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Welcome to the 40th Anniversary Celebrations ofTrinity United Church

Montgomery Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

4-5 October 2003

“The church is not a building.

The church is not a steeple.

The church is not a resting place.

The church is a people.”

From All God’s Children Sing

Words and music by Richard Avery and Donald Marsh, 1972.

In this church building on the corner of Rockingham Avenue and Merritt Street in Saskatoon, we have reached

40 years. If we count the years since 1956 when Sunday School began in Montgomery School, we celebrate 47 years

of worship together in Montgomery Place. We are all blessed to be a part of the caring, compassionate, Christian

community of Trinity United Church.

The gifts of the Spirit are evident everywhere. We have made our homes and our church home on a fertile plain

rising gently west from the South Saskatchewan River. The soil is rich and willing hands have transformed the origi-

nal lush prairie into a community of trees and flowers, homes and families. Young parents came first and nurtured

their families here. Now, this generation of children is grown, and returns with families of their own. Newcomers join

us from the growing communities and countryside around us. Oldtimers leave us. The cycle of creation continues, fed

by the love and grace of God. The Spirit has nourished our community of faith and friends. It is indeed a sacred place.

We pray for strength and grace, that we are not too busy in the hustle and bustle of life in 2003 that we cannot

take time to attend and support Trinity Church. We pray for the wisdom to slow our pace, lay down our burdens,

refreshing our spirits and replenishing our lives with God’s strength and love and with the fellowship and support our

church family provides.

Bringing together any history such as this is a risk. We risk missing people, in name or in photographs. The

church has been sustained by good deeds, kindly and generously undertaken by countless people over the years. How

can we name you all? We risk mistakes with dates or details. If we’re wrong, please correct us. We welcome your

corrections and comments, your thoughts and suggestions, for the next time we undertake such a Trinity History

project. Our 50th anniversary will be here before we know it. Please share your ideas for the next project with Leslee

Newman or other Trinity 40th Anniversary team members. Heartfelt thanks to all of you who offered pictures, memo-

ries and recollections for this booklet.

We welcome all who join together to celebrate Trinity’s Ruby Anniversary. We hope you will reconnect with

old friends and neighbours and meet some new people too. We hope when you rekindle connections you will “see the

face of God in everyone you meet, and they will see the face of God in you.”

Members of the Trinity 40th Anniversary Committee

Reverend Sheila Krueger

Shirley Kaweski, Chair

John Crawford

Alice Fyke

Gerry Harder

Robbie Harder

Grace Hyde

Sophie McConnell

Nancy Moloney

Leslee Newman

Anne Louise Peters

Colleen Peters

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TRINITY UNITED CHURCHSaskatoon, Saskatchewan

1963-2003

What’s been happening for the last 40 years?In fact, what’s been happening for the past 120 years?

Where to begin....1882 John Lake and members of the

Temperance Colonization Society

choose the location of Saskatoon, the

first and only temperance city in

Canada.

1903 St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church is

built west of Saskatoon, the first rural

Presbyterian church between

Winnipeg and Edmonton. The

Smithville area has a well-established

Presbyterian congregation before 1900. Henry Smith, coming from Ontario in 1884 to

homestead, gives the area his name. Area residents look forward to two annual church-

sponsored events: the summer picnic and the Christmas concert. Today, Smith Crescent,

Place and Road in the Parkridge community are named after Henry Smith.

1905 On September 4, Saskatchewan, with a population of 90,000 becomes a province. Walter

Scott is the first premier.

1906 Saskatoon becomes a city on July 1. Saskatchewan gets an official Coat of Arms.

1909 Saskatoon gains the University of Saskatchewan.

1911 Prince of Wales School opens on Avenue I South; in 1913, it is renamed King George

School.

1912 Quaker Oats purchases the mill (built in 1910) between 17th and 18th streets, operating it

until 1971.

St. Andrew’s College begins.

1913 The Marshall Building is constructed at the end of 11th Street, assembling threshing

machines and separators. Later, the building is home to Derby Motors, a car assembly plant.

In 1940 it becomes a meat packing plant.

1914 The Canadian Government Elevator inland terminal is constructed of reinforced concrete

St. Andrews Cory United Church

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with an original capacity of 3 million

bushels. Three rail companies build

spur lines to the elevator. An addition

is made in 1930. It is sold in 1979 to a

private grain company.

1914-1918 First World War. Saskatoon marks the

end of the war by erecting Memorial

Gates at the University entrance,

building the Vimy Memorial on the

riverbank and planting trees along the

corridor to Woodlawn Cemetery.

1916 Saskatchewan women get the vote.

1918 Canadian women get the right to vote in federal elections.

1923 Radio comes to Saskatchewan.

1925 The United Church of Canada forms through the unification of Presbyterian,

Congregationalist and Methodist congregations.

The Sanatorium in Saskatoon opens at the south end of Avenue K South, to care for patients

with tuberculosis.

1927 Canada celebrates a Diamond Jubilee; 60 years from 1867 to 1927.

1931 Remembrance Day becomes an official holiday in Canada.

1932 The Hi-Way Refinery, a locally owned company, opens on 11th Street West. The original

facility is able to refine 300 barrels of crude oil per day. In 1955 it is purchased by Royalite

Oil Company, then bought in 1962 by British-American Oil Company. By 1971, the

refining operation is closed and the site becomes a storage and transfer facility for Petro-

Canada.

The stockyards establish on 11th Street, west of the Refinery.

1935 The Bessborough Hotel opens in Saskatoon.

1936 Lydia Gruchy in Saskatchewan is the first woman ordained in the United Church.

1937 Saskatchewan experiences the worst year of the Depression, suffering the highest

temperatures and most black blizzards of the drought years. The price of wheat falls to less

than 40¢ a bushel.

