one to every church clerk, one to every Conference official or committee member, one to each local Association official named within, and one to every life member of the Massachusetts Home Mis- sionary Society. As long as the edition lasts, other copies may be secured for One Dollar, upon applicatioa to the Registrar, 14 Beacon St., Boston 02108. It is suggested that every church preserve a copy of the "Minutes" with its other records.
The National Year Book is available to church clerks and retired ministers upon request to the United Church of Christ, 297 Park Avenue South, New York City 10010.
TELEPHONE DIRECTORY
CONGREGATIONAL HOUSE — 14 BEACON STREET (Area Code 617)
American Congregational Association 523-0470
Boston City Missionary Society 742-6830
Congregational Board of Ministerial Aid 742-4450
Congregational Board of Pastoral Supply 523-3324
Congregational Library 523-0470
Massachusetts Council of Churches 523-2771
Massachusetts Conference of United Church of Christ 742-4450
Massachusetts Congregational Fund 742-4450
Superintendent of the Building 523-0470
United Church Board for World Ministries 227-1750
Other Offices:
Central Area, Worcester 853-3446
Metropolitan Boston Area, Boston 742-4450
Northeast Area, Georgetown 352-2486
Southeast Area, Plymouth 746-8330
Western Area, Amherst (Area Code 413) 253-9307
Conference Center, Framingham 875-4548
Conference Center, Craigville 775-1265
HISTORICAL SKETCH
The Massachusetts Missionary Society was organized on May 29, 1799, in Boston. There were thirty-eight charter members, mainly followers of the theology of Sam- uel Hopkins. They were "impelled by a deep commiseration for the unhappy state of those who were perishing for lack of those precious means of salvation which we enjoy." Their intention was to spread "the knowledge of the glorious Gospel of Christ among the poor Heathens and in those remote parts of our country in which the inhabitants had not enjoyed the benefits of a Christian ministry and Christian ordinances," i.e., outside Massachusetts. Nathaniel Emmons, fifty-four years pastor at Franklin, was the first president. The Society was incorporated in 1808.
Origin of Massachusetts Home Missionary Society
In 1827 the Massachusetts Missionary Society and the Domestic Missionary Society of Massachusetts Proper (which had come into being in 1818 to "see every parish in the State well supplied with a faithful Minister of Christ"), were united under the name of the Massachusetts Missionary Society. This meant that while the Domestic Missionary Society of Massachusetts Proper lost its name, the Massachusetts Mission- ary Society was henceforth to work almost exclusively in Massachusetts.
The Massachusetts Missionary Society became the Massachusetts "Home" Mission- ary Society in 1844. This was simply to emphasize that the work of the Society had become exclusively for America and for the Massachusetts part of America.
Origin of Massachusetts Conference
The General Association of Massachusetts came into being in 1802. This ultimately became the Massachusetts Congregational Conference. The Conference then merged with the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society in 1927, to become the Massachu- setts Congregational Conference and Missionary Society. This was the result of twenty-seven years' agitation, accelerated by a recommendation of the National Council in 1907. The charter of the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society was used as the basis for the union of the two organizations. In 1953 the name was changed to Massachusetts Congregational Christian Conference. In 1966 the name was changed again to the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ. The Conference assumes responsibility for all Congregational missionary work done in Massachusetts. It supports a staff of fifteen persons who give ministerial and ex- ecutive leadership to a broad program of work designed to help the churches, to develop the fellowship of the ministers and churches, and to cultivate practical sup-' port for denominational and inter-denominational projects and programs.
CONTENTS
PAGE
Board of Ministerial Aid Inside Front Cover
Notices 3
Historical Sketch 4
Executive Staff and Officers 7
Board of Directors 8
Committees, 1972-1973 9
Conference Committees, 1972-1976 11
Ecumenical Commission 18
Representatives Elected by the Conference Serving on Other Boards 19
Delegates to Annual Assembly 20
Charter Documents and Changes of Name 21
Bylaws of the Conference 29
Past Annual Meetings 41
Minutes of Fall Meeting (Nov. 13, 1971) 42
1972 Budget 47
Minutes of the 173rd Annual Meeting 49
Ground Rules for the 173rd Annual Meeting 62
Report of Auditors and Treasurer 67
Additional Reports of the Treasurer 78
Bequests 84
Massachusetts Congregational Fund 85
City Missionary Society, Boston, Inc 88
Congregational Library of the American Congregational Association 90
Statistical Tables 91
Tables of Summaries 109
Map — Showing Conference Areas 112
Associations of the Churches, and Ministerial Standing 113
Ordinations 135
Necrology 136
Alphabetical List of Ministers 137
Directors of Christian Education 149
Massachusetts Convention of Congregational Ministers Inside Back Cover Massachusetts Congregational Charitable Society Inside Back Cover
1972 7
MASSACHUSETTS CONFERENCE of the UNITED CHURCH of CHRIST
Incorporated 1808 6th Floor, 14 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108, 617-742-4450
Executive Staff
Minister and President Rev. Avery D. Post Vice President for Administration and Secretary Rev. Emil C. Beck • Treasurer Mr. Ralph F. Tuller Assistant to the President for Program. Development Rev. George Thomas Director Office of Communication Rev. Darrell W. Holland Consultant in Education Rev. Robert D. Witham
Area Ministers
Metropolitan Boston Area Rev. Oliver Powell
Northeast Area
Rev. a. Karl Phillippi
12 West Main St., Georgetown 01830 (617-352-2486)
Central Area
Rev. Donald A. Simpson
26 Brattle Street, Worcester 01606 (617-853-3446)
Western Area
Rev. James L. Lancaster
24 Churchill Street, Amherst 01002 (413-253-9307)
Southeast Area
Rev. Paul E. Sinn
8 Town Square, Plymouth 02360 (617-746-8330)
Centers Directors
Framingham Conference Center R Fv 1~)fxter T5 Ricf 600 Salem End Road, Framingham 01701 (617-875-4548) Craigville Conference Center Rev. Pierre D. Vuilleumier Box 111, West Hyannisport 02672 (617-775-4811) Craigville Conference Center, Craigville 02636 (617-775-1265)
Officers
Moderator — Rev. D. Curtis Minter, 116 Brockton Avenue, Haverhill 01830 (617-373-3031, Bus. 372-0333) Vice Moderator — Mrs. Edwin T. Anthony, 20 Newfield Street, Plymouth 02360 (617-746-2017) Recording Secretary — Mrs. Robert J. MacLeod, 295 High Street, Newburyport 01950 (617-465-9373)
8 Directors 1972
BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 1972-1973
ChalTman Dr. Wade M. Kornegay, 35 Hickory St., Sudbury 01776 443-8483
Vice Chairman Rev. Virgil Brallier, Box 308, Monterey 01245 628-1031
Clerk Mrs. Robert J. MacLeod, 295 High St., Newburyport 01950 465-9373
Class of 1973
Rev. Virgil Brallier, Box 308, Monterey 01245 413-628-1031
Dr. Wade M. Kornegay, 35 Hickory St., Sudbury 01776 443-8483
Rev. Harry B. Gordon, Pheasant Lane, Sandwich 02563 Box 336 888-2317
Mrs. Robert Olmstead, 24 Ash St., Spencer 01562 885-3421
Class of 1974 Mrs. Isabel G. Besecker, 16 Arlington St., Boston 02116 862-5156
Bus. 267-2626 Rev. William A. Hulteen, Jr., 1320 Commercial St., East Weymouth 02189 335-6919
Bus. 337-6691 Rev. Robert A. Jackman, 18 Brook St., Upton 01568 529-6503
Bus. 529-3192 Mr. Donald N. Lorenz, 122 Bungalow Ave., Greenfield 01301 413-772-0317
Bus. 413-772-0234 Mrs. Winifred Stewart, 7 Edison Dr., South Hadley 01975 413-536-3592
Mrs. Thomas Macy, 47 Nimrod Dr., Concord 01742 369-5229
Class of 1975 Mrs. Jane Cole, 21 Squirrel Road, Wellesley Hills 02181 235^2212
Mrs. Florence Hand, 80 Pleasant St., Ayer 01432 772-3487
Mr. Alan D. McKersie, 8 Gristone Rd., Chelmsford 01824 256-0531
Bus. 271-2795 Mrs. Marilyn Hughes, 41 Decorie Dr., Wilbraham 01095 413-596-3946
Bus. 413-596-6841 Mr. Leroy E. Tirrell, Locust St., Burlington 01803 272-3037
Bus. 245-6000 Mr. George E. West, Jr., 47 Washington St., Abington 02351 878-6514
Class of 1976 Mrs. Harvey Smith, 734 State Rd., Westport 02790 675-7288
Mrs. Robert Rasche, Sleepy Hollow Rd., Topsfield 01983 887-2153
Mr. Earl Gordon, 29 Fencroft Rd., Canton 02021 828-5818
Rev. Arlan Baillie, 1070 Pleasant St., Worcester 01602 754-6113
Bus. 752-4635 Rev. John Morrow, 36 Bolton St., Marlborough 01752 " 485-7235
Bus. 485-2969 Mr. Marvin S. Jacobs, 41 Midway St., Indian Orchard 01051 413-543-4369
Ex Officii Moderator — Rev. D. Curtis Minter, Vice Moderator — Mrs. Edwin T. Anthony Minister and President — Rev. Avery D. Post
1972 Committees 9
COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1972-1973
Executive Committee
Chairman Dr. Wade M. Kornegay, 35 Hickory Street, Sudbury 01776 443-8483
Vice Chairman Rev. Virgil Brallier, Box 308, Monterey 01245 413-628-1031
Clerk Mrs. Robert J. MacLeod, 295 High St., Newburyport 01950 465-9373
Mrs. Marilyn Hughes, 41 Decorie Drive, Wilbraham 01095 413-596-3946
Bus. 413-596-6841 Rev. William A. Hulteen, Jr., 1320 Commercial St., East Weymouth 02189
335-6919; Bus. 337-6691 Mr. Alan D. McKersie, 8 Gristone Rd., Chelmsford 01824 256-0531
Bus. 271-2795 Mr. Leroy Tirrell, Locust St., Burlington 01803 272-3037
Bus. 245-6000
Ex Officiis:
Minister and President — Rev. Avery D. Post
Vice President and Secretary — Rev. Emil C. Beck
Assistant to the President for Program Development — Rev. George Thomas
Treasurer — Mr. Ralph F. Tuller
Moderator — Rev. D. Curtis Minter
Vice Moderator — Mrs. Edwin T. Anthony
Personnel Committee
Chairman
Mr. Alan D. McKersie, 8 Gristone Rd., Chelmsford 01824 256-0531
Bus. 271-2795
Vice Chairman
Rev. William A. Hulteen, Jr., 1320 Commercial St., E. Weymouth 02189 335-6919
Bus. 337-6691
Mrs. Isabel Besecker, 16 Arlington St., Boston 02116 862-5156
Bus. 267-2626 Rev. Harry B. Gordon, Pheasant Lane, Box 336, Sandwich 02563 888-2317
Mrs. Florence Hand, 80 Pleasant Street, Ayer 01432 772-3487
Mr. Marvin S. Jacobs, 41 Midway St., Indian Orchard 01051 413-543-4369
Mrs. Robert Rasche, Sleepy Hollow Rd., Topsfield 01983 887-2153
Ex Officio: Minister and President — Rev. Avery D. Post
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Finance Committee
Chairman
Mr. Leroy Tirrell, Locust St., Burlington 01803 272-3037
Bus. 245-6000
Vice Chairman
Mrs. Marilyn Hughes, 41 Decode Drive, Wilbraham 01095 413-596-3946
Bus. 413-596-6841
Mr. Earl Gordon, 29 Fencourt Rd., Canton 02021 828-5818
Mr. Donald Lorenz, 122 Bungalow Ave., Greenfield 01301 413-772-0317
Bus. 413-772-0234 Mrs. Thomas Macy, 47 Nimrod Dr., Concord 01742 369-5229
Rev. John Morrow, 36 Bolton St., Marlborough 01752 485-7235
Bus. 485-2969
Ex Officiis:
Minister and President — Rev. Avery D. Post
Vice President and Secretary — Rev. Emil C. Beck
Treasurer — Mr. Ralph F. Tuller, Pheasant Lane, Lincoln 01773 259-8659
1972 Committees 11
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES AND COUNCILS 1972-1976
Church and Community Committee
Chairman
Rev. R. Jerry Morgan, 78 Pleasant St., Leicester 01524 892-3288
^ Bus. 892-3274
Vice Chairman Mrs. Barbara Brooks, Box 88, Chesterfield 01012 413-296-4285
Clerk
Rev. John W. Wilson, 8 South St., Grafton 01519 839-4513
Bus. 839-9961
Class of 1973
Rev. Robert P. Shire, Brookline St., Townsend 01469 597-2688
Bus. 262-5700
Mrs. Virginia Finnagan, 3 Cuba St., Andover 01810 475-8368
Rev. Grover C. Rieger, 32 Forest St., Stoneham 02180 438-0198
Bus. 438-0097
Mrs. Odessa Smith, 52 Hazelwood St., Roxbury 02119 442-0431
Class of 1974
Rev. R. Jerry Morgan, 78 Pleasant St., Leicester 01524 892-3288
Bus. 892-3274 Rev. David Robertson, 71 No. Lowell St., Methuen 01844 686-3093
Bus. 683-8523 Mrs. Bertha Smith, 77 Standish St., No. Weymouth 02191 335-1478
Class of 1975
Mr. Robert B. Bowman, 40 Wisteria St., Salem 01970 744-7365
Bus. 744-3010 Mrs. Barbara Brooks, Box 88, Chesterfield 01012 413-296-4285
Mr. Brad Brown, 524 Main St., East Falmouth 02536 540-0276
Rev. John W. Wilson, 8 South St., Grafton 01519 839-4513
Bus. 839-9961
Class of 1976
Rev. Fred Anderson, 11 Mansfield Ave., Norton 02766 285-4856
Bus. 285-4710 Mrs. Richard Gynan, 33 Library St., Georgetown 01830 352-8664
Mr. Frederick Boyle, 267 Grove St., Reading 01867 944-4415
Rev. Jerry Clausen, 99 Fairlawn Ave., Southbridge 01550 764-6415
Mr. Roy Miller, 162 No. Brook Rd., Springfield 01119 413-783-7408
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Committees
1972
Church and Education Committee
Chairman Rev. Richard L. Snyder, 8 King St., Groveland 01830
372-6422 Bus. 372-3463
Vice-Chairman Miss Margaret Allyn, 34 Nash Ave., Brockton 02401
586-8085 Bus. 586-4615
Clerk Rev. Hugh W. Evans, 6 Gary Ave., Beverly 01915
922-5654 Bus. 922-5722
Class of 1973 Rev. Charles W. Crooker, 251 Main St., Great Barrington 01230
Mr. David Deering, 133 Houston Ave., Milton 02187 Rev. Hugh W. Evans, 6 Gary Ave., Beverly 01915 Mr. Harvey Smith, 743 State Rd., Westport 02790 Mr. Gordon Johnson, 35 Brook St., Maynard 01754
413-528-0009 Bus. 528-2740 698-8556 922-5654 675-7288 897-9148
Class of 1974
Mrs. Mary G. Gibson, 311 Torrey St., Brockton 02401 Rev. Richard L. Snyder, 8 King St., Groveland 01830
Rev. M. Freeman Strickland, 87 Pleasant St., Arlington 02174
Rev. George Dovs^ney, Main St., Westford 01885
Rev. Dana Keirstead, Main St., Williamsburg 01096
583-0505
372-6422
Bus. 372-3463
648-3118
Bus. 643-0553
692-6898
Bus. 692-8350
413-268-7679
Bus. 413-268-7557
Class of 1975 Miss Margaret Allyn, 34 Nash Ave., Brockton 02401
Rev. Richard D. Rowlands, 56 Sumner St., Auburn 01501
Mr. Loring Thompson, 5 Middle St., Lexington 02173 Mrs. Thomas Derr, 72 Dryads Green, Northampton 01060
586-8085 Bus. 586-4615
757-6972 Bus. 832-2845
861-1345 413-584-9468
Class of 1976
Mrs. Marguerite Ford, RR 1, Box 497, Orleans 02643 255-3696
(Rev.) Mrs. Jacqueline Mills, 247 Washington St., Winchester 01890 729-8832 Rev. James MacIntyre, HI, School St., Hardwick 01037 413-477-6467
Rev. David Christensen, R.F.D. No. 1, Shelburne Falls 01370 413-625-2961
Mrs. Phyllis Welch, 38 Andover Road, Billerica 01821 667-9685
1972 Committees 13
Church and Leadership Committee
Chairman
Rev. Nevin M. Kirk, 761 Sumner Ave., Springfield 01108 413-788-8363
Bus. 413-732-2738
Vice Chairman
Rev. Herbert I. Schumm, 250 Main St., North Andover 01845 682-3387
Bus. 686-4445
Clerk Mrs. Natalie Curtis, Ipswich Road, West Boxford 01885 352-2566
Class of 1973
Rev. Justin J. Hartman, Box 1024, Acton 01720 263-4383
Bus. 263-2728
Rev. Stanley F. Johnson, First Congregational Church, Falmouth 02540
548-3622, Bus. 548-3700
Rev. Nevin M. Kirk, 761 Sumner Ave., Springfield 01108 413-788-8363
Bus. 413-732-2738
Rev. Herbert I. Sciiumm, 250 Main St., North Andover 01845 682-3387
Bus. 686-4445
Rev. Elden D. J. Zuern, 444 Washington St., Quincy 02169 479-2137
Bus. 773-0958
Class of 1974
Mr. George P. Jones, HI, Box 49, North Salem, N. H. 03073 603-898-5687
Mrs. Vilroy McVay, 86 Ferry Hill Rd., Granby 01032 413-467-7147
Mrs. Ruth V. Woodbury, 42 Wildewood Dr., Canton 02021 828-2278
Bus. 698-5707 Mrs. Lloyd R. Yeagle, 134 Main St., Oxford 01540 987-5580
Bus. 943-1698
Class of 1975
Rev. John N. Cedarleaf, Turners Falls 01376 413-863-4664
Bus. 863-9844
Mrs. Norman E. Cheney, 15 Curtis St., No. Weymouth 02191 337-1264
Rev. Henry Rust, 10 Woodway Rd., Wellesley 02181 235-1035
Bus. 235-1988
Mr. James A. Moller, 3 Ray St., Danvers 01923 774-5835
Bus. 227-5157
Mrs. Benjamin D. Richter, 36 Neck Rd., Lancaster 01523 365-4925
Class of 1976
Mr. Sam Graham, 3 Hamlet St., Fairhaven 02719
Mrs. LeRoy E. Curtis, Ipswich Rd., West Boxford 01885 352-2566
Rev. James Bryant, First Congregational Church, 95 College Ave., Somerville
02145 666-3920, Bus. 625-6485
Rev. William E. Dubocq, IH, 88 Cedar St., Clinton 01510 365-9231
Bus. 365-4648 Mrs. Gordon D. Thorpe, 10 Renee Dr., Dalton 01226 413-684-1210
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Committees
1972
Church and Ministry Committee
Chairman
Rev. David C. Williams, Tewksbury Congregational Church, Tewksbury 01876
851-4783; Bus. 851-9411
Vice Chairman Mr. James F. Kentfield, R.F.D., Hadley 01035
Clerk Rev. Donald F. Jennings, Bay State Rd,, Rehoboth 02769
413-256-6242
252-3371 Bus. 252-4545
Class of 1973
Mrs. Hortense Howes, Main Street, Ashfield 01330
Dr. Donald A. Martin, 2001 Washington St., Braintree 02185
Rev. Donald E. Overlook, 199 Main St., Fitchburg 01420
Miss Barbara West, 60 Denton Rd., Wellesley 02181 Mrs. Sally L. Snyder, 8 King St., Groveland 01830
Class of 1974 Rev. Bruce 0. Breuer, 16 Dale St., Methuen 01844 Rev. Paul F. Cross, 6 Walkup Road, Sudbury 01776 Rev. Donald F. Jennings, Bay State Rd., Rehoboth 02769
Mr. James F. Kentfield, R.F.D., Hadley 01035 Mr. David Thompson, Box 44, Needham 02194
Class of 1975
Mr. Hadley Robinson, 61 Gardner Rd., Falmouth 02540
Rev. Louis J. Beasley, 53 Washington St., Ayer 01432
Rev. M. B. Handspicker, 56 Hartford St., Newton Highlands 02161
Rev. Martin. T. Johnson, 113 Granby Road. South Hadley 01075
Mr. Harold Wagner, 152 Summer Street, Danvers 01923
Class of 1976
Mr. Joseph Eaton, 81 Thaxter St., Hingham 02043 Rev. Robert MacLeod, 295 High St., Newburyport 01950
Dr. Manfred Klein, 161 Wolcott Rd., Chestnut Hill 02167 Rev. Earl F. Mathewson, 29 Park St., Southbridge 01550 Rev. Malcolm Kilborn, Main St., Box 246, West Stockbridge 01262
628-4440 843-5234 342-2322 Bus. 342-0432 235-3272 372-6422
683-8422 Bus. 686-5542
443-8458 Bus. 443-6419
252-3371
Bus. 252-4545
413-256-6242
444-6269 Bus. 828-3220
540-2671 772-0823 244-2878
Bus. 332-1100 413-534-1692
Bus. 539-9373 774-7295
749-2318 465-9373 Bus. 465-0533 566-5559 Bus. 764-8058 413-298-3281 Bus. 413-298-3281
1972 Committees 15
Church and Mission Committee
Chairman Rev. Vernie L. Bolden, 239 Courtland St., Springfield 01109 413-737-5498
Bus. 734-2283
Vice Chairman Mr. Thomas R. Peterson, King George Drive, Boxford 01921 887-8697
Bus. 542-9100
Clerk Rev. Boyd M. Johnson, Jr., 14 Collins Rd., Waban 02168 332-0293
Bus. 527-6221
Class of 1973
Rev. Vernie L. Bolden, 239 Courtland St., Springfield 01109 413-737-5498
Bus. 734-2283
Rev. Neil R. Eichhorn, P. 0. Box 134, Dudley Hill 01570 943-3397
Rev. Boyd M. Johnson, Jr., 14 Collins Rd., Waban 02168 332-0293
Bus. 527-6221
Mr. Thomas R. Peterson, King George Drive, Boxford 01921 887-8697
Bus. 542-9100
Class of 1974
Mrs. Gertrude Gould, Monterey 01245 413-528-1874
Mrs. Alberta Komich, 32 Mt. Pleasant Sq., Randolph 02368 963-2612
Rev. Forrest Musser, 18 Larch Lane, Reading 01867 944-1981
Rev. Robert Dana, W. Boxford and Washington Sts., W. Boxford 01885 352-6530
Class of 1975
Mr. Ellis H. Dana, 35 Woodchester Drive, Weston 02193 237-4966
Rev. William Garcia, 134 Beacon Ave., Lawrence 01843 685-0580
Rev. Ben New, 55 Main St., Shelburne Falls 01370 413-625-6523
Bus. 413-615-2341
Class of 1976
Mrs. Robert D. Hunt, 28 Cottage St., E. Weymouth 02189 335-0591
Mrs. C. Edward Buchan, 81 Central St., Andover 01810 475-0623
Mrs. Arthur Barnes, 51 Winthrop St., W. Newton 02165 244-5521
Rev. Howard P. Horn, 383 Pleasant St., Athol 01331 249-8363
Bus. 249-6202 Rev. Charles P. Blakney, 33 Woodbridge Terr., South Hadley 01075
413-532-1255, Bus. 413-532-2262
Program Committee
Chairman Rev. Miss Diana Augspurger, 18 Hillside Ave., Arlington -02 174 646-5181
Bus. 643-4477
Vice Chairman Mr. Clarence Turner, 21 Lawrence Lane, Lexington 02173 862-0348
Clerk Dr. David Ryder, 11 Elm, West Townsend 01474 597-2418
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Committees
1972
Class of 1973 Dr. Max S. Wortman, 68 Maplewood Drive, Amherst 01002 Mr. Clarence Turner, 21 Lawrence Lane, Lexington 02173 Mr. Brad Brown, 524 Main St., E. Falmouth 02650
Class of 1974 Mr. Sewell E. Bowers, 23 Williams, Beverly 01915
Rev. Miss Diana Augspurger, 18 Hillside Ave., Arlington 02174
Dr. David F. Ryder, 11 Elm, West Townsend 01474
413-549-3936 862-0348 540-0276
Bus. Bus.
