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Several matters came before the members of the Consistory of the First Reformed Church. The members were Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte, elders Broek, Appeldoorn, Hekhuis, Labots, and Jonker and deacons Keppel and Plugger. One decision was to buy communion wine from another place rather than in the store of Mr. Post. Keppel reported that $1,600.00 was pledged toward the new church building. Schrader will serve as the architect. Much of the meeting was spent on a complaint that involved members of the Consistory and the pastor. Deacon de Weerd and his son-in-law, W. van der Haar had bitter differences. Broek, son-in-law of de Weerd, regretted that the pastor involved himself in the matter. It was considered interference. A committee of Jonker, Plugger, and Keppel were appointed to resolving the offense. Van Raalte again served as clerk of the meeting.
Date
2-24-1854
City
Holland, Michigan
Source
The original documents are held by Archives and Special Collections, Hope College Library.
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Recommended Citation
Van Raalte, A. C. and Buursma, William, "Meeting Minutes of the Consistory of the First Reformed Church" (1854). Van Raalte Papers: 1850-1859. 401.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1850s/401
Notes
In Dutch; translation by Rev. William Buursma.
Description of the document and reference to The Joint Archives of Holland [now called Hope College Archives and Special Collections] by Dr. Elton J. Bruins.
About the collection:
Elton J. Bruins, long-time professor in the Department of Religion at Hope College, spent years collecting documents by and about Albertus C. Van Raalte, founder of Holland, Michigan and early patron of Hope College. Documents were gathered from dozens of public and private collections, making a nearly exhaustive collection of Van Raalte's writings and reflections. It is these documents that make up the "Van Raalte Papers."
Digitizing the Van Raalte papers was supported by the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York. The project was done in partnership with Heritage Hall at Calvin University, which also digitized its Van Raalte collections.