1939 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit Saskatchewan.

1939-1945 Second World War

1940 Fred Mendel establishes Intercontinental Packers in the Marshall Building on 11th Street

West.

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1941 Saskatchewan takes the Western Red Lily as the provincial flower.

1942 The Veterans Land Act (VLA) is passed.

1944 Canada’s first socialist government comes to power in Saskatchewan.

Montgomery Place is born...1945 Montgomery Place, named after Field

Marshall Bernard Law Montgomery, is

established as a Veterans Land Act

development for veterans returning from war

and their families. On July 11, 1945 the VLA

purchased 230 acres west of Saskatoon from

the RM of Cory.

Underwood and McLellan Architects lay out

363 acre lots. In the first year, construction

begins on 28 houses. The streets are named

for people and places, ships and planes,

prominent in the Second World War.

The area chosen for Montgomery Place is part of a farm,

formerly belonging to the Dunn family in the Cory

Municipality, on the road to Rosetown. It is so flat that it

was regarded as an emergency landing field by flyers of the

British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP)

during war years.

The sharp-tailed grouse is named Saskatchewan’s provincial bird.

1948 St. David’s United Church is formed. The congregation begins

worship in King George School, as a mission extension of St.

Thomas Wesley United Church. The United Church Mission

and Service Funds assists the outreach.

1949 Hi-Way Greenhouse establishes on 11th Street West at Avenue T

South.

1950-1953 Korean War

St. David’s United Church

St. David’s United Church.

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1951 A women’s group, the Church Workers, forms in the

Montgomery community, supporting the work of St.

David’s United Church where many Montgomery

residents worship.

Lakeshore Nursery, a family business established in

Sonningdale in the 1930s, locates on 11th Street West.

1952 Saskatoon celebrates 70 years. As post-war babies are born

and the move of rural people into urban centres grows,

Saskatoon becomes one of the fastest growing cities in

Canada. Many new homes are built in Montgomery,

filling in the lots between the original homes in the 3100 and 3200 blocks of 11th Street West

and Caen Street.

The Western Development Museum moves a

wartime hangar from Swift Current, establishing a

WDM branch on 11th Street West.

1953 The Women’s Missionary Society (WMS) meets at

the homes of members in the Montgomery and St.

David’s areas.

El Rancho comes to Saskatoon.

1954 Montgomery Store opens at 3111 - 11th Street, near

the intersection with Dundonald Avenue. In 1956 it

is purchased by the Riddell family and by 1959 is

named Riddell’s Shop-Rite.

Television comes to Saskatchewan.

1955 On January 1, Montgomery Place is officially

incorporated into the City of Saskatoon.

Saskatchewan celebrates its Golden Jubilee.

Later, one of the first Women’s Auxiliary (WA)

circles at Trinity is named Golden Jubilee in

honour of the provincial milestone.

Saskatoon develops a Landfill site, near the

riverbank south and east of Montgomery Place,

after the incinerator purchased in 1925 and

situated at the A.L. Cole power plant site on 19th

Street, proves too old and inadequate for the

garbage needs of the growing city.

Skating on a slough south ofMongomery

In 1952 the Kiss family built at3244 Caen Street.

In 1956, the Yourk children prepare for abackyard rink at 3310 Caen Street.

Skating on the backyard rink at Harder’s,3327 11th Street West.

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1956 Montgomery School opens in September.

That month, a Montgomery mother, Grace

Mathers, starts a Sunday School which

meets in the school. With a starting

enrollment of 60 children, Grace Mathers is

joined by Laura Stevenson as pianist and

treasurer.

1957 Starting a year earlier at St. George’s

Anglican Church on Avenue I South, the

first pack of Cubs forms in Montgomery

School, lead by Harry Wiggins. Later Boy

Scouts, Brownies and Girl Guides form through the

efforts of early leaders like Nina Dennison, Grace and

John Hyde, Robbie and Al Harder, Vicki Kinash and Mr.

Sawatski.

1959 On March 1, the first church service is held in

Montgomery School. A student minister, Don

Lawrence, conducts services from March to June that

year.

In October, Reverend Thomas Bray begins as minister to

the congregation, an extension of St. David’s. The first

choir includes Betty Bates, Al Huck, Shirley Kolbeinson,

Harriet Sollosy, Winn Whitaker and Chuck Will, with

Ellen Edmunds at the piano.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip visit Saskatoon.

Trinity United Church is born...

1960 On March 14, the first meeting is held leading to the

formation of the United Church Committee of

Montgomery Place. Betty Donaldson is the first Church

Secretary.

In the fall of 1960, a resolution signed by 107 people is sent

to Saskatoon Presbytery requesting the formation of a

congregation in Montgomery Place. On October 5,

Presbytery authorizes the formation of the congregation

as an outreach of St. David’s, part of St. David’s-Cory

Pastoral Charge. The Board of Home Ministries

provides $750 to buy VLA ground on the corner of

Rockingham Avenue and Merritt Street.

In the late 1950’s, many of same children who attendedMontgomery School also attended the Sunday School

Montgomery parents nourishedcommunity life by organizingcommunity life by organizing

activities like gymnastics.

Reverend Thomas Bray was firstto minister to the congregation.to minister to the congregation.

Joe Kiss, here with son Adrian,suggested that the new church bet d that th h h b

named Trinity

Montgomery Scouts practice semaphore.

