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?  

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...

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 1920s...

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...

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 be lobster season...

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,...

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 that's where The...

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? We can't be too picky...

As I was going through some records the other day I stumbled across this little gem. I know square dancing is not as popular as it used to be but there are at least three reasons why you should give it a chance: 1) It seems like a lot of fun 2) The outfits are pretty...

Many of the records at the Maritime Conference Archives are minutes from various church bodies. These minutes certainly tell us a lot about the work and activity of a church but it's hard to find out more about the people themselves. Every once in a while, however, we...