St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Heritage Presbyterian church in Uxbridge, Canada.
St. Paul's Presbyterian Church is a stone church in Leaskdale, part of Uxbridge Township. The congregation's current building, dedicated in September 2006, includes a large gymnasium, kitchen, offices and school rooms. The earlier church building is now part of the Leaskdale Manse museum complex.
The congregation began in March 1862 as the Scott Township mission of the Canada Presbyterian Church, with thirteen charter members. Its first building opened in November 1864 on land given by George Leask. After the 1875 formation of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, the congregation was disjoined from Chalmers in 1880 and linked with a preaching station in Zephyr until that congregation disbanded and joined St. Paul's in 1968. The 1906 building was debt-free by 1908; a new building was dedicated in September 2006.
The congregation began in March 1862 with thirteen charter members as the Scott Township mission of the Canada Presbyterian Church. In 1910 Rev. Ewan Macdonald arrived as minister; his wife, author Lucy Maud Montgomery, wrote eleven of her twenty-two books while living at the Leaskdale Manse. In 1925 the congregation voted 11–63 against joining the United Church of Canada.
The congregation moved into a new building dedicated in September 2006, which includes a gymnasium, kitchen, offices and school rooms; the earlier church building is now part of the Leaskdale Manse museum complex. Visitors should check with the museum for access to the historic structure rather than expect regular church opening hours.
The congregation voted 11–63 against joining the United Church of Canada in 1925, keeping St. Paul's Presbyterian. Its minister from 1910 to 1926 was Rev. Ewan Macdonald, husband of author Lucy Maud Montgomery, who wrote eleven of her twenty-two books while living at the nearby Leaskdale Manse.
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