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In September, an Explorers group starts in the Audrey Fuller

home. Explorers continue until 1971. A Canadian Girls In

Training (CGIT) group starts in the Sach home. Later, Kay

Lupton leads the group. Ellen Edmunds is leader for Baby Band

and then the Explorer group. Early leaders also include Ruby

Sleath and Doris Borland.

On November 9, 1960 a church name is selected at a

congregational supper and meeting at Montgomery School.

The name is suggested by Joe Kiss who writes, in part, “As I

entered Caen, France with Canadian forces, everywhere buildings lay in ruin except for a

church. The Church of the Trinity remained standing in the midst of the devastation. It

seemed symbolic and left a lasting impression.” The meeting chose Trinity over the other

suggested name, Montgomery Church.

From November 20 to December 4, the first Trinity visitation is made, with 45 visitors

visiting every family in the community.

For two years running, Montgomery Place set records for the number of new homes started

in a Saskatoon neighbourhood in one year: 58 homes in 1959 and 62 homes in 1960. These

homes are built south of Ortona Street and west of Crerar Avenue, in the 3300 and 3400

blocks.

In Saskatoon, Mount Royal Collegiate opens at Avenue W and Rusholme Road. In the

country, the Canadian Bill of Rights is passed.

1961 On January 8 the first congregational meeting is held, with Reverend Dr. Robert Hall as

guest speaker. On January 15, the first communion service is held. On January 29 the first

baptismal service is held in the school auditorium when 20 babies are baptised.

In February, the Trinity Woman’s Association is formed. The first meeting on February 19

is held after the worship service in Montgomery School, attended by 36 women.

Trinity goes from an outreach of St. David’s to become a separate congregation of the

pastoral charge.

The Charter Roll lists 142 members. A Committee of Stewards is responsible for finances

and operations; Bob Hale is Chairman of Stewards. A Board of Session, composed of elders,

is responsible for worship matters; Ted Sollosy is Clerk of Session, followed by Al Huck. Ivor

Kolbeinson is Envelope Secretary. Rnold Smith is Church Treasurer. Margaret Gent is

Sunday School Superintendent.

Ted Sollosy writes, “For Trinity United Church, the year 1961 will always remain an

historic year. ‘That was the year our congregation was formed,’ our members will say for

years to come. It is a year in which much has happened, for which we can give humble thanks

to God.”

On November 3, the congregation authorizes the formation of a Church Building

Committee, with Fred Hodgkinson as Chair. Trustees are Percy Ferguson, Joe Kiss and Ted

Sollosy, later joined by Bob Sutherland.

The end of 1961 brings an end to the Women’s Association (WA) and the Women’s

Missionary Society (WMS) and the formation of a new group in 1962, United Church

Women (UCW).

The Women’s MissionaryySociety (WMS) in 1960

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The Montgomery White Rose Service opens beside

Riddell’s store, at the intersection of 11th Street and

Dundonald Avenue. The Saskatoon Co-op establishes a

Builders & Farm Supply on the site of their bulk station

at 11th Street and Avenue W.

A Saskatchewan Tartan is adopted as the provincial

tartan.

Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet cosmonaut, becomes the first

human in space. Canada launches its first space satellite,

Alouette I.

1962 This is the inaugural year of the UCW.

Their first meeting is held on January 22,

electing Mrs. Elizabeth Jones as the first

president. Five units are formed: Crescent,

Golden Jubilee, Harmony, Onward and

Westview. Later, when St. Andrew’s-Cory

joins the congregation, a Cory unit forms.

The Trinity UCW undertake projects like

providing birthday parties for children in

the Sanatorium, sending clothing to First

Nations schools in Big River and File Hills,

and sending layettes to Korea.

In the spring of this year, the architectural

firm of Tinos Kortes is engaged. Their

proposed design is quickly approved. On

October 15, Saskatoon Presbytery approves

the building plans at a cost of about $60,000;

$35,000 is borrowed to proceed.

During the winter, plans proceed. The

company Little Borland Construction is

chosen to build the church. A Church

Furnishings Committee is formed.

Kindergartens are underway in the

homes of Gertrude Nein and Ruby

Sleath, and later, Eileen Olsen. The

Montgomery Beauty Shop opens in

Riddell’s Shop-Rite. In June, the

Holiday Park Golf Course opens

officially.

There is a Doctors’ Strike in

Saskatchewan as Medicare, a free

universal health service, is introduced.

Federally, Diefenbaker wins a narrow

victory.An article in a 1963SSaskatoon Star-Phoenix

Trinity sod-turning made news in anp fApril 1963 issue of the Star-Phoenix.

The arrival of the church pews called out a volunteerfcrew for installation

Trinity Church is built.

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1963 On April 7, the sod is turned for Trinity United

Church, with Mrs. Grace Mathers wielding the

shovel.

With the grace of God and the help of countless

volunteers, Trinity United Church is built. A

Dedication Service is held on October 20. The

Clerk of Session, Ted Sollosy, writes, “The year

1963 ... will be remembered as the year in which

our Church was built and dedicated. We wish to

express our thanks to God for His guidance and

inspiration in the fulfillment of our plans.”

Douglas Hill begins as choir leader. Ellen

Edmunds, along with Ethel Hill, are organists. There begins

a generous and long-standing association when members of

St. David’s and Trinity form a joint choir. St. David’s choir

members continue to contribute their song and support at

Trinity services to the present day. Members of the joint

choir offer outreach, coming together at nursing homes and

special events to share the Word through music. For 40

years, the joint choir models a music ministry based on

cooperation and respect between the two congregations. We

are grateful.

