Carl Wesley Zurbrigg (1919-2002) was a minister with the United Church of Canada for 56 years. He was born in Listowel, Ontario. From 1937-1940 he worked at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Listowel and Auburn-Dungannon. He received a B.A. from Victoria College at the University of Toronto in 1943, and a B.D. from Emmanuel College in 1946. He was ordained by London Conference on May 28, 1946. He was a summer Student in Tribune, Saskatchewan (1941-1942), Madawaska (1943), Ker (1943-1946). He worked as an ordained minister at Jarvie, Alberta (1946-1949), Peace River (1949-1952), Drumheller (1952-1956), Olivet United Church in Hamilton (1956-1968), Dominion-Chalmers, Ottawa (1968-1975), St. James-Simcoe in Erie Presbytery (1975-1984). In administrative capacities, he was Presbytery Chair of Peace River in 1951, Hamilton in 1960 and Erie in 1980. He was the Hamilton Conference Pension Convenor from 1984-1988. He was on the Executive of the Board of World Mission/Division of World Outreach from 1960-1966. Zurbrigg died in 2002.
Zion-Wexford Church, at 2162 Lawrence Avenue East in Scarborough, began life in 1842 as a Primitive Methodist congregation meeting in a small building called Twaddle's Chapel in Wexford, Ontario. In 1876 a stone church with the name 'Parsonage Church' was built on the present site, and the Primitives joined the Methodist Union of 1884. A dispute led the congregation to join with the Presbyterian Church in 1888-1889, and it was as a Presbyterian congregation (renamed Zion) that it joined the United Church in 1925. In 1954 the name Wexford was prefixed to the congregation's name to distinguish it from other Zion churches in the Toronto Presbytery, as Metropolitan Toronto was formed and the geographic name Wexford disappeared from maps. In 2002, Zion-Wexford amalgamated with Wilmar Heights and became Wexford Heights United Church.
Carleton Place: Zion Memorial Pastoral Charge was formed in 1966 with the amalgamation of Carleton Place: Memorial Park Pastoral Charge and Carleton Place: Zion Pastoral Charge. It included Zion-Memorial, Boyd's and Franktown until May 1, 193 when Franktown and Boyd's separated to form a separate charge. It is still an active charge of the United Church of Canada.
Zion United Church was established in 1925, formerly Presbyterian; it amalgamated ca. 1966 with Memorial Park United Church in Carleton Place to form Zion Memorial United Church.
Memorial Park United Church was established in 1925, formerly Methodist; it amalgamated ca. 1966 with Zion United Church in Carleton Place to form Zion Memorial United Church.
Zion United Church had its roots in the American Presbyterian Church. In 1892, a church building was opened at Princess St. and Jackson Avenue. In 1898, the congregation merged with First Presbyterian Church at Gore and Hastings (now First United). Former Zion members left and re-organized as Knox Independent Presbyterian Church, and bought the old First Presbyterian Church building at Main and Cordova Streets. In 1902, the church members entered the Congregational Church of Canada and became Knox Congregational Church. A new building was opened in 1915 at Broadway and Woodland, and the congregation changed its name to Grandview Congregational Church. The congregation entered Church Union in 1925, as Zion United Church. The Rev. Charles E. Batzold served for 23 years as its first minister. In 1958, Zion and Trinity United Church amalgamated to form Trinity-Zion United Church. The Trinity building was used until a new church could be erected, at which point the name of the congregation was changed to Lakeview United Church.
Zion United Church was established in 1925 as Sundridge United Church; formerly a union church
Silverton was visited by both Methodist and Presbyterian missionaries in the early 1890s. In 1897 Zion Community Church was erected in Silverton for use by all denominations. In 1903, Sandon, Silverton and New Denver were united to form one charge called the New Denver Pastoral Charge. In 1925 after Church Union, Zion Community Church became known as Zion United Church. From 1925 until 1941 Silverton, Sandon and New Denver were part of the New Denver Pastoral Charge. Silverton was part of the Nakusp-New Denver Pastoral Charge from 1942 to 1964. From 1965 to 1984 Silverton was part of the Arrow Lakes-Slocan Pastoral Charge which included Arrow Park, Burton, Edgewood, Nakusp and New Denver. In 1985 Silverton became part of the Kootenay-Slocan Pastoral Charge with New Denver, Kaslo and Procter. Zion United Church continues today to serve the people of Silverton.
