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...
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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...
Nov 15, 2016 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
We are long overdue for some recipes from Bermuda so imagine my delight when I found these recipes in the back of the UCW book “Sailing Through Uncharted Seas.” The book was put out by the Maritime Conference UCW in 1987 on the occasion of the 25th...
Nov 8, 2016 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
As we pause this week to remember our veterans, here are the names in their own writing of some of those who served. The following is from a register for those attending entertainment events for the troops put on by St. Andrew’s United Church (later to become...
Nov 1, 2016 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
I was so excited when I came across this photograph that I just had to share. I can say that this is officially the first fishing photograph I have come across in the Archives. Looks like the guys are pretty pleased with their catch! This was a Tuxis event held by...
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