Changes occur in the UCW units. Some members decide to have

afternoon meetings and choose the name Grace Mathers for their

unit. The remaining Harmony Unit members are welcomed into

other units. Onward and Crescent join. The Onward- Crescent

Unit, Grace Mathers Unit, along with Westview and Golden

Jubilee gather at the church for general UCW meetings once a

month.

Reverend Thomas Bray accepts a call and leaves Saskatoon for

Watrous.

In hockey, Gordie Howe breaks records; in curling, the Ernie

Richardson rink makes history.

1964 In Reverend Bray’s absence, Reverend Ellis King of Mayfair

United acts in the interim. St. Andrew’s College students

It’s 1965 and the Hi-C group enjoysg g ffsocializing at the “Blue Penguin” coffee house

The CGIT group has fun ata 1965 Hallowe’en

get-together.

A 1967 Sunday School classposes at the church entrance.

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providing Sunday pulpit supply. A Hi-C group is formed. Volunteers plant the church lawn.

St. Dominic Catholic School opens on Dieppe Street.

The last passenger train arrives at Saskatoon’s downtown station in November, signalling

the move of the CN yards south of Montgomery Place.

Canada introduces the Social Insurance card. The Viet Nam war begins.

1965 Reverend Reginald Fox is called to the pastoral charge in July.

Trinity UCW prepares their first cookbook. They support a child in Korea.

A lot for a manse at the northwest corner of Mountbatten Street and Haida Crescent is

donated to Trinity. A sign for the church is erected.

The Hi-C group travels to Pike Lake at 5 am Easter morning for a sunrise service.

In June, Kramer Tractor opens officially at 3502 11th Street West. In an ongoing project toencircle the city with an efficiently moving traffic roadway, Dundonald Avenue between33rd Street West and 11th Street West is transformed into a section of Circle Drive.Construction between 22nd Street and 11th Street starts a year earlier.

Saskatchewan celebrates its Diamond Jubilee.

Canada gains a new flag.

1966 Eloise Opheim starts a Junior Choir. St. Andrew’s-Cory donates choir gowns for the young

singers. Marlene Huck later joins to assist with music direction.

The Hi-C group holds a Slave Day, doing community services from plucking ducks towashing cars. In meetings, they discuss everything from going steady and high school cliquesto creation of the world.

Medicare is adopted nationally across Canada.

1967 Reverend Fox writes to the congregations in his annual

message “... if we are faithful in our duty and diligent

in our concern to make our church a living force for

good in the community, then we can safely leave the

results to God, for while some plant and others water, it

is He who gives the increase.”

Canada celebrates its Centennial across the country

and at Expo ‘67 in Montreal.

1968 In March the Trinity Session sends a letter to the

government protesting the imposition of utilization

fees for hospital and doctor care.

The Centennial Auditorium opens in Saskatoon.Duval Potash Mine opens just south and west of Montgomery Place. In 1976 it is purchasedby the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (PCS) and named Cory.

Reverend Reg and Lena Fox. Rev. Fox wasyTrinity’s second minister.

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1969 Trinity UCW members prepare their 2nd

cookbook.New residential developments north of

Montgomery Place hold the promise of

new church members.

Saskatchewan adopts its first official flag.

In Canada, the Official Languages Act is

passed.

Sesame Street debuts in the same year as

humans reach the moon.

The Seventies.... The Eighties....1970 In July, Reverend Reg Fox leaves for Yellowgrass and

Reverend D. Elton Adams answers the call forministry, with his wife Vonda and family comingfrom St. Giles United Church in Winnipeg.

The Trinity Board of Stewards report thecompletion of a long-awaited cement walk from themain step to the roadway. After a meeting withPresbytery, final arrangements for the sale of theproperty at Haida and Mountbatten are completed.

Trinity UCW continue good works throughdonation of funds to Friendship Inn, also withproviding a week of volunteer assistance at the Inn.Trinity UCW initiates the InterdenominationalChristmas Party, with St. David’s and St. John BoscoCatholic Church. Later, women from St. George’sAnglican Church take a turn at hosting the event.

Midtown Plaza opens in downtown Saskatoon. HolyTrinity Church at Stanley Mission is declared aNational Historic Site.

Trinity Junior Choir in 1970.

Reverend Elton Adams ministersto the Trinity congregation from

1970 until 1984.1970 until 1984

Wisemen, shepherds and sheep, 1970s style.

Chatting after church in 1973.

Three Westview UCW husbandsin 1979.

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1971 On March 7, the formal transfer ofmembership from St. Andrew’s-Cory takesplace. Subsequently the Cory women, led byOlive Bowes and Blanche Nichols, become apart of Trinity UCW. At the evening service, amemorial cross is received from former Hi-Cmembers dedicated to the memory of JaneMunro.

In spring, a survey of Montgomery Placeresidents is undertaken in partnership with St.John Bosco Roman Catholic Church, followedby a December visitation noted as “the mostextensive and most successful visitation we have everconducted.”

The VLA arrangements for Montgomery Placeresidents ends.Homecoming 71 invites people home toSaskatchewan. The Canada Winter Games promptthe construction of Mt. Blackstrap, adding 150man-made feet upon 160 feet provided by nature.

1972 A Unified Board System is adopted for St. David’s-

Trinity, replacing the traditional two board system.

New hymn books are brought into use. About 100

people from Trinity and St. David’s enjoy a

congregational picnic in September at the Forestry

Farm.

The first McDonald’s Restaurant opens in

Saskatoon. The Western Development Museum

moves from 11th Street West to Lorne Avenue. The

hangar building remains as a storage location.

Canada converts to the metric system.

1973 St. David’s celebrates their 25th anniversary while

Trinity celebrates 10 years at a service on October

21 with Reverend Thomas Bray and Reverend

Frank Meadows assisting Reverend Adams.

