wife of the Lieutenant Governor, and by Mrs. Daniel Stewart, wife of the Commanding Officer of the Regiment. The Reverend T.F. Fullerton, Chaplain, was among those present on the occasion and gave an address. Church authorities accepted the colours for safekeeping on August 6, 1922, at the request of Colonel V.L. Goodwill of the battalion.
SPECIAL FEATURES
To the right of the chancel is the Dr. T.H.B. Somers Memorial Chapel. This chapel, established in 1967 to honour a devoted ministry of almost twenty-five years, perpetuates the memory of those whose lives have enriched the ministry of Christ in this congregation. The names of those who made the chapel a reality are recorded in the Book of Remembrances.
The Book of Remembrances has become an important part in the ongoing life of the congregation. The names of those honoured within this sanctuary will be entered here, and thus remembered as we continue to serve Christ.
The Communion Table in the Somers Memorial Chapel is the one used for the Sacrament in the sanctuary before the renovations of 1931. On the table sits a Celtic Cross, sacred to the memory of Dr. Somers. It was the gift of his wife. The chairs are in memory of Louis Sadler and Frank Shannon Sadler. The lectems, benches and railings were memorials gifts of others.
To the left of the Chancel and in balance with the Somers Chapel is the Prowse Memorial. This is an entrance alcove and quiet retreat created in 1969 by the Honourable T.W.L. Prowse and family in memory of Mrs. Prowse. The chair in the Prowse Memorial was in memory of Howard L. MacDonald - 1980.
On the North wall is a doorway leading into the Hyndman Memorial Archives. This room was originally the minister’s vestry. In 1977, it was refurbished in memory of members of the Hyndman family. It houses historical material relating to the Kirk and its people.
In the Prowse Memorial is an oak case which was presented to the Women’s Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. It houses historical records. In the Hyndman Memorial Archives is a similar case which houses the Communion Set in silver plate. The Communion Service and the two cases were gifts of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Stewart, and were given in memory of Daniel Stewart, a former elder. The first case was built by the Chandler Brothers in 1948. The second case was built in 1923 by Duncan Livingstone, a Church Officer.
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