George Affleck was born in Lanark, Ontario on March 7, 1912. He was educated at the University of Toronto, Emmanuel College, and St. Andrew's University in Scotland. He was ordained in the United Church in 1939 and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by Union College (Vancouver) in 1969. George Affleck and his wife, Fronia, served United Church congregations in British Columbia, including Skidegate, Kimberley, Vernon, Crescent Beach (Surrey), Powell River, Port Alberni, and Parksville. From 1972 to 1977, he was Presbytery Officer for the Vancouver Island Presbytery. George Affleck died July 15, 2000 at Nanaimo, B.C.
Aldergrove United Church began as Aldergrove Presbyterian Church in Langley District Municipality. Services began as early as 1885 with regular services commencing in 1889, although a church was not built until 1911. The earliest Session records (1914) indicate that the Aldergrove charge consisted of three other points: Aberdeen, Pine Grove and Patricia. After union in 1925, Aldergrove remained a separate charge until becoming part of the Murrayville charge in 1932. In 1961 Aldergrove and Murrayville became separate charges. Since 1963 Aldergrove has, with Mount Lehman, constituted the Aldergrove-Mount Lehman Pastoral Charge in Fraser Presbytery.
Eric Winston Austin was born in Northwich, England on August 27, 1906. His family came to Canada in 1910. After graduating from medical school in 1932, he was employed for a short time at Large Memorial Hospital in Bella Bella with Dr. George Darby, and then on board the Thomas Crosby III (1932-1938) with Rev. Robert C. Scott. Dr. Austin subsequently became a physician at Wrinch Memorial Hospital in Hazelton (1938-1942). From 1942 until the end of the Second World War, he served the Royal Army Medical Corps. At war's end, he became a surgeon for the Vancouver Military Hospital, then for Vancouver General Hospital, and in later years had a private practice. Dr. Austin married his second wife, Mary Louise Hannah (nee Reid), in 1978. The couple were members of Shaughnessy Heights United Church in Vancouver. Eric Austin died on August 8, 1994.
Douglas Bacon was born in Peterborough, Ontario and grew up in the in United Church. After studying Medicine for one year at the University of Toronto, he decided that his skills would be better served as an ordained minister. He received his Bachelor of Sacred Theology from McGill and was ordained by Bay of Quinte Conference in 1969.
Douglas served in pastoral ministry Bruce Mines, Ontario; St. Margaret's, Kingston; West Point Grey, Vancouver; and Colebrook, Surrey. He held positions as Secretary of Kent Presbytery, London Conference (1974-1976); Chair of Education and Students Committee, Bay of Quinte Conference; member and Chair of the Worship and Liturgy Committee of the United Church, and co-editor of A Sunday Liturgy (1978-1984); Chair of Vancouver-Burrard Presbytery (1987-1989); and member and Chair of the national Candidature Committee of the United Church (1990-1996). He retired in 2010.
Rodney M. Booth was born in Arvida, Quebec. He obtained a Master of Divinity degree from United Theological College (UTC). He was later awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from UTC. Booth was ordained by Montreal-Ottawa Conference in 1957 and served congregations in Nakusp (1957-1959) and East Trail (1960-1966). He became the first Director of Student Affairs at Selkirk College, Castlegar in 1966. The following year, he became Director of Broadcasting for BC Conference, pioneering the church's venture into television. In 1984, he moved to Toronto to serve as Media Director/Executive Producer of United Church Television with the National Division of Communication. Booth was Chairperson of the World Council of Churches' Communicators' Network, and over the years provided resources and media coverage for three Assemblies. He also participated in co-productions of documentaries with the BBC, NBC, and CBC, and earned numerous international awards for his writing and documentaries. Booth retired to Surrey, B.C. in 1999 and continued consulting in the field of broadcasting and communications for several years.
Brighouse United Church in Richmond was officially constituted as a congregation in January of 1926. The congregation met initially in the Richmond Municipal Hall for services. The first church building was opened in June 1927. Within a decade, it was evident that a larger building was needed. A new building was opened in September 1940 at 816 Granville Avenue; it was extended and remodeled in 1956. To accommodate growth, a church hall was added during 1951-1952. Although originally part of the Richmond pastoral charge (along with Richmond United Church), Brighouse became a separate charge in 1958. In 1974, the church building was moved to 8151 Bennett Road. Brighouse United was part of Vancouver South Presbytery until the Presbytery was disbanded in 2019. The congregation disbanded in June 2023.
J.G. Brown was born September 6, 1880 in Lakefield, Ontario. He received his university and theological education in Toronto at Victoria College. He was ordained by the Bay of Quinte Conference of the Methodist Church in 1908. After a few years in pastoral work in Ontario, he came to British Columbia in 1912 and ministered at Enderby and Vancouver (including Turner Institute, Ryerson, and Kitsilano Methodist congregations). He was appointed Principal of the newly chartered Ryerson Theological College in 1923. When, in 1927, Ryerson College and Westminster Hall were merged (following church union), Brown became the first Principal of Union College of British Columbia, affiliated with UBC. Under his administration, the main Union College buildings on campus were erected. He had the task of guiding the College through the Depression and then through World War II. Principal Brown also served as President of BC Conference of The United Church of Canada, 1936-1937. After his retirement in 1948, he lived for three years in Oxford, England, until his return to British Columbia, where he assumed the pastorate of the Church of Our Lord in Victoria. J.G. Brown died October 15, 1956.
