Jan 12, 2021 | BNS Announcements, BNS Archives, Featured Congregations, FSLDW Announcements, FSLDW Archives
The other day I happened to come across a Bible which belonged to Rev. Mason Sheffield Linton. This Bible was presented to him on the occasion of his ordination as a Methodist minister into the New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island Methodist Conference on June 15,...
Dec 8, 2020 | BNS Announcements, BNS Archives, Featured Congregations, FSLDW Announcements, FSLDW Archives
What would Christmas be without gingerbread? Thanks to the Mission Circle at First United Church in Truro in 1935, you have your choice of two fine gingerbread recipes. One recipe is called “My Best Gingerbread” but the other recipe throws some...
Nov 24, 2020 | BNS Announcements, BNS Archives, Featured Congregations, FSLDW Announcements, FSLDW Archives
Let’s go back in time to February 1945 at United Memorial Church (now part of Hope United Church) in Halifax. Judging by their newsletter, The Young People’s Union, or U.M.Y.P.U. as they referred to themselves, was very active. The U.M.Y.P.U. didn’t...
Nov 17, 2020 | BNS Announcements, BNS Archives, Featured Congregations, FSLDW Announcements, FSLDW Archives
St. James United Church in Petitcodiac, New Brunswick recently celebrated an anniversary. In honor of the occasion, here are some images from a record of gift baskets sent out to members of the community by the Junior Sunday School class for 1950-1953. It appears as...
Nov 3, 2020 | BNS Announcements, BNS Archives, Featured Congregations, FSLDW Announcements, FSLDW Archives
At the risk of sounding a little (or a lot) dorky, I get so excited when I come across old property inventories for manses. Just thinking about all that now antique furniture puts stars in my eyes and it’s interesting catching a little glimpse of everyday life...
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