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United Church of Canada Living Skies Region Archives

Ruddell Pastoral Charge

  • SCAA-UCCS-0521
  • Corporate body
  • 1925–195?

Ruddell Pastoral Charge was formed as a self-sustaining United Church charge in 1925, part of Battleford Presbytery and consisting of the preaching points at Denholm and Ruddell. By 1936, the Lilac appointment was added and, by 1940, the charge had been renamed Ruddell-Denholm Pastoral Charge. As of 1951, Wavie Bank was also listed as a preaching point. Sometime between 1951 and 1958, the charge was closed, with Ruddell joining Maymont Pastoral Charge and Denholm joining Battleford Pastoral Charge (as of 1962).

Rundle, Robert Terrill

  • SCAA-UCCS-0151
  • Person
  • 1811–1896

Robert Terrill Rundle (1811-1896) was a Methodist missionary to northern and western Canada. He was born in Cornwall, England, converted to Methodism in his teens and became a lay preacher for the Wesleyan Methodist Church. He volunteered as a missionary to the Hudson's Bay Territory. He arrived at Norway House, Manitoba, in the summer of 1840 and at Fort Edmonton, Alberta, in the autumn of the same year; he led services in English and Cree. He produced literature in the Cree Syllabic, having learned it from Rev. James Evans. He left the mission in 1848 because of ill health; he served on English circuits until his retirement in 1887.

Rush Lake - Burnham - Neidpath Pastoral Charge

  • SCAA-UCCS-0425
  • Corporate body
  • 1925–1987

Waldeck Pastoral Charge was formed as a United Church Mission Field in 1925, part of Swift Current Presbytery. In 1926, it was changed to an aid-receiving Pastoral Charge, with additional appointments at Rush Lake and Cutbank. Around 1932, the name had changed to Waldeck-Herbert Pastoral Charge but it returned to Waldeck by 1936, maintaining points at Waldeck, Herbert and Rush Lake. Around 1970, congregations from Neidpath and Burnham (formerly Neidpath Pastoral Charge) joined Waldeck and Rush Lake, under the new name Rush Lake - Burnham - Neidpath Pastoral Charge. On February 14, 1987, the charge amalgamated into Swift Current First Pastoral Charge.

Saltcoats-Bredenbury-Churchbridge Pastoral Charge

  • SCAA-UCCS-0442
  • Corporate body
  • ca.1959–1999

The charge was formed as Saltcoats-Bredenbury Pastoral Charge, around 1959, from an amalgamation of Saltcoats and Bredenbury Pastoral Charges. Initial preaching points included Castleton, Churchbridge, Bredenbury, Langenburg, Rokeby, Saltcoats, and Tonkin. Several of the points later closed and/or moved, including Langenburg, which became part of Cutarm Pastoral Charge.

In later years, preaching points included: Knox United Church, in Bredenbury; St. Andrew's United Church, in Churchbridge; and Saltcoats United Church. The preaching point at Churchbridge was closed June 29, 1999, the rest of the charge joined with Langenberg to create Saltcoats-Bredenbury-Churchbridge-Langenburg Pastoral Charge (later re-named Four Town Pastoral Charge), on July 1, 1999.

Saskatchewan Youth Parliament

  • SCAA-UCCS-0305
  • Corporate body
  • ca.1912–

Initially the Tuxis and Older Boys' Parliament, the first regional youth parliament was held in Saskatchewan, 1912. The TUXIS program (Training Under Christ in Service) supported boys parliament programs in various parts of Canada, as part of a movement to develop (protestant) Christian leadership ability in young men, through an "awareness of social and parliamentary issues" (Wilson, p.17). By the mid-1960s, most Youth Parliaments had dropped their connection to Tuxis and were identified as "Older Boys' Parliaments" instead. The first national gathering of Youth Parliaments was held in 1967, in Calgary.

Saskatoon Balmoral Pastoral Charge

  • SCAA-UCCS-0328
  • Corporate body
  • 195?–2004

Saskatoon Balmoral Pastoral Charge was formed in the mid-1950s, part of Saskatoon Presbytery and consisting of Balmoral United Church. The charge officially closed on June 30, 2004.

Saskatoon Bethel Pastoral Charge

  • SCAA-UCCS-0329
  • Corporate body
  • 19??–2011

Saskatoon Bethel Pastoral Charge was formed between 1925 and 1940, part of Saskatoon Presbytery. The original Bethel United Church was built at 905 - 5th Street in 1927, as Clarence Avenue Mission, then was renamed Bethel United Church, in 1929. As of 1940, it was listed as an aid-receiving charge, with a student minister and additional preaching points at Blackley and Floral. By 1951, it was listed as Saskatoon Bethel-Floral Pastoral Charge but it returned to the name Bethel Pastoral Charge by 1958. The charge closed June 30, 2011.

Saskatoon Grace Pastoral Charge

  • SCAA-UCCS-0398
  • Corporate body
  • 1925–1968

Saskatoon Grace Pastoral Charge was formed 1925, as part of Saskatoon Presbytery and consisting of Grace United Church. Around 1968, Grace United amalgamated with Westminster United Church, to form Grace-Westminster United Church (and Pastoral Charge), in Saskatoon.

Saskatoon Grace-Westminster Pastoral Charge

  • SCAA-UCCS-0330
  • Corporate body
  • 1968–

Grace-Westminster Pastoral Charge was formed ca.1968, after the merger of Grace and Westminster United Churches, to form Grace-Westminster United Church, in Saskatoon.

Saskatoon Grosvenor Park Pastoral Charge

  • SCAA-UCCS-0331
  • Corporate body
  • 195?–

Saskatoon Grosvenor Park Pastoral Charge was formed in the mid-1950s, part of Saskatoon Presbytery and consisting of Grosvenor Park United Church. The congregation had formed around 1954.

Saskatoon Knox Pastoral Charge

  • SCAA-UCCS-0332
  • Corporate body
  • 1925–

Saskatoon Knox Pastoral Charge was formed as as a new United Church charge in 1925, under Saskatoon Presbytery.

Saskatoon Mayfair Pastoral Charge

  • SCAA-UCCS-0333
  • Corporate body
  • 1925–

Saskatoon Mayfair Pastoral Charge was formed as as a new United Church charge in 1925, under Saskatoon Presbytery.

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