Rev. William Lemuel ("Lem") Burnham was born in Summerberry, Saskatchewan. He moved to Vancouver in 1945 and studied theology (Union College) and social work (University of British Columbia). He was ordained by BC Conference in 1954. From 1955 to 1973, Burnham studied and worked in Hong Kong. He returned to Vancouver in 1974 and served the Chinese United Church until his retirement in 1985.
In 1905, W. Pascoe Goard, a retired Methodist minister and real estate professional, bought 136 acres of land overlooking Semiahmoo Bay, parceled it into lots, and sold it. One of the portions of land was turned into a park by the name of ‘Ocean Park’ and administered by the Methodist Church. The first camp at this location was hosted in the summer of 1910.
The first permanent building was erected in 1912 and served as a venue for lectures, church services, entertainment, and as a community hall for the burgeoning community until the Ocean Park Community Hall was built in the 1920s.
In 1925, in the wake of the church union, the United Church of Canada (B.C. Conference) gained responsibility of the property. The infrastructure of the camp continued to develop over the decades as cabins and dining facilities were built. In 1963, a swimming pool was added to the property.
Camp Kwomais ran as one of the oldest camps registered with B.C. Camping until its closure in 2004. The camp was eventually sold to the city of Surrey in 2007 due to a need for funds, an awareness of the site’s conservation needs, and a desire to keep the park accessible to the public.
The first United Church Chaplain, Rev. M.J.V. Shaver, was appointed to the University of British Columbia after its creation by BC Conference in 1959. An interdenominational committee, the Anglican-United Joint Chaplaincy Committee, was formed in 1969, through the BC Conference Committee on Church and State in Education, to begin the process of creating a joint chaplaincy at UBC. In 1970 the Anglican United Campus Ministry (AUCM) was created. In 1974, the AUCM and the UBC Student Christian Movement (SCM) merged to form the Cooperative Christian Campus Ministry (CCCM) at the University of British Columbia. In 1979, the SCM left the CCCM and the United Church and Anglican Church continued to operate campus ministry at UBC through the CCCM. In 1986, the CCCM was dissolved and the partnership between the United Church and Anglican Church at UBC ended. Later that year, after a brief period without a United Church campus chaplain, the United Church Campus Ministry (UCCM) at UBC was formed. In 2021, Campus Ministry at UBC became a part of Pacific Mountain Regional Council through the formation of Campus United.
Canadian Ecumenical Action began in 1973 as People's Opportunities in Ecumenical Mission (or POEM), for the development and support of new expressions of mission, and support of the expression of faith in work and in daily life by lay people of all churches and faiths. Rev. Val Anderson served as the founding coordinator of the new organization, which was originally organized into the Planning Board and standing committees (most prominently the Executive, the Finance Committee, and the Nominations Committee), the office, and numerous smaller committees or activity groups responsible for specific programs or projects. From the beginning, POEM served as a seedbed for other ventures, providing phone and office services, information, advertising and support through its newsletter and network of volunteers, and in some cases providing space or funding support. Many endeavours began as ventures within POEM, and eventually came to be independent.
In December 1976, POEM's name was officially changed to Canadian Ecumenical Action (CEA); however, the mission, and the organization of the work, remained substantially unchanged. Programs introduced between 1976 and 1979 included Alternatives in Justice and Corrections, the local chapter of the Canada-China Program, the Single Parent Network (also known as the Single Family Network and the Single Parent Action Network or SPAN), Poverty Focus, and the SFU Campus Ministry, among others.
By 1981, CEA's activities were clearly organized into the four divisions. Communication, Education, Community Action, and Administration, each of which had its own managing committee and reported separately to the Board.
CEA was also involved in organizing the 1983 World Council of Churches in Vancouver. CEA's orientation during this time was changing more and more towards sharing and cooperation among peoples of all faiths, rather than just Christian faiths, and in 1985 constitutional changes were made to reflect CEA's emerging identity as "a multifaith community action organization." By the early 2000s, the organization became the Multifaith Action Society, dedicated to the facilitation of interfaith education and dialogue.
Canadian Memorial Chapel was the result of an amalgamation of Sixth Avenue Methodist Church and Fourteenth Avenue Methodist Church. It became known as Canadian Memorial United Church after Church Union in 1925.
Canadian Urban Training began as a resource where clergy could prepare themselves for inner city social justice work in Toronto in 1965. CUT was an ecumenical program (funded by the United, Presbyterian, and Anglican Churches) that grew to include others that wanted to work towards social change. As more women and minority groups joined CUT, the program and network evolved to meet the needs of the people it served. The Action Training Collective (a part of CUT) was located at 200 - 1955 West Fourth Avenue, in Vancouver; along with the BC Conference offices. The program was dissolved in 1988 after it was decided that its forms and structures were no longer serving its objectives.