922-8137 356-3130 646-5181 643-4477 597-2418
Class of 1975 Rev. George Hodgkins, 35 Williamsburg Lane, Scituate 02066
Mr. William A. Cook, 29 Mary Ellen Ln., Southbridge 01550 Rev. Norman Farnum, Box 193, West Stockbridge 01266
545-2879 545-5300 764-8815 413-232-4256
Bus
Council of the Laity
Chairman Mr. Frederick L. Elliott, 22 Edith Rd., Hudson 01749
562-7458
Rev.
Vice Chairman M. Eugene Davis, United Church of Christ, Burlington 01803
272-3434
Clerk Miss Joan Hunter, 73 Oak Terrace, Dracut 01826
957-0873
Class of 1973
Mr. Norman Alberti, 42 Summit Ave., Longmeadow 01106 413-567-5590
Mrs. Ruth Anna Bowler, 9 South Main St., Randolph 02638 963-0212
Rev. M. Eugene Davis, United Church of Christ, Burlington 01803 272-3434
Bus. 272-5845
Mrs. Phyllis Orrell, 10 Millbury Terrace, Millbury 01527 753-2400
Class of 1974
Mr. Frederick L. Elliott, 22 Edith Rd., Hudson 01749 562-7458
Mr. Russell Hatch, 55 Greenfield Lane, Scituate 02066 545-1553
Miss Joan Hunter, 73 Oak Terrace, Dracut 01826 957-0873
Rev. Norman A. Levinson, 55 Clark Lane, Waltham 02154 891-6657
Mrs. Philip Smith, 131 Appleton Ave., Pittsfield 01201 413-443-1506
Class of 1975
Mr. William A. Cook, 29 Mary Ellen Lane, Southbridge 01550 764-8815
Mrs. Frank H. Mitchell, Brickyard Road, Southampton 01073 413-527-1270
Class of 1976
Mrs. Chester Hansen, 85 Pine St., Danvers 01923 774-8296
Mrs. Frederick L. Johnston, 27 Milton St., Somerville 02144 776-3303
Mrs. Richard Wellman, 133 Highland St., Milford 01757 473-9127
1972 Committees 17
OTHER COMMITTEES OR COUNCILS
United Church Youth Council
1972-1973
Chairman
Robert Michel, 67 Revere Pkwy., Pittsfield 01201 413-442-1454
Clerk
Paula Yarga, 20 Front St., Walpole 02081 668-6543
Rev. Diana Augspurger, 75 Pleasant St., Arlington 02174 643-0553
Carol Benson, Washington St., West Boxford 01885 352-2911
Geoffrey Commons, Box 204, Charlton City 01058 248-5988
Laurie Fessler, 78 Jerusalem Rd., Cohasset 02025 383-0226
Jane Herbert, 18 Kensington Ave., Bradford 01830 372-5950
Donna Jordan, 1190 Pleasant St., E. Weymouth 02189 337-4393
Barry Maddix, 195 Topsfield Rd., Wenham 01984 468-2250
Steve Malone, 188 Leicester St., Auburn 01501 832-3017
Robert Michel, 67 Revere Pkwy., Pittsfield 01201 413-442-1454
Robert Petrone, 32 Oakwood Ave., Falmouth 02540 548-2483
Holly Russell, 94 Woodbridge St., South Hadley 01075 413-538-8987
Mr. Bill Salt, 135 Mass. Ave., Acton 01720 263-3027
Janet Taylor, 242 Burbank Rd., Longmeadow 01106 413-567-7325
Paula Varga, 20 Front St., Walpole 02081 668-6543
Liz Wood, 23 Nebo St., Medfield 02052 359-8826
Centers Committees
Craigville Center Committee Mr. James Buffington, Jr., Woodland Rd., E. Walpole 02032 668-0866
Miss Diane Deering, 14 Arnold Rd., Hingham 02043 749-3828
Rev. Robert Maypev^--, Box 103, Bridgewater 02324 697-2582
Director of Center, ex officio:
Rev. Pierre D. Vuilleumier
Framingham Center Committee Mr. Duane a. Armstrong, 217 Lincoln St., Fitchburg 01420 342-0941
Mr. Robert N. Foster, 63 Scenic Drive, Leominster 01453 534-3679
Director of Center, ex officio: Rev. Dexter B. Rice
Western Center Committee Mrs. Robert Ames, 24 Churphill St., Amherst 01002 413-253-9307
Mr. Robert G. Light, 6 Meadowbrook Drive, Hadley 01035 413-253-5986
Mr. William W. Streeter, Cummington 01026 413-634-5542
Bus. 413-584-5233 Mr. Francis Wells, Dodwells Road, Cummington 01026 413-634-5342
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Ecumenical Commission of the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ
Appointed by the Board of Directors:
Mrs. Merton Alden, 30 Francis Street, Northampton, Mass. 01060 413-584-0353 Rev. Thomas E. Dipko, 110 Mansur Street, Lowell, Mass. 01852
459-9631 Bus., 454-9468 Rev. Thomas Howard, 183 Main Street, Franklin, Mass. 02038
528-3803 Bus., 528-1020
Rev. Forrest Knapp, Spectacle Road, East Sandwich, Mass. 02537 888-1437
Representing the Board of Directors i
Mrs. Harvey Smith, 734 State Rd., Westport, Mass. 02790 675-7288
Rev. Robert Jackman, 18 Brook St., Upton, Mass. 01568 529-3192 Bus., 529-6503
Ex Officio:
Minister and President
Rev. Avery D. Post, 14 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. 02108 742-4450
Area Ministers
Rev. Oliver Powell, 14 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. 02108 742-4450
Rev. a. Karl Phillippi, 12 West Main St., Georgetown, Mass. 01830 352-2486 Rev. Donald A. Simpson, 26 Brattle Street, Worcester, Mass. 01606 853-3446 Rev. James L. Lancaster, 24 Churchill St., Amherst, Mass. 01002 413-253-9307 Rev. Paul Sinn, 8 Town Square, Plymouth, Mass. 02360 746-8330
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REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED BY THE CONFERENCE SERVING ON OTHER BOARDS
Board of Pastoral Supply — Massachusetts Directors
1973 Mr. Paul S. Best, 25 Washington Street, Topsfield 01983
1973 Rev. Allen Hollis, 97 Broad St., Lynn 01902
1974 Rev. Mrs. Phyllis Ingram, 30 Congress Street, Milford 01757
1974 Mr. H. Angus Perry, 156 Pond View Drive, Centerville 02632
1975 Rev. Robert J. Harding, 40 Foster St., Newtonville 02160 1975 Rev. J. Everett Bodge, 44 School St., Andover 01810 1975 Rev. Patrick C. Finleon, 60 Otis St., Needham 02192
Corporate Members of the Boston Seaman's Friend Society
1973 Mr. George F. Bickford, 7 Oak Street, Grafton 01519
1973 Rev. Douglas M. MacIntosh, Jr., 65 Newbury Avenue, North Quincy 02171
1973 Mrs. Gerald A. Smith, Old Mill Pt. Rd., West Harwich 02671
1973 Rev. Richard Swanson, 455 Arborway, Jamaica Plain 02130
1973 Rev. Clifford Tobin, 252 South Street, Wrentham 02093
1974 Rev. E. G. Hangen, 285 High Street, Newburyport 01950 1974 Rev. Roy Leo, 59 Munson Street, Greenfield 01301
1974 Rev. David C. Norling, 166 Central Street, Norwell 02061
1974 Rev. Dexter B. Rice, 600 Salem End Road, Framingham 01701
1974 Rev. Louis C. Toppan, 645 Boylston Street, Boston 02116
1975 Mr. Sumner M. Beal, Jr., 30 Hollywood Rd., Winchester 01890 1975 Rev. Frank R. Cutter, 18 High Rd., Newbury 01950
1975 Rev. Harold S. Hannum, Box 137, E. Dennis 02641
1975 Mrs. Charles H. Johnston, 59 Aberdeen Rd., North Quincy 02171
1975 Rev. Charles S. Sangree, 24 Hollis St., HoUiston 01746
Directors of the Churchmen's League for Civic Welfare
1973 Rev. Frank Cutter, 18 High Road, Newbury 01950
1973 Miss Barbara Dwyer, 219 Groveland Street, Haverhill 01830
1973 Mrs. Marilyn D. Hanabury, 2 Old Colony Avenue, Wollaston 02170
1973 Mr. George M. Lynn, 37 Jodie Road, Framingham 01701
1973 Rev. Mervyn M. Morse, Main Street, Southampton 01073
1974 Mr. Glen Beck, 96 Edgewater Drive, Framingham 01701 1974 Rev. William J. Cox, 2183 Ocean Street, Marshfield 02050 1974 Rev. Robert F. Dobson, 11 Conant Road, Lynn 01904 1974 Rev. W. Robert Mayhew, Box 103, Bridgewater 02324
1974 Rev. John E. Scavo, 25 Cleveland Street, Holyoke 01040
1975 Mrs. Clarence Dauber, '780 Boylston St. 17-B, Boston 02199 1975 Mrs. Walter Deacon, 18 Pratt Ave., North Weymouth 02191 1975 Mrs. James Eastham, 16 Alden Rd., Andover 01810
1975 Mrs. Nevin Kirk, 14 Irvington St., Springfield 01108
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DELEGATES TO THE ANNUAL ASSEMBLY MASSACHUSETTS COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
Mrs. Virginia Alden, 30 Francis Ave., Northampton 01060
Rev. Earl E. Alger, 54 Garrison Road, Hingham 02748
Rev. Richard K. Bailey, RFD Riverbay Estates, Chatham 02653
Mrs. William H. Chaffee, 63 Woodbridge St., South Hadley 01075
Mrs. Donald Charlesv^torth, 35 Columbia Park, Haverhill 01830
Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Curtis, Ipswich Rd., West Boxford 01885
Rev. and Mbs. Myron W. Fowell, 65 Westchester Dr., Westwood 02090
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gordon, 29 Fencourt Rd., Canton 02021
Mr. and Mrs. Howard King, 890 Bernardston Rd., Greenfield 01301
Rev. Walter R. Kraft, Box 303, Cotuit 02635
Rev. and Mrs. Donald Long, 22 Arlington St., Dracut 01826
Mr. George E. McPherson, Jr., 135 Amherst St., Granby 01033
Mr. John D. Moore, 63 Asci Dr., Pittsfield 01201
Miss Ruth Conant Pevear, 2 Upland Rd., Swampscott 01907
Rev. Avery D. Post, 276 Marlborough St., Boston 02108
Mrs. Oliver Powell, 381 Newtonville Ave., Newtonville 02160
Mr. and Mrs. Roger M. Powers, 149 Elm St., East Longmeadow 01028
Rev. and Mrs. Harold Scott, 984 No. Main St., Brockton 02401
Rev. and Mrs. Donald A. Simpson, 26 Brattle St., Worcester 01606
Rev. and Mrs. Arthur L. Teikmanis, 152 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield 01201
Rev. and Mrs. Pierre D. Vuilleumier, Box 111, Green Dunes Dr., W. Hyannisport
02672 Rev. Ronald C. Wade, Box 193, Maple St., Sturbridge 01566 Rev. Albert W. Welch, 38 Andover Rd., Billerica 01821 Miss Barbara West, 23 Denton Rd., Wellesley 02181 Mr. William White, 113 Hillcrest Ave., Brockton 02401 Rev. Richard Wilcox, 77 Maple St., Middleton 01949 Mr. and Mrs. Lynwood Wiley, 24 Fairview St., Ipswich 01938 Mrs. Marjorie Williams, Box 136, Marshfield 02050
CHARTER DOCUMENTS AND CHANGES OF NAME
Qlommanmralttf of MaBBtiti(nstttB
An Act to incorporate a Society by the name of the Massa- chusetts Missionary Society.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the sa?ne: That the Rev. Daniel Hopkins, the Rev. Samuel Spring, Mr. Henry Gray, the Rev. Samuel Niles, and the Rev. Joseph Barker, with their associates, for the purpose of diffusing the knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ among the heathen, and others in remote places, be, and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic and corporate for the purpose aforesaid, and by the name of the Massachusetts Missionary Society, to con- tinue and exist for and during the term of fifteen years from the passing of this act; may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, appear, prosecute and defend to final judgment and execution, and may have a common seal, which they may break, change, alter or renew at pleasure.
Sect. 2. Be it further enacted: That the said corporation are hereby made capable of taking and holding real estate of any kind in fee simple, or other less estate, not exceeding the annual income of fifteen thousand dollars, and of taking and holding personal estate, by donation, bequest or otherwise, not exceeding the annual income of ten thousand dollars; the annual income of all which real and personal estate shall be applied to the purpose of diffusing Christian knowledge in such manner as the corpora- tion shall judge will be most conducive to the design of their in- stitution: Provided, That all the missionary teachers, who may be employed by said corporation, shall be of the Protestant re- ligion, and of reputed piety, prudence, and learning.
Sect. 3. Be it further enacted: That the said corporation may annually choose by ballot a president, secretary, treasurer, and such number of trustees as they may think proper, not less
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than seven; and such other officers as they shall judge necessary; all of which officers, when chosen, may hold their offices until others are chosen in their stead; and in case of death or resignation of either of said officers, said corporation shall have a right in like manner, at any meeting regularly called for the purpose, to choose others to fill any vacancies which may so happen: provided, how- ever, that the officers which have been already chosen by the persons aforesaid, and their associates, shall continue to hold the offices to which they have been respectively elected, until said corporation shall choose others in their stead, agreeably to the directions in this act.
Sect. 4. Be it further enacted: That said corporation be, and hereby is authorized at their first meeting to be held under this act, by vote of the majority of the members present at said meeting, to make and establish such rules, regulations, and by- laws, for their government, subject to such revision, alterations or additions, to be made at any regular subsequent meeting, as said society shall judge necessary for the well ordering of the affairs of said corporation, and will best promote the design of their institution; and may annex reasonable penalties to the breach of such rules, regulations, and by-laws, provided the same be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this Commonwealth.
Sect. 5. Be it further enacted: That the Rev. Nathaniel Emmons be, and he is hereby authorized to call the first meeting of said corporation, by publishing a notification of the time and place where the same shall be held, in two of the newspapers printed in Boston, fourteen days, at least, previous to such meeting.
And to the end that the members of said society, and all contributors to said design, may know the state of the funds of said society, and of all donations made to the same, and of the disposal thereof:
Sect. 6. Be it further enacted: That particular accounts of such funds, and the disposal thereof, shall be exhibited by the treasurer, or, in case of his absence, by the secretary, at the stated annual meeting of said society, a committee of said society having first examined, and certified the same to be true; and fair entries shall be made in books, to be provided for that purpose, of all donations made to the society, and of all the real and personal estate belonging to the same; and the said books shall be brought to the general stated annual meetings and be there open for the perusal and examination of the members.
Sect. 7. Be it further enacted: That the legislature of this Commonwealth shall, at any time, have the right, by a committee
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of their body, to inspect the doings, funds and proceedings of the said corporation; and, for that purpose, shall have access to all books and papers of said corporation— Fe/;. 9^ 1808.
An Act in addition to an Act entitled " An Act to incorporate a society by the name of the Massachusetts Missionary Society."
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives in General Court assembled, and by authority of the same: That the Massachusetts Missionary Society be, and they hereby are authorized and empowered to appropriate and apply the funds which they are by law entitled to hold, or any part thereof, for the purpose of diffusing the knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ among the heathen, and others in destitute places; anything contained in the act of incorporation, to which this is in addition to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sect. 2. Be it further enacted: That this act, and the act to which it is in addition, and all and singular the powers, privi- leges, rights and duties of said corporation, as the same are limited and defined in this and the aforesaid original act, shall continue and remain in full force and virtue, from and after the expiration of the term in said original act mentioned, anything therein con- tained to the contrary notwithstanding: provided, nevertheless, that it shall be in the power of this, or any future legislature of this Commonwealth, to alter, modify, or repeal any or all of the provisions of this act, and of the aforesaid original act, or either of them, whenever it shall be deemed expedient so to do.— Jan. 21, 1823.
An Act to change the name of the Massachusetts Missionary
Society.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 1. The Massachusetts Missionary Society shall be hereafter known and called by the name of the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society, anything in the act incorporating the same to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sect. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. -Feb. 5, 1844.
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An Act authorizing the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society to hold additional personal property.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represe?itatives in General Court assembled, afid by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 1. The Massachusetts Home Missionary Society, created by chapter fifty-two of the acts of the year eighteen hun- dred and eight, and by chapter thirty-five of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and twenty-three, and by chapter fourteen of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and forty-four, is hereby authorized to take and hold personal estate, by donation, bequest or otherwise, to an amount not exceeding six hundred thousand dollars.
Sect. 2. This act shall take eflrect upon its passage.— ^pn7 2, 1886.
CHAPTER 81 Eiit (Bommanvamlthi of ilasHartfUBPtta
In the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-four.
An Act Relative to the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court asseinbled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 1. Chapter fifty-two of the acts of eighteen hun- dred and eight, as affected by chapter thirty-five of the acts of eighteen hundred and twenty-three, by chapter fourteen of the acts of eighteen hundred and forty-four and by chapter one hundred and nineteen of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty- six, is hereby amended by striking out section three and inserting in place thereof the following:
Sect. 3. Be it further enacted: That the said corporation may choose by ballot at their annual meetings a president, secre- tary, treasurer, and such number of trustees as they may think proper, and such other officers as they shall judge necessary. Persons chosen as trustees shall hold office for such time, not exceeding five years, as the corporation by their by-laws may from time to time provide, and all other officers shall hold office for one year. All of said officers when chosen may hold their offices until others are chosen in their stead. Any vacancy in such offices shall be filled in such manner as the corporation may by their by-laws determine.
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Sect. 2. The members of the Massachusetts Congregational Conference for the time being may, to such extent and upon such conditions as the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society shall by their by-laws determine, be also members of the Massachu- setts Home Missionary Society.
Sect. 3. Said Massachusetts Home Missionary Society is hereby authorized to take and hold by donation, bequest, or otherwise, real and personal property, to an amount not exceeding five million dollars.
Approved March 10, 1924.
CHAPTER 152
(Etfp Qlommamttpaltii of iEasHart^narttB
In the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-eight.
An Act Amending the Charter of the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 1. Chapter fifty-two of the acts of eighteen hun- dred and eight, being an act passed February ninth, eighteen hundred and eight and entitled " An Act to incorporate a society by the name of The Massachusetts Missionary Society," as affected by chapter thirty-five of the acts of eighteen hundred and twenty- three, by chapter fourteen of the acts of eighteen hundred and forty-four, by chapter one hundred and nineteen of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-six and by chapter eighty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four and as amended in section three by said chapter eighty-one, is hereby further amended by striking out sections one, two and three and inserting in place thereof the following:
Sect. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives in General Court assembled, and the authority of the same: That the Rev. Daniel Hopkins, the Rev. Samuel Spring, Mr. Henry Gray, the Rev. Samuel Niles and the Rev. Joseph Barker, with their associates, for the purpose of diffusing the knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ among the heathen and others in remote and destitute places, also for the purposes of facilitating intercourse and fellowship between the Congregational churches and ministers of the Commonwealth, of effecting cooper- ation between these churches for their mutual edification, of pro-
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moting their general missionary and benevolent activities and providing instrumentalities for the same, of affording opportunity for the presentation and discussion of matters affecting the interests of these churches and of the Congregational denomination at large and of acting in concert with other ecclesiastical bodies for the general increase of Christian union and spiritual efficiency and the advancement of Christ's kingdom on the earth be and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic and corporate for the purposes aforesaid by the name of Massachusetts Congrega- tional Conference and Missionary Society; may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, appear, prosecute and defend to final judgment and execution, and may have a common seal which they may break, change, alter or renew at pleasure.
Sect. 2. Be it further enacted: That the said corporation may take and hold by donation, bequest or otherwise real and personal property to an amount not exceeding five million dollars and may in addition take and hold in trust for any of the purposes specified in the first section of this act or for any purpose germane thereto any real or personal property to an amount not exceeding one million dollars which may be given, bequeathed or otherwise conveyed or transferred to them upon such trusts. The said corporation shall be eligible to appointment as trustee under any written instrument whereby any trust for any of the purposes specified in the first section of this act or for any purpose germane thereto is created or established.
Sect. 3. Be it further enacted: That the said corporation may choose by ballot at their annual meetings a president, secre- tary, treasurer, and such number of trustees as they may think proper, and such other officers as they shall judge necessary. Persons chosen as trustees, other than those persons, if any, whom the said corporation may by their by-laws designate as trustees ex officio, shall hold office for such time, not exceeding five years, as the corporation by their by-laws may from time to time pro- vide and all other officers shall hold office for one year. The said corporation may by their by-laws provide that their meetings shall be presided over by a moderator, to be chosen in such manner as they may from time to time determine, and may further provide by their by-laws that the ministers of Congregational churches in the Commonwealth and delegates appointed by such churches and other religious organizations may be members of the said corporation for the time being upon such conditions and subject to such regulations as the said corporation may establish. All of the officers of the said corporation, when chosen, may hold their offices until others are chosen in their stead. Any vacancy in such
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offices shall be filled in such manner as the corporation may by their by-laws determine.
Chapter 152 of the Acts of 1928 co?itains, in addition to the section which amends the charter so as to read as above, the follow- ing sections:—
Section 2. Any devise, bequest, gift or grant contained in any will or other instrument in trust or otherwise made before or after the effective date of this act to the said corporation by the name of " Massachusetts Missionary Society " or " Massachusetts Home Missionary Society " shall inure to their benefit to the same extent as if made to them by the name of " Massachusetts Congre- gational Conference and Missionary Society." Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize the appUcation of any trust funds or other property held by said corporation to a purpose inconsistent with the terms of the trust.
Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by the said corporation at an annual meeting or at a special meeting duly called for the purpose provided that such acceptance occurs not later than December thirty-first in the current year.
Approved March 24, 1928.
