In light of this, he said, the church vestry "felt it was appropriate to make a public witness of our position."

Bed with a hot-water bottle in a tiny apartment converted from a church vestry.

I picked some flowers for the vases in the church vestry one day last November.

As he attracted more black congregants, the church vestry ordered them to be in a separate area for worship.

Following the war the church vestry successfully sued the U.S. government for $1000 damages.

In 1840, the church vestry was reported as having considered whether to build another house of worship for workers on the waterfront.

His will, at one time on display in the church vestry, concluded:

He had been unable to attend to his duties on the church vestry during the war while leading the continental armies.

He went to put them in vases at the church vestry but they turned black and died before he could finish the relatively quick job.