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1871-2017 (Creation)
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- Trinity United Church (Elmira, Ont.)
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1.82 m of textual records
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Trinity United Church, located at 21 Arthur St N in Elmira, was established in 1971 with the amalgamation of Wesley United Church and Zion United Church in Elmira. The congregation formed part of Elmira-West Montrose Pastoral Charge until the West Montrose congregation closed in 2005. It is still an active congregation of the United Church of Canada.
Wesley United Church in Elmira was established in 1925, formerly Methodist. The first Methodist church in Elmira was built in 1855. It formed part of the Elmira Methodist Circuit with Conestogo and WInterbourne. In 1873 a new church was built at Arthur Street and it was at that time the church was renamed Wesley Methodist Church. The congregation joined the United Church of Canada in 1925 and formed part of a three-point pastoral charge with Conestogo and West Montrose. In 1960 a new church was constructed and the old one became an auction house. On July 1, 1971, Wesley United Church amalgamated with Zion United Church in Elmira to form Trinity United Church in the former Zion church. The Wesley building was sold to the Elmira Missionary Church.
Zion United Church was established in 1968, formerly Evangelical United Brethren. The Zion Evangelical Association congregation was formed ca. 1867. The church was built in 1870. It formed part of the Elmira Circuit along with North Woolwich and Floradale. In 1922, the church became Zion Evangelical Church, and in 1946, it became Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church. The congregation joined the United Church in 1968. In 1971, it amalgamated with Wesley United Church to form Trinity United Church.
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Fonds consists of board minutes of Elmira Methodist Circuit (includes Elmira, Conestogo and Winterbourne), 1902-1911; records of Zion Evangelical Association Church, Elmira (includes Elmira Evangelical Association Circuit, Floradale, and North Woolwich), 1871-1922; Records, including baptisms, 1876-1929, of Zion Evangelical Church, Elmira (includes Elmira Evangelical Church Circuit, Zion Evangelical Association Church in Elmira, Floradale and Woolwich), 1876-1945; records, including marriages, 1896-1948, of Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church, Elmira (includes Elmira Evangelical United Brethren Circuit, Zion Evangelical Association Church, Zion Evangelical Church, Floradale and Woolwich), 1896-1967; records of North Woolwich Evangelical United Brethren Church (includes North Woolwich Evangelical Association, North Woolwich Evangelical Church), 1913-1967; records, including baptisms, 1906-1966, marriages, 1896-1971, and burials, 1907-1971, of Elmira - West Montrose Pastoral Charge (includes Elmira Methodist Circuit, Elmira Pastoral Charge, Wesley Church in Elmira, West Montrose and Conestoga), 1906-2005; records of Wesley United Church, Elmira (includes Elmira Methodist Church), 1877-1971; records, including baptisms, 1906-1956, marriages, 1907-1971, and burials, 1907-1956, of Zion United Church, Elmira (includes Zion Evangelical Church in Elmira, Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church in Elmira), 1906-1971; annual reports of West Montrose United Church, 1967-1973; records, including marriages, 1971-1992, of Trinity United Church, Elmira (includes Wesley United Church in Elmira and Zion United Church in Elmira), 1965-2017.
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Hamilton Conference - finding aid 290