The Chair of the Unified Board writes, “Much has

been accomplished since 1963. Our church loan has

been substantially reduced, in fact, we have not

missed a payment on the loan during the 10 years.

...Not only have we not missed a loan payment, we

have made some substantial extra payments during

the past year which have further reduced our

mortgage.”

Sunday School children from 1978-79 pose inf ffront of the church.

Sunday School teachers from 1978-79.

A 1979 get-together.

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Kindergarten classes start in Saskatoon schools. The

Confederation Park Plaza opens.

1974 The Outreach Committee reports a busy year delivering

Invitation to Communion cards and alerting members to events

such as the outdoor service in Cory and the fall Turkey Supper.

Developed in Saskatchewan, the first canola seed is released; the

name is trademarked in 1978.

1975 The United Church of Canada marks its 50th anniversary.

Trinity UCW and Unified Board prepare an Anniversary

Supper in celebration. The UCW prepares a 3rd

cookbook, celebrating the benchmark.

Outreach reports that 85 cards are sent to members,

despite the obstacle of a mail strike. Cards are delivered

personally or replaced by telephone calls. Trinity

congregation is responsible for visiting St. Paul’s

Hospital, Mount Royal Lodge and Court. Communion

cards are delivered as well.

In July an outdoor service is held at the home of Bob and

Jean Sutherland in Cory. In September the combined

church picnic is held at Trinity instead of the Forestry Farm.

The Viet Nam War ends.

1976 More and more, neighbours in Fairhaven, Parkridge, Meadowgreen and other communities

join Montgomery Place residents in worship at Trinity. The church exterior is painted this

year and a piano is purchased.

Saskatchewan introduces the first Automated Teller machine (ATM) in Regina’s Sherwood

Credit Union. The last Eaton’s catalogue is produced.

1977 Long-time choir leader, Douglas Hill, dies. A silver communion bread tray is purchased and

dedicated to his memory. His role is taken by Joan MacTavish as director and organist. Ellen

Edmunds moves into the alto section of the choir after 17 years as organist.

On October 23, Trinity celebrates a Mortgage-Burning. Reverend Elton Adams writes in

his report for the year, “It was a milestone in the history of the congregation. For those who

were involved in its beginnings, it was a dream come true. For others it marked the

completion of a commitment and a task.”

The UCW tries a new venture, a bazaar table at Confederation Park Plaza.

Fairhaven and Meadowgreen homes are surveyed.

New carpet is installed in the church.

Kinsmen Clubs in Saskatchewan inaugurate Telemiracle. The stylized wheat sheaf is

adopted as the symbol of the province of Saskatchewan.

Fellowship in 1979.

There’s always time for a cupof coffee.

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1978 A painting of St. Andrew’s Cory Church is given

by Reverend (and artist) Reg Fox. The Adult

Activity Club meets to carpet bowl, cross county

ski, play ball and horseshoes, sharing good food

and fellowship at their get-togethers.

A new church sign is installed.

St. David’s celebrates 30 years.

The streets in Montgomery Place are paved.

The last patient is released from the Saskatoon

Sanatorium.

1979 Heather Leslie (Laliberte) becomes the newchoir leader and organist in October following thedeparture of Joan MacTavish in August.

Brick planters are built at the main entrance of thechurch, a memorial to Frank Apps. Underbrush iscleared from the northwest corner of the property; 22memorial trees and shrubs are planted on the churchgrounds.

Sony introduces the first walkman.

1980 Trinity congregation grows, with new familiesjoining mainly from the Fairhaven area. Lay readersbegin reading scripture during Sunday worship. Anew concrete sidewalk is poured. Screens areinstalled on the windows.

A surprise Salad Supper is held at Trinity on June 10

to recognize Reverend Adams’ 25 years in the

ministry.

Montgomery Place tax limitation agreement

expires. Celebrate Saskatchewan honours the

province’s 75th Anniversary.

1981 Trinity UCW members produce their 4th

cookbook. The chair of the Outreach Committeecomments that she has received many complaintsabout smoking in the church basement duringthe Turkey Supper and at coffee after church. Inresponse, No Smoking signs are posted.g

During the year the Adult Activity Club enjoysbadminton, crokinole, horse and sleigh rides anda visit to River View Hutterite Colony.

A debit card is introduced in Swift Current, a

Canadian first. The West Edmonton Mall

opens.

A Trinity tradition, visiting after church, in theearly 1980s.

The Bible Study group meets in 1987.

Westview UCW unit gets together in 1982.

Three angels at the 1978 Christmas program.

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1982 A St. David’s-Trinity congregational directory is

produced.

Saskatoon celebrates the 100th anniversary of its

founding. Eldorado, Saskatchewan’s oldest

uranium mine at Uranium City closes.

1983 St. David’s celebrates its 35th anniversary while

Trinity celebrates 20 years on October 23 with

Reverend Reg Fox as guest preacher. The

choir celebrates with new gowns.

The population of Saskatchewan reaches 1

million. In Montgomery Place, new homes

are built on crescents off Mountbatten

Street. Others are built on smaller lots on

Cassino Avenue; still others on subdivided

lots.

Saskatchewan population reaches one

million. In November, Chrysler

introduces the minivan in its1984 line-up.

1984 In June, Reverend Adams is called to

Regina. Reverend Ed Loucks is called to St.

David’s-Trinity, accompanied by his wife

Georgina who is studying for the ministry at St.

Andrew’s College. Reverend Earl Pattison and

his wife Muriel offer outreach support to the

congregations until 1988. Sharon McCullough

takes over as organist and choir director when

Heather Lalliberte moves away.

