United Church Women, Saskatchewan Conference

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

United Church Women, Saskatchewan Conference

Parallel form(s) of name

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

Other form(s) of name

  • Saskatchewan Conference U.C.W.

Identifiers for corporate bodies

Description area

Dates of existence

1961–2012

History

The United Church Women (U.C.W.) was formed in 1962, from an amalgamation of United Church Woman's Missionary Society (W.M.S.) and Woman's Association (W.A.) organizations, across the country. Existing Women's Federation (W.F.) groups were also incorporated into the UCW. Local and Presbytery-level groups developed along similar lines to national bodies, becoming local and presbyterial U.C.W. units in January 1962.

In October 2012, Saskatchewan’s U.C.W. Conference Coordinating Committee voted to disband and be replaced by the Women of the United Church of Canada Network. The mandate of the new network included communicating and supporting U.C.W. activities.

Places

Saskatchewan

Legal status

Functions, occupations and activities

The U.C.W. operated at congregational, Presbyterial and Conference levels, with membership open to any women in sympathy with the aims of the organization. These aims were broadly defined as the promotion of the mission of the Church. The organization enjoyed a special relationship with the Board of Women, which acted in the capacity of an intiating and defining body to the United Church Women. The U.C.W. were to make annual reports to the Board, and the Conference bodies were to carry out recommendations and policies as determined by the Board of Women. Following the dissolution of the Board of Women on the establishment of the Division of Mission in Canada, the U.C.W. became a more independent body.

Mandates/sources of authority

Internal structures/genealogy

All levels of the U.C.W. had an Executive composed of the Past President, the President and Vice Presidents, and Secretaries of portfolios. The organization at each level was represented by members of other levels; for instance, the presbyterial United Church Women sent representatives to its Conference Branch. Each level sent representatives to the next superior level in the organization. After 1973 it was responsible for overall planning at its appropriate level, in consultation with the other levels. The annual meeting of the organization was to have representatives from the appropriate lower level, the Executive, and representatives of the successor bodies to presbyterial organizations which had ceased to exist.

General context

The creation of the U.C.W. was part of the general reformation of the Church's structure which also saw the creation of the national Board of Women and the demise of the Woman's Missionary Society and of the Woman's Association. The Board of Women was made up of representatives of several United Church Boards but a significant part of its membership came from the United Church Women.

Relationships area

Related entity

United Church Woman's Missionary Society, Saskatchewan Branch (1926–1962)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0072

Category of relationship

temporal

Type of relationship

United Church Woman's Missionary Society, Saskatchewan Branch

is the predecessor of

United Church Women, Saskatchewan Conference

Dates of relationship

1962

Description of relationship

Related entity

United Church Woman’s Association, Saskatchewan Conference (ca.1950–1962)

Identifier of related entity

SCAA-UCCS-0141

Category of relationship

temporal

Type of relationship

United Church Woman’s Association, Saskatchewan Conference

is the predecessor of

United Church Women, Saskatchewan Conference

Dates of relationship

1962

Description of relationship

Access points area

Place access points

Occupations

Control area

Authority record identifier

SCAA-UCCS-0142

Institution identifier

SCNUCSC

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Revised

Level of detail

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

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

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

Sources

C.T. McIntyre, "Unity Among Many: The Formation of the United Church of Canada, 1899-1930", in "The United Church of Canada: A History" (edited by Don Schweitzer), 2012; United Church of Canada Archives (Toronto) entry "United Church Women," in Archeion database (Archives Association of Ontario), as of March 2018; "UCW Handbook", United Church of Canada, March 2018.

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