Jul 31, 2018 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
While we are still in the middle of this heat wave, let’s think some happy, cool thoughts. The following photographs are from various Canadian Girls in Training (CGIT) camps across the Maritimes: ...
Jul 24, 2018 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
The following photographs are from the Riverport (Nova Scotia) Methodist Sunday School picnic c. 1911. The minister in the center with the dark suit and black hat is Rev. Hobbs and the man standing in the background with the impressive beard is Jacob Ritcey, Sunday...
Jul 17, 2018 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
On October 17, 1897, a fire spread through the town of Windsor, Nova Scotia, destroying most of the town, including both St. John’s Presbyterian Church and Windsor Methodist Church, and leaving most of the residents homeless. You can read more about the fire by...
Jul 10, 2018 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
Do you ever stay up late at night pondering the best way in which to grate nutmeg or at what temperature to keep your dining room? As always, The Presbyterian Witness has your back. The following household tips were found in the February 12, 1898 edition of The...
Jul 3, 2018 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
Oops, didn’t mean to get you too excited about the prospect of fresh strawberries! The following cash account list from the 1930s was found in the back of a church minute book from Fox Harbour, associated with Three Harbours Pastoral Charge in Truro Presbytery....
Jun 26, 2018 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
Unless you are a statistician, it’s more than likely that you don’t get too excited about statistical reports. However, these type of reports can provide a wealth of interesting information about a church. The following report was filled out by Onslow...
United Church of Canada News