Elsie Spurgeon and family donate a memorial

plaque in memory of Clifford Spurgeon, with

name of veterans to be added

through the years.

Signs directing nose-in parking

along the park perimeter, and

the placing of cement curbs on

the Merritt Street side of the

church property for angle

parking, add significant parking

places around the church.

Marc Garneau is the first

Canadian in space.

Reverend Ed Loucks ministered to Trinity from 1984 to 1988.

Thanks to the Trinity Woodworkers, a new churchg ysign is dedicated on Mother’s Day in 1994.

Reverend Earl Pattison and wife Muriel were outreachministry from 1984 to 1988.

An after church visit in 1983.

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1985 Daisy Spurgeon resigns from her work as

Pastoral Charge secretary. Jean Huck takes on

the position. Alice McAuley follows Sharon

McCullough as Pastoral Charge music

director when Sharon moves back to

Winnipeg.

The Drop-In Centre on Tuesday mornings

starts up. The Trinity basement receives a new

coat of paint.

1986 In thanking the congregation for their many

supporting deeds throughout the year, Reverend

Loucks writes, “We always do well to

remember that all that is done in the Church or

Community for the benefit of others testifies to

the reality of God’s spirit active in our midst.”

Vacation Bible School is offered for one week in

August. As usual, the UCW members are busy

throughout the year with a variety of projects

including assisting at Oliver Lodge and St.

Andrew’s College.

The Western Development Museum

storage hangar on 11th Street West,

vacant and empty of artifacts, burns to

the ground in December.

Vancouver, British Columbia hosts

Expo ‘86.

1987 On May 17, the UCW celebrate the

25th anniversary of the founding of the

United Church Women with a

Homecoming Weekend. The

Memorial Committee, with the receipt

of a donation in memory of Arthur

Gent, purchases a new organ. Songs For

A Gospel People are also purchased.eIntergenerational services are

introduced, replacing what had been

known as Family Services. A Prayer

Team is established.

The Parkridge Centre opens on

Gropper Crescent. The loonie replaces

the dollar bill.

Lambs and other animals at the 1985 Christmasconcert.

Christmas hampers are packed in 1983.

An after church visit in 1983.

A butterfly at the 1994 Redberry Lake family camp.

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1988 Reverend Loucks accepts a call to Manitoba. In

August, Reverend Arlene Reynolds is called to

Trinity, along with her husband Bob and

family. On October 16, Trinity celebrates 25

years. St. David’s celebrates 40 years this year.

Outreach Minister, Reverend Earl Pattison,

reports “...the production and delivery of 4500

flyers which were put into everyone’s mailbox

in Montgomery, Parkridge and Fairhaven to

help make our Church known.”

White birch becomes the official tree of

Saskatchewan.

1989 Two sub-committees of Outreach are

formed. A Pastoral Care Team is

formed to assist the minister in visiting

newcomers, shut-ins and the sick. The

Church in Society Committee is

created to focus on wider church issues.

The Worship and Fellowship

Committee initiates the roster to

encourage volunteers to sign up weekly to

assist with Sunday services. A Pictorial

Church Directory is produced. Mailboxes

are built for the front entry.

The Seder Supper is introduced to the

congregation. Vacation Bible School begins

again and runs one week each summer until

1998.

Nancy Moloney follows Jean Huck as

Pastoral Charge secretary. Many office tasks

take on a new look with the acquisition of

the first computer, a Macintosh SE.

On September 10, Montgomery Place dedicates a memorial cairn to honour the

contributions of war veterans. The cairn is located in Montgomery Park at the corner of

Caen Street and Rockingham Avenue. In subsequent years, short remembrance services

organized by Don Leier are held here on November 11th, followed by a time of fellowship

and refreshments at Trinity.

Saskatoon hosts the Jeux Canada Games. Demolition of the Saskatoon Sanatorium begins.

The Grace Mathers UCW unit in 1987.

Fellowship and fun at the Drop-In Group.

The Drop-In Group strengthens friendships.

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Approaching the Millennium....1990 Trinity UCW produces a 5th cookbook, Our Best To

You.

Colleen Peters follows Alice McAuley as music

director. For a time, Colleen is assisted in music

ministry by Jill Hodgkinson Shaw.

The Pattison Bursary Fund is established to

encourage participation in Christian Education

programs. A new CGIT group forms.

Central vac, and a hand railing at the side door, are

installed.

Precious Tots Preschool opens in St.

Dominic School.

In 1991 her annual report to the

congregations, Reverend Reynolds

writes, “It is a privilege to be a part of

this pastoral charge, this one small but

important part of the Body of Christ in

the world. We are a part of timeless,

world-wide, spiritual fabric, linked to

God’s creation, in every age and in

every corner of the world.”

In September, Frank Lewis, a student at St. Andrew’s

College, begins an internship in our congregations

until May 1992.

The Right Reverend Walter Farquharson, Moderator

of the United Church of Canada, visits Trinity, a very

important event in the life of the Pastoral Charge.

The Woodworkers Group join their carpentry skills in

fellowship to assist fundraising.

Observance of Ash Wednesday is added to worship.

Each month 250 Trinity newsletters are

delivered throughout Montgomery Place,

Fairhaven, Parkridge, Westview,

Dundonald and Meadowgreen. In the fall a

flyer advertising Trinity and St. David’s

congregations is delivered to most homes

in Montgomery, Parkridge and Fairhaven.

The annual Trinity Garage Sale and Pancake Breakfasthas a loyal following every May.

Trinity nourishes the spirit seven days a week.

