May 20, 2014 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
Wow, hard to believe that it’s Conference week once again. In honor of this occasion, here’s a flashback to the Conference in 1974. Anyone recognize the ordinands?
May 6, 2014 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
Do you ever have those days where nothing seems to go right? You know, the day when the coffee spills; you forget to gas up the car before getting on the highway; or you miss an important deadline. Take heart because these kind of days happened hundreds of years ago...
Apr 15, 2014 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
The following is an excerpt from a diary by an unknown author which was written at the back of a treasurer’s book for St. James Presbyterian (now United Church) in Sheet Harbour. The diary provides a good snapshot of community life in Sheet Harbour during the...
Apr 1, 2014 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
There, did that title catch your attention? The Archives receives minutes in all forms. Loose, scribblers, fancy bound books, you name it. I always appreciate the older notebooks with fancy illustrated covers. Take for example, these notebooks, c. 1920s, which...
Mar 18, 2014 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
Port Mouton may mean Port ‘Sheep’ en franςais but this South Shore village’s true calling has always been seafood. In 1965, the United Church Women put out an autographed album of recipes, for all your maritime cooking and baking needs. March may not...
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