Caron Pastoral Charge was formed as a new United Church charge in 1925, containing preaching points at Caron, Knox [Grayburn?] and Summerside. Later points included Wesley and Boharm (ca.1960). Around 1969, the charge divided and St. Andrew's United Church (Caron) was added to Moose Jaw Grace Pastoral Charge, creating the new Moose Jaw Grace-Caron Pastoral Charge. Boharm and Wesley briefly formed their own Boharm-Wesley Pastoral Charge, before dividing (ca.1970), with Boharm joining Moose Jaw Minto Pastoral Charge. Wesley would be officially discontinued, ca.1971. The Grace-Caron Charge would also later dissolve and Caron church would join Mortlach Pastoral Charge.

Regina Metropolitan Pastoral Charge was formed as a new United Church charge in 1925, containing the preaching point Metropolitan United Church, formerly Metropolitan Methodist Church.

In 1951, Knox United Church amalgamated with Metropolitan United Church, to become Knox-Metropolitan United Church (and Pastoral Charge), located on the site of the former Metropolitan United Church, at the corner of Victoria Avenue and Lorne Street.

The Methodist Church of Canada was established in 1874, with the union of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada, the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Eastern British America, and the Methodist New Connexion Church. In 1883, a United General Conference was held a year before the union of the Methodist Church of Canada with the Methodist Episcopal, the Primitive Methodist, and the Bible Christian Churches to form the Methodist Church (Canada) in 1884.

In 1925, the Methodist Church in Canada joined with several other Protestant denominations to become the United Church of Canada.

[Information from United Church of Canada Archives (Toronto) database entry "Methodist Church of Canada", as of 2023.]

Meredith Black Banting was born on September 19, 1901 in Rounthwaite, Manitoba. He moved with his family to Manor, Saskatchewan as a teenager. He farmed in Richlea and operated Banting's Machine and Furniture Shop in Kindersley from 1933 to 1942.

In 1942, Banting entered the United Church Ministry. He served as a lay minister in Duval, Saskatchewan while completing high school correspondence classes. He then served as a lay minister in Raymore and Viscount while attending St. Andrew's College in Saskatoon. After his ordination in Moose Jaw in 1948, Banting served numerous parishes in Saskatchewan (Central Butte, Moose Jaw, Broadview, Whitewood, Wapella, Craik) and Alberta (Bow Island, Beaver Lodge). In 1970, Banting retired to Regina, where he was involved with the Westminster United Church's native ministries. He died in Regina on May 20, 1991.

Banting was a life member of the Masonic Lodge in Moose Jaw and the Order of Eastern Star Chapter 7 in Regina. An amateur photographer, Banting also loved music and sang in several choirs. Banting wrote, compiled and edited numerous books, mainly of poetry and reminiscences, and operated Banting Publishers, a small press publishing company, out of his home at 2306 Athol Street in Regina. Banting also produced and hosted several television and radio programs, mainly for children and senior citizens.

Banting married Florence Harper in 1934. The Bantings had one daughter: Anne.