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get original church records and buy a Communion Set. The Women's Missionary Society reported an enrollment of 15 ladies.
In the May 19, 1929, minutes the following bills were reported: lights $5.00, coal $1.50, Sunday School literature $15.34, and flowers for Dedication of Pass Christian Church $1.75. A membership of 50 was reported. This was a time for a study to be made of what the church could do to move forward. "A study has begun for the first forward step" is a quote from these minutes.
The County Associational Meeting was held at Crane Creek on September 6-7, 1929. Dr. Speer was approved as Church Director of "Emergency Campaign" going on in the state at that time. The offering of Sunday November 17, 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 toward Missions. The hiring of a janitor for $2 a month was postponed until financial conditions of the church were 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 begun anew.
Miss May Edwards was put on an ?Every Member? committee to collect money for this budget and to divide the church rolls into resident and nonresident members. In 1935, Mrs. Laurent Dickson replaced Miss Ethel Sylvester as
The budget for 1933 looked like this:
Pastor?s Salary
Sunday School Literature
Lights & Fuel
Building & Repairs
Incidentals
Missions
Total
$450.00
40.00
25.00
26.00 20.00 55 00
$616.00
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