Melville Pastoral Charge

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Melville Pastoral Charge

Parallel form(s) of name

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

Other form(s) of name

  • Melville First Pastoral Charge

Identifiers for corporate bodies

Description area

Dates of existence

1925–

History

Melville Pastoral Charge was formed as a new United Church charge in 1925, containing First United Church, in Melville. This congregation is generally considered the first Local Union formed in Canada, dating back to 1908 and coinciding with the Basis of Union, which eventually lead to the creation of the United Church of Canada. Original members included Methodists, Baptists, Congregationalists, and Presbyterians.

Places

First United Church (Melville, 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

United Church of Canada, Living Skies Regional Council (2019–)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0040

Category of relationship

associative

Dates of relationship

2019–

Description of relationship

Related entity

United Church of Canada Good Spirit Presbytery (2000–2018)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0032

Category of relationship

associative

Dates of relationship

2000–2018

Description of relationship

Related entity

Thompson, Robert Merle (1911–1991)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0119

Category of relationship

associative

Dates of relationship

1971–1976

Description of relationship

Related entity

Abernathy, George (18??–19?? [after 1945])

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0271

Category of relationship

associative

Dates of relationship

ca.1927–1935

Description of relationship

Minister

Related entity

United Church of Canada Yorkton Presbytery (1925–1953, 1956–2000)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0006

Category of relationship

associative

Dates of relationship

1925–

Description of relationship

Access points area

Subject access points

Place access points

Occupations

Control area

Authority record identifier

SCAA-UCCS-0240

Institution identifier

SCNUCSC

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Draft

Level of detail

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

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

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

Sources

"Melville – First United Church," in "Church Historic Sites Tour Guide, Western Canada," by the United Church of Canada; R.M. Thompson, "First United Church, Melville, Saskatchewan" in "Early History of Saskatchewan Churches (Grass Roots)" vol.1, compiled by Meredith B. Banting, ca.1975, p.34; UCC Sask. Conference Records of Proceedings; UCC Year Books.

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