Excerpt from Year Book of the Chapel of the Cross, 1921

Report of the Secretary of the Vestry on the Parish Work in 192] In the year just closed the Parish has tried to take its part in the many sided activity of the general Church in its mission of building up the spiritual life of men and women all over the world.

At the same time we have been concerned with many local matters of practical interest connected with our special. Work here at home. There has been a careful supervision of Church property, involving repairs, enlargement of equipment, exten sion, and in general, the introduction of modern methods suit able to the needs of the time.

The work of the Vestry has therefore been, not wholly, but largely of a practical character. In the eleven meetings that were held these practical matters were fully discussed and plans were made for the execution of the work.

Detailed mention need not be made here of the repairs and improvements made in Church property. There were many. But it is proper to state that the Rector himself has freely given his time and personal service in many of these matters.

We are also indebted to Mr. Carter for very valuable assist ance given with great skill and as a labor of love. With his own hands he has repainted and varnished parts of the wood work of the church, and in general he has been zealous in planning and carrying out important repairs and improvements suggested to him by his large experience.

Time does not permit the mention here of many similar matters supervised by members of the Vestry and congregation or actually carried out by their own hands.

In collecting and disbursing the revenues of the Parish the Vestry has devoted its attention constantly to the needs of the Nation Wide Campaign and to the payment of our quota of the Church Pension Fund. Provision has been made for both of these objects.

Other important enterprises which have engaged the attention of the Parish and the Vestry are: The plans for Church Extension and the disposition of the Holt Fund.

It will be recalled that at the suggestion of the Bishop acommittee of the Vestry prepared an estimate of the funds needed for the extensive enlargement of the church building and the addition of auxiliary elements similar to the Parish House. The same committee, also at the suggestion Of the Bishop, personally laid this matter before the Diocesan Convention at Durham in the current year. The Convention heartily endorsed the general plan and a large committee of the Diocese was appointed to co-operate with the Parish committee in raising the estimated as needed for this work, according to the estimates of the architect, Mr. Upjohn, of New York. The Parish committee has begun its work and it is hoped that this great enterprise will progress with reasonable rapidity.

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