Phoebe Chan came to Canada in about 1900 to join her brother, Rev. Yu Tan Chan, who served as lay preacher at the Chinese Methodist Church in Vancouver. Because of her experience in a mission school in China, she was engaged by the Woman's Missionary Society as Kindergarten Assistant and Bible Teacher at the church. She spent about 35 years teaching and providing pastoral care within the Chinese community, through the Methodist and United Churches. Following an accident in about 1942, Phoebe Chan retired as kindergarten teacher at the age of 72. She died in 1953, in her 84th year.
陳星階 CHAN Sing Kai grew up in a Christian household in China and was instrumental in establishing the Wesley Methodist Mission School in Hong Kong. He was invited by the Methodist Church of Canada to serve as lay preacher at Vancouver's first Chinese congregation in 1888. Chan was ordained in 1891 (the first person of Chinese descent to be ordained in the Methodist Church of Canada). After Vancouver, he served Chinese congregations in New Westminster and Victoria before moving to the United States for health reasons. His ministry continued in Oregon and California, where he died.
陳燿檀 CHAN Yu Tan was born and raised in China, where he grew up in a Christian family. He and his brother, CHAN Sing Kai, were instrumental in establishing the Wesleyan Mission School in Hong Kong. He arrived in Canada eight years after his brother, in 1896, serving as a lay preacher at the Chinese Methodist Church in Vancouver until 1906. This was followed by pastorates in Victoria, Nanaimo, and New Westminster. CHAN Yu Tan was ordained within the Methodist Church in 1923, and continued in ministry within The United Church of Canada after 1925 when it was formed through an amalgamation of the Methodist Church and other denominations.
(繁體和簡體中文版本如下)(中文版在下面) In 1888, a Mrs. M. Monck, daughter of pioneer missionary Rev. Ebeneezer Robson, began teaching English classes to Chinese students in her father's home. In November of that year, Mr. Chan Sing Kai, who had worked in the Wesleyan Methodist School in Hong Kong for the previous eight years, arrived in Vancouver to set up a mission. After three years, he was ordained by the Methodist Church in Canada. The mission initially met in small quarters near Hastings and Abbott, then relocated to quarters on the south-east corner of Hastings and Columbia Streets. As the mission outgrew its space, it moved to 186 Pender Street West, in the heart of Chinatown. A new building was completed at 531 Beatty Street in 1906; it contained a chapel that would accommodate 300, rooms for Sunday school, and a night school. At church union in 1925, the mission joined The United Church of Canada.
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1888 年,先驅傳教士Ebeneezer Robson牧師的女兒 M. Monck 夫人開始在她父親的家中為中國學生教授英語課程。同年十一月,曾在香港衛斯理 (Wesleyan)衛理公會學校工作八年的陳星階 (Chan Sing Kai)先生抵達溫哥華設立佈道會。三年後,他被加拿大衛理公會按立牧職。傳道部最初在Hastings和Abbott街附近的小宿舍會面,然後搬遷到Hastings和Columbia街東南角的宿舍。隨著教友人數的不斷增加, 聚會空間明顯不夠,傳道部搬到了唐人街中心的 186 Pender Street West。 1906 年,一棟新建築在Beatty街 531 號落成;此建築含有一個可容納 300 人的小教堂、主日學校的幾個房間和一所夜校。在 1925 年的教會聯合會上,此傳道部加入了加拿大協和教會。
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1888 年,先驱传教士Ebeneezer Robson牧师的女儿 M. Monck 夫人开始在她父亲的家中为中国学生教授英语课程。同年十一月,曾在香港卫斯理 (Wesleyan)卫理公会学校工作八年的陈星阶 (Chan Sing Kai)先生抵达温哥华设立布道会。三年后,他被加拿大卫理公会按立牧职。传道部最初在Hastings和Abbott街附近的小宿舍会面,然后搬迁到Hastings和Columbia街东南角的宿舍。随着教友人数的不断增加, 聚会空间明显不够,传道部搬到了唐人街中心的 186 Pender Street West。 1906 年,一座新建筑在Beatty街 531 号落成;此建筑含有一个可容纳 300 人的小教堂、主日学校的几个房间和一所夜校。在 1925 年的教会联合会上,此传道部加入了加拿大协和教会。
- 中文名陈星阶源于此文 Chan Sing Kai (1854-1952) | Victoria's Chinatown (uvic.ca)并得到档案馆首肯。
(繁體和簡體中文版本如下) (繁体和简体中文版本如下) (Traditional and simplified Chinese versions below) The Chinese United Church Mission in Victoria was created when the Methodist Mission joined The United Church of Canada in 1925. The United Church Year Book last records the existence of the congregation in 1965.
