March 9, 2008 Historic Moment

Did you know... in 1888 the Finance Committee of New Hackensack Reformed Church put out at "special circular" classifying church contributors into six different classes. A through F according to the amounts of their contributions.... Class A gave 25 cents weekly; Class B gave 15 cents; Classs C gave 10 cents; Class D gave 5 cents; Class E gave 3 cents and Class F gave ONE CENT!!!! The Committee wrote "We earnestly entreat all the congregation to heartily cooperate with us in carrying out this our plan for always having enough money in the treasury to meet every obligation.