Pancake Breakfast cooks in 1990.

Charter members of the TrinityWoodworkers.

GCIT girls gatheredgtogether in 1991.

Ch i t t i l19911991in 1991.in 1991

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CAMECO officially opens their new building on

11th Street West in February.

NAFTA, the North American Free Trade

Agreement, is signed.

1992 In May, the Trinity UCW celebrates its 30th

anniversary. New paraments are purchased,

designed and crafted by Velma Stevenson of St.

Thomas-Wesley United Church.

A workshop is held to review and re-affirm the

Trinity mission statement: We are called to be acaring, compassionate, Christian community.

1993 On October 17, Trinity celebrates 30 years, while St. David’s celebrates its 45th anniversary.

The Trinity Chair writes, “...we were again able to reach out by contributing to such worthy

causes as St. Andrew’s College, Oliver Lodge, Sherbrooke Centre, the Canadian Bible

Society, the Pattison Bursary Fund, the Food Bank and the Friendship Inn.” The UCW

support those causes and adds Maggie’s Child Care, Camp Christopher, Camp Outlook,

Emmanuel Church Sunday School, Prairie Christian Training Centre (PCTC) and Interval

House.

The Easter Vigil and Sunrise Service are added

to worship. In April, a Family Retreat is held at

Redberry Lake.

As early as the 1970s, Saskatoon is a “hot spot”

for ecumenism with the Roman Catholic

Church establishing the Centre fo Ecumenism.

The United Church is involved for most of the

last 30 years with pulpit exchanges and other

cooperative efforts, even including convenants

between United Church and Roman Catholic congregations. The first shared worship

service with St. John Bosco and Trinity occurs this year.

1994 Trinity changes from a Church Board structure to a Church Council. The Woodworkers

group build a new sign which is dedicated on Mother’s Day. For a second time, church

families retreat to Redberry Lake for a

weekend of rejuvenation and fun.

In 1991, Trinity enjoyed a visit from the RightReverend Walter Farquharson, Moderator of the

United Church of Canada.

A butterfly at the 1994 Redberry Lake family camp.

1995 Vacation Bible School.

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The Christmas pageant, a much-loved tradition.

1991 Vacation Bible School wind-up.

Westview UCW unit.

Reverend Arlene enjoys coffee and a goodbook.

Playing horseshoes at Redberry Lake camp.

Fun at Redberry Lake family camp, 1993.

Faithful Parkridge volunteers.1993 Vacation Bible School.

1990 - 2002

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Thanks to the Trinity Woodworkers, a new church sign is

dedicated on Mother s Day in 1994.dedicated on Mother’s Day in 1994.

1994 Christmas concert.

Trinity volunteers organized a Bridging ThepGenerations Workshop.

At Isobel Woodsworth’s in 1996.

Westview UCW get-together in 1997.

Trinity UCW celebrated 35 years in 1997 with a birthday cakeenjoyed by all.

In the 1990s the Sometime Singers formed to singsometimes.

Atop the hill in Montgomery park duringthe Easter Sunrise Service of 1998.

1990 - 2002

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The Friday Morning Bible Study group began to meet in the 1980s

and carries on to the present.

The St. Andrew’s College Guild reps.

A family camp at Beaver Creek in September 2001was fun for all.was fun for all.

Annual outdoor service in June 2001.

The winter of 1999.

Sunday School children in 1999.Pets and all are welcome to a special Christmas in Juneservice, 2002.

1990 - 2002

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1995 A pulpit exchange starts off the year, with

Father Murray of St. John Bosco at Trinity

on January 15 and Reverend Reynolds at

St. John Bosco on January 22. During the

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity,

Trinity hosts the first Progressive Supper

for St. John Bosco Roman Catholic

Church, St. David’s United Church and

Trinity congregations.

In September, a new elevator is dedicated,

the culmination of a $58,000 fundraising

project, making the lower hall accessible to

all. “Not only was the elevator installed and the

bathroom renovated, but we ended up with new

sidewalks and steps, a repainted interior and

exterior, new storage facilities and a general

clean up,” writes the Accessibility Project chair,

Peter Kaweski.

The Woodworkers Group has another successful

year of sawing and selling. Trinity UCW hosts

the Interdenominational Christmas Party.

1996 The congregation joins to sing from the new

Voices United hymn book.d

Montgomery Place celebrates 50 years with a

weekend reunion in September. Trinity

hosts a Tea Room featuring delicious

homemade pies courtesy of the UCW, and a

display area.

1997 A Refugee Committee is struck to arrange

sponsorship for Selemani Belanga Fabian

and his 11 year old niece Edwine Luwamba

Mokili, refugees from Zaire living in a

Refugee Camp in Kenya. Fabian is the

brother of a recent refugee, Michel

Luwamba. Trinity committee members

volunteer time and “know-how,” attending

many meetings with Immigration Canada,

writing and conversing with immigration

officials. Fabian and Edwine finally arrive in

Saskatoon in July 1998.

Trinity UCW celebrate its 35th anniversary,

marking the occasion by leading Sunday

worship on March 9.

Father Murray of St. john Bosco and Reverend Arlene join tolead in worship in 1995.

In 1995, in the spirit of ecumenism, thePastoral Charge came together to worship

with St. John Bosco members.i h S J h B b

In 1995, thanks to dedicated volunteers andcongregational support, Trinity was blessed with a

new elevator.new elevator

Fabian and Edwine are reunited with family inSaskatoon, thanks to Trinity’s Refugee Committee.

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The Trinity Woodworkers redo the table tops. They

continue a project begun the year before, making

containers for cremains.

