Swift Current First Pastoral Charge

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Swift Current First Pastoral Charge

Parallel form(s) of name

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

Other form(s) of name

  • Swift Current Pastoral Charge [to ca.1958]

Identifiers for corporate bodies

Description area

Dates of existence

ca.1943–

History

Swift Current Pastoral Charge was formed after the union of Knox United Church and Metropolitan United Church, in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, in 1943. Prior to 1925, Knox had been a Presbyterian field and Metropolitan a Methodist field. After the founding of Grace United Church nearby, the earlier Swift Current church was renamed (by popular vote) to become First United Church, ca.1958. Pastoral charges similarly adopted the new names of these churches. On February 14, 1987, Rush Lake – Burnam – Neidpath Pastoral Charge (Cypress Hills Presbytery) was amalgamated into Swift Current First Pastoral Charge.

Places

First United Church (223 3rd Avenue NE, Swift Current, SK)

Legal status

Functions, occupations and activities

Mandates/sources of authority

Internal structures/genealogy

Local church congregations in the United Church are organized into pastoral charges, each run by a governing body, such as a Council or Board. Charges can often include more than one local church or preaching place congregation under the leadership of a minister.

General context

Relationships area

Related entity

Swift Current Grace Pastoral Charge (ca.1958–2018)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0341

Category of relationship

temporal

Dates of relationship

ca.1958

Description of relationship

Grace United was created in association with pre-existing First United Church.

Related entity

United Church of Canada, Living Skies Regional Council (2019–)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0040

Category of relationship

associative

Dates of relationship

2019–

Description of relationship

Related entity

United Church of Canada Chinook Presbytery (2000–2018)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0031

Category of relationship

associative

Dates of relationship

2000–2018

Description of relationship

Related entity

United Church of Canada Swift Current Presbytery (1925–1959)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0029

Category of relationship

associative

Dates of relationship

ca.1943–1959?

Description of relationship

Related entity

Rush Lake - Burnham - Neidpath Pastoral Charge (1925–1987)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0425

Category of relationship

temporal

Type of relationship

Rush Lake - Burnham - Neidpath Pastoral Charge

is the predecessor of

Swift Current First Pastoral Charge

Dates of relationship

1987

Description of relationship

Access points area

Subject access points

Place access points

Occupations

Control area

Authority record identifier

SCAA-UCCS-0340

Institution identifier

SCNUCSC

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Draft

Level of detail

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

2018-May: drafted for SAIN.
2021-2022: revised in MemorySask.

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

Sources

Baden Campbell, Except the Lord Do Build this House: A Story of First United Church, Swift Current, Saskatchewan (ca.1975); "Church History of the Burnham District" in Early History of Saskatchewan Churches (Grass Roots), vol.1, compiled by Meredith B. Banting, ca.1975, p.173; Union in Southern Saskatchewan, UCC Sask. Conference archives, file A.381.XVIII.A.7; UCC Sask. Conference Records of Proceedings; UCC Year Books.

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