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維多利亞的華人協和教會在1925 年華人衛理公會加入加拿大協和教會時成立。協和教會年鑑最後一次記錄該會的存在是在 1965 年。
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历史简介
维多利亚,华人协和教会在1925 年华人卫理公会加入加拿大协和教会时成立。协和教会年鉴最后一次记录该会的存在是在 1965 年。
(繁體和簡體中文版本如下) (繁体和简体中文版本如下) (Traditional and simplified Chinese versions below) The Chinese United Church in Vancouver had its roots in the Methodist Church, which joined The United Church of Canada in 1925. Shortly afterward, and to better serve the needs of the Chinese community (which had begun to shift eastward), the congregation relocated from Beatty Street to the corner of Pender Street and Dunlevy Avenue. The new church building and Christian Education Centre were dedicated on December 3, 1929. For nearly 70 years, the mission relied on the Board of Home Missions and the Woman's Missionary Society for financial support and leadership, and was known as the Chinese Mission, United Church of Canada. As it worked toward full self-support, which it achieved in 1955, it became known as the Chinese United Church. The congregation officially amalgamated with Chown United Church on April 14, 1992, becoming Chown Memorial and Chinese United Church, located at 3519 Cambie Street.
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溫哥華華人協和教會起源於衛理公會。 此會於 1925 年加入加拿大協和教會。不久之後,為了更好地服務華人社區(已經開始向東轉移)的需要,教會會址從Beatty Street 搬到了 Pender Street 和 Dunlevy Avenue 的拐角處。 1929 年 12 月 3 日,新教堂和基督教教育中心落成典禮。 約70年間,該傳道部的運作仰仗家庭宣教委員會和婦女佈道會的財政支持和引領,並被稱為加拿大協和教會華人宣教會。该教會努力實現完全自給自足, 並於1955成功實現這一目標,自此被稱為華人協和教會。 1992年4月14日,華人協和教會與Chown United Church正式合併,成為周氏紀念堂和華人協和教會 [Chown Memorial and Chinese United Church],其地址位於3519 Cambie Street。
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温哥华华人协和教会起源于卫理公会。 此会于 1925 年加入加拿大协和教会。不久之后,为了更好地服务华人社区(已经开始向东转移)的需要,教会会址从Beatty Street 搬到了 Pender Street 和 Dunlevy Avenue 的拐角处。 1929 年 12 月 3 日,新教堂和基督教教育中心落成典礼。 约70年间,该传道部的运行仰仗家庭宣教委员会和妇女布道会的财政支持和引领,并被称为加拿大协和教会华人宣教会。该教会努力实现完全自给自足,并于1955年成功实现这一目标,自此被称为华人协和教会。1992年4月14日,华人协和教会与Chown United Church正式合并,成为周氏纪念堂和华人协和教会 [Chown Memorial and Chinese United Church],其地址位于3519 Cambie Street。
CHOW Ling was born in Kaiping (Hoiping), Guangdong, China and came to Canada as a boy of 14 in 1907. He spent his early years in Victoria, attending the Methodist Church there. In 1920, the church sent him to Nelson, B.C. to relieve C.Y. Chow. He returned to China to study theology at Guangdong Union Theological College, from which he graduated in 1929. Soon after his return, Chow was ordained by BC Conference within The United Church of Canada in 1931. As an ordained minister, he served pastorates in Cranbrook (1932-1934), Victoria (1934-1945), Vancouver (1945-1955), and Edmonton (1955-1964), retiring to Vancouver in 1964. While he was serving the Chinese United Church in Vancouver, the Canadian government lifted the Chinese Exclusion Act (1947); Chow was instrumental in beginning night school classes at the church, to help newcomers learn English.
Crescent United Church began its life as a "Union" church. While the property was held by the Presbyterian Church when it was organized in 1920, it was a community effort with people from several denominations active in the development of the congregation. In June 1922, the new church was dedicated. With church union in 1925, Crescent Union Church became Crescent United Church and also became part of White Rock Pastoral Charge. This continued until 1952 when it became an independent Crescent Pastoral Charge. On July 1, 2017, Crescent United amalgamated with First United Church (White Rock, B.C.) and Sunnyside United Church (Surrey, B.C.) to form Peninsula United Church.
Ilma Dunn was born Ilma Beamish. In 1931 she worked at the Port Simpson Residential School, where she connected with several local Indigenous families. She would later work at Ten Mile Lake school, where she met her husband. She lived in East Burnaby during the late 1930s. Ilma was also connected with the Canadian Girls in Training (CGIT) and with Camp Kwomais (then Ocean Park Camp), where she volunteered as a cabin leader. In the 1980s and '90s, Ilma participated in the United Church's Community of Concern.
First United Church, White Rock, B.C. was founded in 1925 at the time of church union. The predecessor congregation was White Rock Methodist Church. The first Methodist worship services began in 1910, and were held in homes and a school until a church was built in 1912. In April 1922, a new church building was dedicated. White Rock Methodist Circuit consisted of White Rock, as well as the Hazelmere Methodist Church (Surrey B.C.) After Church Union, White Rock Pastoral Charge consisted of First United Church (White Rock), Hazelmere United, Sullivan United (1925-1934), and Crescent United, Surrey (1925-1952). In February 1958, a new church building was dedicated. By 1969, White Rock Pastoral Charge included Sunnyside United Church (Surrey, B.C.) In 1989, the First United congregation became a one-point pastoral charge and remained so until July 1, 2017 when it amalgamated with Crescent United and Sunnyside United Church to form Peninsula United Church.
