Spiritwood Pastoral Charge

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Spiritwood Pastoral Charge

Parallel form(s) of name

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

Other form(s) of name

  • Spiritwood Shared Ministry
  • Partners in Faith Shared Ministry
  • Spiritwood Partners in Faith Pastoral Charge

Identifiers for corporate bodies

Description area

Dates of existence

ca.1932–1940?, ca.1965–

History

Spiritwood Pastoral Charge was created between 1926 and 1932, part of Prince Albert Presbytery and consisting of preaching points at Spiritwood, Bapaume and Mildred. By 1936, the Mildred point had moved to Shell Lake Pastoral Charge. Around 1940, the charge appears to have been dissolved, with Spiritwood joining Rothermere Pastoral Charge, in Battleford Presbytery.

Around 1965, the Spiritwood Pastoral Charge re-emerged, part of Prince Albert Presbytery and consisting of Spiritwood, Shell Lake, Twin Bay, Ranger, and Chitek Lake. By 1969, Shell Lake and Spiritwood were the only remaining points. As of 1984, the charge consisted of Chitek Lake (Summer), Glaslyn (Bissell Memorial), Shell Lake (Grace) and Spiritwood (Bissell Memorial). On June 30, 2002, Bissel Memorial Church, in Spiritwood, was re-named Trinity Bissell Memorial United Church. The charge was officially re-named Partners in Faith (Shared Ministry), on June 17, 2014.

Places

Trinity Bissell Memorial Church (Spiritwood, SK);
Bissell Memorial Church (Glaslyn, SK);
Grace United Church (Shell Lake, SK);
Summer United Church (Chitek Lake, 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. In some cases, a United Church may also partner with a nearby church of another denomination, forming a shared ministry charge.

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 Tamarack Presbytery (2000–2018)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0035

Category of relationship

associative

Dates of relationship

2000–2018

Description of relationship

Related entity

United Church of Canada Prince Albert Presbytery (1925–2000)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0019

Category of relationship

associative

Dates of relationship

ca.1936–1940?, ca.1965–2000?

Description of relationship

Related entity

Shell Lake Pastoral Charge (ca.1932–195?)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0477

Category of relationship

temporal

Type of relationship

Shell Lake Pastoral Charge

is the successor of

Spiritwood Pastoral Charge

Dates of relationship

ca.1936

Description of relationship

Mildred appointment moved from Spiritwood to Shell Lake, ca.1936.

Related entity

Leask Pastoral Charge (1925–ca.1972)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0479

Category of relationship

temporal

Type of relationship

Leask Pastoral Charge

is the predecessor of

Spiritwood Pastoral Charge

Dates of relationship

ca.1965

Description of relationship

Shell Lake moved from Leask - Shell Lake Pastoral Charge to Spiritwood Pastoral Charge.

Access points area

Subject access points

Occupations

Control area

Authority record identifier

SCAA-UCCS-0270

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: revised in MemorySask.

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

Sources

UCC Sask. Conference Records of Proceedings; UCC Year Books.

Maintenance notes