Feb 4, 2025 | BNS Announcements, BNS Archives, FSLDW Announcements, FSLDW Archives
When life gives you snow…go sleighing? On Friday, February 8, 1907, some members of Young Men’s Bible Class of Grace Methodist Church in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (now Grace United Church) went on a sleigh ride to Fall River. The secretary, C.P. Chittick, took...
Nov 19, 2024 | BNS Announcements, BNS Archives, FSLDW Announcements, FSLDW Archives
If you didn’t have a chance to read the first post about Musquodoboit Harbour joining The United Church of Canada, you can click here. Now that the vote to join The United Church of Canada was finalized, the Methodist and Presbyterian congregations in Musquodoboit...
Oct 21, 2024 | BNS Announcements, BNS Archives, FSLDW Announcements, FSLDW Archives
You may be surprised to learn that most former Methodist or Presbyterian churches recorded very little in their minutes about joining with The United Church of Canada in 1925. Sometimes, if you are lucky, you can see a brief note about the results of the church union...
Feb 13, 2024 | BNS Announcements, BNS Archives, Featured Congregations, FSLDW Announcements, FSLDW Archives
Happy Valentines Day! The following photograph is from St. Paul’s United Church in Fredericton and was probably taken in the 1910s or 1920s. It looks like the group was putting on a play or fashion show. If you look closely you can see paper hearts and cupids...
Jan 9, 2024 | BNS Announcements, BNS Archives, FSLDW Announcements, FSLDW Archives
Has anyone decided to start off 2024 by joining a book club? In December 1908, the Presbyterian ministers of Lunenburg and Yarmouth Presbytery formed a Theological and Literary Club. The club seemed rather formal with a secretary appointed and a minister tasked with...
Dec 19, 2023 | BNS Announcements, BNS Archives, FSLDW Announcements, FSLDW Archives
This 1901 Christmas greeting was from Rev. Lachlan A. MacLean and his wife. At this time, Rev. MacLean would have been minister at Lorneville Presbyterian Church in New Brunswick which would become Lorneville United Church in 1925 .
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