At the one hundred and twenty-ninth a?mual meeting of the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society, held in Greenfield, May 21, 1928, a quorum being present, it was
VOTED: That the act passed by the General Court of Massa- chusetts in the current year entitled ''''An act amending the charter of the Massachusetts Home Missionary Society " (being Chapter 152 of the Acts of 1928) be and the same hereby is accepted.
CHANGE OF NAME TO
MASSACHUSETTS CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN
CONFERENCE
Pursuant to a petition by Massachusetts Congregational Con- ference and Missionary Society filed with the Commissioner of Corporations of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in accord- ance with the provisions of Section 11 of Chapter 180 of the General Laws, Tercentenary Edition, and all things having been done in compliance therewith, the Secretary of the Common- wealth under date of August 11, 1953 issued the following cer- tificate: " that the name which said corporation shall bear is Massa- chusetts Congregational Christian Conference, which shall here- after be its legal name."
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CHANGE OF NAME TO
MASSACHUSETTS CONFERENCE OF THE
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
Pursuant to a petition by Massachusetts Congregational Chris- tian Conference filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in accordance with the provisions of the General Laws as amended, and all things having been done in compliance therewith, the Secretary of the Commonwealth under date of July i8, 1966 issued the following certificate: "that the name which said corporation shall bear is Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ, which shall hereafter be its legal name."
BYLAWS OF THE
MASSACHUSETTS CONFERENCE OF THE
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
ARTICLE I
Purpose and Terminology
1. The purpose of the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ as stated in its charter (1799) is "diffusing the knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ . . . and in concert with other ecclesiastical bodies for the general increase of Christian union and spiritual efficiency and the advancement of Christ's Kingdom on earth."
2. Whenever in these Bylaws the word Conference is used it shall be held to refer to the Corporation as a Conference of the United Church of Christ and as a Conference of Massachusetts Congregational Christian Churches.
3. All Churches which are members of Associations in voluntary fellowship with and recognized by the Conference, whether or not such Churches are a part of the United Church of Christ, are entitled to elect voting members of the Conference in accordance with these Bylaws.
4. Whenever in these Bylaws the word "Area" is used, it shall be held to refer to those Associations or combinations of the Associations decided upon by the agree- ment of the respective Associations and recognized by the Conference.
ARTICLE II
Denominational Basis
Following Congregational principles, this Conference shall under no circumstances exercise authority over Churches or individuals or interfere with the government or discipline of the Churches. It shall advise and counsel the Churches when requested, but it is recognized that each Church has the power of self-determination in all matters.
ARTICLE III
Doctrinal Basis
This Conference declares its steadfast allegiance to the faith which our fathers confessed, which, from age to age, has found its expression in the historic creeds of the Church Universal and of this Communion.
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ARTICLE IV
Conference Meetings
1. Stated Meetings. In each year the Conference sliall convene its Annual Meet- ing within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the third Friday of May (or at such other time within the period from May first through June fifteenth as the Board of Directors may deem expedient) for the election of Officers, Executive Officers, Committees, Councils, and a Board of Directors for full or unexpired terms, as the case may be, the hearing of reports, the determination of the annual rate of Fellowship Dues to be proposed to the Churches, to act on the recommendation of the Board of Directors concerning the amount or proportion to be retained from Our Christian World Mission giving of the Churches, and the transaction of other business. It shall also convene another meeting of the Conference within said Com- monwealth on the third Saturday of October (or at such other time within the period from September fifteenth through Novt.nber fifteenth as the Board of Direct- ors may deem expedient) for the presentation and adoption of the budget of the Conference, and the transaction of any unfinished or other business of the Conference.
2. Special Meetings.
a. Special meetings of the Conference may be convened by the Board of Directors, at such times and places within the Commonwealth as may be determined by the Board, provided, however, that notice of any special meeting and the purposes thereof shall, at least three weeks before the date of the meeting, be sent by mail to each of the Churches entitled to send delegates to the meeting, posted in the general office of the Confer- ence and printed in newspapers published in Boston, Worcester and Spring- field.
b. A special meeting of the Conference shall be convened by the Board of Directors upon receipt by the office of the Secretary of the Conference or Chairman of the Board of Directors of a written petition stating the pro- posed purposes, and signed by not less than one hundred persons who shall be voting members of the Conference as defined and who shall represent at least fifty Churches, within sixty days of the receipt of such petition unless an already scheduled meeting of the Conference will be held within ninety days.
c. No action shall be taken on any item of business not specified in the notice
of the meeting.
3. Call To Order. The Moderator, or in his absence the Vice Moderator, shall call the meeting to order and preside. In the absence of both of them, a member of the Board of Directors shall call the meeting to order and conduct the election of a Moderator Pro-tempore.
4. Budget. Not later than one month prior to the meeting of the Conference at which the budget will be presented for approval, there shall be mailed to each Church entitled to send delegates to the meeting sufficient copies of the budget and of the Treasurer's report to provide one copy for each minister and for each delegate to which the Church is entitled. No increases or additions to the budget can be con- sidered on the floor of the Conference Meeting unless a written proposal is filed with the office of the Secretary at least ten days prior to the meeting.
5. Quorum. At all meetings of the Conference a quorum shall consist of 200 voting members.
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ARTICLE V
Conference Meeting Membership
1. Voting Members. The voting membership of a Conference Meeting shall con- sist of
a. the following representatives from each Church or Congregation which is a member of an Association in fellowship with the Conference:
(1) two delegates chosen by and from each such Church or Congregation to serve at its pleasure; and one additional delegate chosen by and from each such Church or Congregation to serve at its pleasure for every three hundred members, or major fraction thereof in excess of three hundred, as determined by the number of its members as of December 31 of the year immediately preceding; (Churches are urged, in conformity with the gpirit of actions taken by the General Synod, to choose delegates from all areas of interest. This contemplates a lay delegate body with equal representation of men and women, repre- sentation of minority groups, and with a goal of 20% of all lay dele- gates under 30 years of age.)
(2) the pastor or pastors, including lay pastors, of each such Church or Con- gregation, provided such pastor shall have standing in an Association in fellowship with the Conference; and
(3) the Christian Education Director or Directors of each such Church or Congregation, provided such director holds United Church of Christ certification.
b. the Officers and Executive Officers of the Conference, including any person who shall have been elected an Officer Emeritus;
c. the members of the Board of Directors;
d. the members of the Conference Committees and Councils;
e. the members of the professional staff of the Conference, as such staff may be determined by the Board of Directors; and
f. those ministers called to extra parochial tasks within the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, who have standing in an Association in fellowship with the Conference.
2. Honorary Members. The honorary membership of a Conference Meeting, with privilege of speaking but without privilege of voting, shall consist of:
a. the delegates from corresponding bodies;
b. the persons appointed to speak before the Conference;
c. the persons who may be made honorary members by a vote of the Board of Directors ;
d. such other persons as may be made honorary members by a vote of the
Conference; and
e. those pastors designa'ted in paragraph l-a(2) of this Article V who are not
eligible for voting membership.
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ARTICLE VI Officers and Staff
1. As Officers of the Conference there shall be a Moderator, a Vice Moderator, and a Recording Secretary, all of whom shall be elected by ballot at each Annual Meeting of the Conference for a term of one year or until their successors are chosen.
a. The Moderator, or in his absence, the Vice Moderator, shall preside over
the meetings of the Conference.
b. The Recording Secretary shall record the complete minutes of each meeting of the Conference and shall transcribe and deliver same to the Secretary. The Board of Directors may, at their discretion, appoint a deputy to assist in the keeping of the records under the direction of the Recording Secretary.
2. The Conference Executive Officers shall be a President, a Secretary, a Treas- urer, and such other Executive Officers as the Conference may from time to time elect. Any of the said Executive Offices, except those of President, Secretary, and Treasurer, may be abolished by vote of the Conference. The Board of Directors shall make nominations for Conference Executive Officers for terms of one year. Elections shall take place by ballot at each Annual Meeting. Those elected shall hold office to the end of their term or until their respective successors are chosen. They shall bear such additional titles as the Conference or the Board of Directors may determine.
a. The President shall be the chief Executive Officer of the Conference and
shall, subject to the direction of the Conference and of its Board of Direc- tors, have general charge of its missionary and benevolent work and of its other activities. He shall be a member ex officio of all standing Committees named in the Bylaws. He shall have the power to delegate to members of the staff ihe authority to represent him upon any of the said standing Com- mittees. He shall be the representative of the Conference and of its Board of Directors among all the Churches (both those financially independent and those aided by the funds of the Conference) and in all denominational and interdenominational gatherings (including meetings of Conference Exec- utives) unless representation is otherwise provided by the Conference Pres- ident or the Board of Directors. He may seek to assist pastors and Churches with fraternal counsel. He shall keep informed as to opportunities for ex- tension work through founding new Churches or strengthening old ones and shall recommend to the Conference and to the Board of Directors meas- ures for meeting such opportunities.
b. The Secretary shall keep the records of the Conference, except as heretofore
described and provided for, and shall assist in the general work of the Con- ference under the direction of the President. He shall devote himself in co- operation with the Area Ministers, and under the direction of the President to counseling with and assisting the Churches, and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors of the President. He shall have the custody of the records and of all bonds given by the Treas- urer as hereinafter provided. He shall furnish copies of the record certified under the seal of the Conference (which shall be in his keeping) to such persons as may be entitled thereto.
The Secretary shall collect and publish in connection with the Annual Report of the Conference the statistics of ministers and Churches and make
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up the official roll of the ministers and Churches in accordance with the usages of the denomination. He shall present to the Conference at its An- nual Meeting a general statistical statement of the progress of religion in the Churches for the past calendar year. He shall give suitable notice to the Churches of the time and place of each Annual Meeting, notify Officers and Committees of their election or appointment and fulfill such other functions as the Conference or the Board of Directors from, time to time directs.
c. The Treasurer shall receive and hold the property of the Conference subject to the direction of the Board of Directors and shall keep particular accounts of the Conference's funds and of the disposal thereof. He shall, under the direction of the President, assist, so far as he may be able, in the general work of the Conference and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors. He shall make a report at each Annual Meeting of the Confei-ence and shall make such other reports as the Conference or the Board of Directors may from time to time require. He shall receive all contributions for benevolences sent to him by the Churches and by individuals and shall disburse the same in accordance with the instructions of the donors. He shall give such bonds for the faith- ful performance of his duties as may from time to time be required by the Board of Directors. Any Assistant Treasurer shall perform such duties as may be assigned by the Treasurer, and act in his stead in event of incapacity or absence.
3. Area Ministers. The Conference may, from time to time, employ such staff as is deemed necessary to fulfill pastoral and fellowship functions and purposes within the Conference in the established Areas of the Conference. The staff shall give coun- sel and leadership to the Churches and ministers in those Areas, and shall be em- ployed by the Board of Directors in consultation with the President of the Confer- ence, and in consultation with, or upon the recommendation of the Area Committee/ Council involved, and/or in consultation with other appropriate parties.
4. Conference Program Staff and Administrative Staff. The Conference may, from time to time, employ such staff as is deemed necessary to fulfill the program pur- poses and administrative needs of the Conference. The staff shall be employed by the Board of Directors in consultation with the President of the Conference, and where applicable with such Committee/Committees and parties as may seem appro- priate to the function which said position is to fulfill.
5. Performance Evaluation, Job Review, Professional Support. The President shall present to the Board of Directors, for all Executive Officers and staff other than himself, periodic reviews of job performance, job content, and professional support status. The Board of Directors shall be responsible for seeing that such periodic reviews are carried out for all Executive Officers and staff, that such reviews are based upon sufficient facts and consultations, and that the scope, findings and recommendations of such reviews are appropriate. Persons nominated or employed by the Board of Directors as Executive Officers and staff shall be informed of Con- ference practice with regard to review of job performance and content and pro- fessional support status.
6. Retirement Age. The mandatory retirement date for any Executive Officer, staff member or employee shall be the Annual Meeting following his attaining age
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65. However, the Board of Directors may temporarily employ, from time to time, any persons beyond age 65 when such temporary employment is deemed to be in the best interest of the Conference.
7. a. Retirement Annuities. The Conference expects every paid Officer, staff mem- ber, or other employee to be a member, as appropriate, of the Annuity Fund for Congregational Ministers or the Retirement Fund for Lay Workers and will pay the full normal annual premium to the Fund. It will not provide any other retirement annuity.
b. Employee Benefits. The Conference, as an employer, may provide such other employee benefits as the Board of Directors deems appropriate, and such programs, and the extent to which the Conference bears the expense, shall be reported by the Treasurer in his annual report.
ARTICLE VII
Board of Directors
1. Organization
a. There shall be a Board of Directors consisting of:
(1) One Director elected at the Conference Annual Meeting by ballot for every 8,000 members, or major fraction thereof, of the Churches in each of the Areas of the Conference determined by the number of mem- bers as of December 31 of the year immediately preceding, with no Area having less than one Director. One-third of these elected Directors shall be ministers, one-third laymen and one-third laywomen as nearly as may be.
(2) The President, the Moderator, and the Vice Moderator of the Confer- ence, ex officiis.
b. The term of an elected Director shall be four (4) years and no Director, having served a full four (4) year term, shall be eligible for re-election for one ( 1 ) year.
c. Nine members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum.
d. At its first meeting after each Annual Meeting of the Conference, the
Board of Directors shall choose one of its members to serve as Chairman and another member to serve as Vice Chairman for the ensuing year. It shall also choose a secretary to maintain a record of its proceedings.
2. General Powers. Subject to the provisions of Section 3 of this Article, the Board of Directors shall have and may exercise all of the powers of, the Conference between meetings of the Conference and actions taken shall be reported to the next Annual Meeting of the Conference.
3. Except as otherwise provided in the charter of the Conference or in these Bylaws, the Board of Directors shall administer and dispose of the property of the Conference and shall manage all of its business and affairs, subject to the follow- ing limitations:
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a. Corporate assets other than real property or tangible personal property which
are not restricted as to use by the donor shall not be disbursed or granted between two consecutive Annual Meetings in an amount exceeding 20% of the value thereof at the previous year-end or $250,000, whichever is greater, except as authorized or directed by a vote of the Conference.
b. Title to real property with a market value of $250,000 or more shall not be encumbered, or conveyed in whole or in part, except as authorized or di- rected by a meeting of the Conference.
4. The Board of Directors:
a. Shall have responsibility for -policy formulation, program development, bud-
get development, coordination between the functional Committees of the Conference, evaluation and planning;
b. Shall employ staff and other agents in support of Conference activities and
operations and define or approve the definition of their duties;
c. Shall cause the accounts of the Treasurer to be audited at least once a year by certified public accountants selected by the Board;
d. Shall provide direction for all Officers, Executive Officers, staff and agents of the Conference.
5. Without restricting the generality of the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall in particular have the following powers:
a. To appoint its own meetings and form its own rules of business, to appoint
Committees and delegate any of its powers to such Committees.
b. To remove at pleasure any member of the staff, any employee or any agent of the Conference.
c. To remove any Officer, Executive Officer, or Director of the Conference who
may be guilty of disregard of his duties or of such conduct as shall be seriously prejudicial to the interests of the Conference.
d. To fill any vacancy in any Office, Executive Office, Committee or Council
of the Conference including vacancies in the membership of the Board until the succeeding Annual Meeting of the Conference.
e. To direct efforts to promote missionary interest and giving among the
Churches of the Conference.
f. To direct efforts to promote ecumenical concerns, interests and relationships
of the Conference.
g. To direct efforts of evaluation and planning with respect to the program and activities of the Conference.
h. To appoint one or more Directors to the functional Conference Committees and Councils as liaison between the Committees or Councils and the Board of Directors.
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ARTICLE VIII
Committees and Councils
1. Immediately after the opening of the Conference Annual Meeting the Modera- tor shall appoint:
a. A Committee on Credentials, to which all credentials shall be referred.
b. A Business Committee, the duty of which shall be to prepare and present
at each session all matters of business not presented through the Board of Directors or some Committee or Council of the Conference.
2. There shall be a Program Committee to plan the program of each regular meeting and such other meetings of the Conference as the Board of Directors may request. The Committee shall consist of the Moderator, the Vice Moderator, the Secretary of the Conference, the pastor of any Church which is to entertain the next Annual Meeting, plus nine elected members. At each Annual Meeting three members, at least one of whom shall be a member of a Conference Committee or Council, shall be elected by voice vote for three-year terms.
3. The following Conference Committees and Councils shall be constituted each with twenty (20) members, four (4) from each of the five (5) Areas within the Conference, one (1) member from each Area to be elected each year by voice vote to serve a term of four (4) years, except that the Youth Council shall be consti- tuted with twenty (20) members, one adult from each of the five (5) Areas within the Council elected by voice vote to serve a term of four (4) years and three (3) Youth Members from each of the five (5) Areas to be elected each year by voice vote to serve a term of one (1) year. No member of a Conference Committee or Council, having served a full term of four (4) years, shall be eligible for re-election for one (1) year but Youth Members elected to the Youth Council for one (1) year may be re-elected for subsequent one (1) year terms to a maximum of four (4) con- secutive years. As nearly as possible, the membership of each Conference Committee and of the Council of the Laity shall be equally divided among ministers, laymen and laywomen :
a. A Church and Community Committee shall be concerned with the outreach
of the Churches and the Conference in the community, whether rural, sub- urban, or urban and for social action in developing programs and services, policies and procedures for confronting situations and conditions arising out of changing social and economic environment in the general community.
b. A Church and Education Committee shall be concerned with the educational
thrust of the Churches and the Conference in all aspects and shall function to provide and develop and assist educational programs and services in the Churches and among other groupings.
c. A Church and Leadership Committee shall be concerned with leadership
discovery and manpower utilization through the various organizations of the Conference. This Committee shall make nominations for each Office, Committee, Board or Council to be elected at the Annual Meeting, when nominations are not otherwise provided for in these Bylaws. It shall also nominate delegates to the General Synod. It shall suggest at the request of the Board of Directors nominees to fill any vacancies occurring between Annual Meetings.
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d. A Church and Ministry Committee shall be concerned with the Churches
and their responsibilities to establish and maintain high standards in fel- lowship with other Churches. It shall be concerned also with the ministry, whose standing is held in the Associations, to establish and maintain high academic, professional, and moral standards of ordained and professional personnel. It shall be concerned further with the relationships between Churches and ordained and professional personnel, and the welfare of the Churches and Associations, in order that the whole Church may be strength- ened.
The Conference shall maintain a special roll of ministers to which names may have been transferred by the Associations. This special roll shall be in charge of the Church and Ministry Committee and the presence of a name there shall constitute evidence that the person has been duly ordained and has had standing in a member Association; but the Committee shall not issue credentials to a person whose name appears on this roll unless they find in concurrence with the Committee on the Ministry in this per- son's Association that this person's character and qualifications are satis- factory.
e. A Church and Mission Committee shall be concerned with the mission of
the Churches and the Conference. It shall encourage the understanding and support by the Churches of ecumenical mission. Our Christian World Mis- sion, Massachusetts Ministries, City Missionary Societies' Programs, special fund raising efforts and other mission endeavors. It shall invite and eval- uate financial requests for mission projects and recommend priorities of these requests to the Budget Committee of the Board of Directors.
f. The Conference recognizes a Council of the Laity as a movement of spirit-
ual renewal in the life of the Churches and the Conference. It shall be the responsibility of the Council of the Laity to increase, develop and coordi- nate the activities and participation of the Laity through a process of con- tinuing education and training; and to assist the Churches to develop pro- grams which will train and free the Laity to participate in the whole task of the Church.
g. The Conference recognizes a Youth Council as a continuation of the work of the Pilgrim Fellowship of Massachusetts. It shall be concerned with the youth ministry in the Churches and the Associations in fellowship Avith the Conference, and shall encourage youth participation in the Local Church, Association, Conference and General Synod.
4. All Committees and Councils are free to organize their Avork, to establish sub- committees for special assignments, and to co-opt other persons with special interest and skill as required.
5. A person who is a member of any Committee or Council ex-officio shall be entitled to vote.
6. The reports of all Committees and Councils that are to be presented to the Conference Annual Meeting shall be furnished to the Secretary on or before April first of each year, and shall be printed and distributed to the Churches not less than
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two weeks before the Annual Meeting. These reports need not be read to the Confer- ence Meeting but the Program Committee may arrange for the adequate discussion of any or all of the topics presented in the reports.
7. Such Committees, Councils, or other ad hoc groups as the Conference may vote to constitute or recognize shall be established by voice vote at each Annual Meeting for such terms as the Conference Meeting shall determine. The Board of Directors shall present at each Annual Meeting a list of Committees, Councils or other ad hoc groups, the appointment of which it recommends.
ARTICLE IX Conditions of Office
1. Qualifications. Each Officer, Executive Officer, Director, Committee member or Council member can serve only while he is a member in a Church or Congrega- tion eligible to send delegates to the Conference Meeting.
2. Beginning of Term. The terms of Officers, Executive Officers, Directors or Members of a Committee or Council of the Conference shall begin at the close of the meeting at which they are elected; however, in the event a meeting is recessed for more than one month following election, the terms of those elected shall com- mence at the close of the session in which the recess was declared.
3. Unexpired Term. Any person elected at an Annual Meeting of the Conference to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of that vacancy.
4. Automatic Resignation. Any person elected to the Board of Directors or any Committee or Council of the Conference who shall fail to attend two consecutive regular meetings thereof without an explanation of absence, or fail to attend three consecutive meetings for any reason, shall be considered to have resigned. Whoever is nominated to the Board of Directors or any Committee or Council of the Confer- ence on the basis of his residency in one of the five Areas of the state shall be con- sidered to have resigned if during his term of office he moves to a different Area of the state or moves from the state. It will be the responsibility of the Board of Di- rectors, Committee, or Council involved to determine whether to accept a resignation.
ARTICLE X
Relationships
1. As a Conference of the United Church of Christ, the Massachusetts Confer- ence is a body of the United Church of Christ and is related to the General Synod as described in the Constitution and Bylaws of the United Church of Christ. It dis- charges those duties and provides those services set forth in its own charter and By- laws and which are not inconsistent with the Constitution and Bylaws of the United Church of Christ.
2. Delegates of the Conference to the General Synod, as provided for in the Con- stitution and Bylaws of the United Church of Christ, shall be elected from the mem- bership of the Churches in the Massachusetts Conference which are affiliated with the United Church of Christ, and such delegates shall be elected by voice vote at a meeting of the Conference.
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ARTICLE XI
Board of Ministerial Aid
The Board of Ministerial Aid shall be the agent of the Conference in the work of aiding needy ministers and their families and shall make an annual report to the Conference. On notice of a vacancy in the membership of the Board of Ministerial Aid, the Conference shall nominate a person to fill the vacancy.
ARTICLE XII
Boston Seaman's Friend Society
The Boston Seaman's Friend Society shall be the agent of the Conference in the work of promoting the spiritual and temporal welfare of seamen and shall make an annual report to the Conference. The Conference Meeting shall annually elect by voice vote five members, for a term of three (3) years each, to the Board of the Society.
ARTICLE XIII
Board of Pastoral Supply
The Conference Meeting shall elect by voice vote seven members to represent it on the Congregational Board of Pastoral Supply, two members to be elected each year to serve for a period of three (3) years, and a third member to be elected in any year to serve for a period of three (3) years whenever necessary to satisfy the requirement of seven members. The Board shall through its Secretary, make an an- nual report to the Conference Meeting.
