Calvin, North Bay, Ont., hosted Rev. Dr. Richard Topping in March for an excellent and well-attended workshop, Holy Scripture: Artifact, Literature and Living Voice. Seen […]

Albion Gardens, Etobicoke, Toronto, provides a monthly Toonie Lunch—attendance ranges from 70-85 people who each pay $2, making the mission self-sustaining. These ladies are the […]

Rev. Helen Smith welcomed a baker’s dozen of new members last December to Centennial, Calgary. And, of course, in true Presbyterian tradition, there was cake: […]

Petawawa, Ont., has an annual Cabin Fever Carnival in late February, and this year the Presbyterian church in town was the winning closing act by […]

First, Stellarton, N.S. welcomed new members into their Church family on Easter Sunday. Pictured (left to right) Robert Bennett, Geraldine Bennett, Elaine Campbell, Shelley Curtis-Thompson […]

Ann Crain—daughter of Rev. William Bailey MacCallum—has been worshipping at St. Andrew’s, Ottawa, for 83 years. Since she was 17. A faithful worshipper, Sabbath to […]

More than a dozen congregations grew and flourished from Rev. John Bethune’s mission positing in 1786. The oldest of which would now be 225 years old. Knox Crescent Kensington and First—embedded in the name is the story of Canada, of Montreal and of Presbyterians—a constant mission, a steady presence, an active congregation. This photograph suggests a little of that history: Amy Miyamoto represents the once only Japanese Presbyterian congregation that worshiped in one of the now amalgamated churches from 1956 – 78; Margaret Dick, represents Knox, which joined Kensington in 1948; Frank Stanway, of Kensington, whose building is home to KCKF today; Rev. Dr. Roland De Vries, current minister; and, Grace Thronley-Brown, originally of First, joined in 1984. Missing from this photo Jane McJannet, of Melville which joined in 1977.