Grand Coulee Pastoral Charge

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Grand Coulee Pastoral Charge

Parallel form(s) of name

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

Other form(s) of name

  • Grand Coulee, Sherwood [1925]
  • Plainsview Pastoral Charge [1994–?]

Identifiers for corporate bodies

Description area

Dates of existence

1925–

History

Grand Coulee Pastoral Charge was formed as a new United Church charge in 1925, as part of Regina Presbytery. Initially, the charge included preaching points at Grand Coulee and Sherwood. In 1948, the charge also added the Richardson preaching point. From 1968 until 1970, Grand Coulee was part of a six-point Pastoral Charge, with Pense, Drinkwater, Stoney Beach, Richardson and Sherwood. When this ended, Grand Coulee and Sherwood joined Wascana Pastoral Charge.

Around 1973, Grand Coulee re-established its own Pastoral Charge, and soon after these points joined with Pense, Drinkwater and Stoney Beach to form Pense - Grand Coulee Pastoral Charge. (Sherwood stayed in Wascana Pastoral Charge, eventually closing, June 30, 1990.) After the joint-charge was dissolved, Grand Coulee Pastoral Charge was re-established. In 1994, Grand Coulee and Pense-Drinkwater Pastoral Charges amalgamated, as Plainsview Pastoral Charge. The points at Pense and Drinkwater both formally closed on June 30, 1998, leaving Grand Coulee as the remaining congregation in the charge.

Places

Grand Coulee United Church (Grand Coulee, SK);
Sherwood United Church (R.M. Sherwood, SK) -- closed 1990;
Richardson United Church (Richardson, 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

Regina Wascana Pastoral Charge (ca.1932, 195?–1996)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0260

Category of relationship

temporal

Dates of relationship

ca.1969, ca.1973

Description of relationship

Grand Coulee and Sherwood moved from Grand Coulee - Pense Pastoral Charge to Wascana Pastoral Charge, ca. 1969; Grand Coulee preaching point moved back into own Pastoral Charge ca.1973

Related entity

Richardson Pastoral Charge (1925–ca.1948, 19??–1983)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0496

Category of relationship

temporal

Dates of relationship

ca.1948, ca.1968–1970

Description of relationship

Richardson point joined Grand Coulee Pastoral Charge, ca.1948; later part of six-point Pastoral Charge (ca.1968-1970)

Related entity

Pense Pastoral Charge (1925–ca.1958, ca.1973–1994)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0497

Category of relationship

associative

Dates of relationship

ca.1968–1970, ca.1973, 1994–1998

Description of relationship

Part of six-point Pastoral Charge (ca.1968-1970); combined Pense - Grand Coulee Pastoral Charge (ca.1973); later Plainsview Pastoral Charge (1994-1998)

Related entity

Drinkwater Pastoral Charge (1925–19??)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0498

Category of relationship

associative

Dates of relationship

ca.1968–1970, ca.1973, 1994–1998

Description of relationship

Part of six-point Pastoral Charge (ca.1968-1970); combined Pense - Grand Coulee Pastoral Charge (ca.1973); later Plainsview Pastoral Charge (1994-1998)

Related entity

United Church of Canada Regina Presbytery (1925–2000)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0021

Category of relationship

associative

Dates of relationship

1925–19??

Description of relationship

Access points area

Subject access points

Occupations

Control area

Authority record identifier

SCAA-UCCS-0495

Institution identifier

SCNUCSC

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Draft

Level of detail

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

2021: drafted for MemorySask.

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

Sources

Some Memories of Former Days at Grand Coulee in Early History of Saskatchewan Churches (Grass Roots), vol.1, compiled by Meredith B. Banting, ca.1975, pp.125-127; History of Calvin Presbyterian Church, now known as Sherwood United Church, in Early History of Saskatchewan Churches (Grass Roots), vol. 2, compiled by Meredith B. Banting, ca.1975, pp.43-45; UCC Sask. Conference Records of Proceedings; UCC Year Books.

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