ARTICLE XIV
Corporate Seal
The seal of the Conference shall consist of two or more concentric circles, with the words, "Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ" around the circumference between these circles and the words "Inc., 1808" within the inner circle.
ARTICLE XV
Special Orders
1. All matters of business presented to the Conference Meeting, except those presented by the Board of Directors or through duly elected or appointed Commit- tees of the Conference, shall be referred to the Business, Committee unless referred to some other Committee by special vote of the Conference.
2. All matters of busines's referred to the Business Committee shall be reported for action before the final adjournment of the meeting.
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ARTICLE XVI
Rules of Order
All proceedings of the Conference Meeting shall be governed by the latest re- vised edition of Robert's Rules of Order, and, unless otherwise required thereby or by these Bylaws, action of the Conference shall be by the majority vote of voting members present.
ARTICLE XVII
Amendments
1. These Bylaws except Articles II and III, may be amended at any Annual Meeting, or other meeting, of the Conference by a two-thirds vote, provided the amendment was proposed at a previous Conference Meeting or is recommended by the Board of Directors. The Board must notify the Churches and delegates of Bylaw amendments which it recommends at least 45 days prior to the Conference Meeting at which these will be considered.
2. Articles II and III may be amended by a two-thirds vote at any Annual Meet- ing, but only after the proposed amendment has been submitted to the Conference in writing at a previous Annual Conference Meeting and notice has been sent to each of the Churches entitled to send delegates at least three months prior to the Conference Meeting at which action is to be taken.
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Past Annual Meetings
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1912 Holyoke
1913 Fall River
1914 Gardner
1915 Pittsfield
1916 Cambridge
1917 Taunton
1918 Worcester
1919 Northampton
1920 Plymouth
1921 Lawrence
1922 Fitchburg
1923 Great Barrington
1924 Brockton
1925 Holyoke
1926 Dorchester
1927 Worcester 192S Greenfield
1929 Framinghani
1930 Springfield
1931 New Bedford
1932 Quincy
1933 North Adams
1934 Brookline
1935 Newburyport
1936 Gardner
1937 Lowell
1938 Dedham
1939 Northampton
1940 Worcester
1941 Attleboro
1942 West Newton
1 943 Worcester
1944 Boston
1945 Cambridge
1946 Holyoke J 947 Boston
1948 Springfield
1 949 Boston
1950 Fall River
1951 Framingham
1952 Worcester
1953 Springfield
1954 Quincy
1955 Fitchburg
1956 Williamstown
1957 Newton Centre
1958 Plymouth
1959 Beverly
1960 Andover
1961 Northampton
1962 Worcester
1963 Wellealey
1964 Pittsfield
1965 Boston
1966 Springfield
1967 Worcester
1968 Boston
1969 W. Springfield
1970 Amherst
1971 Fitchburg
1972 Pittsfield
MODERATOR Mr. Victor J. Loring Rev. Frank R. Shipman Mr. Kenyon L. Butterfield Rev. Edward A. Reed Mr. Edwin O. Childs Rev. George W. Andrews Mr. William B. Aspinwall Rev. Frederick H. Page Mr. Henry K. Hyde Mr. Thomas Weston Rev. Shepherd Knapp Mr. Arthur H. Wellman Rev. Edward P. Drew Rev. Charles H. Williams Mr. Elbert A. Harvey Rev. Samuel H. Woodrow Dr. Enos H. Bigelow Rev. Benj. A. Willmott Mr. Sheridan R. Cate Rev. Clarence W. Dunham Rev. Edwin B. Robinson Mr. John C. Hull Rev. J. Harold Dale Mr. Frank L. Boyden Rev. David N. Beach Mr. Wilbur E. Rowell Rev. Clarence E. Hellens Mr. Ethelbert V. Grabill Rev. Lyndon S. Beardslee Mr. George F. Moulton
Rev. John Gratton
Dean Homer P. Little Rev. Carl F. Sohultz Mr. Roy A. Hovey Rev. Baldwin W. Callahan Mr. Lucius E. Thayer Rev. John A. Hawley Mr. Clarence C. Beasley Rev. Horace G. Robson Mr. Sidney F. Law Rev. Roy L. Minich Mr. Robert C. Shoemaker Rev. Frederick M. Meek Mr. Julian D. Steele Rev. Victor B. Chicoine Mr. Lincoln S. Cain Rev. Joseph W. Beach Mrs. Axel H. Anderson Dr. John H. Leamon Mr. William E. Hays Rev. Clarence W. Fuller Mr. Loomis Patrick Rev. Kenneth R. Henley Mr. Albert O. Wilson, Jr. Rev. Paul D. Tiller Mr. Raymond H. Frost Mr. David W. Bartlett Mr. David W. Bartlett Rev. Harold R. Fray, Jr. Rev. Harold R. Fray, Jr. Mr. James Bateiman
PREACHER Rev. Edward P. Drew Rev. Raymond Calkins Rev. William C. Gordon Rev. Ambrose W. Vernon Rev. Newton M. Hall Rev. Benjamin A. Willmott Rev. William A. Knight Rev. Ernest G. Guthrie Rev. George A. Gordon Rev. Robert MacDonald Rev. Hugh Gordon Ross Rev. Robert R. Wicks Rev. Edward M. Noyes Rev. James Gordon Gilkey Rev. Allen E. Cross Rev. Arcturus Z. Conrad Rev. Howard J. Chidley Rev. Claude A. McKay Rev. Ashley D. Leavitt Rev. Garfield Morgan Rev. Vaughan Dabney Rev. J. Lee Mitchell Rev. Arthur P. Pratt Rev. Shepherd Knapp Rev. Russell H. Stafford Rev. Ralph Sockman Rev. George A. Buttrick Rev. Douglas Horton
Rev. Benjamin T. Marahall fRev. Raymond Calkins \ Rev. William Park I Rev. Walter A. Morgan
Rev. William A. Gilroy
Rev. Robert Wood Coe Rev. Carl Heath Kopf Rev. Charles C. Keith Rev. Edwin B. Robinson Rev. J. Harold Dale Rev. Kendig B. Cully Rev. William J. Reea Rev. Ashley Day Leavitt fRev. John Gratton IRev. Alden S. Mosshammer Rev. Walter R. Greenwood Rev. Ray A. Eusden Rev. John R. Chapman Rev. John H. Leamon Rev. Fred B. Spyker Rev. Dwight L. Cart Dr. Raymond Calkins Rev. Kenneth R. Henley Rev. Edith Wolfe Dr. Albert J. Penner Rev. Virgil V. Brallier Rev. Arthur Coulthard Rev. Kenneth D. Beokwitb Rev. John E. Morgan Dr. Albert J. Penner Dr. Albert J. Penner Rev. Robert V. Moss Dr. David M. Stowe Rev, Avery D. Post
MINUTES OF THE FALL MEETING
of the
MASSACHUSETTS CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED
CHURCH OF CHRIST
November 13, 1971
Brockton High School Brockton, Massachusetts
The Fall Meeting of the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ was called to order by the Moderator, Mr. James Bateman, at 9:45 a. m. on Saturday, November 13, 1971, at the Brockton High School, Brockton, Massachu- setts. Greetings were extended from the area churches by the Rev. James O'Brien, pastor of First Church, Brockton. The Moderator expressed thanks to the local committee for the facilities and arrangements. The Moderator appointed the fol- lowing people to the
Credentials Committee: Rev. Arlan A. Baillie, chairman, Mrs. Ruth Anna Bow- ler, Rev. Robert P. Noble, Jr.
Upon hearing a preliminary report of the Credentials Committee on registra- tion, the Moderator declared that a quorum was present.
The Ground Rules, as printed in the 1971 Conference Yearbook and as circulat- ed prior to this meeting, were read. It was moved and
VOTED: That the Meeting adopt the Ground Rules as read and circulated.
The Moderator introduced Mr. Hugh Jones, of the firm of Hale and Dorr, as Parliamentarian for the Meeting. The following committees were appointed by the Moderator:
Tellers: Rev. James O'Brien, Head Teller; Mr. Russell Sproul, Mrs. Bernhard Bruns, Mrs. Walter Marlenga, Mrs. Daniel Dunklee, Miss Donna Tilden, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gibson, Miss Norma Waterman, Rev. George Chapman, Mr. Clarence Coit, Mr. Douglass F. Wilbur, Mr. George Johnson, Mr. Herbert Capen, Miss Cheryl Gayle, Mrs. Robert Prince.
Business Committee: Miss Winifred Eastwood, Chairman; Mr. Charles Butler, Mr. Clayton Ford, Mr. Bruce Mann, Rev. Dewey Peterson, Jr., Miss Laurie Peter- son, Rev. Richard Stoehr, Rev. Alfred R. Winham.
Upon recommendation of the Business Committee, it was moved and
VOTED: That discussion of the decision by the Boston Herald Traveler not to accept advertisements for "X" rated movies be put on the agenda for the 1972 Annual Meeting.
The Moderator introduced the Rev. Francis X. Pirazzini, Minister of the Central Atlantic Conference of the United Church of Christ, on sabbatical leave and teaching at Andover Newton Theological School. It was moved and
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VOTED: That the Rev. Francis X. Pirazzini be made an Honorary Member of the Conference at this Meeting.
It was moved and
VOTED: To accept the Agenda as printed.
It was moved and
VOTED: To waive the reading of the minutes of the last Conference Meeting and to approve them as printed and distributed.
The Moderator announced that the proceedings of the day are being taped and that it might be possible to produce a cassette or other recording for dis- tribution. Mrs. Phyllis Baldwin was introduced and she spoke briefly about the United Church Herald.
The Rev. Dr. Gabriel Fackre of Andover Newton Theological School conduct- ed the Worship Service, assisted by "The Decisions" from the Edwards Congre- gational Church, Framingham.
The Moderator introduced the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dr. Wade M. Kornegay. Dr. Kornegay gave some of the budget background and then intro- duced the Rev. William Hulteen, Chairman of the Priorities Committee of the Board; the Rev. Robert Dennett, Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Board; and Mr. Ralph F. Tuller, Treasurer of the Conference. Each of these men spoke briefly. It was pointed out that, according to the Bylaws, the action of the Meeting cannot increase the budget beyond the total proposed and that no new item may be added. It is possible to move amounts around within the total and also to decrease the total budget. The Rev. Paul Clayton, Chairman of the Personnel Committee of the Board, listed the following Executive salaries for the Conference:
Avery Post $25,000
Donald Simpson 15,000
Karl Phillippi 15,000
James Lancaster 15,000
Paul Sinn 14,500
Oliver Powell 15,000
Emil Beck 16,250
George Thomas 16,500
Darrell Holland 14,100
Dexter Rice 10,550 (receives rent free home)
Pierre Vuilleumier 11,400 (receives some room and board)
Consultant in Education 14,000
The Meeting was then divided into small groups for discussion on the Budget, followed by lunch.
The Moderator reconvened the Meeting at 2:05 p.m. The Rev. Boardman Kathan presented a Certificate of Merit to Miss Valerie Bryan for her outstanding service to the Conference.
It was moved and VOTED: To adopt the 1972 Conference Budget as proposed and circulated.
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An amendment to increase the contingency Fund for Churches by $5000 and to decrease the grant to the Massachusetts Council of Churches by the same amount was lost.
The^Rev. Norman Dubie read the following statement from the Board of Di- rectors of the Greater Lawrence Ecumenical Area Ministry:
During the past three years, the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ has made available to the Greater Lawrence Ecumenical Area Ministry (GLEAM) the sum of $12,000 per year for the establishing of an inner city ministry in Lawrence. The Board of Directors of GLEAM recognizes that the steady growth and effectiveness of that ministry has been made possible in very large measure by this early and generous funding, and wishes to express its deepest gratitude to the Conference, and to all who contributed to GLEAM indirectly through their support of MISSION: ADVANCE!
The ministry of GLEAM is now fully ecumenical, supported by four Roman Catholic churches, by a Jewish synagogue, by 21 local churches, by five de- nominations, by five industries, and by two banks. Its basic ministry is to low-income families, especially to those of the Spanish American population which now numbers some 10,000 in Lawrence, the number increasing steadily by some 100 persons per month. Through the program which the Massachu- setts Conference has helped to make possible in the past three years, 80 adult tutors and 20 high school students from communities surrounding Lawrence have gone regularly into Spanish American homes in the city to teach English and to be a counselor to the families in their cultural adjust- ments (many others are still waiting for tutors); a licensed Day Care Center operates at an annual budget of $95,000. to care for 30 children of former welfare mothers, permitting the mothers to be either gainfully employed or to enter employment training programs; a seven-unit apartment building in the center of the inner city has been completely renovated to provide a model for self-sustaining, low-income housing in the city of Lawrence, and has pre- pared the way for the future renovation of 30-50 additional units, also to be used as genuinely low-income rentals; a program of community organization has operated continuously, providing for coordination of Spanish American organizations, for counsel on the legal rights of tenants, for voter registration, and for many other services. At the present time, seven students from semi- naries comprising the Boston Theological Institute are doing their field work through GLEAM, directmg recreational programs, assisting in problems of housing, and working with problems of unemployment. The money which the Massachusetts Conference has made available to GLEAM has helped to release nearly $100,000 in state and local funds for some of the programs mentioned here.
However, the present MISSION: ADVANCE! funding of GLEAM will ter- minate in February 1972 and the Board of Directors of GLEAM understands that the program is not included in the grants budget of the conference for the coming year. GLEAM has anticipatecl a reduced support from its most generous source of funding through the past three years, but is not yet able to "go" entirely "on its own." Hence, local churches and individuals familiar with the ministry of GLEAM have, as of this moment, committed themselves to contribute $2700 of "new" money (money not designated for other pur- poses) to GLEAM in 1972, and additional amounts are expected to be raised
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through local churches of the area, especially through campaigns to renew MISSION: ADVANCE! pledges, designating that the money be sent to GLEAM. Such monies will enable GLEAM to continue its ministry without curtailment.
It is the concern of the Board of Directors of GLEAM that all groups ecumenically involved in the ministry be assured of the continuing support of the Massachusetts Conference. The acceptance of this statement for in- clusion in the minutes of this meeting will be taken for such support. The Board of Directors of GLEAM also respectfully requests that the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Conference seriously consider the funding of GLEAM in the grants budget for 1973.
Since there was a misunderstanding about the intent of the motion to adopt the budget, it was moved and
VOTED: To reconsider the Budget for 1972.
Concern was expressed that there was no direct reflection in the budget of the Peace Priority of the Conference. An amendment to use the Grants Contingency Fund for the Peace Priority was defeated. Yes, 198; No, 280. Therefore, it was moved and
VOTED: That the Board of Directors report at the Annual Meeting in May 1972, recommendations to implement the Peace Priority.
It was moved and
VOTED: To adopt the 1972 budget for the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ as proposed, circulated and attached.
It was moved and
VOTED: That the Fellowship Dues be established at |1.50 per member for 1972. An amendment to increase the dues to $1.75 was defeated.
It was moved and
VOTED: That the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ retain 20% of the OCWM funds given for Basic Support in 1972.
The Rev. Arlan Baillie, Chairman of the Credentials Committee, presented the following report of those in attendance:
Lay 357
Clergy 181
Directors of Christian Education 3
Ex-Ofl[icio 42
Guests 57
TOTAL 640
There were 75 advance registrants who did not attend, consisting of: Clergy 24
Lay 39
Ex-Officic 2
Guests 10
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It was moved and
VOTED: That the report of the Credentials Committee be accepted.
The Rev. Allen HoUis spoke briefly about the Parsonage Equity Fund, urging Churches and Ministers to enroll.
The Moderator then introduced the Rev. Avery Post, Minister and President of the Conference. Mr. Post pointed out: The delegates assembled exercised voting privilege and voting power. The Meeting today has done the Church insti- tution's business. The business that has taken place is not binding on the member Churches. The Church is a meeting of the people of God to diffuse the message of Jesus Christ. As Churches, we must look at the quality of our covenant rela- tionship. The Conference has a role to play in relation to the Churches, particu- larly in the area of trust. We must work toward becoming a mature Conference in the United Church of Christ as we make our plans in relation to other con- ferences and instrumentalities.
Miss Winifred Eastwood, Chairman of the Business Committee, presented the following resolution which was moved and
VOTED: Be it resolved that the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ meeting on November 13, 1971 expresses its thanks to the City of Brockton and especially its School Committee; host Churches: First Parish, Porter, South, Lincoln, Waldo, Union of East Bridgewater, First of Stoughton; and to the Pilgrim Association for the hospitality of this day.
Also, our thanks to Professor Gabriel Fackre for his enrichment of our morning worship; also praise to the Rev. Emil Beck and others for the efficient organiza- tion of this Conference Meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:20 p.m.
Mrs. Robert J. MacLeod Recording Secretary
Emil C. Beck
Secretary
NOTE: AN ADDITION TO THE MINUTES OF THE 172nd ANNUAL MEET- ING, MAY 7-8, 1971.
The following report of the Credentials Committee on registrations was omitted: Lay 521
Clergy 254
Directors of Christian Education ^
Ex-Officio 43
Guests 88
TOTAL 914
1972
Budget
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1972 BUDGET
of the
MASSACHUSETTS CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
(Adopted at Fall Meeting, November 13, 1971 in Brockton)
|
1971 |
1972 |
+Increase |
|
|
Budget |
Budget |
-Decrease |
|
|
RECEIPTS |
|||
|
Invested Funds |
$180,000. |
$163,000. |
$-17,000. |
|
OCWM Retention |
205,000. |
205,000. |
|
|
Fellowship Dues |
237,000. |
225,000. |
-12,000. |
|
Unrestricted Legacies |
2,500. |
2,500. |
|
|
For Services |
11,500. |
7,500. |
- 4,000." |
|
Special Trusts |
4,000. |
4,000. |
|
|
Other Receipts |
1,000. |
1,000. |
|
|
TOTAL RECEIPTS |
$641,000. |
$608,000. |
$-33,000. |
PAYMENTS
Staff Services
Salaries
Pensions, Soc. Sec. & Ins.
Travel & Auto Replacement
|
$290,380. |
$290,841. |
$+ |
461 |
|
35,943. |
35,882. |
- |
61 |
|
22,600. |
22,200, |
- |
400 |
$348.923. -$348.923.
Other General Services
Board of Directors Travel General Synod Delegates Legal & Auditing Annual Report Office Expenses Outside Accounting Services Pilgrim State News & Publicity Resources
Center Operations-Framingham -Cummington
Total Other General Services
Conference Committee Services
Contingencies in Services & Operations
|
$ 2,500. |
$ 2.500. |
|
|
3,500. |
- 3,500. |
|
|
5,000. |
6,500. |
+ 1,500. |
|
3,000. |
3,000. |
|
|
60,000. |
47,600. |
-12,400. |
|
3,800. |
+ 3,800. |
|
|
20,000. |
20,000. |
|
|
600. |
+ 600. |
|
|
10,000 |
10,000. |
|
|
200. |
200. |
|
|
$104,200. |
$ 94.200.. |
$-10,000. |
|
$ 20,500. |
$ 25,825. |
$+ 5,325. |
|
$ 4,946. |
$ 5,511. |
+ 565. |
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Grants in Massachusetts
B.E.C. (thru Mass. Council) $
Board of Pastoral Supply
Boston Industrial Mission
Blue Hill Soul Center
Boston, Charlestown 1st Church
Campus Ministries (N. E.U.M.H.E. )
Chinese Christian Church
CMS Comm. - Education & Housing
Community Ctr. - So. Middlesex
Congregational Historical Society
Dorchester, Pilgrim
Ecumenical Center
Holyoke Urban Min.
Mass. Commission on Christian Unity
Mass. Council of Churches
New Community Projects
Packard Manse
Project Equality
Project Place
Springfield Urban Ministry
Worcester Ecumenical Evang.
Contingencies
Pres. Discretionary-gen'l " " - Salary Supple.
Churches
Boston City Hosp. Chap.
Other Institutional Chap. Area Ministers Discretionary Grant Contingencies
Budget
1972
|
1971 |
1972 |
+Increase |
|
Budget |
Budget |
-Decrease |
|
7,500. |
$ 7,500. |
|
|
15,000. |
19,000. |
+ 4,000. |
|
5,000. |
3,000. |
- 2,000. |
|
4,000. |
2,000. |
- 2,000. |
|
3,000. |
3,000. |
|
|
26,500. |
9,000. |
-17,500. |
|
300. |
300. |
|
|
5,500. |
5,000. |
- 500. |
|
1,500. |
1,500. |
|
|
200. |
200. |
|
|
4,600. |
4,600. |
|
|
12,000. |
5,000. |
- 7,000. |
|
2,000. |
2,000. |
|
|
600. |
600. |
|
|
40,000. |
33,000. |
- 7,000. |
|
500. |
+ 500. |
|
|
1,000. |
1,000. |
|
|
4,000. |
+ 4,000. |
|
|
500. |
- 500. |
|
|
2,000. |
1,450. |
- 550. |
|
2,000. |
1,450. |
- 550. |
|
1,500. |
1,500. |
|
|
11,650. |
10,000. |
- 1,650. |
|
5,920. |
7,780. |
+ 1,860. |
|
3,861. |
3,861. |
|
|
2,000. |
2,000. |
|
|
2,500. |
2,500. |
Total Grants in Massachusetts
$160,631. $131,741.
Nat'1. Council on Mission Priorities 1,800.
SUMMARY OF PAYMENTS
Staff Services
Other Gen'1 Services
Conf. Committee Services
Contingencies in Service & Oper.
Grants in Massachusetts
Nat'1. Council on Mission Prior.
Total
1971
1,800.
■28,890.
(1
Proposal
|
$348,923. |
54% |
$348,923. |
57% |
|
|
104,200. |
16% |
94,200. |
15% |
-10,000. |
|
20,500. |
03% |
25,825. |
04% |
+ 5,325. |
|
4,946. |
01% |
5,511. |
01% |
+ 565. |
|
160,631. |
25% |
131,741. |
22% |
-28,890. |
|
1,800. |
01% |
1,800. |
01% |
|
|
$641,000. |
100% |
$608,000. |
100% |
-33,000. |
NOTE: (1) An additional $11,000.00 will come from the Christian Higher Education Fund making the total for Campus Ministries $20,000.
MINUTES OF THE 173rd ANNUAL MEETING
of the
MASSACHUSETTS CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED
CHURCH OF CHRIST
May 5 - 6, 1972, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
The 173rd Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ was called to order by the Moderator, Mr. James Bateman, at 10:35 A.M. on Friday, May 5, 1972, at the First United Methodist Church, Pitts- field, Massachusetts. (Registration was held in First Church of Christ, Congrega- tional, U. C. C.) The Rev. Robert D. Witham assisted by the Rev. Peter Hayn led the group in singing preceding the Meeting. The opening worship service was conducted by the Rev. Oliver Powell, with the Rev. Avery D. Post preaching on "Watchman, What of the Night?" (A copy of the sermon follows these Miniites.) The service included a recognition of the ministry of the Rev. Robert D. Witham and a poem written by Mrs. Eric Bascom, Jr.
Greetings from the host Churches in the Pittsfield area were given by the Rev. George Higgins, Dalton, chairman of the local committee. The Rev. Edwin Taylor, Associate Minister of the First United Methodist Church, extended greet- ings, also. The following were appointed to the Credentials Committee: Rev. Arlan A. Baillie, Chairman; Mrs. Ruth Anna Bowler; Rev. Robert P. Noble, Jr.
