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United Church of Canada Living Skies Region Archives
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Saskatchewan Conference (Methodist) fonds

  • FA 02
  • Fonds
  • 1904–1925

The fonds consists of records created by and relating to the Saskatchewan Conference of the Methodist Church in Canada, its Conference Secretaries and staff, as well as the Stationing Committee, and Wesley College Commission.

Contents include: original Conference minutes (1904-1925); reports; published minutes from Saskatchewan Conference (some as Assiniboia Conference) and predecessors, such as Manitoba and Northwest Conference; property records; education records; clippings and select publications; records of the Stationing Committee; treasurer’s reports; Conference Secretary’s correspondence; proceedings and related records and publications from the Conference-appointed Wesley College Commission (1918-1919).

Methodist Church (Canada), Manitoba and Northwest Conference

Cooperating Committee of Saskatchewan fonds

  • FA 08
  • Fonds
  • 1911–1925

The fonds consists of textual materials created by and relating to the Methodist-Presbyterian Cooperating Committee of Saskatchewan (later the Provincial Committee on Cooperation), its committees and related individuals and bodies.

Contents include: minutes of the Cooperating Committee of Saskatchewan (1911-1925); various Local Cooperating Committees minutes (1920-1925), possibly collected by/for the Cooperating Committee of Saskatchewan; publications and articles regarding cooperating and union churches, in Saskatchewan and elsewhere in Canada (1911-1922). There are also files of correspondence, relating to Local Unions in Balgonie and Trevarga (1913-1914), Yellow Grass (1917), and other locations (1921-1925), as well as signed agreements and lists relating to united charges at Fillmore, Manor, Nokomis, Rokeby, Saltcoats and Sintaluta (1921) and double-affiliation charges at Bladworth, Briercrest, Carlyle, Drinkwater, Dundurn, Fillmore-Osage, Girvin, Hawarden, Sceptre, Viscount, Willmar and Wapella (1920-1925).

Cooperating Committee of Saskatchewan

Boards and Committees files

Series consists of records relating to and/or created by various committees, boards, camps, and other entities governed by or associated with the United Church of Canada, in Saskatchewan. Contents include minutes, reports, correspondence, plans and other documents and images pertaining to: the Committee for Christian Education (1925-1970), including Girls' Work and Children's Work Committees; Survey and Planning Committee; Settlement Committee (1924-1961); the Conference Special Committee for the Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee (1955); Committee to Study Non-Anglo-Saxons (1930-1931); Missionary and Maintenance Fund Committee (1934-1935); the Special Committee to Study the Relationship between the Christian Church and Education in Saskatchewan (1966); the Committee on Union of the United Church of Canada (1961-1973); the Conference Committee on Church Extension; Board of Home Missions (1917-1952); Lumsden Beach Camp (1908-1962); Camp Outlook (1947-1953); White Bear Religious Camp (1930-1940); the Benevolent Society of Camp McKay (1953-1983); the Prairie Christian Training Centre [later Calling Lakes Centre] (1952-1973); the Ministers' Summer School of Religion (1934-1941); Templeton Mission (1952-1953); Moose Jaw College (1914-1945); Conference Committee on Colleges and Education (1930-1931), primarily correspondence from Convenor D.S. Dix; Oliver Lodge (1949-1979); Laymembers of Saskatchewan Conference (1925-1963); the Boundaries Committee (1973); and Camp Tapawingo (1960-1980).

Christian Education and Training Events, 1944-1973

Series contains minutes, reports, correspondence, pamphlets, curriculum materials, publications and other records relating to the work of the Board of Christian Education (including Adults, Senior Adults, Children and Youth sections), Saskatchewan Conference Christian Education Committee and other associated Committees, e.g. for Girls' Work, Boys' Work, Youth, Kairos. There are also Training Events files, covering planning, curriculum, correspondence and other documentation of events held for various audiences of leaders, youth, lay ministry and related groups.

