Jul 8, 2014 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
As you may recall, last week I posted a photograph which I said was our only wedding photograph in the Archives. It turns out that I spoke too soon. Just a couple days later, I stumbled across another wedding photograph and it was too nice not to share! The happy...
Jul 1, 2014 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
I promise I tried really hard to find some Canada Day themed records for this week but I didn’t meet with much success. As a back-up plan, I figured a wedding post to celebrate the beginning of summer would be nice. After all, we’re in prime wedding season...
Jun 17, 2014 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
Yesterday at the break table the Maritime Conference staff were having an involved conversation about rhubarb and it inspired me to hunt down a couple rhubarb recipes. These recipes are courtesy of the Dr. Florence Murray UCW Unit which was based at J. Wesley Smith...
Jun 3, 2014 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
Nothing beats the advertisements of yesteryear. Long before tv and internet, businesses were getting the word out to potential customers. Granted, their approach was a little different than what we’re used to today but you gotta work with the times. The...
May 20, 2014 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
Wow, hard to believe that it’s Conference week once again. In honor of this occasion, here’s a flashback to the Conference in 1974. Anyone recognize the ordinands?
May 6, 2014 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
Do you ever have those days where nothing seems to go right? You know, the day when the coffee spills; you forget to gas up the car before getting on the highway; or you miss an important deadline. Take heart because these kind of days happened hundreds of years ago...
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