Elliott MacInnis, Vance MacKay, and Mrs. Russell (Georgie) McInnis with the 
     
     cooperation of the Rev. Stewart B. Russell. While much of the historical infor- 
     
     mation was obtained from local church records, interviews with senior citizen 
     
     residents, and the records in the Prince Edward Island Genealogical Society and 
     
     the Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation Archives, when con- 
     
     fusion arose over the possibility of more than one or two churches in 
     
     Miminegash, the Rev. Stewart B. Russell and Warren W. Goss visited the 
     
     Archives, Pine Hill Divinity Hall, Halifax, Nova Scotia where they examined 
     
     obscure records on June 15 and 16, 1981 with a good measure of success. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Besides gathering the story about the origin and use of the Miminegash 
     
     United Church building, there were plans to be made regarding the renovation of 
     
     the building, the selection of a guest speaker, and the order of the services for the 
     
     anniversary celebration. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The painting of the interior of the church including the furniture was completed 
     
     by professional painters. The exterior painting was done by Wade McInnis aided by 
     
     Robert E. MacInnis, Reginald McInnis, and Warren W. Goss. The exterior work 
     
     began on July 11, 1981 and was finished on July 25, 1981 despite three days of rain, 
     
     some very hot weather, and a potato truck used as part of the staging, which got 
     
     stuck in the mud and had to be removed by a tractor. 
     
    
   
   
    
     On July 31, 1981, the elders, Robert Elliott MacInnis, Vance MacKay, and 
     
     Mrs. Russell (Georgie) McInnis, voted to invite Mr. Brown J ardine, a former pastor 
     
     of the church from 1962 to 1965, to be the special guest speaker on Anniversary 
     
     Celebration Sunday which was selected for August 23, 1981. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The weather was warm on August 23, 1981, and there was a good chance that 
     
     the weather would be pleasant. However, during the Morning Service, a thunder 
     
     storm occurred which brought heavy rain. Then the sun began to shine, and it was 
     
     very hot, especially with so many people crowded into the church. While the after- 
     
     noon was sunny and warm, about 6:00 pm. another shower came, but the weather 
     
     cleared by the time for the Evening Service to start. 
     
    
   
   
    
     As a result of the publicity given this event, the church was completely filled 
     
     with a congregation in the morning estimated to be more than two hundred people, 
     
     some of whom sat outside the church and listened to the service by means of loud 
     
     speakers. The evening service was attended by about one hundred and fifty people 
     
     with a more informal service during which time an Anniversary Cake, in the shape 
     
     of a Bible, baked and decorated by Marie Luttrell and inscribed “Happy 100th An- 
     
     niversary, Miminegash United Church, 1881-1981,” was cut in one hundred and 
     
     fifty pieces and distributed by John Stanford Green, the oldest member present, in 
     
     the absence of Elizabeth B. (Costain) Sentner, the oldest member of the church. The 
     
     youngest person present was Miss Allison Ruth Walker, six weeks old, the great, 
     
     great grand daughter of Robert McInnis, who settled on the Center Line Road in 
     
    
   
   
    
     Miminegash in 1866. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Special music in the morning was provided by Mrs. Blanche Bowness, Mrs. 
     
     Lois Stewart, the Miminegash United Church Choir, and Mrs. Blanche Crockett, 
     
    
   
   
    
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