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NELSON UNITED CHURCH
"We dare to live the Way of Jesus,
Embodying the Love of God"
NELSON UNITED CHURCH HISTORY
Nelson United Church, as we know it today, was first built in 1908/09 as Trinity Methodist,
replacing a wooden structure at Josephine and Silica.
Two fires, in 1915 and 1967 (when only the choir gowns survived both), tested the resolve
of the congregations, but each time, they rebuilt and improved the structure.
When The United Church of Canada was formed in 1925, Trinity Methodist Church
and St. Paul's Presbyterian Church became United Churches.
In 1955, they amalgamated into Trinity-St. Paul's United Church.
A new congregation, Fairview United Church, was created in May 1958.
These two congregations subsequently amalgamated in 1995 to form Nelson United Church.
NELSON UNITED CHURCH
Since it was built, the present building has had four names: Trinity Methodist; Trinity United; St. Paul's-Trinity and, now, Nelson United Church. The cornerstone, dated 1908, commemorates the original marble building and in 2008 we celebrated with great joy the 100th anniversary of the creation of our church building and over the year recalled the names of the many "saints" who have gone before us to help make us what we are today.
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