As you can tell from our name and how it's spelled, we represent two congregations that merged in 1937. What many people don't know, however, is that the two congregations actually started out as one. Carry on, gentle reader.
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Our Lineage
The Rev. William Proudfoot arrived from Scotland and founded a congregation which became First Presbyterian Church (United Associated Synod of the Secession Church). There followed a withdrawal of the Established Church adherents to form a separate congregation, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, which, until it could build its first building, met in different downtown locations.
First Presbyterian Church
- 1836 - Church opened on the south side of York Street between Richmond and Talbot - referred to as "The Scotch Church"
- 1850s - Original church burned down
- 1862 - New church built on the south-east corner of Dufferin and Clarence Streets
- 1865 - Vestry and Sunday school room added
- 1893 - Church rebuilt
- 1903 - Sunday school and lecture hall added
- 1925 - Joined the United Church of Canada
First United Church
- 1932 - Improvements made to church
- 1937 - Voted to unite with St. Andrew's Church
- 1938 - Church building sold to London Life and torn down. Now used for parking for London Life.
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St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
- 1843 - Original frame church, called North Street Presbyterian, opened on the present site of FSA.
- 1844 - Established church adherents broke off to form St. James Presbyterian Church and built a church at the fork of Clarence and Richmond Street (now named New St. James Presbyterian Church and located at Wellington and Oxford Streets)
- 1868 - Cornerstone laid for present sanctuary building
- 1869 - New building opened
- 1888 - Present chancel built to house pipes for the first organ, a "Woodstock"
- 1905 - St. Andrew's Hall dedicated (east wing)
- ? date - Church parlour and rooms above added adjoining the sanctuary and Sunday school building
- 1925 - Joined the United Church of Canada
St. Andrew's United Church
- 1937 - Voted to unite with First Church
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First-St. Andrew's United Church
- 1938 - Renovation of sanctuary
- rebuilding and relocation of organ in chancel "pit" and pipes to chambers on either side of chancel to provide open chancel with east and west choir stalls facing each other
- removal of galleries on east and west side walls
- creation of centre aisle with new pews and chancel paneling on main floor
- central pulpit replaced with present side pulpit and lectern
- installation of present stained glass windows in chancel
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- 1949 - War memorial stained glass windows dedicated
- 1955 - Sanctuary redecorated
- symbols for 12 Apostles, 4 Gospels, Alpha and Omega painted on ceiling
- several stained glass memorial windows dedicated
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- 1956 - Present Chapel and Christian Education Building dedicated after 1905 building was gutted and rebuilt
- 1969 - New Casavant Freres tracker organ installed in balcony of sanctuary and chancel redesigned
- 1974 - New Casavant Freres organ installed in Chapel
- 1975 - Ceiling symbols covered with drywall when some plaster fell
- 1982 - Extensive updating of Christian Education Building and kitchens
- 1995 - Access addition incorporating chapel and sanctuary entrances, an elevator, and new washrooms installed
- 1999 - Sanctuary refurbished and ceiling symbols replaced
- 2005 -" Lower Hall" refurbished and renamed "Proudfoot Hall"
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Listing of Ministers
First Presbyterian (United after 1925) |
St. Andrew's Presbyterian (United after 1925) |
- Rev. Dr. William Proudfoot: 1832-1851
- Rev. Dr. J.A. Proudfoot: 1851-1889
- Rev. Dr. William L. Clarke: 1890-1907
- Rev. Dr. John G. Inkster: 1907-1913
- Rev. Dr. William J. Knox: 1913-1921
- Col. The Rev. William Beattie: 1821-1933
- Rev. Dr. Moir A.J. Waters: 1933-1937
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- Rev. Dr. John Scott: 1850-1875
- Rev. James A. Murray: 1875-1894
- Rev. Dr. Robert Johnston: 1895-1903
- Rev. Dr. James Ross: 1903-1913
- Rev. Dr. Donald C. MacGregor: 1914-1936
- Rev. Dr. John Y. MacKinnon: 1936-1937
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First-St. Andrew's United Church (Beginning Jan 1, 1938) |
- Rev. Dr. Moir A.J. Waters: 1938-1940
- Rev. Dr. John Y. MacKinnon: 1938-1951
- Rev. W.S. MacLeod: 1941-1942
- Rev. D. M. Bishop: 1942-1946
- Rev. O.P. Hossie: 1946-1947
- Rev.G.A. Cowper-Smith: 1947-1949
- Rev. J.S. Gibson: 1949-1958
- The Very Rev. Angus J. MacQueen: 1951-1964
- Rev. Dr. C.D. McLellan: 1958-1965
- Rev. Alexander J. Farquhar: 1964-1980
- Rev. Dr. G.B. Gray: 1965-1966
- Rev. G. P. Cumming: 1966-1969
- Rev. Dr. Moir A.J. Waters: 1969-1972
- Rev. D. Parsons: 1971-1973
- Rev. I.R. MacKay: 1974-1978
- Rev. D.R. Carothers: 1978-1980
- Rev. Anthony Gazzard: 1980-1989
- Major The Rev. J. Piercey MacLean: 1981-1990
- Rev. Dr. Frank Meadows: 1989-2000
- Rev. Deborah Carter: 1990-1991
- Rev. Catherine Moore: 1992-1998
- Rev. Dr. Susan Shelstad: 1997-2011
- Rev. Dr. David McKane: 2002-2010
- Rev. Dr. Kate Crawford: 2010-
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