Rev. Hugh Dunbar, a Presbyterian minister who taught school at Norboro, was instrumental in the formation of the Summerfield church in PEI. Construction of a church building was started in 1855 on land donated by Peter Sinclair. This building was moved in 1888 and converted into a public hall, and a new, larger church was constructed and opened on January 13, 1889. Early in 1917, Summerfield united with Kensington Presbyterian. On April 1925, the church was struck by lightning and burned to the ground, just two months before the church joined with The United Church of Canada. The congregation worshiped in the public hall (the first church building) until a new church, First United, was dedicated on November 7, 1926. The United Churchman (November 24, 1926, Vol. 1, No. 56, p. 8 ) describes the dedication:
The congregation at Summerfield held its final service on April 27, 2008 and was amalgamated with Kensington United on May 1, 2008. The congregation now worships in the Kensington United Church.
With information from the Kensington United Church website (http://www.kensingtonunited.ca/history.php ) as well as information compiled by Judith Colwell.