Dec 27, 2016 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
We might be a little behind the times here at the Archives but 1955 is close enough, right? This calendar is from Gunningsville United Church which would later become Trinity United Church in Riverview.
Dec 20, 2016 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
The following photograph is of the choir at Wesley Memorial United Church (Moncton) on Christmas Sunday in 1947.
Dec 13, 2016 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
I have decided to break with all tradition and not post a Christmas recipe of the month for 2016. Horrible I know but hopefully all can be forgiven. Last week I had the pleasure of visiting Trinity United Church in Riverview to help go through some records and...
Dec 6, 2016 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
I always find it fascinating to view the documents recording the beginning of a church. Of course, there are a lot of events and work that goes on behind the scenes long before a church building is built but the part we usually get to see in the historical record is...
Nov 29, 2016 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
It looks like winter is most definitely upon us so here are some photographs from a warmer season to cheer you up. These photographs are from a CGIT camp held at Waweig in 1948. Before you get too jealous, it wasn’t all sunshine there either, the last photograph...
Nov 22, 2016 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
It just so happens that November 20th in 1887 also fell on a Sunday so I thought it would be the perfect week to share this diary entry from Rev. David Sutherland. As a bit of background, David Sutherland was born in Bruan, Caithnesshire, Scotland in 1859 to Alexander...
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