Rev. W. Irwin Lang served as
Pastor of Calvary Pentecostal Church during its formative years from
1930 – 1941.
When Mr. Batke, the Pastor, who travelled from Brandon, felt that he
could no longer maintain his Carberry obligation along with his Brandon
charge, Mr. Lang got the invitation to shepherd the forming flock.
He assumed the pastoral duties in 1930. Eleven years were to pass
during which Mr. Lang guided the steps of the infant church. In the
autumn of 1930, the Bank of Hamilton Building was rented and converted
into a suitable meeting place. (It stands now only in memory on the lot
south of the C.V.M. Cafe). November 4, 1930, became the birthdate of
the congregation at which time it affiliated with the Pentecostal
Assemblies of Canada. At that time there were about 20 members.
The First Church on the Plains
The Calvary Pentecostal Church was a relative latecomer to the
community. Most of the first settlers were Methodists, Presbyterians
and Anglicans.
The first settlers located along the South Saskatchewan trail in the
spring of 1878. It was in this same year that a Mr. Grant of Knox
College in Toronto held the first services in the home of George Hope,
Senior, of Fairview.
The Presbyterians were the first to establish themselves as a settled
congregation. In 1881, the Rev. Donald McCannel, was ordained and
inducted to the "Carberry and Associated Stations Congregation". The
first Communion Roll is dated August 13, 1882.
Knox Presbyterian – built in 1909.
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