OFFICIAL POLICY STATEMENT
OF FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MARIANNA, FLORIDA
COLUMBARIUM NICHES


First Presbyterian Church offers Columbarium Niches in accordance with the 
church’s official policy for eligibility and purchase as set forth below, and as 
may be amended from time to time. 

Columbarium 

The columbariums are located on the south side of the church. Niches are 12 
inches wide by 12 inches tall by 12 inches deep in size. Each niche may 
accommodate the remains of two humans. Remains placed in a niche must 
be contained in a sealed, non-biodegradable urn or container. The provision of 
such an urn or container is the responsibility of the person purchasing a niche, 
or his or her family. The cost of such urns or containers is not included in the 
price of the niche. 

The cost for the placing of cremated remains in a niche is $250 per person. In 
making the initial purchase family members may chose to indicate the names 
of the two persons who will use the one niche. In this case they were will be 
given certificates of ownership A and B for that particular niche. 

When only one person purchases a place in a niche he or she will receive 
certificate of ownership A for that particular niche. If the person holding this 
certificate of ownership A chooses for another eligible person to be allowed to 
use that same niche, on the payment of the additional $250.00 the person so 
designated will be given certificate of ownership B for that niche. A Master 
Plan, indicating the niches which have been sold, and for which persons, will 
be maintained in the church office. 

The person or persons buying a niche, or their families, must make 
arrangements to purchase a bronze plaque for each person whose cremated 
remains are placed in the niche within six months of their remains being 
placed in the niche. When two persons are using the same niche a plaque for 
each person must be purchased. 

The plaque must be 10 inches wide by 3 inches tall in size and must indicate 
the name and birth and death dates. In order to ensure consistency of 
appearance the purchase and installation of this plaque must be done through 
the church office. The bronze finish of the plaque will be similar to that for Dr. 
and Mrs. Harold Wager in the church narthex. The sample wording and layout 
for a plaque is attached to this policy statement. The approximate cost of such 
a plaque is $150.00. 


Eligibility for Purchase 

To be eligible to purchase a Columbarium niche a person must be (1) a 
baptized Christian, and (2) either an active member of First Presbyterian 
Church, Marianna, Florida, or an active participant who has not yet transferred 
as an active member to First Presbyterian Church, Marianna, Florida. The 
session of the church may also approve special circumstances for purchase. 
Purchase, ownership and use and transfer of niches shall be subject to the 
conditions and restrictions set forth herein, and may be amended from time to 
time. 

A Columbarium niche may be purchased by an eligible person for a member of 
his or her immediate family. 

First Presbyterian Church, Marianna, Florida, reserves the right of first refusal 
for all niches. Transfer of ownership will require Session approval. The 
person to whom ownership is to be transferred must meet the eligibility 
requirements for purchase. In the event the niche is not used within five years 
of the death of the person holding the certificate of purchase for a niche, full 
title shall revert to the Church. Please contact the church Office for more 
information. 

Review of these Policies and the Master Plan of the Columbarium Niches 

These policies shall be reviewed as needed by the Administration Committee 
of the Session, or its successor committee, and recommendations for any 
needed changes be made to the Session for approval. 

The Master Plan of the First Presbyterian Church Columbarium Niches shall 
be reviewed, at least annually, by the Administration Committee of the 
Session, or its successor committee, and a report made to the Session. 

Effective Date 

This Official Policy Statement shall be effective with the approval of the 
Session of the First Presbyterian Church, Marianna, Florida at its stated 
meeting on Sunday, May 22, 2005.