Dear Friend in Christ

Dear Friend in Christ: Guidelines for the

First Church is pleased to offer this special Memorial Garden as part of our First Church care to you in this time of need. Especially designed to offer our families Memorial a place of serenity and beauty, this Garden has been a welcome addition to Garden our ministry and has proven to be a source of comfort for our families. Many find this lovely resting place to be one in which wonderful memories of your loved one can be cherished.

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The First Church of Christ, Simsbury, CT

Purpose

The purpose of the Memorial Garden is to First Church of Christ provide a portion of church property for the 689 Hopmeadow Street caring disposition of the cremated remains of Simsbury, CT 06070 loved ones in a beautiful, dignified, and 860-651-3593 meditative setting.

860-408-9229 (fax) Use of the Memorial Garden E-mail: info @fccsimsbury.org Present and former members and their Web site: www.fccsimsbury.org families, and friends of First Church of Christ may use the Garden for the burial of To help cover the cost of maintaining a Church reserves the right to alter its design the ashes of loved ones. Ashes will be beautiful Memorial Garden, present and and will not be liable for loss or damage within interred directly in the ground or in a former members of First Church and their the Garden. biodegradable container. There will be no families will be charged a one-time fee of family memorials within the Garden. Any $500 at the time of interment of a loved one. No property right of any kind, whether enhancements, such as flowers or shrubs or The fee for use of the Garden by friends of expressed, implied, real or personal, is ground cover, may be added only at the First Church who are not members will be established by entering into the Memorial discretion of the Memorial Garden $700 plus the cost of the memorial plate and Garden agreement with First Church of Committee. its engraving. Christ, Simsbury.

Use of the Garden will be solely by the Gifts to the Memorial Garden fund are agreement between representatives of the welcome at any time and will be used for loved one‘s family and First Church. maintenance and future enhancements of the Garden. All gifts and fees should be made Memorial Plates payable to First Church of Christ and designated for the Memorial Garden Fund. Uniform plates will be engraved with the names of the deceased and the years of birth In addition, a Memorial Garden Endowment and death and mounted permanently on the Fund has been established, dedicated to plaque within the Garden. The information for support the Garden. The investment income the plate must be given in writing and sent to from this fund will be used solely to cover the First Church of Christ, Simsbury to the Garden’s expenses. The suggested minimum attention of Catherine Behrens. A for this restricted contribution will be $1000. representative of the deceased will be responsible for the cost of the memorial plate and its engraving. Authority and Responsibility Book of Remembrance The Memorial Garden Committee shall consist The Book of Remembrance is kept in the of five members. The Senior Minister will be church parlor. It contains a page for a picture an ex-officio member, and the Committee will and a copy of the newspaper obituary of the work closely with the Board of Trustees when deceased, provided by the family. A copy of making decisions concerning alterations in each page will be kept separately in a secure maintenance of the Garden. place in the church. The Committee will supervise the Funding maintenance, enhancement, and use of the Garden. While every effort will be made to maintain the integrity of the Garden, First