(中文版喺下面) (中文版在下面) Rev. Fong Dickman, originally known as FONG Tak Man, was born in 1860 in Yan Ping, Kwangtung [Canton or Guangdong], China. He came to Canada in 1884 to seek a better life. Initially Mr. Fong made a living by driving stagecoaches between Vancouver and New Westminster, B.C. While attending a mission school at night, first in New Westminster and subsequently in Vancouver, Fong developed a keen interest in Christianity. He was baptized at the Princess Street Methodist Church in Vancouver, and appointed to the Chinese Methodist Church in Nanaimo in 1898 as a missionary at large. At that time, his name was Anglicized to “Dickman.” In 1906, Fong Dickman was transferred to Vancouver to set up and produce the Wa-Ying Yat-Po, (华英日报, the Chinese-English [or Chinese-Canadian] Daily Newspaper, 1906-1909), one of the very early (if not the first) newspapers in the Chinese language published in Canada. After 25 years of service, Fong Dickman was ordained by the Methodist Church of Canada in 1923. During his lifetime, he served in pastoral ministry at Nanaimo (1898-1906 and 1913-1921), Vancouver (1906-1913), New Westminster (1922-1930), and Edmonton (1930-1939). Rev. Fong Dickman retired in 1939, living in New Westminster until 1942, then residing in Vancouver from 1943 until his death on April 10, 1946.
Fong Dickman married Jane Chang in Victoria in 1899, and the couple had four daughters: Lavina Fong Dickman, who later became Lavina Cheng; Esther Fong Dickman; Anna Fong Dickman, who became Anna Lam; and Mary Fong Dickman (who died at a very young age). Aside from their loyal assistance with the church work, Anna was the first Chinese Canadian to become a registered nurse in B.C. and Esther, a school teacher in Vancouver. Mrs. Fong Dickman died in 1927. Beyond missionary work, Rev. Fong Dickman enjoyed creative writing, featuring early Chinese immigrants from his pastoral perspective. Rev. Fong Dickman was a philanthropist, who was noted to have supported a missionary in the city of Fat Shaan in Fong Dickman’s native province in south China.
Traditional Chinese:
Rev. Fong Dickman,原名馮德文(Fong, Tak Man),1860年出生於中國廣東恩平。他於 1884 年來到加拿大尋求更好的生活。馮先生起初在Vancouver 和 New Westminster之間以駕駛驛馬廂車為生。 晚間, 先在New Westminster,爾後在 Vancouver, B.C., 就讀教會學校習英文。其間對基督教產生了濃厚的興趣。他在溫哥華的公主街衛理公會教堂受洗,並於1898 年被任命為傳教士前往納奈莫的中國衛理公會任職。同時他的名字被英化為Dickman。 1906 年,Fong Dickman 被調往溫哥華,組織並創辦了《華英日報》(the Chinese English Daily Newspaper,1906-1909). 這是最早的(如果不是第一的話)在加拿大出版的中文基督教報紙之一。為教會工作了 25 年後,Fong Dickman 於 1923 年受封立為牧師。在他的一生中,他在納奈莫 (1898-1906 和 1913-1921)、溫哥華 (1906-1913)、新威斯敏斯特 (1922-1930) 和埃德蒙頓 (1930-1939) 擔任牧師職務。Rev. Fong Dickman於 1939 年退休,直到 1942 年他住在不列顛哥倫比亞省的New Westminster市。從 1943 年開始住在Vancouver, B.C. 直到 1946 年4月10日離世。
一八九九(1899) 年,Rev. Fong Dickman 迎娶了維多利亞的Jane Chang小姐,他們育有四個女兒:Lavina Fong Dickman (後來成為 Lavina Cheng); Esther Fong Dickman;Anna Fong Dickman(後來成為了 Anna Lam);以及Mary Fong Dickman (不幸英年早逝)。除了他們對教會工作的忠誠協助外,安娜是第一位成為卑詩省註冊護士的華裔加拿大人。 Esther 是溫哥華的一名學校老師。Fong Dickman 夫人於 1927 年去世。除了傳教工作之外,Rev. Fong Dickman 還喜歡創作,從他的宗教信仰角度描繪早期的中國移民。Rev. Fong Dickman是一位慈善家。他以有限的薪水資助過他故鄉的一名傳教士。
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Rev. Fong Dickman,原名冯德文(Fong, Tak Man),1860年出生于中国广东恩平。他于 1884 年来到加拿大寻求更好的生活。冯先生起初在Vancouver 和 New Westminster之间以驾驶驿马廂车为生。 晚间, 先在New Westminster,尔后在 Vancouver, B.C., 就读教会学校习英文。其间对基督教产生了浓厚的兴趣。他在温哥华的公主街卫理公会教堂受洗,并于1898 年被任命为传教士前往纳奈莫的中国卫理公会任职。同时他的名字被英化为Dickman。 1906 年,Fong Dickman 被调往温哥华,组织并创办了《华英日报》(the Chinese English [Chinese-Canadian) Daily Newspaper,1906-1909). 这是最早的(如果不是第一的话)在加拿大出版的中文报纸之一。为教会工作了 25 年后,Fong Dickman 于 1923 年受封立为牧师。在他的一生中,他在纳奈莫 (1898-1906 和 1913-1921)、温哥华 (1906-1913)、新威斯敏斯特 (1922-1930) 和埃德蒙顿 (1930-1939) 担任牧师职务。Rev. Fong Dickman于 1939 年退休,直到 1942 年他住在不列颠哥伦比亚省的New Westminster市。从 1943 年开始住在Vancouver, B.C. 直到 1946 年4月10日离世。
一八九九(1899) 年,Rev. Fong Dickman 迎娶了维多利亚的Jane Chang小姐,他们育有四个女儿:Lavina Fong Dickman (后来成为 Lavina Cheng); Esther Fong Dickman;Anna Fong Dickman(后来成为了 Anna Lam);以及Mary Fong Dickman (不幸英年早逝)。除了他们对教会工作的忠诚协助外,安娜是第一位成为卑诗省注册护士的华裔加拿大人。 Esther 是温哥华的一名学校老师。Fong Dickman 夫人于 1927 年去世。除了传教工作之外,Rev. Fong Dickman 还喜欢创作,从他的宗教信仰角度描绘早期的中国移民。Rev. Fong Dickman是一位慈善家。他以有限的薪水资助过他故乡的一名传教士,
