Apr 15, 2014 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
The following is an excerpt from a diary by an unknown author which was written at the back of a treasurer’s book for St. James Presbyterian (now United Church) in Sheet Harbour. The diary provides a good snapshot of community life in Sheet Harbour during the...
Apr 1, 2014 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
There, did that title catch your attention? The Archives receives minutes in all forms. Loose, scribblers, fancy bound books, you name it. I always appreciate the older notebooks with fancy illustrated covers. Take for example, these notebooks, c. 1920s, which...
Mar 18, 2014 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
Port Mouton may mean Port ‘Sheep’ en franςais but this South Shore village’s true calling has always been seafood. In 1965, the United Church Women put out an autographed album of recipes, for all your maritime cooking and baking needs. March may not...
Mar 4, 2014 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
I always get a big kick out of the number of drawings I find in church minute books. Not surprisingly, the majority of these doodles are usually found in the books of youth groups where the minutes were recorded by the youth themselves. The drawings below, however,...
Feb 18, 2014 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
In these bleary winter months, there’s nothing better than some good ol’ fashioned comfort food circa 1915 style. I’m talking macaroni and cheese kind of comfort food because nothing and I mean nothing beats that combination of cheese and pasta. And...
Feb 11, 2014 | Archives Committee, Featured Congregations
Ok, so maybe it’s not the happiest Valentine’s Day poem out there but there is no denying it’s kinda romantic and it does include the word love a couple times. Plus, every good Valentine’s Day poem should include a reference to the harp, right?...
United Church of Canada News