Files appear organized in 3 main sets: Board of Christian Education (file no. 136 to 147); Saskatchewan Conference Christian Education Committee (file no. 148 to 162); and Training Events (file no.163 to 189).

Saskatchewan Older Boys' Parliament fonds

  • FE 06
  • Fonds
  • 1923–1964

The fonds consists of publications and other records relating to the Older Boys' Parliament, which would later be known as the Saskatchewan Youth Parliament (after 1972). Contents include: photographs (1945-1948), newspaper clippings and proclamations; records and legislation (1923-1964); and copies of "The Parliamentarian" (1961-1964), the journal of Saskatchewan Tuxis and Older Boys' Parliament.

Saskatchewan Youth Parliament

Methodist Church in Canada publications collection

  • FG 01
  • Collection
  • ca.1885–1925

The collection consists of primarily textual items, published by the Methodist Church in Canada. Contents include published Year Books (with minutes of annual Conferences, statistical reports, station lists, etc.), as well as reports from the Methodist Missionary Society and Department of Social Services and Evangelism.

Presbyterian Church in Canada publications collection

  • FG 04
  • Collection
  • 1884–1925

The collection consists of primarily textual items, published by the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Contents include published Acts and Proceedings (with minutes of the General Assembly, reports, etc.), materials related to the Committee on Church Union and the Presbyterian Church Association, as well as a range of other documents and publications about Church Union, especially the Presbyterian debates on that topic.

Woman's Missionary Society (Presbyterian) publications collection

  • FG 06
  • Collection
  • 1902–1926

The collection consists of publications relating the Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Contents include: reports of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society, Women's Home Missionary Society (Western Division), Women's Missionary Society; an issue of the publication "The Message" (1902); and history books/documents about church missions and missionary work.

Church Union collection

  • FG 09
  • Collection
  • ca.1900–1936

The collection consists of primarily textual materials relating to the Church Union movement and the organizations involved, including the Joint Committee on Church Union. There appears to be a mix of original documents and various published and copied items.

Contents include: Basis of Union documents from the Presbyterian Church (1905-1908) and Methodist Church (1909); records of proceedings, minutes, and publications by and relating to the Joint Committee on Church Union and its Subcommittees; documents relating to proposed legislation (1922-1924), the Act Incorporating the United Church of Canada, House of Commons debates on the topic, and associated Saskatchewan legislation (1924); publications and articles relating to the anti-union movement and the legal issues resulting from the division of the Presbyterian Church; copies of information regarding the voting returns on Union from across Canada (1925-1926); maps showing communities with local union churches; and a poster published by the Union Committee of the Presbyterian Church (1924).

Joint Committee on Church Union

United Church of Canada publications collection

  • FG 10
  • Collection
  • 1911–2016, predominantly 1925–1982

The collection consists of primarily textual publications of the (national-level) United Church of Canada (UCC), its General Council, Boards and Divisions. Contents include: reproductions of the Basis of Union (1925) and related documents; published reproductions of General Council [meetings], as well as meeting agendas and reports; UCC Year Books, with detailed lists of pastoral charges and various national statistics and reports; multiple editions of the UCC Manual; minutes and reports from the Board of Home Missions, Board of Evangelism and Social Services, Division of Mission, Board of Colleges and Secondary Schools; Division of Ministry Personnel and Education; and published documents of Regina College (1911-1934); and items from St. Andrew's College Diamond Jubilee.

United Church of Canada

Woman's Missionary Society (United Church) publications collection

  • FG 12
  • Collection
  • 1941–1962

The collection consists of publications relating the Women's Missionary Society of the United Church of Canada. Contents include: reports of the Women's Missionary Society; reports of the Dominion Board; and historical accounts of the W.M.S., church missions and missionary work.

Local reports and newsletters collection

  • FG 15
  • Collection
  • ca.1970?–2018

This collection consists of annual reports created by more than 220 pastoral charges that existed within the boundaries of the United Church of Canada Saskatchewan Conference, from the late-1960s through 2018, and Living Skies Regional Council, from 2019 through 2021. Some church newsletters, financial statements, histories and associated documents are also included.