Zion United Church, Peabody was established in 1925, formerly Presbyterian; it closed ca. 1960
Zion United Church in Ostrander, located at lot 7, concession 8, was established in 1925, formerly Methodist. The congregation started as a Bible Christian Church ca. 1860. A church building was constructed ca. 1861 on now Highway 19. In 1884, it became Zion Methodist Church following the union of Methodist Churches in Canada. In 1900, the church was moved to Concession 8. It joined the United Church of Canada in 1925 and formed part of Springford Pastoral Charge until ca. 1930. It was then associated with St. Paul's United Church in Tillsonburg until ca. 1961 when it became a single-point charge. In 1995 it amalgamated with Avondale United Church in Tillsonburg.
Zion United Church in Mitchell's Corner, was established in 1925 and formed past of Hampton Pastoral Charge with Hampton and Eldad until July 1, 1987 when it separated to form a single-point charge. It closed on December 29, 2010.
Zion United Church was formed in 1968 when the Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church joined the United Church of Canada. Zion Church, Kitchener was established in the 1830s, with a congregation organized in 1839, and the denomination's first Canadian church erected in 1841. It was known as the mother church of the denomination in Canada, and several of the other Kitchener churches were its missionary offspring. Zion United Church closed in 2015.
Zion United Church, located at 106 Pine Street in Kingston, was established in 1925 when Zion Presbyterian Church in Kingston joined the United Church of Canada. Zion Presbyterian Church was established in 1891. It is an active congregation of the United Church of Canada.
Zion United Church, located at 10911 Pinehurst Line in Harwich, was established in 1925; formerly Methodist. It joined the United Church in 1925 and was part of a three-pioint charge with St. John's United Church in Botany and Huffman's United Church in Harwich. until circa 1943 when it became a two-point charge with St. Paul's United Church in Harwich It closed in the fall of 2019.
Zion United Church was established in 1925, formerly Methodist; it was originally known as Zion Tabernacle United Church. Zion Tabernacle Methodist Church was established ca. 1855; it joined the United Church in 1925.
Zion United Church in Drummond Township was established in 1925; formerly Methodist; originally part of the Montague Pastoral Charge, it became part of Beckwith-Drummond Pastoral Charge ca. 1938; it closed ca. 1953.
Zion United Church was established in 1925 with the union of Zion Presbyterian Church (founded 1892) and Ashcroft Methodist Church (founded 1897). From 1954 to 1958, the Charge included St. Andrew's United Church (Lillooet, B.C.) and was known as the Ashcroft-Lillooet Pastoral Charge. Congregations which are now closed, but which formerly were part of the Charge, are St. John's (Clinton, B.C., 1925-2011); Spences Bridge (1926-1977); Walhachin (1929-1959); and Cache Creek (1958-1973). Keefers, Savona, and North Bend were also points of the original Ashcroft Pastoral Charge. In 2011, Ashcroft became a single point charge. It had been part of the Kamloops-Okanagan Presbytery until presbyteries were disbanded when church restructured in 2019. Zion United Church disbanded on December 31, 2022.
Methodist Church services began in the Armstrong area as early as 1883. By 1891, the Shuswap and Okanagan Highway reached into the valley, and the population of the area grew, as did the Methodist church membership. An increase in church membership resulted in the building of the Armstrong Methodist church. The church was dedicated on December 11, 1892. The Armstrong Methodist congregation was originally part of the Spallumcheen Pastoral Charge which included Enderby, Landsdowne, Schuberts (or Round Prairie), Pleasant Valley, Vernon (then known as Priests' Valley), Mission and Grand Prairie. By 1896 the mission field of Spallumcheen was divided into two parts. Armstrong, Enderby and North as one point and the southern portion from Vernon southward, as the second point. In 1911 Armstrong Methodist Church became a separate charge. Presbyterian services in the Armstrong area date back to 1886. Services were originally held in the Armstrong Methodist church until the Zion Presbyterian Church was opened on January 5, 1902. The Methodist and Presbyterian congregations entered church union in 1925, with services being held in the former Presbyterian church building.
The Zion Circuit of the United Brethren in Christ Church consisted of classes of German-speakers in Zion, Mount Carmel and Lowbanks, Ontario.
Zion Methodist Church was active from at least 1889 to 1914
Zion Methodist Church starting in 1876 when residents of the Bracondale neighbourhood began meeting in various homes. A meeting house was erected in 1878, and in 1890 a new building was dedicated at the corners of St. Clair and Rushton, known at Zion Methodist. A subsequent rebuilding on the same site from 1914-1924, and a new name, St. Clair, was adopted prior to the congregation joining the United Church in 1925.