The Moderator declared that a quorum was present. The Ground Rules as printed in the 1971 Conference Yearbook and circulated prior to the Meeting were read. It was moved and
VOTED: That the Meeting adopt the Ground Rules. (The complete Ground Rules follow these Minutes.)
The Moderator introduced the Parliamentarian, Mr. Hugh Jones of the firm of Hale and Dorr. The following committees were appointed:
Tellers: Mr. John H. Hibbard, Jr., Chairman; Mr. Edmund Kenyon, Mrs. Arreta Smith, Mr. Larry Kimple, Mr. John Curtis, Mr. Fred Wallace, Mr. Charles Steele, Mr. James Bangs, Rev. Douglas Small Mr. Cecil E Alderman, Mr. Charles E. Cook, Mr. H. Francis Pease, Mrs. Olive Drosehn, Mrs. Mabel Leemhuis, Mrs. Dorothy Julius, Mr. Howard D. Levernoch, Miss Elizabeth Eldridge, Mrs. Margaret Bristol.
Business Committee: Rev. Dewey Peterson, Chairman; Miss Winifred East- wood, Mr. Charles Butler, Rev. William Goble, Rev. Edmund Nutting, Miss Laurie Peterson, Rev. Richard Stoehr, Rev. Alfred Winhani.
The Rev. Dewey Peterson, Clrairman of the Business Committee, presented the following recommendations, to be voted upon at 2:30 P. M.: That the Rev. Kenneth Glaus be given 5 minutes at 3:30 P. M. to speak about worship; that the resolution of the Rev. Albert Ronander be referred to the ad hoc worship group and the Board of Directors; that the resolution on withdra^val from Vietnam, submitted by Mr. William Squires, Jr., needs clarification and should not come to the floor; that the resolution on COCU, submitted by the Rev. Kenneth Glaus, be referred to the Ecumenical Commission of the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ; that the concern on X-rated movies be referred to the Church and Community Committee; that the resolution on nominations, submit- ted by the Rev. Edmund Nutting, be referred to the Church and Leadership Com- mittee; that the resolution re OCWM finances and programs, submitted by Mr. Paul Ross, be referred to the Board of Directors. (These resolutions are printed following these Minutes.)
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It was moved and
VOTED: To approve the Minutes of the last Meeting of the Conference as printed.
It was moved and
VOTED: To adopt the Agenda, as amended to include an address by Mr. Wil- liam Cox, Vice President of Gulf Oil Company, at 2:00 P. M.
It was moved and
VOTED: To accept the reports of the Minister and President of the Conference, the combined reports of the Committees and the Statistical Report of the Secretary as printed and distributed.
The Rev. Nevin Kirk, Chairman of the Church and Leadership Committee, presented several additions and corrections to the list of nominees as circulated prior to the Meeting. The Committee was available to receive further nominations for officers and committees.
The Moderator introduced several guests: Mrs. Barbara McCall, special assist- ant to the President of the United Church of Christ; Mr. William Cox, Vice Presi- dent, Gulf Oil Company; Mrs. Marilyn Briggs, member of the Task Force on Southern Africa; Rev. Lawrence Henderson, Associate Regional Secretary, Africa, from the UCBWM; Mrs. Margaret Marshall, consultant to the Task Force on Southern Africa; Mr. Timothy H. Smith, Assistant, Southern Africa Affairs, Coun- cil for Christian Social Action; Mr. Lester Weiner, member of the Task Force on Southern Africa. It was moved and
VOTED: That these guests be elected Honorary Delegates for this Meeting, with voice, but no vote.
The Meeting was recessed for lunch.
The Moderator reconvened the meeting at 2:30 P. M., following remarks by Mr. William Cox. Mrs. Barbara McCall spoke briefly to the Meeting. She is work- ing with a Task Force on Women in the United Church of Christ. Mrs. Phyllis Baldwin spoke about the "United Church Herald." Dr. Wade Kornegay presented the following Report of the Board of Directors:
Rather than present a lengthy report that covers essentially all of the activities and actions of the Board of Directors for the past year, I will focus this report on two critical issues. In addition, I will call on a member of the Church and Mission Committee (the Rev. Bricker Gibson) and a member of the Board of Directors (the Rev. William Hulteen) to report on responses to action called for by the previous Annual Meetings.
The primary issue has to do with priorities. The Board is struggling to define a clear policy for leading the Conference in addressing priorities on a wholistic basis. We have taken initial steps to lead the Conference in taking priorities and the prioritizing process with utmost seriousness. We have iden- tified the functional and emerging priorities of the Conference and have sought to focus program development and budget building to reflect these priorities.
Under the able leadership of Bill Hulteen, the Priorities Committee, one of the three sub-committees of the Board, has performed admirably in help- ing the Board to begin to develop a methodology for priority programming and funding. The role of the Committee has been defined more clearly. It has the responsibility to: 1) lift up and define to the Board what the current
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functional priorities of the Conference are; 2) identify for the Board major emerging priorities; 3) inform the Board on what the Conference, through its Board of Directors, officers, staff and Committees and Councils, is doing to deliver on its priorities; 4) help the Board phase in and phase out priorities over time; and 5) develop a methodology for intermediate and long-range planning. It should be said that the Ad Hoc Policy Committee has the responsibility for planning and correlating for effective delivery on priorities.
Support of local churches in their mission, support of professional leader- ship, empowerment of the Black, poor and disenfranchised and Peace have been identified as the current major functional priorities of the Conference. Through the Finance and Priorities Committees, the Board will continue to raise questions about how programs are planned, how our human resources are used and how money is spent in light of these priorities.
In a time of identifying priorities we recognize the need to develop a strategy for testing priorities and for phasing in and out of priorities. As a step in that direction, a data gathering process for the determination and testing of priorities using inputs from the constituency is being planned for this year. Unfortunately, the process will not be completed in time for input toward 1973 program and budget building, but will be useful for future planning. The Board seeks to arrange the affairs of the Conference such that it can follow the logical sequence of moving from priority identification and testing, through program development to budget building. (As a positive move in that direction, tomorrow the Board will present a recommendation for a By-law change that will allow the Conference to set the Fellowship Dues and O.C.W.M. retention rate at the Annual Meeting rather than the Fall Meeting.) The painful truth is that the pressure of time does not permit an easy and orderly transition to this desired mode of operation which is the inverse of the one followed until recently. Nevertheless, I am convinced that by this time next year, we will be well along in the process of getting our priorities, programs and budget cycle ordered properly.
The second key issue with which the Board is grappling is that of inter- relationships and the overall role and function of the various Conference units (the Board, officers, staff, local churches. Conference Meeting and Committees and Councils). A fresh look at inter-relationships is beina: made within the context of a Conference life style that is centered around priori- ties. It will continue to be difficult for the Board to giVe effective leadership to the Conference in priority programming and servicing so long as the issue of inter-relationships and role definition is unresolved. The re-assessment of the structure of the Board that is now underway will probably provide the key for addressing this issue. (If a new Board structure is needed, we will probably achieve it by evolution, not by a radical restructuring.) Considering the confidence I have in you and the churches of this Conference and the quality of the dedicated women and men who serve on the Board of Di- rectors, I feel confident that our struggles in addressing priorities, inter- relationships and other emerging issues can be turned into victories for the whole church. (End of Director's Report)
The Rev. William Hulteen reported recommendations for implementing the Peace Priority. There is much over-lapping, so that the funding will be through committees of the Conference, the Staff and OCWM. Money supports people and programs that take action. Peace Action teams will be established to keep the issue alive.
The Rev. Bricker Gibson reported for the Task Force on Long Rans;e Stew- ardship. He listed several places where Churches may receive help: The Steward- ship Council regional office, Church-Fund-Raising workshops for clusters of Church-
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es, the Conference Staff, Stewardship Council materials, programs of missionary visitation, the "Pilgrim State News" and the "United Church Herald", Church and Mission Committee of the Conference and the associations. Church-Fund- Raising has been retained as a consultant in 1972. The Task Force should be restructured with laymen from business. An effective program will require a full- time Staff member.
The Treasurer, Mr. Ralph Tuller, gave his report. It was moved and
VOTED: That the Report of the Treasurer and the Auditors' Report be accepted.
The Rev. Dewey Peterson reviewed the proposals of the Business Committee (listed above) and recommended that they be adopted with the change that the resolution of Mr. Paul Ross be put on the agenda for the Fall Meeting. It was moved and
VOTED: That the proposals of the Business Committee be supported as pre- sented.
An amendment to consider the motion of Paul Ross at this Meeting was lost. Yes 234; no 293.
The Rev. Nevin Kirk reported that the Church and Leadership Committee had received no new nominations. Therefore, it was moved and
VOTED: That nominations be closed.
The Rev. Kenneth Claus spoke about the ad hoc committee on worship.
The Meeting broke up into two groups to listen to presentations by Public Concern Groups: Task Force on Southern Africa Resolution, and the Church and Community Resolution. After 45 minutes, delegates switched groups.
Following dinner, a program "The Way the Lord Wanted It: Propers for the Day" was presented by the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts.
Saturday, May 6, 1972
The Moderator called the Meeting to order at 9:30 A.M. Singing, led by the Rev. A. Karl Phillippi, preceded the Meeting. The Rev. Paul Sinn led the open- ing worship.
The Business Committee presented a recommendation for a 10 minute rebut- tal from the Southern Africa Task Force and for some changes in time for the lunch period. It was moved and
VOTED: To amend the recommendation of the Business Committee by deleting the 10 minute rebuttal from the Task Force on Southern Africa.
Following this, it was moved and
VOTED: To adjourn for lunch at 12:15 P.M. and reconvene at 2:00 P.M.
The Moderator introduced the candidates for Officers and Executive Officers of the Conference. It was moved and
VOTED: That the Secretary cast one ballot for the election of the Officers, Executive Officers, members of the Board of Directors and members of the Con-
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ference Committees and Councils. (A complete list of Officers, Executive OflicerS, Boards, Committees and Councils is printed in another section of the Conference Year Book.)
Mr. Post read the names of those ministers celebrating the 50th anniversary of their ordination: Rev. Frederick C. Wilson, East Northfield, Rc'v. Frank C. Seymour, Burlington, Vermont, Rev. Richard I,. Bailey, New Bedford, and Rev. Baldwin W. Callahan, Newtonville. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Callahan were present and were recognized by the Meeting.
Mr. Post then read the names of the ordinands of the past year. (This list is printed in another section of the Conference Year Book)
Mr. Post gave a report as the Minister and President of the Conference dis- cussing:
— the status of the Consultation on Church Union in the light of a recent statement by the Executive Council of the United Church of Christ.
— a suggested reorganization and relocation of the Council of Christian Social Action.
— the status of the implementation of the General Synod commitment to raise supporting funds for the six black colleges related to the American Mission- ary Association and certain overseas ministries.
— the need to complete pledge commitments to Mission: Advance!
— the serious need of the whole church for new funds to support mission proj- ects as well as continuing service to congregations and ministers.
— a concern that the churches be open to the leadership of thousands of con- cerned and theologically sensitive young people.
It was moved and
VOTED: That this report of the Minister and President of the Conference be accepted.
On recommendation of the Business Committee, it was moved and
VOTED: That the Resolution on Peace, submitted by Rev. Deene Clark, be put on the agenda following the other appointed resolutions.
The members of the Meeting divided into 40 process groups for discussion.
The Moderator reconvened the Meeting at 2:10 P.M. The Rev. George Bach reported for the Process Groups, answering some common concerns of the groups. Mr. William Cox, vice president of Gulf Oil Com.pany and Mr. Timothy Smith of the Council for Christian Social Action spoke briefly.
It was moved and
VOTED: To adopt the agreement of merger presented to this meeting and made a part of the minutes hereof, with Congregational Church Union of Boston and Vicinity providing for the statutory merger of Congregational Church Union of Boston and Vicinity with and into Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ all pursuant to said agreement of merger and to do all things necessary or proper to effectuate the merger. (Agreement is printed at the end of these Minutes.)
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The Rev. Robert Jackman, chairman of the By-Laws Committee, presented recommendations. It was moved and
VOTED: That Article IV, Section 1, be amended, beginning at hne 6 to read: "as the case may be, the hearing of reports, the determination of the annual rate of Fellowship Dues to be proposed to the churches, to act upon the recommenda- tion of the Board of Directors concerning the amount or proportion to be re- tained fro7n Our Christian World Mission Giving of the Churches, and the trans- action of other business."
And that the same Article IV, Section 1, lines 11 to 14 have the above itali- cized deleted.
The Rev. Robert Dennett, Chairman of the Finance Committee, presented a recommendation from the Board of Directors for Fellowship Dues. An amendment asking the Board to set the Fellowship Dues high enough to cover the entire expenses of the Conference or to retain a high enough amount from OCWM for the expenses for the Conference lost. An amendment to set the Fellowship Dues at 0 also lost. It was moved and
VOTED: That the Fellowship Dues for 1973 be set at .1p2.00 per church member as reported for January 1, 1973.
It was moved and
VOTED: That the O.C.W.M. Retention for 1973 be set at 20% of Basic Support.
The Rev. Newell Curtis, co-chairperson of the Southern Africa Task Force, presented a resolution for the consideration of the Meeting. An amendment that the Board of Directors appoint a Task Force on Southern Africa, in order to insure diversity of input, lost. Yes 257; no 291. A motion to table the main motion was defeated. An amendment was
VOTED: To delete "and initiate action", line 5 of the main motion.
It was moved and
VOTED: That we wholeheartedly endorse the resolution on Southern Africa adopted with the support of the Massachusetts delegation at the Eighth General Synod on June 28, 1971, and we resolve to implement its principles in the follow- ing ways:
(1) That a Task Force will be formed to study and make recommendations on the problems of freedom and justice in Southern Africa and Guinea-Bis- sau. All concerned members of U.C.C. churches in Massachusetts who wish to share in the work of the Task Force may become members. The Task Force will determine its own organizational structure. It will be responsible to and report its findings and recommendations to the next annual Con- ference Meeting and in the interim be responsible to the Board of Directors of the Conference. The Task Force will work with the Church and Com- munity Committee when joint action is desired. The assignment of the Task Force shall be:
(a) To develop criteria for confronting and eliminating our complicity in racism in Southern Africa that results from ownership of stock in com- panies whose business supports white government domination and op- pression of black Africans. Stock held by Conference endowment funds and the Congregational Fund shall be considered for examination.
(b) To recommend that the trustees charged with supervising such stock- holdings use their proxy power to support the efforts of groups chal-
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lenging the policies of corporations doing business in Southern Africa; It is the intent of tliis resolution that the Task Force shall develop recommendations concerning the use of proxy power and it is the fur- ther intent that the Board of Directors shall urge the trustees of the Funds, and any other funds acting as endowments, to follow such recommendations as the Board of Directors present.
(c) To investigate broadening the use of restricted endowment funds in order to rechannel some of them into African liberation movements.
(d) To recommend to the next annual meeting additional forms of chal- lenging corporations doing business in Southern Africa, such as spon- soring resolutions at stockholders' meetings, or divestiture of the offend- ing stock and reinvestment in more socially responsible companies.
(e) To educate local church members on the nature of American political and economic support of white dominated regimes in Africa, and en- courage them to examine the stock held by their own churches.
(2) (Numbered 3 in original motion) Recommend that a programmed budget item for the use of the Task Force be included in the Conference budget at the fall meeting to pay for the necessary expenses of the Task Force.
It was moved and
VOTED: That the following section 2 of the original motion be referred to the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors.
The Conference will secure funds earmarked for the World Council of Churches Fund to Combat Racism, in order to aid the movements for lib- eration of Southern Africa and Guinea-Bissau, bv directing: that 5% of OCWM receipts be sent through the Board of World Ministries to the World Council of Churches. In addition, the Board of Directors of the Con- ference and the new Task Force shall create a special fund to raise addi- tional money through individual giving directed for the Fund to Combat Racism.
A motion to table section 4 of the Resolution on Southern Africa and Guinea- Bissau was lost, as was the motion on section 4, which asked that we encouraare "the boycott of the use of all Gulf Oil Company products until the company withdraws its heavy investment in Southern African white domination." Yes 241; no 270.
Several motions were made and defeated: That the Meetins; be extended to 5:45; that all the remainina; resolutions except those dealing with hospitality be postponed to the Fall Meeting; that we consider the peace resolution, but post- pone the ones on anti-personnel weapons and investments; that the Meeting be adjourned. It was moved and
VOTED: To rescind the vote to adjourn at 5:00 P.M.
The Rev. R. Jerry Morgan presented the Church and Community resolutions.
The following Section A of their resolutions was moved and
VOTED: RESOLVED: That the Conference instruct the Board of Directors to establish a Commission to deal with the question of the ethics of the social impact of our invested funds according to the stated priorities of this Conference. This Commission shall report to the Conference at the Spring 1973 Annual Meeting.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the Conference instruct the Board of Directors to develop appropriate programs for working with local churches on the question of the relationship between the stated priorities of the Conference and invested funds.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That this Conference petition all appropriate United Church of Christ agencies for information on the relationship between the stated priorities of the United Church of Christ and invested funds.
A substitution for Section B of the Church and Community resolutions, with the concurrence of the Committee, was submitted by the Rev. Arthur Teikmanis from one of the process groups. Copies were distributed. An amendment seeking to delete the last three lines (requesting "the Honeywell Corporation to cease and desist the manufacture of anti-personnel weapons") was lost. It was moved and
VOTED: BE IT RESOLVED: That a Task Force of concerned members of the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ be appointed by the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ for the purpose of communicating to appropriate government agencies and officials our alarm and opposition to our government's request for the produc- tion of anti-personnel weapons.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That this Task Force enter into a continuing communication with the Honeywell Corporation and other corporations that are or may be involved in the production of anti-personnel military weapons.
And, BE IT RESOLVED: That this Conference request the Honeywell Cor- poration to cease and desist the manufacture of anti-personnel weapons.
The Rev. Deene Clark presented a Resolution on Peace. An amendment to disavow American Protestant and Catholic complicity in Northern Ireland was de- feated. An amendment seeking to delete the word "equipment" in line 10 of the main motion was lost. It was moved and
VOTED: BE IT RESOLVED: That the Massachusetts Conference of the U.C.C, meeting in its Annual Meeting in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on May 5-6, 1972, re- quest that the governing body of each of its member churches provide a vehicle, e.g. petition, resoliUions, letters, etc., through which each member of these par- ishes may put his or her name on record by June 15, 1972, urging the President of the United States and both Houses of Congress to establish now, a date no later than December 31, 1972, by which time all United States military personnel — naval, air and support forces and equipment shall be disengaged from South- east Asia. This disengagement to be contingent only upon arrangement for ex- change of prisoners of war. The report of this action to be given to the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Conference of U.C.C. and reported by them to the President of the U. S. and the Congressional Representatives of Massachusetts.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That this Annual Meetng urge the State Con- ference, the local Associations, and the individual church governing bodies, to take concrete steps immediately to provide literature, speakers, slides and any other educational resources to inform individual parishioners and other interested citizens, of the history, the destructive effects of this war, and of the inhumane nature of the weapons being used by the United States forces.
These resolutions are initiated not only in a quest for peace in the human family but also for the soul of our people.
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The Rev. Arlan Baillie, Chairman of the Credentials Committee, presented its report:
Lay Delegates 517
Clergy 264
Directors of Christian Education 9
Ex-officiis 48
Guests 100
938 It was moved and VOTED: That the report of the Credentials Committee be accepted.
The Moderator introduced the Rev. Curtis Minter, the new Moderator. Dr. Minter expressed appreciation to the Moderator, Mr. James Bateman, for the excellent work he had done in conducting the Meeting the past two days.
It was moved and
VOTED: BE IT RESOLVED: That the 173rd Annual Meeting of the Massa- chusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ, meeting in Pittsfield, send fraternal greetings to the First Baptist Church of Pittsfield as it celebrates its 200th Anniversary.
It was moved and
VOTED: WHEREAS we, the delegates to the 173rd Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Conference, United Church of Christ, meeting in Pittsfield, May 5-6, 1972, have experienced warm and sincere hospitality; and
WHEREAS a meeting of this nature requires many hours of planning and work, effected by innumerable persons whose tasks begin many months in advance; and
WHEREAS the facilities for our deliberations have been so well chosen, our main meeting place being a church of a sister denomination; and
WHEREAS food and accommodations are essential parts of a Conference Meet- ing and these arrangements have been so admirably handled;
BE IT RESOLVED:
That we express our profound thanks to the Rev. Emil C. Beck, Secretary of the Conference, Mr. James Bateman, Moderator, Mr. Hugh Jones, Parliamentari- an, the Rev. George Higgins, chairman of the local committee, the Berkshire Association, the area churches and ministers involved in planning, the Program Committee and especially to the Staff of the First United Methodist Church, the Staff of South Church, the Staff of the First Church of Christ in Pittsfield, and to the Staff of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED:
That this resolution be spread upon the records of the Conference and a copy sent to all parties mentioned herein.
The Rev. Avery Post read from the Scriptures and offered prayer.
The Fall Meeting of the Conference will be held on Saturday, November 11, 1972, at Central Congregational Church, Worcester, Massachusetts.
The Meeting adjourned at 5:45 P. M.
Nancy F. MacLeod (Mrs. Robert J. MacLeod) Recording Secretary
Emil C. Beck, Secretary
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SERMON AT THE 173RD ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
MASSACHUSETTS CONFERENCE OF IHE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
IN PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
MAY 5, 1972
By the Rev. Avery D. Post
Conference Minister and President
Text: Isaiah 21:1-12
Although the two oracles in Isaiah are very old, their tones set off deep vibrations in us. The oracle of the wilderness of the sea tells the story of a time of threat and terror in Isaiah's time, but in the strange way of the Bible, it tells our story too. And our own voices are somehow in the oracle concerning Dumah, as the cry from Seir, from the people of the world, rises in the almost ultimate crescendo of anguish and hope, "Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?"
The metaphors of terror and threat and danger are all there in the first oracle: whirlwinds sweeping on from the mysterious desert, the plunderer plun- dering and the destroyer destroying, the seige, loins filled with anguish, pangs that seize like the travail of a woman, persons bent and bowed so they cannot hear, others dismayed so they cannot see, people threshed and winnowed, and finally — "My mind reels, horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling."
That is the kind of collision of language and reality which at one level makes the Bible a literary masterpiece, and at another level makes the Bible live now for us with soul and power.
Into that setting in an old time and now in this time, there comes a figure that we always regret we have forgotten whenever he appears again. An outmoded vocation and profession in the contemporary world, the watchman upon the tower becomes eyes and ears for a city, the public announcer of changes occur- ring in the world round about, a voice warning of peril:
"Go set a watchman, let him announce what he sees. When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, riders on asses, riders on camels, let him listen diligently, very diligently."
'Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord, continually by day, and at my post I am stationed whole nights. And behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs!'
A trusted one, standing watch above his own city, crying of danger, taking care of a people! As the watchman takes care, he has conversations with people about matters of life and death — "Is it safe? Is the way clear? Is the storm coming this way? How long will the sun be up? Are they friends or foes?" It is the watchman who receives the question of questions: "What of the night? What of the night?" And the answer that comes then and now is both definitive and elusive, comforting and alerting, firm and tender: "Morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; come back again."
