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Bateman United Church

From 1911-1915 services were conducted by students preaching at Bateman, St Boswells, and Rouen schools. Clergyman's salary in 1916 was $1,000.00.

In 1919 the CNR rail line was extended west from Gravelbourg and a basement for the church was then built at Bateman.

May 26th the elected trustees made application for a loan to build a church and a manse. In 1926 a fine brick church was built and dedicated September 19, 1926. The church itself cost $8,338.82 in material. A good portion of the loan was retired about 1946.

In the late 1940s the minister moved to Gravelbourg and the charge was changed to Bateman, Gravelbourg, and Palmer. The church closed about 1985.

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Bengough Presbyterian Church
1966
Bengough, Saskatchewan

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Bengough Presbyterian Church

September 6th, 1911 the Presbyterian decided to send a student minister to the new town of Bengough.

The first church was erected in 1913. Rev. Muckel served as a minister from September 1913 to February 1914 and later died in World War I.

The building later became a BPOE Lodge Hall and then later became known as Knox United Church.

Bengough continued as a student field and would be so until a manse could be provided. A manse, formerly a hospital, was eventually purchased with the assistance from the Church and Manse Fund. In 1935 this church reverted to a student field until 1950. The unused manse was sold and the money invested into Victory Bonds and then used to build a new church in 1966. The mortgage was retired in 1974.

Regular services still continue

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Coderre/Courval Area Grace United Church
1925
Coderre, Saskatchewan

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Coderre/Courval Area Grace United Church

In early years worship services were held in the local homes, schools and the CPR waiting room. The first minister was Mr. Mahn.
In 1927 the Coderre Women's Auxiliary was active in raising funds for the purchase of the church. In 1939 a church building was purchased from St. Boswells and moved to the present site. Served by student ministers from Moose Jaw Presbytery and later from Gravelbourg.

In 1990 after 51 years of service this church closed due to economical circumstances. The congregation then amalgamated with the Shamrock United Church. The Old Wives U.C. was a mission point.

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Constance United Church
1927
Constance, Saskatchewan

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Constance United Church

The United Church at Constance was built in 1927 by John Dighan Sr. and Chris Salberg.

The first pastor was Rev. Warden.

In early 1950's the church building was moved to Rockglen and is still part of the church there.

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Coronach (Methodist Church) United Church
1953
Coronach, Saskatchewan

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Coronach (Methodist Church) United Church

Through the Methodist Mission, services were held in the settlers' home. The area from Willow Bunch south to the US border, east of Harptree, west to Fife Lake (aka as Delightsome Valley) and to the Little Woody was known as the Willow Bunch Mission.

In 1916 a parsonage was built with a grant from the Methodist Missionary Society using donated lumber. This site was 1 ½ miles south of present town of Coronach. In 1926 with the advent of the CPR, a site for the church building was purchased in town. The basement was dug, cement work completed, a roof put on the basement and the interior finished. In 1953 the church was completed and dedication held on September 20, 1953. The original manse was moved in 1926, and then replaced in 1976.

Today it is known as Borderland Pastoral Charge comprising Coronach, Rockglen, Kildeer and Fife Lake. Regular services are still offered by the resident pastor.

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Coronach Area Clydesdale Presbyterian
1955
Coronach (area), Saskatchewan

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Coronach Area Clydesdale Presbyterian Church

The first settlers from Scotland started to arrive in 1906. A few church services were held during the summer.

In 1911 a student minister, Mr. Angus McIntosh was sent by the Presbyterian Church from Toronto and services were held in homes and the school until the Woodsman's Hall was built. Then a Methodist minister, and later a minister of the Holiest Movement, held services.

In 1925 the Clydesdale School was opened and services were held there for the next thirty years.

Mr. Rees, from Wales, was the first minister. The minister was shared with Rockglen, Coronach and sometimes Willow Bunch.
In 1955 the school closed and the building was then purchased by the congregation.

Church closed in 1968 with the faithful joining the Coronach church and donating the organ.

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Courval/Pansy District Protestant Church
1940
Courval (area), Saskatchewan

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Courval/Pansy District Protestant Church

From "oral tradition" information is sketchy, there is no question however, of the ongoing life and ministry of a Protestant Church shared by Courval and the Pansy Districts. The denomination of the early "preacher" remains unsolved. At its earliest, worship services were held in homes, a school and a hall. The preacher's particular denomination depended on which denomination had extra personnel to send out.

They may have been Methodists, Presbyterian, Congregationalist, Lutheran, or Anglican. The need for spiritual endeavours was paramount.

Preacher Brown, served in the late 1920's at the Pansy District and Courval.

In 1959 the little school house church was closed. The congregation went to the United Church at Coderre.

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Crane Valley Presbyterian (United)
1954
Crane Valley, Saskatchewan