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The Fraser Valley Japanese Mission was formed in the early 1930s. It was an extension of the New Westminster Japanese mission, which had begun in 1898. In 1934, the Fraser Valley Japanese Mission became a separate mission and continued as such until 1942 when the Canadian government forcefully uprooted and interned Japanese Canadians. In the late 1950s, Fraser Valley Japanese United Church was re-established, and continued until it formally amalgamated with Northwood United Church (Surrey, B.C.) in 2013.
組織歴・履歴 :
フレイザーバレー日系人合同教会 (ミッション市、ブリティッシュコロンビア州)は1930年代初期に結成された。当初は1898年にニューウエストミンスター(英: New Westminster)で行われていた日系移民ミッションの一環であったが1934年に独立。1942年のカナダ政府による西海岸在住の日系カナダ人の強制収容まで活動した。1950年代後期に再度結成され、2013年に同州サレー市 (英: Surrey) のノースウッド (英: Northwood) 合同教会と統合するまで活動を続けた。
In 1925, the Secord United Church congregation was established, and their first church building was erected in 1928. At that time, Secord United was a part of a three point Pastoral Charge. River Avenue Pastoral Charge (1925-1931) included River Avenue United Church in South Vancouver, Secord United Church, and Dundonald United Church, located in South Burnaby. From 1931 to 1935, a new partnership arose with Secord-Renfrew Pastoral Chrage, which consisted of Secord and Renfrew United Churches. From 1936 to 1950, Secord United became a one point Pastoral Charge. In 1950 the name of the church was changed to Fraserview United Church, and in 1953 the building underwent major expansion and renovations. On July 1, 1995, Fraserview United Church was amalgamated into Collingwood-Fraserview-Wilson Heights Pastoral Charge, which met as a single congregation at the Wilson Heights church building. In 1998, this Pastoral Charge was renamed Wilson Heights Pastoral Charge.
Barnabas Courtland Freeman was born in Frontenac County, Ontario, in July, 1869. He went to Saskatchewan as a missionary in 1891, was ordained by the Manitoba and Northwest Conference of the Methodist Church in 1892, and was married to Ida Lawson of Frontenac County the same year. In 1893, he travelled west to British Columbia, serving among the Indigenous peoples at Skidegate, Lax Kw’alaams (Port Simpson), Port Essington, and Cape Mudge. In 1910 he ventured south to serve pastorates in Cumberland, Revelstoke, Port Coquitlam, and Vancouver. He was elected President of B.C. Conference in 1920. Freeman died at Cape Mudge in 1935. Throughout most of his career, he wrote poetry, short stories and essays. His poetry was published in The New Outlook, The Christian Guardian, and other church periodicals.
Ethel May Pierce was born on March 20, 1895 in Inwood, Ontario. She married Frederick Courtland Freeman, son of Rev. B.C. Freeman, on May 14, 1930. She died on May 16, 1987 in Vancouver, B.C.
Norah Hughes was the first woman to be ordained by BC Conference. She was born in Portsmouth, England, in 1905. She emigrated to Canada with her family as a teen in 1921, and settled in the Abbotsford area. After attending normal school, she taught elementary school for a short time, and then entered the University of British Columbia. There, she obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Science and a Master's degree in Biology. Hughes attended Union College, earning her Bachelor of Divinity in 1940, and was the fourth woman to be ordained in the United Church. She later obtained a PhD in church history from the University of Chicago. Her many charges included: Hazelton-Skeena River (1940-1941); Chase (1941-1942); Ashcroft (1945-1947); Hatzic (1947-1949); North Surrey (1949-1952); Fernie (1953-1957); Victoria West (1957-1960); Salt Spring Island (1960-1965); and Langley (1966-1970). Norah Hughes was also the first woman to serve as President of BC Conference (1962-1963). In 1964, she was given an honorary doctorate from Union College. After retirement, she attended Langley United Church. She died on July 28, 1989.