1998 “At Trinity Church there is a feeling of celebration in

the air as news of an elevator paid in full is revealed, a

new roof is almost paid off, a fund for a new piano is

growing and new members are being welcomed.

Trinity Church celebrated its 35th anniversary this fall.

It was a great day as we remembered the foremothers

and forefathers of this faith community,” writes

Reverend Reynolds in her annual report.

After nine years with the Mac computer, the

pastoral charge upgrades with a new Compaq

4550.

A Needs Assessment survey is undertaken to

ascertain the thoughts and wishes of the

congregation.

Mid-week groups include the Painters and

Crafters, the Woodworkers Group, the Tuesday

Morning Drop-In Group, Friday Morning Bible

Study and the Men’s Breakfast Group. A Movie

Night discussion group meets briefly. In

February, the Sometime Singers come together

to sing and sometimes to add to worship through

song.

1999 New church directories for Trinity and St.

David’s are produced. After many, many years

sending cards on behalf of Trinity members, Kay

Brown (and Fred) step aside for others to take on the task.

Trinity’s Mission Statement is reviewed and revised: God calls us to be a caring, compassionate

Christian community, to worship, to teach, to live the gospel and to reach out to the wholecommunity, to respect one another and the world.

The Millennium Bug bites the western world, as rumours grow about a computer crash as

time moves forward to the split second when December 31, 1999 becomes January 1, 2000.

Concerned people store fresh water, food supplies, generators and other survival gear in an

attempt to foil the Bug.

Talent abounds at Trinity as this new signproclaims.proclaims.

The annual outdoor service in June is a chance tohave fun with our church family.

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The Millennium....2000 In honour of the new millennium,

Trinity’s front entrance is remodelled,

adding a commemorative window

above the main doorway. Guy Mercier,

as head of the project, takes a lead role.

The Onward Crescent unit of Trinity

UCW give a communion bread tray for

“the bread of life.”

Through the efforts of the Community

Association, a park is made at the corner

of 11th Street West and Circle Drive as a

welcome to the community of Montgomery

Place.

2001 The Women’s Breakfast Group joins the

roster of mid-week groups meeting at

Trinity Saturday mornings once a month.

Saskatoon Presbytery becomes River Bend

Presbytery.

L’il Sprouts Preschool opens in

Montgomery School.

Saskatchewan takes curling as its official

sport and needle-and-thread grass as its

official grass.

On September 11, the world reels when

aircraft crash into New York City’s twin

towers and other acts of terrorism occur on

American soil.

Thanks to the work of dedicated volunteers, Trinity gets a freshface in honour of the millennium. New frosted windows reflect

the story of Trinity Church in Montgomery Place.

The “hymn pick group” who (what else?) pick outhymns.hymns

Worship & Fellowship Committee members, formerand current, met at Donna Rawlake’s home in 2002.

2002 Easter Sunrise Service on Montgomery Hill.

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2002 In June, Reverend Reynolds retires. Reflecting on

the years since 1988, she writes, “Where do I

start? ...One of the outstanding characteristics of

folks at St. David’s Trinity is your willingness to

jump in and participate. ...I have been blessed to

be here among you.”

In August, Reverend Sheila Krueger, along with

husband Jim, is called to St. David’s-Trinity. She

reflects, “...We have begun this process of

transition, this time of change and we know that

the process continues. I believe we need to take time

to celebrate and mourn these changed relationships

as we grow together.”

Trinity UCW celebrates 40 years.

2003 On October 4-5, Trinity celebrates 40 years with a

get-together on Saturday, a sharing of talent, a time

of food and fellowship, the production of the 6th

UCW cookbook and this booklet of history and

memories. Sunday brings us together again in a

special worship service of thanks and celebration.

Today there are more than 850 homes in Montgomery Place. Over 150 households in

Montgomery Place and surrounding areas are adherents of Trinity United Church.

Reverend Sheila’s covenanting service is held inpSeptember 2002..

Reverend Sheila Krueger and family.

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The United Church of Canada Creed

We are not alone,

we live in God’s world.

We believe in God:

who has created and is creating,

who has come in Jesus

the Word made flesh,

to reconcile and make new,

who works in us and others

by the Spirit.

We trust in God.

We are called to be the Church:

to celebrate God’s presence,

to live with respect in creation,

to love and serve others,

to seek justice and resist evil,

to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen,

our judge and our hope.

In life, in death, in life beyond death,

God is with us.

We are not alone.

Thanks be to God.

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Address, Phone & Email

Information contained here comes from many conversations with many people in the Trinity and St. David’s congregations and, in

part, from the following organizations:

2005 Centennial exhibit project team, Western Development Museum Curatorial Centre

City of Saskatoon Archives

Local History Room, Francis Morrison Library

George Shepherd Library, Western Development Museum

Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan

and the following publications:

Cory In Recall, a history of the Rural Municipality of Cory No. 344 by Mary Pattison, 1967.y ,

Hi-Way Refinery by Jeff O’Brien, City of Saskatoon, 2003.y y

Remembering Montgomery, A History of Montgomery Place, 1945-1956 by Joan Champ, City of Saskatoon,g g y

1992.

Sixty Years with St. Andrew’s, St. Andrew’s Church, Smithville, 1963.y

This booklet printed by printmaster in September 2003 forrTrinity United Church, 3318 Merritt Street, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7M 3P6.

(306) 978-0707

Remember the Memorial FundDid you know that Trinity has a Memorial Fund?

Honour the memory of someone you love.Pay tribute to the life and deeds of someone your family holds dear.

For more information, please contact the Minister or the Pastoral Charge Secretary.

(306) 242-1770

Trinity Veterans – 2001