White Bear Pastoral Charge

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

White Bear Pastoral Charge

Parallel form(s) of name

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

Other form(s) of name

  • Moose Mountain (Indian) Mission [1925-1969?]

Identifiers for corporate bodies

Description area

Dates of existence

1925–ca.1969, ca.1976–

History

Moose Mountain Reserve (Indian Mission), was formed in 1925, as part of Arcola Presbytery. It was later included in Arcola-Estevan Presbytery and then Souris Valley Presbytery. For a time, the charge was amalgamated with Manor, under the name Manor-Moose Mountain Pastoral Charge and (later) the Manor-White Bear Pastoral Charge. Around 1976, the preaching points separated and re-formed as Manor Pastoral Charge and White Bear Pastoral Charge. In 1984, White Bear joined the new Plains Presbytery, which became part of the All Native Circle Conference when it was formed, in 1989.

The main preaching point in the charge is White Bear United Church, also known as the Moose Mountain Mission, which is located near Carlyle, Saskatchewan (south of Moose Mountain Provincial Park). Before Union, the preaching point was originally recorded as a Presbyterian mission, as early as 1889. A mission house built in 1896 continued to be used for the United Church of Canada congregation until a log chapel was built around 1940. A larger church was built in 1960.

Places

White Bear United Church (near Carlyle, 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

White Bear Pastoral Charge (initially Moose Mountain Mission, ca.1925) shares a name with White Bear Mission Field, in Kindersley Presbytery (ca.1925) but these appear to be distinct United Church groupings, composed of different preaching points.

Relationships area

Related entity

Manor-White Bear Pastoral Charge (ca.1969–1976)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0259

Category of relationship

temporal

Dates of relationship

ca.1969, ca.1976

Description of relationship

Related entity

United Church of Canada Plains Presbytery (1984–2018)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0038

Category of relationship

associative

Dates of relationship

1984–2018

Description of relationship

Related entity

United Church of Canada Souris Valley Presbytery (ca.1973–2000)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0028

Category of relationship

associative

Dates of relationship

ca.1976–1984

Description of relationship

Related entity

United Church of Canada Arcola-Estevan Presbytery (1951–1973)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0008

Category of relationship

associative

Dates of relationship

1951–ca.1969

Description of relationship

Related entity

United Church of Canada Arcola Presbytery (1925–1951)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0007

Category of relationship

associative

Dates of relationship

1925–1951

Description of relationship

Related entity

Kerr, Charles Bernard (1873–1955)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0369

Category of relationship

associative

Dates of relationship

1925–1929

Description of relationship

Missionary

Access points area

Occupations

Control area

Authority record identifier

SCAA-UCCS-0167

Institution identifier

SCNUCSC

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Draft

Level of detail

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

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

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

Sources

UCC Manitoba Northwest Ontario Conference Archives entry "White Bear United Church", from Manitoba Archival Information Network (Association for Manitoba Archives), as of 2018-March; UCC Sask. Conference Records of Proceedings; UCC Year Books.

Maintenance notes