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Rev. George Farquhar’s Letters from Russia

Apr 30, 2019 | All News, Archives Committee, Committee News, Featured Congregations

Rev. George Farquhar (1880-1975) was born in England and came to Nova Scotia as a child, growing up in Newport, Hants County. He attended Dalhousie University, and then later the Presbyterian College. He served as a missionary at Harrington Harbour and Labrador and...

Rev. George Gillmore’s Diary

Mar 12, 2019 | Archives Committee, Committee News, Featured Congregations

Rev. George Gillmore lived a fascinating life despite being a relatively unknown historical figure, and his life shows the value that there is in researching the lives of everyday figures. Little is known about Rev. George Gillmore’s past before arriving in America....

Woolastook Presbytery

Nov 27, 2018 | Archives Committee, Committee News, Featured Congregations

Fredericton and Woodstock Methodist Districts: Methodism was introduced to Fredericton in 1971 by Rev. Abraham John Bishop. Fredericton first appeared as its own circuit in 1794 and the first Methodist church in Fredericton was built in 1810. Ministers from...

Chignecto Presbytery

Nov 13, 2018 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations

Cumberland and Sackville Methodist Districts Methodists had been active in the Amherst-Point de Bute-Sackville area since at least the 1780s when William Black, one of the fathers of Methodism in the Maritimes, began preaching in the area. In the early days of...

Sydney Presbytery

Oct 23, 2018 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations

Sydney Presbyterian Presbytery The first Presbyterian minister to come to Cape Breton was Rev. James McGregor, from Pictou Presbytery, who visited Sydney in 1798 and 1813. At the time of his first visit, there were only twenty Presbyterian families on the whole...

Prince Edward Island Presbytery

Oct 16, 2018 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations

PEI Presbyterian Presbytery On July 3, 1817, the Presbyteries of Truro and Pictou along with a few ministers of the Church of Scotland united to form the Presbyterian Church of Nova Scotia. This new body was constituted as the Synod of Nova Scotia and divided into...