About
Our past…
Union Presbyterian, Thorburn
On October 12th, 1875, the Presbytery of Pictou appointed a committee to look into the matter of forming a congregation in the Vale Colliery. On Oct 24, 1875, the committee met with the people from the Vale and began taking names of persons who were already members of a church, and who would like to form a congregation at the Vale. At a congregational meeting held on march 13, 1876, it was agreed to issue a call for a resident minister. In the summer of 1876, a call was issued to the newly Ordained Rev W.T. Bruce, of Musquodoboit. On October 25, 1876, it was agreed to hold a communion service in Thorburn on the first Sabbath after the opening of the new church, which was almost completed, with the Rev. W.T. Bruce presiding.
Since its founding, the congregation of Union Presbyterian has been served
by the following Ministers of Word and Sacrament:
Rev W.T. Bruce 1876 – 1882 Rev L. Murray 1883 – 1885
Rev A.W. MacLeod 1885 – 1898 Rev J.A. MacKenzie 1899 – 1912
Rev J Harris 1912 – 1914 Rev J.A.S. Burns 1919 – 1925
Rev D MacVicar 1926 – 1931 Rev C. Hayward 1933 – 1937
Rev A. Mills 1938 – 1942 Rev P.F. Rockwood 1943 – 1944
Rev R. MacLeod 1947 – 1951 Rev R. MacDonald 1952 – 1957
Rev C.M. Shaver 1958 – 1968 Rev A.M. Old 1970 – 1973
Rev J.A. Finlayson 1974 – 1984 Rev J.N. Openshaw 1985 – 1989
Rev G.S. MacDonald 1990 – 2005 Rev J.R. Lackie 2006 – 2017
Rev. G. Dickson (I.M.) 2018 – present