Nov 4, 2014 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
New Mills Pastoral Charge: Most of the early settlers in the New Mills area were from Scotland and belonged to the established Church of Scotland. However, the first minister sent to the area was the Rev. James Waddell, a Scottish Secession Minister who was inducted...
Oct 28, 2014 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
Halloween-themed records are few and far between here at the Maritime Conference Archives but the Central Methodist Church (later Central United) Epworth League really stepped up to the plate with their nicely-decorated invitation to a Halloween party c. 1916: ...
Oct 14, 2014 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
Upsalquitch Pastoral Charge is located in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, and consists of preaching places at Robinsonville (St. John’s United Church) and Upsalquitch (St. David’s United Church). The church at Upsalquitch began as a Presbyterian church which became...
Oct 7, 2014 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! The following photograph is from St. Andrew’s United Church in Saint John which would eventually become part of St. Andrew and St. David United Church. Doesn’t it make you want to haul out the gourds?
Sep 29, 2014 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
As with any good newspaper, the Pepper Box publication of the Pine Hall Divinity Hall residence had its fair share of cartoons. There is no artist credited to the cartoon so I can’t give credit to where credit is due but whoever it was seemed to be quite...
Sep 23, 2014 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
The Port Mouton Pastoral Charge consists of the appointments of Hunt’s Point (Wesley United), and Port Mouton which are located in Queens County. The first Methodist Society in Port Mouton was organized sometime around 1795. A Methodist church was erected at...
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