Inlet United Church was formed through the amalgamation of St. Andrew's United Church (Port Moody, B.C.) and Ioco United Church in 2019. Prior to choosing a name, the congregation was known temporarily as St. Andrew's-Ioco United Church (Port Moody, B.C.)
From the formation of The United Church of Canada in 1925, the Ioco congregation had been part of a two-point pastoral charge, known as St. Andrew's United Church. In 1991, Ioco and St. Andrew’s became two separate pastoral charges: St. Andrew’s United Church (Port Moody) and Ioco United Church.
In 2018, Ioco and St. Andrew's amalgamated to become a single congregation under the temporary name St. Andrew’s-Ioco United Church; it changed its name to Inlet United Church (Port Moody, B.C.) in 2019.
In 1929, Dr. Kozo Shimotakahara of the Vancouver Japanese United Church gathered seven other Japanese Canadian doctors and began a free clinic, held once a month, for babies and children. The clinic was opened under the auspices of the Vancouver Japanese Women’s Auxiliary and the Kindergarten Mothers Group.
Within a few short years, in response to an alarming incidence of tuberculosis among the Vancouver Japanese population, Dr. Shimotakahara and others in the community approached the City’s Department of Health, offering to open a free medical clinic at the church, under the supervision of the department. In 1932, in the midst of the Great Depression, the free clinic opened in the gym of the Powell Street Church. The Department of Health provided the clinic’s supplies and sent two nurses to the clinic but organizations within the Japanese community provided funding. Women of the church donated countless hours of service in these clinics. Dr. Shimotakahara and his colleague, Dr. Uchida, volunteered their services. The clinic provided free inoculations against diphtheria and smallpox, and hosted lectures and films to educate the community on public health.
Although it moved to 474 East Pender Street, the clinic continued to operate until the federal government forcibly removed the community from the coast in 1942.
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Methodist work among Japanese Canadians living in New Westminster began in 1898. The Japanese Methodist Church was built in the Sapperton area of New Westminster in 1907. In 1925, at the time of church union, the congregation entered the United Church of Canada. The congregation was closed in the fall of 1942, due to the Canadian government's forced uprooting and internment of Japanese Canadians.
組織歴・履歴 :
ニューウエストミンスター市 (英: New Westminster)在住の日系カナダ人を対象としたメソジスト教会のミッションは1898年に始まった。1907年にはニューウエストミンスター市のサパートン地域 (英: Sapperton) に日本人メソジスト教会を建設した。1925年の教会統合に伴いカナダ合同教会の一員となった。1942年のカナダ政府による日系カナダ人の強制収容に伴い閉鎖した。
In 1995 St Andrew's United Church in Fort Langley began a second worship service in the cafeteria/auditorium of Walnut Grove Secondary School to respond to the rapid growth in Walnut Grove. In 2000 "St Andrew's in the Grove" became a mission of Fraser Presbytery and took the name "Jubilee United Mission." Jubilee United Church was officially named and recognized by Fraser Presbytery in 2003. In 2012 Jubilee United Church amalgamated with Langley United, St Andrew's United, and Sharon United to form the United Churches of Langley.
Born in Hong Kong, KO James Yee Lai was trained in theology at Trinity Theological College, Singapore and was ordained by the Church of Christ in China, Hong Kong Council, in 1962. Rev. Ko came to Canada in 1964 and served with the Presbyterian Church at the Chinese Church in Windsor, Ontario. He was received into The United Church of Canada in 1972, and served at the Chinese United Church (Vancouver, B.C.) until his death.
KWAN Yu Nam was born in China, October 18, 1880. He came to Canada in 1912, serving the Chinese Methodist Church in Victoria for ten years, then the Chinese Methodist/United Church in Vancouver until 1932. After another decade serving the Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles, he returned to Vancouver to retire in 1942.
Ladner United Church (Delta, B.C.) was formed in 1925 out of the union of Ladner Methodist Church (Delta, B.C.) and St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Delta, B.C.). Methodist activity in Delta extends back to at least 1883 when Ladner's Landing was attached to the Langley Mission. In 1884, Delta Mission was separated from Langley which, besides Ladner, included points at Mud Bay, Boundary Bay, McKee's, Westham Island and Crescent Island. By 1896, the mission or circuit was called Ladner. A Methodist church was built in Ladner in ca. 1887-1890. Presbyterian activity reaches back to at least 1888 when the Presbytery of Westminster formed the new Delta Mission Field which included various points: Ladner's Landing, Mud Bay, McKee's and Westham Island. The two main congregations were St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Ladner (built ca. 1893) and St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church in East Delta (ca. 1891). St. Stephen's continued as a United Church congregation in Ladner Pastoral Charge from the time of union in 1925 until it disbanded in 2019. Ladner was a part of Vancouver South Presbytery until presbyteries ended, January 1, 2019.
