Our past…
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 Musqudoboit. 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.
Union Church - 1938
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 – present
