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Eatonia Pastoral Charge

  • SCAA-UCCS-
  • Corporate body
  • 1925–ca.1976, 1983–

Eatonia Pastoral Charge was formed as new United Church charge in 1925, part of Kindersley Presbytery and consisting of Eatonia and La Porte preaching points, as well as Bailey (from 1926). As of 1951, the charge was listed under Rosetown Presbytery, with points at Eatonia, Glidden, Laporte, Mantario and Rankin. By 1962, only Eatonia and Mantario remained in the charge.

Around 1976, Eatonia and Mantario (from Eatonia PC) combined with Marengo, Alsask and Flaxcombe (from Marengo PC) to form Prairie Neighbours Pastoral Charge. The new charge lasted until January 1, 1983, when Eatonia-Mantario Pastoral Charge was established (alongside Marengo Pastoral Charge).

Dundurn-Hanley Pastoral Charge

  • SCAA-UCCS-0491
  • Corporate body
  • 195?–

Dundurn-Hanley Pastoral Charge was formed in the mid-1950s, from the combination of Dundurn Pastoral Charge and Hanley Pastoral Charge.

Dundurn Pastoral Charge

  • SCAA-UCCS-0492
  • Corporate body
  • 1925–195?

Dundurn Pastoral Charge was formed as a new United Church charge in 1925, containing preaching points at Dundurn, Blackstrap and Coates. In the mid-1950s, the charge joined with Hanley to form Dundurn-Hanley Pastoral Charge.

Duff Pastoral Charge

  • SCAA-UCCS-0490
  • Corporate body
  • 1989–2007

Duff Pastoral Charge was created July 1, 1989, from the division of Pheasant Creek Larger Parish (which also created Abernethy-Lemberg and Balcarres Pastoral Charges). Prior to this, the preaching point at Duff had been included in Balcarres Pastoral Charge (ca.1960s). Duff Pastoral Charge was officially closed June 30, 2007.

Drinkwater Pastoral Charge

  • SCAA-UCCS-0498
  • Corporate body
  • 1925–19??

Drinkwater Pastoral Charge was formed as a new United Church charge in 1925, as part of Moose Jaw Presbytery. Initially, the charge included preaching point at Drinkwater but by 1951 Belle Plaine was added and ca. 1962 Stoney Beach. The charge was later re-named Drinkwater - Stoney Beach Pastoral Charge. Around 1968, Drinkwater, Pense, Stoney Beach, Grand Coulee, Sherwood, and Richardson joined together to form the new Pense - Grand Coulee Pastoral Charge.

After the joint-charge was dissolved, Drinkwater joined with Pense to become Pense-Drinkwater Pastoral Charge, with preaching points at St. Andrew's (Pense) and Drinkwater. 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.

Dix, David Strathy

  • SCAA-UCCS-0077
  • Person
  • 1875–1956

D.S. Dix was a prominent Presbyterian and then United Church clergyman, whose work included serving as minister to Saskatoon's Westminster Church, as lecturer and professor at the Presbyterian Theological College – which became St. Andrew's College – in Saskatoon, as Principal of St.Andrew's College, and as President of Saskatchewan Conference.

Born in 1875, in Woodbridge (York County), Ontario, Dix trained as a teacher and taught for 6 years before enrolling in the Presbyterian Knox College (University of Toronto). He graduated with a degree in theology, in 1907, and pursued further studies in divinity at Glasgow University (Scotland), the University of Chicago, and Union Seminary (New York). He served as minister to St. James Church (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia), 1908-1910, to Chalmers Church (Guelph, Ontario), 1910-1913, and Westminster Church (Saskatoon), 1913-1919. Dix was also a lecturer and then professor at the Presbyterian Theological College, which became St. Andrew's College (Saskatoon), under its first Principal, Rev. E.H. Oliver. In 1935, Dix was appointed Principal of the College, after the death of E.H. Oliver.

In June 1946, Dix officially retired but remained associated with St. Andrew's College. He served on the United Church Board of Overseas Missions and as President of Saskatchewan Conference (1934-1935). He was Conference Archivist (1947-1953), and chairman of the Conference Historical Committee until his death, in 1956.

Dinsmore Pastoral Charge

  • SCAA-UCCS-0346
  • Corporate body
  • 1925–2006

Dinsmore Pastoral Charge was formed as a new United Church charge in 1925, part of Saskatoon Presbytery (then Elrose Presbytery in 1926) and consisting of preaching points at Abermule, Pontiac and Dinsmore. In the late-1940s, the charge amalgamated with Wiseton to form Wiseton-Dinsmore Pastoral Charge, with preaching points at Dinsmore, Forgan, and Wiseton. By 1951, the charge (listed as Wiseton Pastoral Charge) consisted of Wiseton, Dinsmore, Forgan and Coteau-View appointments. As of 1962, only Wiseton, Dinsmore and Forgan remained (the last of which was no longer listed by 1976).

On March 1, 2006, the charge joined with the Milden preaching point (previously part of Wheatlands Pastoral Charge) to create the new Prairie Spirit Pastoral Charge.

Dickin, Joyce

  • SCAA-UCCS-0292
  • Person
  • 1918–1993

Margaret Joyce Dickin was born in Beulah, Manitoba in 1918. She graduated from the United Church Training School in Toronto in 1950 and pursued Sunday School work in Toronto, then the Saskatchewan Conference, and then in Regina. She entered the ministry in 1957 after graduating with a B.A. from the University of Saskatchewan, and studying theology at St. Andrew’s College and Drew University. Rev. Dickin served eight charges in seventeen years including: Strasbourg, Radisson, Saltcoats, Semans, Regina and Houston, B.C.

Delisle Pastoral Charge

  • SCAA-UCCS-0452
  • Corporate body
  • 1925–

Delisle Pastoral Charge was formed in 1925, as a new United Church charge, part of Saskatoon Presbytery, with appointments at Delisle and Birdview. By 1940, the charge consisted of Delisle, Donavon and Laura and, by 1962, Vanscoy had also been added. On January 1, 2013, the Delisle and Vanscoy congregations amalgamated and the charge was re-named Delisle-Vanscoy Pastoral Charge.

Day, David C.

  • SCAA-UCCS-0291
  • Person
  • 1869–1948

Davidson-Girvin Pastoral Charge

  • SCAA-UCCS-0451
  • Corporate body
  • 1925–

Davidson Pastoral Charge was formed as a new United Church charge in 1925, part of Regina Presbytery. By 1951, preaching points included Davidson, Campbell and Girvin. (Girvin and Campbell school had previously been part of Girvin Pastoral Charge, from 1925.) The name changed to Davidson-Girvin Pastoral Charge around 1993.

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