Jan 26, 2021 | BNS Announcements, BNS Archives, Featured Congregations, FSLDW Announcements, FSLDW Archives
For those of you who took on the word challenge from last week, here are the answers as promised: Santa Claus -St-Nicholas What babies do – a girl’s name-Howlan A garment-to wander-Cape Traverse A jacket-Cardigan A point of the compass-part of the verb to...
Jan 19, 2021 | BNS Announcements, BNS Archives, Featured Congregations, FSLDW Announcements, FSLDW Archives
I came across this word challenge while processing the records of a retired minister. He and his wife were actively involved in various youth groups in the Maritime Conference so this was probably used at a youth meeting. In most cases, there are two answers you need...
Jan 12, 2021 | BNS Announcements, BNS Archives, Featured Congregations, FSLDW Announcements, FSLDW Archives
The other day I happened to come across a Bible which belonged to Rev. Mason Sheffield Linton. This Bible was presented to him on the occasion of his ordination as a Methodist minister into the New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island Methodist Conference on June 15,...
Dec 8, 2020 | BNS Announcements, BNS Archives, Featured Congregations, FSLDW Announcements, FSLDW Archives
What would Christmas be without gingerbread? Thanks to the Mission Circle at First United Church in Truro in 1935, you have your choice of two fine gingerbread recipes. One recipe is called “My Best Gingerbread” but the other recipe throws some...
Nov 24, 2020 | BNS Announcements, BNS Archives, Featured Congregations, FSLDW Announcements, FSLDW Archives
Let’s go back in time to February 1945 at United Memorial Church (now part of Hope United Church) in Halifax. Judging by their newsletter, The Young People’s Union, or U.M.Y.P.U. as they referred to themselves, was very active. The U.M.Y.P.U. didn’t...
Nov 17, 2020 | BNS Announcements, BNS Archives, Featured Congregations, FSLDW Announcements, FSLDW Archives
St. James United Church in Petitcodiac, New Brunswick recently celebrated an anniversary. In honor of the occasion, here are some images from a record of gift baskets sent out to members of the community by the Junior Sunday School class for 1950-1953. It appears as...
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