Rev McInnes' Ordination

Taken from minutes of the Burr Oak Church: "A meeting was called by the Burr Oak and Wolf Lake Pulpit Committees with Rev. McInnes at the Burr Oak Church for the purpose of hiring Rev. McInnes as pastor of the two churches. A motion was made and carried unanimously to hire Rev. McInnes upon the following conditions. He is to begin work the first Sunday on November [1940] and continue through the annual business meeting of the churches the last of April, 1942. His salary is to be $1,040. Burr Oak is to pay $540.00 and Wolf Lake $500.00. There will be no fifth Sunday off but it may be used as the pastor sees fit. His vacation is to be part of a week the first year. It is also decided, providing it meets the approval of the churches, that the pastor and deacons meet occasionally in consultation, the meeting may be called be either the pastor or the deacons."

When Hugh went to the two churches in Indiana he had not yet been ordained. The following information has been obtained about his ordination. A note from Dan Carlson, current pastor of the Wolf Lake Church, indicates that the Wolf Lake Church had a special meeting on April 26, 1942, and voted to ordain their pastor, Hugh McInnes. Thanks to the investigative work of Bonnie Stump, Kimmell, Indiana, and of Dan Stangland, a member of the Burr Oak Church, it has been established that the ordination service was held at the Wolf Lake Church on May 24, 1942. A Bible was presented to the pastor at this service.