 Churches Holmfield St. George’s Anglican Church (Holmfield)  St. George’s Anglican Church (October 2011) Source: Gordon Goldsborough This church in the village of Holmfield iwas built between 1906 and 1908. Restoration was done as part of the Manitoba Prairie Churches Project. A municipally designated historic site, it is available for viewing by calling Peggy at 204-523-8149, Heather at 204-523-4981, or Jean at 204-523-7357. The parish of St Georges, Holmfield (Diocese of Ruperts Land) was formed in 1891 when an organizational meeting was conducted by the Rev. W R Johnson of Killarney. Services between 1891 and 1908 were held in the Orange Hall, but in 1903 preparations were under way for the building of St Georges' Church and Rectory. The rectory framework, and the Church basement were begun in 1906 and completed in 1908. It was formally opened by the Rev W R Johnson of Killarney. Holmfield Methodist Church / Holmfield United  Prior to 1901 small congregations of Methodists, Presbyterians and Anglicans worshipped in the Orange Hall. Methodists made the first effort to build a church. In February 1901 they passed a motion to begin building as soon as possible, with help pledged by many. It was opened officially December 30 with two services. It became the United Church on July 10, 1925 with Church union.  Hullet Church As was usual in pioneer days, church services were held in farm homes as there was no other meeting place but when Hullett School was built in 1892, it became the community centre and also the church. The Methodist Church supplied the minister until church union, then the services were conducted by the United Church ministers resident in Killarney. St. Andrew's - Jaques  Anglican services in the area were first held in Jaques School No 605. Mostly these services were taken by Rev WR Johnson from Killarney, 11 miles away. Even in winter very few of the fortnightly services were missed. Travel in winter was by open-fronted cutter with a top on it drawn by a team of horses, in summer horse and buggy. The congregation decided in 1915 to build a church. Frank Dagg donated one acre of land S.E. 1-2-17 and the contract was let to Rev. McCall a retired minister living in Boissevain. This man with one helper had St. Andrew's, Jaques built in 1916. Lena United Church In the early days of settlement, church services were held in the various homes in the community by student ministers of missionaries. Rev. Andrew Stewart held the first service in the early 1880's at Mr. Wm. Crawford's house. Rev. Stewart's brother, Jack, homesteaded on 10- 2-17 in 1879. In 1885, Rev. C.W. Gordon (Ralph Connor) held services in various houses until the schools were built. The very first service held in the village of Lena was on April 14, 1907 in the railway station freight shed. After Lena School was built in 1907, the services were held there until 1925. Lyonshall District Church Lyonshall Church was built in the nineties on NE 27-2-18. This was a neighborhood church used alternate Sundays by Presbyterians and Anglicans, and occasionally by the Methodists. In 1922 a union was effected with Lyonshall and Rowland with Rev. W. Ruddle as minister. There was some friendly rivalry. "I recall," Mary Card wrote, "a joke Father told with great relish about two ministers, one Presbyterian, the other Methodist. The Presbyterian was determined to arrive in Killarney first, so he climbed into the cabin beside the engineer. But when the train arrived, the Methodist minister was found riding on the cowcatcher." "A story is told about one minister at Lyonshall" according to D. H. Davidson, "having tied his horse to the fence where he could watch it through the window as he conducted the service. As it was a hot sultry day and there were plenty of mosquitoes, the horse was very restless. Near the end of the service it had 'become so upset it might have got into trouble at any moment. In pronounc- ing the benediction, the minister concluded with "Whoa" instead of "Amen," for which an explanation seemed in order." Ninga Ninga Presbyterian Church   The Ninga Presbyterian Church, in Ninga in the Rural Municipality of Winchester, was built in 1905 and opened officially on 25 March 1906. Now a multi-denominational facility, it is a municipally designated historic site. St. Alban's Ninga  On Nov. 27, 1905 the "New English Church" at Ninga was dedicated by Archbishop Samuel Pritchard Matheson, Archbishop of Rupert's Land. The Parish of St. Alban's Ninga was formed officially on Feb. 27, 1906. It was to be composed of the district defined as the west half of townships 2 and 3 in range 18: all of township 1 in range 19 and the east half of town- ships 2 and 3 in range 19. Ninga Baptist Church The very first church in Ninga was Baptist, built in the late 1800's. The Pastorate was Boissevain, Ninga and Medora. Later the Baptist Church was made available to the Mennonites in return for repairs. In no time the small run down building had a new roof and was painted inside and out. Baptists and Mennonites shared services in the church. Rev. Ken Knight was the next minister, but with declining population it was too difficult to keep the church open so the congregation went to Boissevain church. Rowland   Rowland United Church (RM of Riverside) Built in 1913. (1882-1887) Many settlers, mainly from Ontario and Quebec, came to Rowland district and as customary, held services in their homes. Services were held in Rowland School, built 1887, until the church was built in 1913. It was built as a Methodist church but little attention was paid to denomination. Tisdale St. John's Anglican (Tisdale) This stone cairn in the Rural Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain, erected in 1970, commemorates the pioneers of the Tisdale district who were parishioners of St. John’s Anglican Church built at this site in 1903. The last service was held in the church on 15 September 1963. The building was sold in 1964 and moved away in 1969.  A cairn marks the site. The first services were held in Lawlor's store in the Glendenning District and later in the Byron Mason home. The church was built in 1903 on Sec. 4-4-16 and services were held in it for 60 years the last service being held Sept. l5, 1963. Sunday school was held first in the school Return to the Top of the Page (Map) |
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