Different figures of speech for the Church appear at different times. I com- mend to you today the figure of the watchman — the Church called to be a people who warn of danger, who cry out in the face of aggression and violence, and above all who are there to receive the anguished, even terror-stricken, ques- tion: "Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?"
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I hear it said these days — often in churches — that people do not have dark and desperate questions on their Hps anymore, that the preoccupation with night has now thankfully passed, and that we have come at last to a happier, easier, less frenzied and frenetic time. But I don't believe it. Just below the surface, and mostly above the surface in vacant eyes and tight faces, in telltale body language, and in clipped anxiety-driven words, there are desperate questions about the night. "What of the night?"
We can be fooled, and the church itself has been fooled by these giddy times. It troubles me that we may have come again to a time of comfortable piety in the churches when, in the name of personal religion, we begin to check our troubles at the door without conscience and soothe ourselves with the special religious oils of gladness. Perhaps even attendance is improving under such happy circumstances. But where such smiling self-satisfaction abounds in the churches, I wonder about those who are asking, "What of the night?", and I wonder if the churches are not beginning again to sleep on the watch.
But the problem of sleep and sleepiness is even more pervasive and alarming than thatl If I wanted to control a society, I would drug it with aftluence, and cause it to live in the never-never haze of indifference and apathy. I would ask people to flex the muscles of their built-in virtue and righteousness, and bid them "beddy-bye" with the assurance that all will be well and that peace will be maintained with honor. I would use the wires of technology to make a soap opera serial out of people's lives, and I would plan and control the news and events and even pseudo-events all for the sake of quiet in the breast and a comfortable drowsiness in the eyes. I would press among the people the social program of bread and circuses — but not the real circuses where clowns make us laugh so deeply that we begin to cry! Is it an unsavory sensitivity in me, or is it true, and you will confirm it, that we are being put to sleep by manipu- lation, that we are being charmed and exploited by planned scenarios (some of them of the good-guys/bad-guys variety about which we ought to know better), that we are already being drawn to live beyond freedom and dignity in a massive control of our social behavior, our moods and our trains of thought?
To check any self-serving paranoia that might develop because of such re- marks, may I remind every one of us that these drugs would not be working if we were not taking them, even welcoming them to give us the haze, the dimness, and dullness, and the distance that we want and choose.
As I move about among my colleagues in the ministry, I am struck by the number who say that their ministry is often just to be "there," perhaps Avithout words or other actions. Of course! It is the ministry of standing watch — a wakefulness, an attentiveness for the sake of persons that is the most modest kind of hint of what God does who stands within the shadows keeping watch above his own. Watching is a kind of body-praying, helping and upholding through one's presence. Sleeping is one of our gravest temptations. Remember?
Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, "Sit here while I go yonder and pray." And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, "My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here and watch with me." And going a little further he fell on his face and prayed, "Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt." And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter, "So could you not watch with me one hour?"
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One of the chief tasks of the Church in our time is to be awake and "there" for those who are suffering in the night and of the night. The Church is called to a kind of insomnia, to discipline an unsleeping attention to the world as the monastic orders did so rigorously in the past and even in some places today, to watch with this endangered world, to see with studiousness and scholarship and with caring eyes the damnation that is being wrought everywhere against per- sons and nature, and above all to stay awake for questions of the night!
Those questions are there. What of the night of our savagery and retaliation and self-interest in the war in Southeast Asia? How long that night — my God how long? What of the night of oppression and injustice in which poor people live all over this world and especially in our own country? What of the night of racism, so easily gathering rhetoric in the churches, but persistent and demonic, and lethal? How long the night of violence in our land, not only of those whose angers have exploded because of injustice, but especially the violence of the genteel like us, whose controlled rage is meted out in cold and systematic exclu- sions and discriminations? Is it not a long and horrible night in the life of this nation that we have militarized to the point at which the United States has become an economy that thrives on the manufacture of weapons, that we have expanded our influence to the point at which the United States has been called a veritable empire, that we have hardened the lines to the point at which civil liberties and rights of privacy are being chipped away, that we have reached the point at which the demands of our ambitious nationhood tempt us to the suppression of the truth?
"Watchman, tell us of the night? What of the night?" God help us if the church is not "there" to receive those terrible, grief -stricken, desperate questions! In the profoundest sense, keeping watch over the world by night is one of the ways that we join Jesus Christ in His passion and victory.
The watchman's word to the questioner is hopeful and honest. The Church, whether the preacher in the pulpit or the lay person in the world of family or work of political action or leisure, is called to give the hopeful word and the honest word. You heard it from the watchman, "Morning comes, and also the night."
Preaching is announcement — far more announcement than analysis. And at root Christian theology is a theology of proclamation of good news about the morning — and the night.
How some of us long to hear the morning word, but what we hear from every side is gloom — even gloom from the pulpit that rises above the Table of the Eucharist where we celebrate the fact that the redemptive agony of the Christ of God in the world is ultimately victorious. Perhaps more than ever before the despairing world about us, hardly buttressed by the flimsy optimisms of this age, needs the movement and the style and the languages and the faces and the hope of the morning people of God. I don't mean that cheaply, nor am I particularly encouraged that there are many who will answer the call to be disciples and evangelists in this extraordinary sense — announcers of hope and trumpeters of the reality of the resurrection and singers of amazing grace and the battle clone.
What finally saves Christianity every time from sloshing in easy piety is the fact that we are the night people as well as the morning people of God. "Morning come, and also the night." That is our announcement. It is the total news. It is telling everything that the watcher sees. "Behold, here come riders, horsemen in pairs!"
Why must the Church announce the night, the death toll today in Vietnam, the plight of black people in Southern Africa, the involvement of corporate systems in the destruction of human beings and environments, the welfare sys-
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terns that perpetuate a culture of poverty, the obscene policies that create our inhumane prisons, the irrationality that creates scapegoats on every side, the bogus justice that lets killers go free and lovers of humanity languish in prison, the whole culture of crime and unsolved social problems that have made crime grow in rampant ways, hypocrisy and skullduggery in high places and low, and shameless apathy and mediocrity that makes our society seem sometimes like a wasteland of valueless living and frittered-away time.
"Let someone else announce all of that," say some. "The Church has lost too much minding the world's business." The fact is, my brothers and sisters, the Church is called by God to stand watch, to mind what is going on in the world, to care that much, to tell it like it is, and a church that does not take its place on the watchtower has lost its reason for being, its soul. We are to be, as the poet put it,
"acquainted with the night." ... at my post I am stationed whole nights."
And when a child of earth comes along and asks, "Watchman, what of the night," the whole answer and announcement from the people of God is, "Morn- ing comes, and also, the night."
The watchman's last word to the questioner is so deceptively simple that it is almost unnoticeable. Actually it is so deep and tender that I doubt that I can speak of it without a show of emotion. "If you will inquire," says the watchman, "inquire; come back again."
Do you see its beauty and its depth? The questioner from Seir has asked the ultimate question out of his suffering and anxiety. At the end, the watchman — calling from the parapet perhaps — affirms the question and the questioner. "Ask it again," he says. "Ask it again." "Come again," he says. "Come again."
There is an action here that borders on profound courtesy, but that is not all of it. Or encouragement, but neither is that fully it. There is affirmation and invitation, something touching and tender that says that a person with a question about the night has a kind of primacy so far as the watchman is concerned.
I believe it. All over this distressed land in the early years of the decade of the seventies are people of all sorts — across the full spectrum of types and kinds and dispositions — who are asking the deepest questions of meaning and purpose, hardly ever as plainly and as plaintively as the questioner before the watchman. "How long, O Lord, how long?" "Will the dawn of something new ever come?" "Will this darkness of violence, this terror, this absurdity, this age of assassinations and annihilations take us to our own graves as it has taken so many others, or is perchance the light coming up on an age of liberation and peace?"
The Word says those questions of the night matter, and those who help to stand watch over this precio-is earth and its people must keep hope and life alive by bidding the question of questions be asked:
"Watchman, what of the night?"
The watchman says, "Morning comes, and also the night."
"If you would inquire, inquire; come back again."
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GROUND RULES
for the
173RD ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MASSACHUSETTS CONFERENCE
OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
1. All proposed business not on the agenda shall be channeled through the Busi- ness Committee and shall be submitted to it in writing.
2. The privilege of speaking from the floor is limited to registered voting dele- gates, honorary members, or those persons who are invited to speak by the action of the meeting.
3. All persons wishing to address the meeting must speak from a microphone. This includes the making of motions, discussion of motions and making of statements. It does not include seconding of motions, raising a point of order or a point of information or challenging a decision of the chair. These may be done from your place. Each person shall identify himself by name and church ^vhen speaking.
4. Every motion must be submitted in writing to the moderator at the time it is made.
5. Each speaker shall be limited to 3 minutes in his initial discussion of a subject, and to 3 minutes in subsequent discussion of the same subject.
6. No member of the Conference shall speak more than twice on any question without permission of the Conference; and no member shall speak a second time to a question as long as any member desires to speak who has not yet spoken to the question.
7. Speakers on any issue will be heard in rotation, i.e., one pro, one con, etc.
8. No one may speak to an issue and then move the question.
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RESOLUTIONS REFERRED BY THE MEETING
THE REVEREND ALBERT C. RONANDER'S RESOLUTION ON WORSHIP
The Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ, responding to the need for strengthening the local churches of the United Church of Christ and believing that revitalization of corporate worship is vital thereto, overtures the General Synod to provide sufficient funds and staff to enable the Commission on Worship to give leadership and develop resources for working directly with con- ferences and local churches in this primary task.
THE REVEREND KENNETH GLAUS' RESOLUTION ON COCU
WHEREAS the United Church of Christ, from its beginning, has been an ecu- menical Church and
WHEREAS the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ has encouraged its members and parishes to be actively involved in ecumenical affairs and
WHEREAS the United Church of Christ has given strong, generous, and vocal support to the Consultation on Church Union, through its General Synod, Confer- ences and parishes,
BE IT RESOLVED that the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ petition the Executive Council of the General Synod to review the stand it has recently taken in regards to the Consultation on Church Union.
THE REVEREND EDMUND NUTTING'S RESOLUTION ON NOMINATIONS
WHEREAS the history of Congregationalism has carried with it freedom and choice, and WHEREAS elections in Congregational process should in fact offer a choice, and WHEREAS within the limits of the Massachusetts Conference we can assume a bountiful supply of competent men and women to serve as Officers of the Conference, and WHEREAS even though some persons nominated may not be elected, there are ample places for good people to serve in other than elective capacities;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Massachusetts Conference make as one of its nomination and election procedures dual nominations for the Conference Officers, namely: Moderator, Vice Moderator and Recording Secretary. The impli- cations of this resolution to be carried out by the committee on Church and Leadership.
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MR. PAUL ROSS' RESOLUTION ON O.C.W.M. FINANCES AND PROGRAMS
WHEREAS representatives of the national agencies of the United Church of Christ are now visiting ministers and laymen in the conferences in the United States regarding programs requiring levels of financial support for three years in the near future representing between 130% and 200% of current financial sup- port for our national church instrumentalities, and
WHEREAS financial support for national programs from local churches through Our Christian World Mission from the 42 conferences has declined from a level of $10.8 million in 1966 to $8.9 million in 1971, a decrease of 18% from 1966 levels.
It is moved that the Board of Directors, Massachusetts Conference, urgently request a consolidated, written report from the national instrumentalities of the United Church of Christ which documents for a recent fiscal year, hopefully 1971 or 1972, the activities of all of the instrumentalities of the United Church of Christ at the national level describing for each current program of the national church the .
. . needs served by the program,
. . program activities,
. . sources and amounts of revenues,
. . use of funds by expenditure category,
. . relationship of the program to priorities adopted in 1971 by the General Synod,
. . expected program duration, and
. . program effects in terms relevant to the needs served.
The report should be presented in a way which shows and accounts for total cash flow during the period described. The report also should contain a consoli- dated balance sheet describing the status for all instrumentalities at the beginning and end of the period described. The report should describe recent trends in emphasis, given the several priorities, in both dollar and programmatic terms. We urge that the written report to all Massachusetts U.C.C. churches be provided in copies not fewer in number than one for every 100 members not later than March, 1973.
Motion drafted for the May 5-6, 1972 meeting of the
Massachusetts Conference, United Church of Christ
Motion authored by Paul F. Ross, member
First Parish, Lincoln, Massachusetts
PURPOSE OF PROPOSED ACTION
It is the purpose of the proposed action to make clear our wish that both the management disciplines employed in the planning and management of programs at our national church level and the communication between the national, confer- ence, and local church levels be improved significantly. We hope that the things learned and the successes in preparing the report will lead to a well planned, well understood, increasingly useful, and well supported set of conference and national programs attractive to members and local churches.
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AGREEMENT OF MERGER
Agreement of Merger made the 26th day of April, 1972 by and between Con- gregational Church Union Of Boston And Vicinity, (hereafter sometimes referred to as the merging corporation), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Massachusetts Conference Of The United Church Of Christ (hereafter sometimes referred to as the surviving corporation), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts.
In consideration of their respective promises and undertakings hereunder, and other good and valuable considerations; the parties hereto, each intending to be legally bound hereby, do covenant and agree respectively as follows:
1. Congregational Church Union Of Boston And Vicinity shall be merged into Massachusetts Conference Of The United Church Of Christ and the corporate existence of Congregational Church Union Of Boston And Vicinity shall cease and Massachusetts Conference Of The United Church Of Christ shall be the sur- viving corporation in such merger and shall in all respects be a continuation of and shall have all the powers, purposes, privileges and exemptions of the merg- ing corporation as well as those of Massachusetts Conference Of The United Church Of Christ, as they existed prior to such merger, and shall be subject to and liable for all the cluties, liabilities, obligations and restrictions provided by law of
the merging corporation as well as those of Massachusetts Conference Of The United Church Of Christ.
2. The purpose of the surviving corporation shall be those purposes presently stated in its Articles of Organization, (or equivalent document) .
3. The remaining terms and conditions of the merger are as follows:
When such merger shall become effective, all property, real, personal and mixed, and all rights and interests, legal and equitable, of the merging corpora- tion, including all devises, bequests, gifts, reversionary interests, or other transfers and conveyances heretofore and hereafter made to or for the benefit of the surviving corporation without further act or deed, shall be held and administered by the surviving corporation subject to the same terms, conditions, limitations and trusts as they are now held upon or would have been held upon had such merger not been effected; and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the officers of the merging corporation and of the surviving corporation is hereby authorized to execute, acknowledge and deliver all such papers, docu- ments and instruments and to perform all such other acts as may be deemed necessary or proper to carry out the merger authorized by this act and to con- firm in the surviving corporation the record title to the property, rights and interests of the merging corporation. To the extent required to carry out these provisions, the separate existence of the merging corporation as constituted prior to such merger shall continue after such merger in and through the surviving corporation.
4. The manner of fixing this effective date of the merger shall be as follows:
The merger shall not become effective unless and luitil the merging cor- poration and the surviving corporations shall have adopted this agreement, at meetings duly called for that purpose, by vote of two-thirds of the members of each present and legally qualified to vote at such meetings.
The merger shall be complete and effective upon the signing and filing of Articles of Merger with the State Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, if sufficient members of either Congregational Church Union Of Boston And Vicinity or Massachusetts Conference Of The United Church Of Christ or both shall not approve this merger, then this Agreement of Merger shall be void and of no effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been signed by the President and Treasurer of Congregational Church Union Of Boston And Vicinity And Massachusetts Conference Of The United Church Of Christ under their respec- tive corporate seals, as of the day and the year first above written. Seals
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH UNION OF BOSTON AND VICINITY
By Avery D. Post
(President)
By W. Elliott Pratt, Jr. (Treasurer)
MASSACHUSETTS CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
By Avery D. Post
(President)
By Ralph F. Tuller (Treasurer)
Alexander Grant & Company
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
I600 KEYSTONE BUILDING
S3 HIGH STREET
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02II0
Board of Directors Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ
We have examined the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities resulting from cash transactions of Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ (a non-profit organization) as of December 31, 1971, and the related statements of revenue and expenditures and changes in fund balances for the year then ended. Our examination was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and accordingly included such tests of the accounting records and such auditing procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly the assets and liabilities of Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ at December 31, 1971, arising from cash transactions, the revenue collected and expenditures by it and the changes in fund balances during the year then ended, on a basis consistent with that of the preceding year.
Boston, Massachusetts //
April 14, 1972
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Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (prepared on a cash basis)
December 31, 1971
Special Contingent Mission: purpose ASSETS fund Advance I funds
CASH $10,850 $86,116 $ 38,598
INVESTMENTS - AT COST Securities (aggregate
market value - $3,378,829) 15,302 53,826
Notes and mortgage
receivable 12,167
Savings deposits 18,243
REAL ESTATE - AT COST
(undepreciated) 341,557
OTHER ASSETS
Advances 539
Miscellaneous* 10,405
$37,096 $86,116 $464,391 LIABILITIES PAYROLL WITHHOLDINGS $35,785 MISCELLANEOUS 1,311 FUND BALANCES ^_ $86,116 $464,391
$37,096 $86,116 $464,391
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement,
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Permanent funds Donor Trustee Combined
restricted restricted total
24 $(136,540) $ (952)
2,883,442 225,662 3,178,232
163,900 176,067
18,243
14,024 1 355,582
539 10,405
$2,897,490 $ 2 53,023 $3,738,116
$ 3 5,785 1,311
$2,897,490 $ 2 53,023 3,701,020 ; $2,897,490 $ 2 53,023 $3,738,116
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CONTINGENT FUND
STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES (prepared on a cash basis)
Year ended December 31. 1971
Revenue
Investment income $183,347
Benevolences (note A) 148,200
Fellowship dues 261,531
Unrestricted legacies 13,991
Special trust income 4,032
From related agencies 10,250
Other 23,847
Total revenue $64 5,15
Expenditures
Administration and service Salaries
Executive $176,876
Secretarial and clerical 109,377
Payroll tax and pension expense 25,233
Group insurance 7,663
Travel expense 23,206
Staff automobile replacement 2,250
Annual reports 2,871
Legal and audit fees 5,000
Office expense 73,442
Pilgrim State News and publicity 20,241
General synod delegates 3,03 8 449,197
Services of conference committees Church and education Church and ministry Church and community Church and mission Council of tne Laity United Church Youth Council Other committees 977 18,800
Forward 467,997
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3 |
,112 |
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2 |
,375 |
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4 |
,917 |
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3 |
,804 |
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2 |
,224 |
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1 |
,391 |
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977 |
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Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of CJirist
CONTINGENT FUND
STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES - CONTINUED (prepared on a cash basis)
Year ended December 31, 1971
Forwarded $467,997
Expenditures (continued) Grants in Massachusetts
Ministers' salary supplement $ 21,050
Campus ministries 26,500
Massachusetts Council of Churches 40,000
Board of Pastoral Supply 15,000
Copgregational Historical Society 200
Special projects 51,756
Other 4,196 158,702
Miscellaneous
Center operations
Framingham 10,000
Cummington 226
Other 5,712 15,938
Total expenditures $642,637
EXCESS OF REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES $ 2,561
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.
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Report of Auditors and Treasurer
1972
Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES (prepared on a cash basis)
Year ended December 31, 1971
Balances at January 1, 1971
Transfer of funds (note B)
Excess of revenue over expenditures
Net decrease resulting from receipts and disbursements within funds
Income from invested funds
Gain on redemption of securities
Payment of Grant to Black Ecumenical Commission
Balances at December 31, 1971
Special
Mission: purpose Advance I funds
$268,135 $479,7!
(182,019) (21,7:
6,3-;
$ 86,116 $464, 3<
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.
1972 Report of Auditors and Treasurer 73
Permanent funds
Donor Trustee Combined restricted restricted total
$3,244,843 $393,978 $4,386,708 (347,353) 347,353
2,561 2,561
(203,758) 6,378 9,131 9,131
(500,000) (500,000)
$2 , 897 , 490 $253,023 $3,701,020
NOTE A - BENEVOLENCES
The Conference records are maintained on a cash basis and conse- quently the statement of revenue and expenditures does not reflect approximately $44,000 of 1971 Benevolence receipts received in January 1972 .
NOTE B - TRANSFER OF FUNDS
In reviewing its permanent funds, the Conference has determined that $347,353 previously classified as Donor Restricted were actually free and unrestricted gifts to the Conference. Accord- ingly, the funds were transfered to the proper classification.
74 Report of Auditors and Treasurer 1972
AUDITORS' REPORT ON SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ
The basic financial statements of the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ for the year ended December 31, 1971, and our report thereon, are presented in the preceding section of this report. Our examination was made primarily for the purpose of formulating an overall opinion on those financial statements. The supplemental statements presented hereinafter, although not considered necessary for a fair presentation of assets and liabilities arising from cash transactions, revenue collected and expenditures and changes in fund balances, are presented as supplementary information and have been subjected to the audit procedures applied in the examination of the basic financial statements. In our opinion, the supplemental statements are fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole. "
uAXa^d^i^y(^l<U^'^ Cr>yt^ayJ^^^
Boston, Massachusetts April 14, 1972
1972
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Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ
MISSION: advance: CASH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
Four years ended December 31, 1971
Receipts
Payments
Berkshire Association The Church and the World
Our Christian World Mission Ryder Memorial Hospital The Church and the Community Metropolitan Boston
Community Organization Family Life Education Commission on Education Coordination Supervision Ecumenical Projects Urban Crisis Ecumenical Center in Roxbury Miscellaneous Early Projects Massachusetts Committee of Black
United Churchmen Project Equality City and town ministries Greater New Bedford Urban
Coalition Cape Cod Youth Referral Centers Greater Lawrence Ecumenical
Ministry Urban Coalition of Pittsfield Inner City Counseling and
Development Center Worcester City Missionary -
Colony retirement homes Protestant Youth Center -
Baldwinville Massachusetts Council for Black
Ecumenical Commission Metropolitan Housing Fund - Greater Boston Development The Church and its Ministry
Support of professional leadership Framingham Conference Center Committee on Compensation Expense Campaign
Total payments
EXCESS OF RECEIPTS OVER PAYMENTS (FUND BALANCE)
$1,682,041
|
$600 |
000 |
|
85 |
066 |
|
94 |
539 |
|
17 |
821 |
|
29 |
760 |
|
25 |
000 |
|
51 |
540 |
|
40 |
000 |
|
7 |
266 |
|
90 |
000 |
|
24 |
000 |
|
32 |
000 |
|
8 |
000 |
|
34 |
028 |
|
4 |
000 |
|
9 |
000 |
|
31 |
600 |
|
1 |
500 |
|
34 |
250 |
|
10 |
500 |
|
24 |
699 |
|
21 |
219 |
|
7 |
830 |
$ 32,250
066 685,066
258,660 100,812
121,266
164,878
53,748 179,245
1,595,925
$ 86,116
76 Report of Auditors and Treasurer 1972
Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ
ACCOUNTS HELD IN TRUST
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (prepared on a cash basis)
December 31, 1971
ASSETS
Principal account
Investments - at cost ($1,025,095 at
current market quotations) $548,309
Cash 3 90 $548, 69i
Income account - cash 4,426
$553,125 LIABILITIES
Undistributed income balance $ 4,426
Principal balance 548,699
$553,125
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN PRINCIPAL BALANCE (prepared on a cash basis)
Year ended December 31, 1971
Balance at January 1, 1971 $547,555i
Income transferred to principal 1,139
Gain on sale of warrants - prior year 5
Balance at December 31, 1971 $548,699
1972 Report of Auditors and Treasurer 77
Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ
ACCOUNTS HELD IN TRUST
INCOME ACCOUNT AND CHANGE IN UNDISTRIBUTED INCOME BALANCE (prepared on a cash basis)
Year ended December 31, 1971
ncome Income from invested funds $24,738
Ixpenditures Payments of income to or for
beneficiaries $22,814
Income of fund transferred to principal Brimf ield-Charles Fund Deerf ield-Mills Fund Somerville Highland Church Springfield Congregational Union New Ashford Fund
EXCESS OF INCOME OVER EXPENDITURES
Fndistributed income at January 1, 1971
Fndistributed income at December 31, 1971
|
>318 115 530 89 87 |
1,139 |
23,953 785 3,641 $_^,£26 |
78
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1972
FUNDS HELD IN TRUST FOR CHURCHES Trustee "A" Funds - December 31, 1971
Beechwood, Anonymous
Brimfield, Charles
Byfield, Stickney
Charlestown, Hunnewell
Charlestown, Ministry, Choir, etc.
