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The first Methodist services in the Kenville area, in what is now the Municipality of Swan Valley West, were held in a local home and later in the Square Plains School, and still later in the Davidson School. With the arrival of a railway to the area in 1905, the village of Kenville began to develop and Presbyterian and Methodist congregations met in a boarding house then the Kenville School. A Methodist church and parsonage were built with funds contributed by A. J. Cotton and Rev. W. J. Lobb. The opening ceremony was held on 24 November 1912. A shortage of clerics in 1918 led to formation of a local union between Presbyterian and Methodist congregations that persisted until the formal union across Canada in 1925. The Kenville United Church amalgamated officially with the Benito United Church in 1959 although they were part of a three-way charge with Durban United Church as of 1955.
Period
Cleric
1925-1927
H. C. Harris
1927-1930
S. P. Riddell
1930-1931
Hector McKay
1931-1934
M. E. Nixon
1934-1949
J. E. Clarke
1949-1953
I. Marguerite Miller
1953-1955
William H. Barkwell
1955-1960
J. Edgar Jarvis
1960-1963
Axel C. Rekken
1963-1966
John W. E. Griffen
1966-1968
Ken Houston
1968-1970
Jack Mitchell
1970-1972
Arnold Keith Alexander (1921-1973)
1972-1973
Marian Child
1973-1984
Brenda I. Ferguson
1984-1987
Margaret McCallum
1987-1988
Darrow Woods
1988-1990
Mark Ferrier
1991-1995
Darrow Woods
1995-?
Troy Van Ginkel
Kenville United Church (May 2019)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N51.99799, W101.32361
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Benito United Church (Benito, Municipality of Swan Valley West)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Durban United Church (Durban, Municipality of Swan Valley West)
100 Years in the Swan River Valley by Centennial History Book Committee, 1999, page 430-432.
This page was prepared by George Penner and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 March 2021
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