United Church Woman’s Association, Saskatchewan Conference

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

United Church Woman’s Association, Saskatchewan Conference

Parallel form(s) of name

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

Other form(s) of name

  • Saskatchewan Conference W.A.

Identifiers for corporate bodies

Description area

Dates of existence

ca.1950–1962

History

The United Church Woman's Association (W.A.) in Saskatchewan appears to have been formed by the 1950s, or possibly earlier. It primarily operated in local and presbytery-level units before the organization of the national-level Dominion Council of the Woman's Association, in 1940. Efforts of the W.A. generally supported the local church and community, while other organizations focused on education and world mission programs.

In 1962, United Church W.M.S. and W.A. organizations across the country amalgamated to form the United Church Women (U.C.W.). Presbyterial and local groups developed along similar lines to national bodies, becoming local and presbyterial U.C.W. units in January 1962.

Places

Saskatchewan

Legal status

Functions, occupations and activities

The main purpose of the Woman's Associations was to deepen the spiritual life of the women of the Church and to promote a programme of Christian fellowship and service, personal evangelism and stewardship. This was defined as assistance to the local minister, visitation, the promotion of Christian education in the home and Sunday School, and general oversight of the furnishing of the manse.

Mandates/sources of authority

Internal structures/genealogy

General context

Relationships area

Related entity

United Church of Canada, Saskatchewan Conference (1925–2018)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0001

Category of relationship

associative

Dates of relationship

ca.1950-1962

Description of relationship

Related entity

United Church Women, Saskatchewan Conference (1961–2012)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0142

Category of relationship

temporal

Type of relationship

United Church Women, Saskatchewan Conference

is the successor of

United Church Woman’s Association, Saskatchewan Conference

Dates of relationship

1962

Description of relationship

Access points area

Place access points

Occupations

Control area

Authority record identifier

SCAA-UCCS-0141

Institution identifier

SCNUCSC

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Draft

Level of detail

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

2018-February: drafted for SAIN

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

Sources

United Church of Canada Archives (Toronto) entry "United Church of Canada. Woman's Association," in Archeion database (Archives Association of Ontario).

Maintenance notes

  • Clipboard

  • Export

  • EAC

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