moved back to Alberton, Prince Edward Island. This couple was able to get Rev. Nathan Washburn, district superintendent of the New England District, to come to Prince Edward Island. This man held a three-week revival meeting which led to the organization of the Alberton and Elmsdale Nazarene Churches. In 1919, Rev. John E.W. Turpel became their ﬁrst minister.

Two more churches were established because of Rev. Turpel’s efforts - one in the Mount Pleasant area and the other in the O’Leary area.

In 1922, large revival meetings were held in the O’Leary community area. Because of these particular meetings, a church was established here with forty-four members. Charter members are peo- ple who join the church within the first year of the church's official establishment date.

The first Nazarene Church established in the O’Leary area was actually in Unionvale - a small rural community just east of O'Leary. The church congregation in Unionvale met in a large tent. When the attendance was exceptionally large, sides of the tent were lifted to accommodate more people. The tent was pitched on the lot — the present location of Gordon Rodgerson’s barber shop.

Later on, (the year is not known) men from the church volun- teered their services to built a small wooden frame structure. This was the first real Nazarene Church of the area. It was a time of great fellowship and joy for the people. Dan Buchanan recalled that the minister at that time was William Mercer. Sometime between 1934 and 1937, the little church was hauled to O'Leary and put on the corner of Main Street and the Barclay Road. The parsonage, originally hauled from the Webb Road, was relocated beside the church.

The Maritime Nazarene Churches were very interested in having their own district. In 1943, the Maritime delegation went with a peti- tion asking for the setting-apart of the Maritimes as a separate dis- trict. The members of the committee were Rev. Ernest J. Myatt, Rev. Layton G. Tattrie, and Mrs. M.E. Carlin. The new district was approved by the Board of Superintendents. Rev. W.W. Tinks, the pas- tor of a church in Hamilton, Ontario, was appointed superintendent. A meeting was called in the O’Leary Church to set up the district organization. There were only 244 members in nine churches in the new district. The Canada Atlantic District was organized at O’Leary, Prince Edward Island, on July 8, 1943.

In 1965, the O’Leary Nazarene Church was experiencing poor attendance. For nine months the church had been without a pastor. Out of concern, they invited an evangelist, Sheila Graham, to con-