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The County Associational Meeting was held at Crane Creek on September 6-7, 1929. Dr. Speer was approved as Church Director of "Bnergencv Campaign" going on in the state at that time. The offering of Sunday November 17th was to be set aside for this cause.
In 1930 the church united in revival services with the Methodist Church with Dr. Martin as evangelist. It was decided to disband the Hancock County Association and let each church .join a neighboring county association.
A balance of $20.40 was reported as a balance in the Treasury on March 1, 1931. Ten percent of the collections went towards Missions. The hiring of a janitor for two dollars a month was postponed until financial conditions of the church was better. In 1934 Brother Allen voluntarily reduced his salary to $30.00 a month. The amount due him in the past was to be erased from books and begin anew.
The budget for 1933 looked like this:
Pastor's Salary. .	.	$450.00
Sunday School Literature	40.00
Lights & Fuel	25.00
Building & Repairs	26.00
Incidentals	20.00
Missions	55.00
Total	$616.00
Miss May Edwards was put on a corrmitt.ee for an Every Member Canvas to collect money for this budget, and to make church rolls into Resident and Nonresident. In 1935 Mrs. Laurent. Dickson replaced Miss Ethel Sylvester as Church Clerk and she held the office for one year to bte replaced by W. W. Stockstill. In 1938 the treasurer was authorized to mail quarterly statements to all members who subscribed to or pledged to the budget. In 1939, the church applied to the city of Bay St. Louis for natural gas to lx? installcxi. In 1939 the Rot iromont Plan for Pastors roroivod a unanimous vote with three percent of Pastor's salary sent to State Convention Board. In 1940 fifty two enrolled in Daily Vacation Bible School.