MEMORIALS COMMITTEE

The financial secretary will send a notice to the Memorial Committee of any memorial gifts received by the church. A committee member so designated will record the names of the donors and in whose memory the donation was given in the Memorial Book. An acknowledgement is sent to the donor and also to the family of the deceased.

The Memorials Committee consists of two persons (Article VIII paragraph la), one elected every year evenly divisible by two to serve a term of four years. They shall keep an ongoing record of suggested need of the Church. When memorial monetary gifts are received, the Committee shall caringly interview the surviving family to ascertain what gift. they desire to give. They shall record the memorial gift in the permanent record book in the name of the deceased along with the identity of the donor(s) They shall send acknowledgment to the donor and to the family of the deceased. They shall sponsor the gift selection through the process of acceptance when both the Diaconate and the Trustees must approve the selection.