Charlton, Spencer
Cotuit,. Cong'l Society
Cotuit, Lowell
Deerfield, Rev. Frank E. Mills Fund
Dover, Chickering
Dover, C.F. Draper
Dover, M. Draper
Dover, Mann
Hanson House
Hanson, Thomas
Huntington, Talcott
Inter laken, Clarke
Middlefield, Howard Smith Mem'l
New Marlboro
North Andover, Stone
North Rochester
Peabody Charity
Peabody, Moore
Peabody, Poor
Peabody, Proctor
Peabody, Upton
Sandisfield, 1st Cong'l Society
Shirley, Worcester
Shutesbury, Briggs
Somerville, Highland Church
Springfield Cong. Union of Springfield Fund
Warwick, Atherton
Weymouth, Pratt
Weymouth, Taylor
Yarmouth, Cogswell
Yarmouth, A. Eldridge
Yarmouth, E.B. Eldridge
Yarmouth, Hamblin
Yarmouth, Howes
Enos Goss
James Nye
Principal
Book Value
Dec. 51, 1971
$ 406.03
5,118.94
1,100.36
5,981.71
9,126.44
2,086.25
9,679.88
21,296.84
77,695.20
400.00
737.55
2,869.83
600.00
2,500.00
1,000.00
300 . 00
1,124.08
54,644.30
3,333.87
24,816.70
10,782.03
6,961.11
1,000.20
200.00
704.20
400.00
728.18
4,318.27
2,000.00
6,096.95
11,178.67
1,111.12
4,719.65
10,000.00
2,589.00
1,242.26
3,049.86
6,000.00
2,000.00
1,464.37
659.51
GRAND TOTAL
$302,023.36
1972 Additional Reports of the Treasurer 79
FUNDS HELD IN TRUST FOR CHURCHES Restricted Funds - December 31, 1971
Principal
Name of Fund of Fund
Becket, Geo. K. Baird, Sr. $ 519,68
Lucinda Chaffee Baird 1,113.82
Lizzie M. § Belle Jones 6,027.49
Mary Perkins 1,021.23
Boston, J. P., Boylston-Ellis Mendell 10,237.47
Eleanor Henrietta Nitz 50.24
Anna M. Sutherland 100.00
William H. Whitten 3,682.16
Byfield, Emily S. 5 John L. Ewell 1,036.86
Charlestown, First-Harriet M. Hamnett 8,000.00
Chelsea, First-Central Cong'l Church 61,614.45
Chester, United Church -Memorial Fund 2,000,00
Cotuit, Federated Church Sewing Circle 6,289,70
Deerfield, Frances H, Emerson 1,048,29
Douglas, First - Aaron Hill 947,57
Foxboro, Rev, & Mrs, Wm, E, Barton 1,012.29
Groton, Samuel Abbott Greene 5,460.78
John H. Robbins Organ Fund 3,155,42
Hawley, Endowment 1,633,24
Holden, First - Henry W. Warren 1,381.93
Holland, Abel Allen 202,46
Huntington, Jessie Bullard Clark 2,500,00
Kingston, Adams Benevolent 502.47
Adams Pulpit Supply 15,405.83
Lawrence, South-G.W. § S.A. Dinsmoor 4,992.55
Lowell, Pawtucket Church -E.C. Coburn 2,005.86
Lowell, Pawtucket Society-J.M. Chase 1,500.00
Medford, Union -Mr. 5 Mrs.Thos. Foulkes 5,097.49
New Ashford 1,432.24
New Boston - Henry J. Veits 546.14
Henry Edwin Warren 2,033.82
New Braintree, Carrie F, Bush 1,156,38
Frances Tufts Hoar 1,500,00
M, § H.B. Thompson 517.78
Hannah M. Tufts Mem'l 534.47
North Attleboro Falls, A.R. Mackreth 5,742.20
North Becket, Mary A. Church 1,001,56
Northbridge Center-Adeline C, Rawson 2,000,00
Paxton, First - A, J. Howe 926.28
George S. Lakin 1,427.20
Peabody, South-Susanne Mills 360.58
S.A, Stimpson Organ Fund 1,001.57
Pelham, Packardville Church ^'^"^^'H
Pittsfield Pilgrim Mem'l-S,P. Cook Mem. "^^o lo
Rockport, First - Edith B. Sanders ^^ ^i
Shutesbury, Willis Parsonage Itl'tl
South Dartmouth - Joseph A. Beauvais 4,066.50
80 Additional Reports of the Treasurer 1972
Restricted Funds - December 31, 1971 (Cont'd)
Principal Name of Fund of Fund
Springfield, First Sh^^^ ^^^^3 ^^^.^ $ 5,430.23 Westboro, First )
Truro, First - Manuel F. Corey 4,800.00
Wellesley - Alice Lombard Mem'l 1,010.90
Wenham - Sarah A. Ludden 1,011.56
Westboro - Edwin B. Harvey 3,785.07
Westfield - Lucy D. Gillett 2,687.87
West Granville - Dickinson Library 2,023.77
James E. Downs 14,091.40
Mary A. Downs 6,039.16
Williamstown, White Oaks -A. Hopkins Mem'l 2,221.47
Hattie F. Clapp Fund 15,869.02
Hope Chapel Trust Fund 3,452.79
Ralph Pratt Christmas Fund 506.11
TOTAL $246,675,71
1972
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REPORT (FINANCIAL) OF THE CRAIGVILLE CONFERENCE CENTER
Cash Balance on hand, December 31, 1970
Income for 1971
Retreats and Conferences
Summer Activities
Gifts
Refunds
Miscellaneous
Funds Available
730.08
75,178.39
139,239.51
3,449.99
18,733.39
1,409.76
238,011.04 $238,741.12
Expenditures for 1971 Labor Food
Buildings and Grounds Housekeeping Kitchen and Dining Room Leases Taxes Utilities Advertising Capital Improvements Office Administration Staff Housing Transportation Summer Activities Retreats Refunds Brochure Miscellaneous
Total Expenditures
Balance on hand, December 31, 1971
86,909.68
34,530.15
18,877,14
•5,142.15
2,152.10
21,500.00
3,587.60
8,646.79
3,440.86
4,060.32
2,994.14
618.90
2,557.41
41,668.20
322.68
34.59
150.00
1,327.26
$238,519.97
221.15
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1972
REPORT (FINANCIAL) OF THE FRAMINGHAM CONFERENCE CENTER OPERATING ACCOUNT December 31, 1971
EXPENDITURES
Salaries Social Security Food
Supplies Fuel
Insurance Telephone Electricity- Gas Water
Office Supplies Grounds
Truck and Mower Laundry
Maintenance and Improvements Equipment Retirement Miscellaneous
Budget for year 1971
$24,560.00
1,350.00
14,000.00
1,250.00
3,800.00
2,500.00
600.00
1,800.00
300.00
200.00
300.00
400.00
770.00
50.00
2,500.00
1,000.00
2,000,00
100.00
$57,480.00
Actual for 12 months
$21,546.88
1,149.14
10,178.72
658.88
3,576.47
2,195.33
521.54
2,119.76
253.31
96.00
149.04
387.57
316.56
55.05
1,383.77
1,164.40
1,981.92
72.08
$47,696.32
RECEIPTS
Meals
Overnights
Contributions
Snacks
Summer Activities
Mass. Conference
$27,700.00
8,000.00
6,000.00
780.00
5,000.00
10,000.00
$57,480.00
$18,561.00
6,793.60
5,813.65
407.24
6,000.00
10,000.00
$47,575,49
Excess of Income over Expenditures Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1970 Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1971
$ 120.83
2,092.79
$ 1,971.96
1972
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83
Camp
Pool
REPORT (FINANCIAL) OF THE FRAMINGHAM CONFERENCE CENTER
PILGRIM DAY CAMP ACCOUNT
December 31, 1971
Fees Overnite Fees
Family Fees Guest Fees
12,220.20 569.76
3,-965.00 395.50
$42,789.96
$ 4,360.50 $47,150.46
Camp
Pool
Salaries Maintenance Supplies & Utilities Program § Equipment Publicity Social Security Insurance Milk
Board for Staff Miscellaneous Contribution to Framingham Center
Salaries Maintenance Supplies 5 Utilities Equipment § Program
;i9,899.00
2,392.01
1,254.52
1,966.40
500,09
1,093.71
1,177.31
1,055.42
748.25
161.93
6,000.00
4,644.50 948.63
1,900.77 224.00
$36,248.64
$ 7,717.90 $43,966.54
Excess of Income over Expenses Balance on hand December 31, 1970 Balance on hand December 31, 1971
$ 3,183.92
7,284.16
$10,468.08
84 Additional Reports of the Treasurer 1972
BEQUESTS
Bequests to the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ are used to promote the work and interests of the Conference in the State. Bequests may be made permanent funds by the donors, and the Conference restricted to the use of the income only. Unrestricted legacies may be used for current work, special projects or invested so that the income may be used in current work or special projects.
If, on the other hand, a testator specifies that his entire legacy is to be expended as current income and that he does not wish it invested in whole or in part, these directions will be carefully observed.
Bequests to the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ pay no Massachusetts inheritance tax.
FORM OF BEQUEST
I give to the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ incor- porated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the sum of Dollars.
1972
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MASSACHUSETTS CONGREGATIONAL FUND
14 Beacon Street, 6th Floor, Boston President, Mr. Julian D. Anthony. 45 Devon Road, Newton Centre 02159 Vice President, Mr. Oliver R. Waite, 75 Federal Street, Boston 02108 Treasurer, Mr. Ralph F. Tuller, Pheasant Lane, Lincoln 01773 Clerk and Assistant Treasurer, Rev. Emil C. Beck, 14 Beacon Street, Boston 02108
FIRST TRUST
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS
March 31, 1972 Assets Marketable securities
Bonds and variable interest savings account Common stock Preferred stock Mortgage notes
Cash
Accounts receivable
Dividends and interest receivable
Total Assets
Liabilities
Accounts payable
Reserve for dividends payable May 1, 1972
Total Liabilities
NET ASSETS applicable to no par value shares
Shares issued and outstanding NET ASSET value per share at market *at cost
FIRST TRUST STATEMENT OF EARNINGS Year ended March 31, 1972 Income from investments Miscellaneous
Expenses
Bookkeeping fee
Custodian fee
Printing annual reports
Office
Audit
Shareholders transactions, fees
Other
Total
NET EARNINGS
EARNINGS PER SHARE (based on average number of shares outstanding)
|
Book Value* |
Market Value |
|
$3,439,510 |
$2,989,200 |
|
1,947,937 |
5,040,614 |
|
292,606 |
417,300 |
|
291,851 |
279,321 |
|
5,971,904 |
8,726,435 |
|
36,801 |
36,801 |
|
9,236 |
9,236 |
|
69,337 |
69,337 |
|
6,087,278 |
8,841,809 |
|
16,730 |
16,730 |
|
97,373 |
97,373 |
|
114,103 |
114,103 |
|
$5,973,175 |
$8,727,706 |
|
360,639 |
|
|
$ 24.2007 |
$367,760 186
367,946
1,750 19,517 1,051 1,654 2,672 2,212 146
29,002
$338,944
$ .93
86
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1972
SECOND TRUST
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS March 31, 1972
Assets
Marketable securities
Bonds and variable interest savings account Common stock
Cash
Dividends and interest receivable
Total Assets
Liabilities
Accounts payable (including $5,722 to
the First Trust) Reserve for dividends payable May 1, 1972
Total Liabilities NET ASSETS applicable to no par value shares
Shares issued and outstanding NET ASSET value per share at market *at cost
|
Book Value* |
Market Value |
|
$2,460,646 |
$2,617,592 |
|
98,038 |
91,918 |
|
2,558,684 |
2,709,510 |
|
7,158 |
7,158 |
|
45,176 |
45,176 |
|
2,611,018 |
2,761,844 |
|
5,724 |
5,724 |
|
46,147 |
46,147 |
|
51,871 |
51,871 |
|
$2,559,147 |
$2,709,973 |
|
271,453 |
|
|
$9.9832 |
SECOND TRUST
STATEMENT OF EARNINGS
Year ended March 31, 1972
Income from investments
Expenses
Bookkeeping fee
Custodian fee
Office
Supplies and meetings
Audit
Printing annual report
Shareholders' transactions, fees
Total
NET EARNINGS EARNINGS PER SHARE (based on average number of shares outstanding)
$178,474
1,168
10,106
800
41
971
327
82
13,495
$164,979
$.61
1972
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THIRD TRUST
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS March 31, 1972
Assets
Marketable securities
Variable interest notes Preferred stock Common stock
Cash
Dividends and interest receivable
Total Assets
Liabilities
Accounts payable (including $3,328 to
the First Trust) Reserve for dividends payable May 1, 1972
Total Liabilities
NET ASSETS applicable to no par value shares
Shares issued and outstanding
NET ASSET value per share at market *at cost
THIRD TRUST
STATEMENT OF EARNINGS
Year ended March 31, 1972
Income from investments
Expenses
Bookkeeping fees
Custodian fee
Office
Shareholders' transactions, fees
Audit
Printing annual report
Other
Total
NET EARNINGS EARNINGS PER SHARE (based on average number of shares outstanding)
|
Book Value* |
Market Value |
|
$ 81,000 |
$ 81,000 |
|
34,386 |
39,325 |
|
1,069,472 |
1,262,410 |
|
1,184,858 |
1,382,735 |
|
4,799 |
4,799 |
|
1,543 |
1,543 |
|
1,191,200 |
1,389,077 |
|
3,329 2,386 5,715 $1,185,485 |
3,329 2,386 5,715 $1,383,362 |
|
119,277 |
|
|
$11.5979 |
$27,062
872
6,023
546
47
502
152
26
8,168
$18,894
$.16
CITY MISSIONARY SOCIETY, BOSTON, INC. 1820
Chairman of Board of Directors — Richard M. Harter, Esq. Clerk — Rev. Robert P. Noble President — Rev. Clyde H. Miller, Jr. Treasurer — Mr. Russell H. Palmer Staff: Full time 15, part time (including summer program) 93
The City Missionary Society has been the social service arm of Congregational churches in Metropolitan Boston since 1816. It now has an important place in the life of the Metropolitan Boston Association, whose constitution refers to the Society as "a recognized instrumentality of the Metropolitan Boston Association." Commit- tees of Metropolitan Boston Association and of City Missionary Society are working together on several programs.
CMS holds membership in the American Camping Association, Family Service Section of the Greater Boston Community Council, Massachusetts Conference on Human Rights, Massachusetts Conference on Social Welfare, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, National Association of Non-Profit Hous- ing Organizers, Pregnancy Counselling Service, Religious Research Association, Citizens Housing and Planning Association, and Greater Boston Community De- velopment.
The former Commission on Housing and Education of the Metropolitan Boston Association is now a program arm of CMS. The program in Housing has as its task working within the framework of the housing system at the metropolitan level in order to increase the delivery of housing to low and moderate income families. The program in Education has focused on assisting community groups that wish to im- prove public education or provide alternatives to it. Consequently, much of the program has been devoted to discovering resources that may be useful to such groups]
Mission Advance funds, now flowing through CMS as the mission arm of the Metropolitan Boston Association, will be budgeted by the CMS-MBA Projects Com- mittee. The principal use of these funds will be in the area of Community Devel- opment. Work has already begun in Mattapan, Somerville, and Woburn.
The program of Community Development in Mattapan had begun in the belief that resources available to CMS can be harnessed to enable that community to become viable for its residents. Staff has begun to explore the possible resources that can be directed to the economic enhancement of the area. The program in Somerville had begun in the belief that the combined efforts of public and private groups can substantially effect systematic change, particularly in the area of public education. In Woburn, priority will be given to needs of the Spanish-speaking com- munity.
Six social workers are assigned to various communities in the inner city, and they work closely with public and private social agencies. The Society's social work- ers are aided by volunteers who engage in numerous useful services of visitation, teaching, etc. A Voluntary Case-Aide Program has dedicated volunteers from Rox- bury and from several suburban communities, assisting relocated multi-problem families.
The Society's summer camping programs provide meaningful activity for children of all ages and for adult members of low-income families. Camps Andover-Waldron on Lake Winnisquam, in Meredith, N. H. are open to children 9-16 years of age.
They provide opportunities for interracial and intercultural contacts in a Christian setting. Family Camps and weekend retreats for church groups are held under spon- sorship of CMS at Farrington Memorial property in Lincoln, Mass.
CMS receives no income from United Funds. Principal support comes from United Church of Christ Churches in Metropolitan Boston, from interested individuals and trust funds, and from endowment. Much aid in relief comes from the Howard Benevolent Society. Many churches and Sunday schools regularly aid with collec- tions of clothing, furniture, Christmas gifts, and special funds.
The Society's income in the fiscal year ending October 31, 1971 was $342,461 (this amount included legacies of S49,402). Churches in the Metropolilan Boston Association and other churches in Massachusetts contributed $49,988. The operating deficit in 1971 was $50,000.
City Missionary Society was incorporated in 1820. Its corporate members are elected at the annual meeting, held in November each year. Every supporting con- gregation is entitled to nominate a representative to serve a three year term on the corporation.
89
THE CONGREGATIONAL LIBRARY OF THE AMERICAN CONGREGATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Proprietor of the Congregational House) Room 207, 14 Beacon Street, Boston
The Congregational Library was founded in 1853 to gather and preserve books, pamphlets and manuscripts on Congregational history and to promote the general interests of Congregational churches. In addition to the historic collection on Con- gregationalisrh the library has important collections of Bibles, in a variety of lan- guages and versions, hymnals, and histories of local churches and towns. New books, with the exceptipn of fiction, are purchased every week in the fields of: preaching and pastoral work, philosophy and theology, Biblical commentary, church history, religious education, worship and devotion, missions and the ecumenical movement, church arts and architecture, denominations, sects, and world religions, social prob- lems, and biography.
These resources, approximately 200,000 books and pamphlets, are available to ministers, lay preachers, church officers, church school teachers, students, and all interested in reading for enrichment of life. Books are mailed without charge to all parts of the United States. A letter or postcard giving author, title or the subject of books desired, will receive prompt attention. The Library is open for study and research Monday through Friday, 9-5. A copy of a leaflet, "The Congregational Li- brary" and the Bulletin will be sent to those writing for further information.
90
STATISTICAL TABLES
EXPLANATORY The tables which follow comprise:
1. The statistics of the churches, giving the ministers, church membership, addi- tions, removals, Sunday school membership, and the amount of benevolences and expenses. These tables, in accordance with the vote of the Conference in 18B7, are made to conform to those in the National Year Book;
2. The Associations of Churches, with the names of officers;
3. The Ministerial Standing, giving the date of ordination of each minister, the date of membership in the Association, the residence and his "employment" ;
4. The Ministerial Record, containing lists of ordinations and deaths.
The tables of the first part contain the names of all the Congregational and United Church of Christ churches in Massachusetts, the towns and cities being arranged alphabetically. This is not a postal guide. It is a listing of the location of the church for the convenience of persons seeking to find the church. The first name in the list of churches is the name of the town or city in which the church is located; then follows the name of the church and directions for locating the church.
Church memljers are reported as numbered January 1, 1972, Admissions and re- movals cover the year 1971. "Sunday School" includes total membership of officers, teachers and scholars January 1, 1972 or when the school is in operation (if not at that date), covering "branch schools," "mission schools," and "home departments," so far as maintained by the reporting church.
The months and days in the dates of the organization of churches are omitted. They will be found in the publications of 1873, those of churches since organized being given in the "Minutes" of each year. Months and days in the dates of ordina- tion of Congregational and United Church of Christ ministers may be found in the lists of the local associations which follow the tables. Reference marks used throughout Schedules:
A — Figures are for U.C.C. members only
B — Church is part of a Larger Parish. Name of Larger Parish will be found under the name of the Larger Parish in Conference Summary
C — Charges. The number of each church included in a Charge will be found under the name of the Charge in Conference Summary
D — Dual standing, or affiliation, with another denomination
X — Not enrolled as United Church of Christ minister according to Conference Reports, but has Congregational Christian standing only
Y — Pastor serves more than one church. (See list of yoked churches in Conference Summary)
CM — Campus Ministry
LO — ■ Limited Ordination
NK — Pastor's denomination is not known
PT — Part time
D — Church made no report and statistics are from previous Year Book, except actual figures reported from Conference Records for Our Mission for Others
* — Schedule L Congregational Christian Churches which have not voted or which have voted to abstain from voting at the time of submitting the Conference Report
:f^ — Schedule IL Congregational Christian Churches which have voted not to be part of the U.C.C. at the time of submitting the Conference Report
Amount of "Local Expenses" includes all salaries, operating expenses and repairs for church, Sunday school, choir and parish.
In reporting the statistics of federated churches, figures given pertaining to mem- bership and gifts on the apportionment are for the Congregational or United Church of Christ churches within the federated churches. Figures pertaining to Church School enrollment, contributions to home expenses are usually for all the churches grouped together in the federated church. Note:
Pastoral changes between the time year book data was sent to the national office and the time of going to press for our Conference Year Book are not reflected in the following schedules, but are reflected in the association lists and the alphabetical lists.