In 1958 the congregations of Zion United and Trinity United amalgamated under the name Trinity-Zion United Church. They congregated at the Trinity United location on East 7th Avenue, until a new building was erected. In 1962 the new building at 12th Avenue and Semlin Drive was dedicated, and the congregation was renamed Lakeview United Church.
Presbyterian services in the Langley area began in 1874 in the home of a local resident. In the late 1880s, a Presbyterian group decided to build a church at Five Corners, in Murrayville. Thus, Sharon Presbyterian Church was opened in 1890. In the early 1920's, Langley Methodists attended Milner Methodist Church. Following Union in 1925, a United Church congregation formed in Langley in 1927, and services were initially held in a building known as the "Free to All Sunday School Building," on Glover Road. Early in 1930, the congregation decided to build a church of its own. A lot was purchased for $200 and in due course a church facility was built largely with volunteer labour. It was initially named Langley Prairie United Church, but was renamed Langley United Church. Langley United Church was a part of the Murrayville Pastoral Charge (Sharon United Church) from 1930-1950. In 1950, Langley Prairie United became a separate Pastoral Charge. The new Langley Prairie Pastoral Charge also included West Langley United Church from 1953-1962 and Clayton United Church from 1963-1964. By the early 1970s, it was clear the church needed to expand. Early in 1974 the present site at 5673 - 200th Street was purchased. A new building was dedicated on March 14, 1976. Further expansion of the facilities occurred in October 1991 with expanded Sunday School space, lounge area and office space. In 2012 Langley United Church amalgamated with Jubilee United, St. Andrew's United, and Sharon United to form the United Churches of Langley, part of Fraser Presbytery until presbyteries dissolved in 2019.
R.W. Large was a medical missionary with the Methodist Church. He graduated from Trinity Medical College in Toronto and came to Steveston (Richmond, B.C.) in 1898 to work at the Japanese Hospital. From 1900 to 1910, he provided medical services in Bella Bella, after which he moved to the Port Simpson Mission Hospital. The R.W. Large Memorial Hospital in Bella Bella was named in his memory, after he died in 1920.
LEUNG Chuk Ping was born in Kaiping (Hoiping), Guangdong, China. He came to Canada in 1922 with his son, So Won, and worked as clergy with the Methodist Church in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. During this time, the Methodist Church of Canada amalgamated with other denominations to form The United Church of Canada. Leung's remaining family members joined him in 1927, the same year he transferred to the Chinese United Church in Edmonton (1927-1930). This was followed by pastorates in New Westminster (1930-1932), Vancouver (1932-1938), Montreal (1938-1943), and once again Edmonton (1943-1952). LEUNG Chuk Ping died at Vancouver in June of 1965.
John A. Logan was born in Upper Stewiacke, Nova Scotia and educated at Pine Hill Theological College. He was ordained by the Presbyterian Church in 1877. In 1892, he moved to British Columbia and held pastorates at Chilliwack, Cumberland, and Richmond. In 1908, he began work as registrar, treasurer, and lecturer in church polity at Westminster Hall in Vancouver. He retired from active ministry in 1925. Some of the positions he held in the church included 19 years as clerk of the Synod of British Columbia; moderator of Westminster Presbytery in 1898; moderator of the Synod of British Columbia in 1905, and honourary secretary of BC Conference after church union.
Lily May McCargar was born on December 14, 1887 at Maxville, Ontario. She was educated in Ontario and attended the Margaret Eaton School of Literature and Expression in Toronto. She moved to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, in 1909 to teach English to members of the Chinese Methodist Mission Church. She joined the Woman's Missionary Society in 1921 as a mission worker, and was sent to Vancouver to work with the kindergarten at the Chinese Methodist Church (which came under The United Church of Canada in 1925). In 1933, she chose to use her year of furlough by traveling to China to study Cantonese. Before returning to Canada, she visited Jerusalem, Egypt, Germany, and the United Kingdom. During a second furlough, she attended the lectures at the Canadian School of Missions and at Emmanuel College in Toronto. Lily McCargar died on November 6, 1947 at Vancouver.
Vancouver District was created through a division of Westminster District in 1896. Vancouver District divided into Vancouver East and Vancouver West districts in 1910.
Vancouver East District was created in 1910 when Vancouver Districted was divided into East and West districts.
Vancouver West District was created in 1910 when Vancouver District was divided into East and West districts.
On May 9, 1888 the Richmond Mission was constituted by action of the Methodist conference. The congregation met in the municipal hall, then situated at Cambie and River roads, until their first church, Richmond Methodist, was built in 1891. Following church union in 1925, the church became Richmond United Church (essentially a name change). In 1961, the congregation sold the original church building and parsonage to the Municipality of Richmond and moved into a new church building at 8711 Cambie Road. The Municipality moved the original church building to Minoru Park as a centennial project in 1967 and re-dedicated it as a non-denominational church serving the community for weddings and baptisms. It is now known as Minoru Chapel.