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Saskatoon (Sask.)

Saskatoon St. Thomas-Wesley Pastoral Charge

  • SCAA-UCCS-0338
  • Corporate body
  • ca.1930?–

Saskatoon St. Thomas-Wesley Pastoral Charge was formed around 1930, after St. Thomas and Wesley Churches amalgamated to form St. Thomas-Wesley United Church, in Saskatoon. (The building for the combined congregations had previously been St. Thomas.) Prior to union, the St. Thomas congregation had been Presbyterian and the Wesley Congregation had been Methodist.

Saskatoon Third Avenue Pastoral Charge

  • SCAA-UCCS-0339
  • Corporate body
  • 1925–2018

Saskatoon Third Avenue Pastoral Charge was formed as as a new United Church charge in 1925, under Saskatoon Presbytery. It closed June 30, 2018.

Saskatoon Westminster Pastoral Charge

  • SCAA-UCCS-0399
  • Corporate body
  • 1925–1968

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

Schoderbeck, T.

  • Person
  • ca. 1944

T. Schoderbeck was employed by the City of Saskatoon in May, 1944.

United Church of Canada Saskatoon Presbytery

  • SCAA-UCCS-0026
  • Corporate body
  • 1925–2000

Saskatoon Presbytery was one of the original 16 presbyteries established by the first General Council of the United Church of Canada (June 1925), to be part of the new Saskatchewan Conference. Initial boundaries were based on the previous Saskatoon Presbytery, which had been part of the Presbyterian Synod of Saskatchewan. Prior to Union, in 1925, there had also been a Saskatchewan District, in the Saskatchewan Conference of the Methodist Church.

In 2000, Saskatchewan Conference went from 10 presbyteries to 7, with each adopting a new name. Most pastoral charges from Saskatoon Presbytery became part of the new River Bend Presbytery.

Wright, Clifford Emerson

  • Person
  • 1927-2014

Cliff Wright was born on Sept 21, 1927 in Saskatoon, and died Dec 9, 2014. He attended Nutana Collegiate and briefly studied engineering at the University of Saskatchewan before joining Smith Brothers and Wilson Construction as a carpenter’s apprentice. He eventually became Saskatchewan Vice President, and in 1987 bought out the Saskatchewan assets of the company, re-naming it Wright Construction.

He served on Saskatoon City Ciouncil from 1967-1988, including sitting as mayor from 1976-1988, when he retired from politics. He served on a variety of public boards including both the City Hospital and University Hospital Boards, the Saskatoon District Health Board, and the Saskatchewan Potash Corporation Board. In the early 1990s, he served as Treaty Land Commissioner. Other agencies he was involved with included the Saskatchewan Abilities Council, Parenting Incorporated, Cosmopolitan Industries, the United Way, YMCA and YWCA, Big Brothers, and Big Sisters.

Cliff Wright was made CFQC Citizen of the Year in 1988, the same year he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Saskatchewan. He received the Canada 125 Medal in 1992, was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1998, was awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in 1999 and the Saskatchewan Centennial Medal in 2005.

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