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92 Statistics |
1972 |
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S£ |
CHURCHES |
YEAR |
PASTORS |
TOTAL |
CHURC |
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SCHOC 1 "■ |
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=3 S |
LOCATION AND NAME OF CHURCH |
ORG. |
NAME |
•X -1 |
MEMBERS |
ENROl ' MEN |
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|
0020 |
ABINGTON, U.C.C. IN |
C.S.ADAMS |
69 |
526 |
3 |
' |
|
|
0030 |
ACTON, CONG., CONCORD RD. , ACTON CENTER |
1832 |
J. J.HARTMAN |
61 |
519 |
2 |
i |
|
0040 |
ACTON, SOUTH, SCHOOL ST., SOUTH ACTON |
1893 |
R.S.HENDERSON |
69 |
149 |
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|
0050 |
AGAWAM, 745 MAIN ST. |
1819 |
F.C.BRYAN |
63 |
560 |
2 |
|
|
0060 |
AGAWAM, FEEDING HILLS, 21 N.WESTFIELD ST. |
1762 |
8.H.B0WEN |
70 |
257 |
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|
0070 |
AMESBURY. MAIN ST., 127 MAIN ST. |
1831 |
R.H.STEWART |
71 |
220 |
||
|
0080 |
AMESBURY, UNION, MAIN ST. |
1835 |
E.A.YOUNG, LAY. |
71 |
81 |
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|
0090 |
AMHERST, U.C.C 1ST CONG. CH. IN, 165 MAIN ST. |
1739 |
C.R.FARRELL |
71 |
542 |
1 = |
|
|
0100 |
AMHERST, HOPE, GAYLORD ST. |
1907 |
11 |
||||
|
Olio |
AMHERST, NORTH, NORTH AMHERST |
1826 |
P.S.HALL |
71 |
273 |
||
|
0120 |
AMHERST, 2ND, 738 MAIN ST. |
1782 |
R. J.TAMBLYN |
70 |
120 |
||
|
0130 |
AMHERST, SOUTH, SOUTHEAST ST.fi FIDDLERS GREEN |
1824 |
A.M.KENSETH |
49 |
264 |
1 |
|
|
0140 |
ANDOVER, EALLARD VALE UNITED, 23 CLARK RD . , D |
1854 |
C.A.FOWLIE.UN.METH. |
68 |
A 84 |
1 |
|
|
0160 |
ANDOVER, SOUTH, 41 CENTRAL ST. |
1711 |
J. E. BODGE. SUPPLY, ASST. |
67 |
908 |
2 |
|
|
0170 |
ANDOVER, WEST PAR. CH. OF, 129 RESERVATION RD. |
1826 |
N.E.DUBIE,SR. |
67 |
378 |
1 |
|
|
0180 |
ARLINGTON, PARK AVE., PARK AVE.E PAUL REVERE RD. |
1899 |
W.D.CANADAY,JR. MISS.D.J.AUGSPURGER MIN.C.E. |
59 71 |
603 |
1 |
|
|
0190 |
ARLINGTON, PLEASANT ST., 75 PLEASANT ST. |
1842 |
M.F. STRICKLAND MISS.D.J.AUGSPURGER MIN.C.E. |
68 71 |
350 |
||
|
0200 |
ASHBURNHAM, COM., MAIN 6 CHAPEL STS. |
1760 |
H.E.WHITE |
70 |
A 90 |
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|
0210 |
ASHBY, ORTHODOX CONG. CH., U.C.C, NEM IPSWICH RO. |
1819 |
R.R.ROCK |
71 |
179 |
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|
0220 |
ASHFIELD, 0 |
1763 |
145 |
||||
|
0230 |
ASHLAND, FED., 34 MAIN ST. |
1835 |
C.A.AVILA |
66 |
A 102 |
4 |
|
|
0235 |
ASSONET, UNITED CH. OF, MAIN ST. |
1807 |
C.T.WRIGHT |
69 |
161 |
||
|
0240 |
ATHOL, 1225 CHESTNUT ST. |
1830 |
H.P.HORN J.W.RICHARDSON,STUD.,MIN. |
70 70 |
353 |
1 |
|
|
0250 |
ATTLEBORO, BETHANY CONG., 516 NEWPORT AVE., SOUTH ATTLEBORO |
1886 |
G.E.SEALE |
71 |
141 |
||
|
0260 |
ATTLEBORO, 2ND. 50 PARK ST. |
1748 |
A.D.KAUFFMAN A.H.REUBLINGER,ASST. |
68 71 |
872 |
3' |
|
|
0270 |
AUBURN, 1ST, CHURCH £ CENTRAL STS. |
1776 |
R.L.PARCELL R.D.ROWLANDS, ASST. |
69 69 |
743 |
31 |
|
|
0280 |
AUBURN, PAKACHOAG COM. CH. |
1951 |
P.C.BUSH,JR.,PT.TIME |
71 |
137 |
||
|
0290 |
AYER, FED., 21 WASHINGTON ST. |
1861 |
J.M.WHYTE |
70 |
A 92 |
!■ |
|
|
0300 |
BARNSTABLE. SOUTH CONG., CENTERVILLE |
1818 |
R.H.SARGENT |
68 |
300 |
1 |
|
|
0310 |
BARNSTABLE, FED., COTUIT, SCHOOL fi HIGH STS. |
1923 |
J.R.SMITH.METH. |
68 |
A 125 |
1 |
|
|
0320 |
BARNSTABLE, WEST PARISH, MEETINGHOUSE WAY, WEST BARNSTABLE |
1616 |
A.S.WHEELOCK J. D.MARTIN, JR. BAPT., MIN.EDU. |
70 69 |
225 |
||
|
0330 |
BARRE, PARK ST. |
1828 |
H.M.BARTLETT |
71 |
304 |
K |
|
|
0340 |
BECKET, FED. |
1849 |
E.C.HEMPEL,III..Y |
68 |
A 84 |
1 |
|
|
0350 |
BECKET, 1ST |
1758 |
E.CHEMPEL,III.,Y |
68 |
a 76 |
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|
0360 |
BEDFORD, 1ST CH. OF CHRIST, CONG., 25 THE GREAT RD. |
1730 |
P. HAINES, JR. |
69 |
515 |
4! |
|
|
0370 |
BELCHERTOWN |
1737 |
G.R.BACH |
71 |
227 |
11 |
|
|
0380 |
BELMONT, 1ST ARMENIAN, 380 CONCORD AVE. |
1905 |
V.HARTUNIAN E. H.LINN, BAPT. ,ASSO. |
59 70 |
2 36 |
' |
|
|
0390 |
BELMONT, WAVERLEY, 1ST, 471 TRAPELO RD. |
1865 |
C.W.HAVICE |
45 |
189 |
I |
|
|
0400 |
BELMONT, PAYSON PK., 365 BELMONT ST. |
1913 |
J. R. CHAPMAN S. A. CHARTER. MIN.C.E. |
63 71 |
634 |
U |
|
|
0410 |
BELMONT, PLYMOUTH, 582 PLEASANT ST. |
1899 |
D.NOVOTNY |
69 |
498 |
1< |
|
|
0420 |
BERKLEY, U.C.C, S. MAIN ST. |
1737 |
90 |
I |
|||
|
0430 |
BERLIN, FED., CENTRAL ST. |
1779 |
H.A.ANDREWS |
66 |
A 164 |
n |
|
|
0440 |
BERNARDSTON, UNITED, CHURCH ST., D |
1824 |
E. A. ROBERTS. METH. |
67 |
A 164 |
n |
|
|
0450 |
BEVERLY, DANE ST., 10 DANE ST. |
1802 |
J.C.GLASSER D.L.BOOTHBY.ASSO. |
60 69 |
n 899 |
23 |
|
|
0460 |
BEVERLY, 1ST, FED., 167 HALE ST., D |
1953 |
P. K. JACKSON. BAPT. |
68 |
A 278 |
3 |
|
|
0470 |
BEVERLY, IMMANUEL, 140 BRIDGE ST. |
1903 |
L.HERMES |
65 |
n 381 |
IE |
|
|
0480 |
BEVERLY, 2ND, 35 CONANT ST. |
1713 |
P.CCLAYTON H.W. EVANS. ASSO. |
64 67 |
638 |
21 |
|
|
0490 |
BILLERICA, DALE COM., MARSHALL ST., NUTTINGS LAKE |
1929 |
a 42 |
- |
|||
|
0500 |
BILLERICA, 1ST, 18 ANDOVER RD. |
1829 |
A.W.WELCH |
68 |
536 |
29 |
|
|
0510 |
BILLERICA.COM.CONG.CH. OF PINEHURST OF THE U.C.C, 801 BOSTON RD. |
1923 |
□ 214 |
10 |
|||
|
0520 |
BLACKSTONE, FED., CHURCH ST. |
1838 |
A. C. MI NARC IK, UN. PRE SB. US A |
71 |
A 66 |
4 |
|
|
0530 |
BLANDFORD, 1ST, MAIN ST. |
1801 |
112 |
3 |
|||
|
0540 |
BOSTON. ALLSTON, 41 QUINT AVE. |
1886 |
H. R.BURSEY |
54 |
112 |
3 |
|
|
0550 |
BOSTON, BRIGHTON, EVANG., 404 WASHINGTON ST. |
1827 |
G.L.STEELE |
64 |
119 |
8 |
|
|
0 560 |
BOSTON, BRIGHTON, FANEUIL, BROOKS ST. |
1903 |
H.W. MASON, JR., AM. BAPT. |
69 |
103 |
||
|
0570 |
BOSTON, 1ST CH. IN CHARLE STOWN/U.C. C. / , 10 GREEN ST. |
1632 |
W.A.BURNETT |
56 |
120 |
3 |
|
|
0580 |
BOSTON, CH.OF THE COVENANT, FED.. 67 NEWBURY ST. |
1932 |
SUPPLY |
A 25 |
|||
|
0600 |
BOSTON. DORCHESTER. PILGRIM. 540 COLUMBIA RD. |
1862 |
D.A. VENATOR |
60 |
n 165 |
3 |
|
|
0610 |
BOSTON. DORCHESTER. 2ND, 600 WASHINGTON ST. |
1808 |
F.T.JENSEN |
67 |
308 |
11 |
|
|
0620 |
BOSTON, FOREST HILLS, COVENANT, 455 ARBORWAY |
1881 |
R.J.SWANSON.EV.COV. |
59 |
411 |
21 |
|
|
0630 |
BOSTON, GRACE. FED., BYRON £ SARATOGA STS., EAST BOSTON |
1836 |
R.S.BURKHART |
70 |
A 89 |
2 |
|
1972
Statistics
93
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H |
MEMBERS |
ADDED |
MEMBERS REMOVED |
OUR |
MISSION |
FOR OTHERS |
LOCAL |
CHURCH EXPENSES | |
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|
CON- FIRM |
CON- FESS. |
TRAN- SFER |
TOTAL |
DEATH OR TRAN- SFER |
OTHER |
TOTAL |
OUR CHRISTIAN WORLD MISSION |
OTHER GIFTS |
CURRENT LOCAL EXPENSES |
CAPITAL PAYMENTS |
TOTAL |
|||
|
£ |
BASIC SUPPORT |
OTHER SUPPORT |
TOTAL |
|||||||||||
|
( 0 |
6 |
5 |
24 |
35 |
10 |
133 |
143 |
3,729 |
2,730 |
6,459 |
41,520 |
53,745 |
95,265 |
|
|
( 0 |
15 |
1 |
17 |
33 |
30 |
30 |
3,775 |
1.696 |
5,471 |
100 |
||||
|
( 0 |
14 |
13 |
27 |
3 |
3 |
812 |
812 |
12,884 |
2,863 |
15,747 |
||||
|
0 |
9 |
4 |
13 |
7 |
5 |
12 |
1,100 |
667 |
1,767 |
30 |
27,754 |
21,864 |
49,618 |
|
|
0 |
13 |
4 |
17 |
6 |
5 |
11 |
1,961 |
858 |
2,819 |
18,606 |
664 |
19,270 |
||
|
0 |
6 |
6 |
17 |
17 |
1,517 |
1,603 |
3,120 |
21,490 |
4,442 |
25,932 |
||||
|
0 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
324 |
218 |
542 |
50 |
6,569 |
5,021 |
11,590 |
|||
|
0 |
13 |
13 |
33 |
13 |
46 |
6,400 |
5,225 |
11,625 |
50,917 |
4,526 |
55,443 |
|||
|
0 |
2,284 |
2,284 |
||||||||||||
|
0 |
4 |
4 |
15 |
6 |
21 |
3,013 |
3,277 |
6,290 |
18,265 |
18,265 |
||||
|
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
58 |
58 |
15,038 |
15.038 |
|||||||
|
0 |
5 |
23 |
28 |
7 |
7 |
14 |
1,600 |
1,329 |
2,929 |
200 |
23,567 |
2,435 |
26,002 |
|
|
0 |
4 |
10 |
14 |
3 |
3 |
700 |
7 00 |
18,061 |
20,999 |
39,060 |
||||
|
0 |
18 |
1 |
33 |
52 |
19 |
19 |
5,817 |
5,083 |
10,900 |
42 |
62,381 |
1,355 |
63,736 |
|
|
0 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
10 |
10 |
3,607 |
4,371 |
7,978 |
390 |
38,300 |
200 |
38,500 |
||
|
0 |
8 |
8 |
26 |
16 |
42 |
2,400 |
3,745 |
6,145 |
1,250 |
40,198 |
40,198 |
|||
|
0 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
10 |
46 |
56 |
3,397 |
2,392 |
5,789 |
55,100 |
460 |
55,560 |
||
|
0 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
15 |
15 |
19,078 |
6,455 |
25,533 |
|||||
|
0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
350 |
563 |
913 |
16,183 |
2,230 |
18,413 |
||||
|
0 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
600 |
1,054 |
1,654 |
12,211 |
12,211 |
||||
|
0 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
61 |
67 |
982 |
58 |
1,040 |
38,717 |
38,717 |
|||
|
5 |
6 |
8 |
14 |
5 |
5 |
255 |
113 |
368 |
18,500 |
18,500 |
||||
|
0 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
12 |
2,072 |
208 |
2,280 |
29,000 |
2,400 |
31,400 |
||||
|
0 |
9 |
9 |
15,645 |
15,645 |
||||||||||
|
0 |
17 |
14 |
24 |
55 |
29 |
20 |
49 |
6,600 |
2,303 |
8,903 |
65,881 |
36,471 |
102,352 |
|
|
0 |
21 |
19 |
40 |
12 |
10 |
22 |
4,624 |
1,848 |
6,472 |
500 |
51,068 |
51,068 |
||
|
0 |
9 |
5 |
14 |
9 |
9 |
350 |
725 |
1,075 |
12,244 |
2,215 |
14,459 |
|||
|
0 |
3 |
6 |
9 |
3 |
3 |
1,257 |
879 |
2,136 |
30,493 |
5,800 |
36,293 |
|||
|
0 |
3 |
4 |
15 |
22 |
8 |
8 |
2,908 |
3,429 |
6,337 |
25,145 |
1,335 |
26,480 |
||
|
.0 |
5 |
5 |
812 |
812 |
9,038 |
9,038 |
||||||||
|
0 |
15 |
3 |
34 |
52 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
2,466 |
625 |
3,091 |
25,320 |
25,320 |
||
|
(0 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
12 |
8 |
22 |
30 |
92 |
92 |
50 |
25,257 |
25,257 |
||
|
to |
12 |
12 |
10 |
10 |
10,353 |
907 |
11,260 |
|||||||
|
'0 |
357 |
357 |
5,070 |
5,070 |
||||||||||
|
0 |
27 |
27 |
14 |
42 |
56 |
3,750 |
2,057 |
5,807 |
45,786 |
45,786 |
||||
|
0 |
3 |
6 |
9 |
13 |
2 |
15 |
4,585 |
2,376 |
6,961 |
23,000 |
1,000 |
24,000 |
||
|
0 |
4 |
4 |
14 |
22 |
4 |
4 |
87 |
87 |
70,000 |
20,000 |
90,000 |
|||
|
to |
3 |
3 |
6 |
9 |
18 |
27 |
1,034 |
1,034 |
27,455 |
6,305 |
33,760 |
|||
|
|0 |
5 |
9 |
14 |
33 |
2 |
35 |
350 |
215 |
565 |
55,200 |
7,950 |
63,150 |
||
|
|o |
10 |
1 |
8 |
19 |
5 |
5 |
2,000 |
3,371 |
5,371 |
46,041 |
46,041 |
|||
|
0 0 |
8 |
1 |
2 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
86 |
180 |
266 |
|||||
|
4 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
700 |
1,058 |
1,758 |
22,240 |
22,240 |
||||
|
'o |
6 |
3 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
1,000 |
671 |
1,671 |
50 |
15,615 |
2,81f |
18,433 |
||
|
0 |
3,525 |
1,019 |
4,544 |
300 |
67,173 |
67,173 |
||||||||
|
!0 |
3 |
3 |
1,880 |
616 |
2,496 |
14,805 |
5,84< |
20,654 |
||||||
|
10 |
1,304 |
1,118 |
2,422 |
27,558 |
10,377 |
37,935 |
||||||||
|
lo |
13 |
4 |
19 |
36 |
12 |
35 |
47 |
5,456 |
2,724 |
8,180 |
51,492 |
11,381 |
62,873 |
|
|
10 |
17 |
17 |
5 |
5,288 |
5,288 |
|||||||||
|
10 |
31 |
16 |
47 |
8 |
13 |
21 |
2,416 |
548 |
2,964 |
31,112 |
31,112 |
|||
|
10 |
1,046 |
70 |
1,116 |
11,388 |
1,20"; |
12,597 |
||||||||
|
10 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
452 |
452 |
10 |
7,754 |
7,754 |
|||
|
10 |
7 |
7 |
5 |
22 |
27 |
358 |
43 |
401 |
6,222 |
6,222 |
||||
|
)0 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
250 |
21 |
275 |
14,266 |
14,266 |
||||
|
10 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
14 |
2 |
11 |
13 |
250 |
1,355 |
1,605 |
21,508 |
21,508 |
||
|
10 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
458 |
165 |
623 |
12,526 |
12,526 |
||||||
|
[0 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
600 |
500 |
1,100 |
16,710 |
16,710 |
|||||
|
0 |
250 |
288 |
538 |
29,639 |
7,426 |
37,067 |
||||||||
|
lO 0 |
10 |
10 |
16,330 |
15,105 |
31,435 |
|||||||||
|
2 |
4 |
6 |
16 |
16 |
3,147 |
3,147 |
157 |
|||||||
|
0 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
13 |
9 |
4 |
13 |
52,075 |
5,97C |
58,045 |
||||
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
222 |
105 |
327 |
15,384 |
15,384 |
|
94 Statistics |
1972 |
i |
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en GD |
CHURCHES |
YEAR |
PASTORS |
TOTAL |
CHURl |
|
|
O |
SCHO( : |
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|
si |
LOCATION AND NAME OF CHURCH |
ORG. |
NAME |
•C-J |
MEMBERS |
ENRO MEN |
|
06 50 |
BOSTON, JAMAICA PLAIN, BOYLSTON, 207 AMORY ST. |
1879 |
H.E.POMEROY |
26 |
a 358 |
|
|
0660 |
BOSTON, JAMAICA PLAIN, CENTRAL, 85 SEAVERNS AVE. |
1853 |
W.D.GOBLE |
69 |
163 |
|
|
0690 |
BOSTON, MT. VERNON, 645 BOYLSTON ST. |
1842 |
F.M.MEEK |
70 |
68 |
|
|
0700 |
BOSTON, OLD SOUTH, 645 BOYLSTON ST.,D |
1669 |
F.M.MEEK L.CTOPPAN.ASSO. T.T.BOATES,JR.,ASSO. |
46 66 68 |
9 74 |
|
|
0730 |
BOSTON, ROXBURY, ELIOT, 120 WALNUT AVE. |
1834 |
P.M.MOORE W. THOMPSON, J R. ,D.C.E. |
62 68 |
345 |
|
|
0750 |
BOSTON, ROXBURY, ST. MARK, 210 TOWNSEND ST. |
1895 |
C.C.G.MAZOBERE |
71 |
400 |
|
|
0760 |
BOSTON, WEST ROXBURY, 1963 CENTRE ST. |
1835 |
SUPPLY |
362 |
1 |
|
|
0770 |
BOXBOROUGH, U.C.C, CONG., MASSACHUSETTS AVE. |
1829 |
J.S.WELLS |
71 |
2 28 |
1 |
|
0780 |
BOXFORD, 1ST, GEORGETOWN RD. |
1702 |
A.F-WHITE |
62 |
303 |
|
|
0790 |
B0XF0R0,2ND, WEST, WASHINGTON ST. |
1736 |
R.G.OANA |
67 |
190 |
|
|
0800 |
BOYLSTON, 1ST CONG., 12 CHURCH ST. |
1743 |
H.e.CPAW |
70 |
396 |
|
|
0810 |
BRAINTREE, 1ST, ELM ST. |
1707 |
M.J. WORKMAN R.J. RIPLEY, ASSO. |
59 65 |
928 |
|
|
0820 |
BRAINTREE, SOUTH, WASHINGTON £ POND STS. |
1829 |
D.W.SMITH |
69 |
2 53 |
|
|
0830 |
BRIDGEWATER, CENTRAL SQ. |
1821 |
J.D.MACLAUCHLIN |
67 |
3 33 |
|
|
0840 |
BRIDGEWATER, SCOTLAND, PLEASANT ST. |
1821 |
R.E.BURT |
71 |
52 |
|
|
0850 |
BRIMFIELD, 1ST, MAIN ST. |
1724 |
D.C.WILLIAMS D.G.OE BOER, P. EM. |
64 59 |
226 |
|
|
0860 |
BROCKTON, 1ST, 24 PLEASANT ST. |
1737 |
J.H.O BRIEN.JR. |
64 |
376 |
|
|
0870 |
BROCKTON, LINCOLN, 13 WALES AVE. |
1897 |
E. DAVIS, BAPT. |
70 |
94 |
|
|
0880 |
BROCKTON, PORTER, 33 N.MAIN ST. |
1850 |
R.STOUGHTON, JR. |
57 |
676 |
|
|
0890 |
BROCKTON, SOUTH, 1101 MAIN ST. |
1836 |
E.A.WALKER |
71 |
785 |
|
|
0900 |
BROCKTON, WALDO, 976 N.MAIN ST. |
1894 |
H.A.SCOTT |
70 |
101 |
|
|
0920 |
BROOKFIELO, CENTRAL £ COMMON STS. |
1827 |
E.F.MILLER |
70 |
177 |
|
|
0930 |
BROOKLINE, HARVARD CH., 210 HARVARD ST. |
1844 |
W.W.TUCKER |
71 |
352 |
|
|
0940 |
BROOKLINE, LEYOEN, 1835 BEACON ST. |
1896 |
J.R.MARKS.METH. |
68 |
98 |
|
|
0950 |
BUCKLAND, 1ST CONG., UPPER ST. |
1785 |
Q 115 |
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|
0960 |
BURLINGTON, U.C.C, CONG., BEDFORD S LEXINGTON STS. |
1732 |
M.E. DAVIS |
68 |
471 |
|
|
0970 |
BYFIELO, WARREN ST. |
1702 |
W. BOYLAN |
69 |
a 168 |
|
|
09 80 |
CAMBRIDGE, 1ST, GARDEN 6 MASON STS. |
1633 |
W.B.GROGAN |
62 |
429 |
|
|
P. F. WE ST, ASSO. |
65 |
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|
J-H.LEAMON,P.EM. |
40 |
|||||
|
0990 |
CAMBRIDGE, NORTH CONG. CH. OF, INC. MASSACHUSETTS AVE. 6 ROSELAND ST. |
1857 |
M.W.GARLAND |
68 |
132 |
|
|
1000 |
CAMBRIDGE, PILGRIM. 35 MAGAZINE ST. |
1865 |
D.A.STEELE |
71 |
189 |
|
|
1010 |
CAMBRIDGE, PROSPECT, 99 PROSPECT ST. |
1827 |
F.M.WEISKEL |
44 |
140 |
|
|
1020 |
CANAAN, N.Y., CONG., CANAAN FOUR CORNERS |
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