Church Histories collection

  • FG 19
  • Collection
  • ca.1925–1986

The collection consists primarily of documents relating to the histories of various local churches in Saskatchewan. Contents include written historical narratives (sketches) and notes, newspaper articles, pamphlets, and publications. Among these are volumes 1 and 2 of the local history book "Early History of Saskatchewan Churches (Grass Roots)", compiled and edited by Meredith B. Banting, ca.1975.

History of Early Saskatchewan Churches (Grass Roots), book 1

Bound volume, containing historical narratives (and some copied photos) from Saskatchewan United Church communities, compiled and edited by Meredith B. Banting to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the United Church of Canada, 1925-1975. Published by Banting Publishers, Regina, Saskatchewan. Contents include:
AOTS Men’s Clubs
Alameda United Church
Aneroid, Wallard United Church
Aneroid United Church (incl. Embryo, Union)
Arcola, St. Andrew’s United Church
Assiniboia, St. Paul’s United Church
Aylsham United Church
Battleford United Church
Belle Plain, Stony Beach United Church
Bethune United Church
Bienfait, Trinity United Church [etc.]
Biggar United Church
Bracken United Church
Bredenbury Knox United Church
Briercrest United Church
Broadview United Church
Buck Lake Methodist Church
Cabri United Church
Cando United Church
Canora St. Andrew’s United Church
Carievale United Church
Carrot River, Pas Trail Mission
Central Butte United Church
Climax United Church
Codette Knox United Church
Coleville United Church
Cupar United Church
Davidson United Church
Dilke Grace United Church
Eston United Church
Ethelton Fletts’ Springs Presbyterian Church
Evesham United Church
Fillmore and Huronville
Findlater United Church
Fleming, Robson Memorial United Church
Foam Lake United Church
Grand Coulee
Glenside
Gray United Church
Griffin United Church
Hazlet Trinity United Church
Herschel United Church
Humboldt, Brithdir United Church
Indian Head, St. Andrew’s United Church
Landis United Church
Lang Methodist Church
La Ronge United Church
Leask, Trinity United Church
Macklin, Grace United Church
Macrorie United Church
Maple Creek United Church
Margo, Knox United Church
Maryfield, Fairlight United Church
Maryfield, St. Andrew’s United Church
Melville First United Church
Meota United Church
Milden United Church
Moose Jaw, Minto United Church
Moose Jaw, Trinity United Church
Nipawin United Church
Norquay United Church
Oxbow, Boscurvis
Pelly United Church
Penzance United Church
Piapot United Church
Portreeve United Church
Primate United Church
Prince Albert, Wesley United Church
Punnichy United Church
Raymore United Church
Regina, St. Andrew's United Church
Regina, Knox-Metropolitan United Church
Regina, Rosemont United Church
Regina, St. John’s United Church
Regina, Westminster United Church
Regina, Whitmore Park United Church
Riceton United Church
Ridgedale United Church
Rocanville Methodist
Rocanville Presbyterian
Rocanville United Church
Rosthern St. Andrew’s United Church
Rouleau United Church
Saskatoon, Bethel United Church
Saskatoon, Grace-Westminster United Church
Saskatoon, Grosvenor Park United Church
Saskatoon, St. Paul's United Church, Sutherland
Sceptre United Church
Shellbrook, Craigmore United Church
Shellbrook, Knox United Church
Spy Hill United Church
Stanley Mission (Anglican)
Stoughton, Viewfield United Church
Swift Current, Burnham Church
Swift Current, Grace United Church
Tomkins United Church
Trossachs United Church
Unity United Church
Vonda-Aberdeen Charge
Wawota United Church
Wawota, Glen Adilaide United Church
White Fox, Pinetorch United Church
Wilkie United Church
Wilkie, Phippen United Church
Wilkie, Starview Mission Field
Wingard Anglican
Wolseley, St. James United Church

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