Putting Down Roots 1866-1900

of Rev. John Geddie’s missionary zeal, Summerside

Presbyterian Church continued to be a missionary congregation. One particular incident in the early missionary work of the church stood out as a poignant example of the importance of Home Missionary work. In 1888, when the Summerside church was sponsoring a missionary in the British Columbia hinterland, the grateful people there named their community “Summerside” in appreciation of the support received from the Presbyterian congregation in Summerside. In 1910 Summerside Presbyterian Church supported a missionary in Demarara, British Guiana.

In varying degrees mission projects have been ongoing ever since. In 1950 Summerside Presbyterian Church had a Women’s Missionary Society, a Missions Committee, the Evening Circle Missionary Society, W. M. S, the Erromanga Group, W. M. S., and a Mission Band. By 2002 the Church Mission Committee, the Joy Group, and the Evening Circle Auxiliary, A. M. S. were active in supporting Home and Foreign missionary work. In recent years some of the church’s missionary efforts at home and abroad have been refocussed. Through the church’s Mission and Outreach Committee and the Refugee Committee a greater emphasis has been placed on assisting families in their efforts to begin a new life on Prince Edward Island.

In the early years after the construction of Summerside Presbyterian Church Sabbath worship

Since its inception, and perhaps due to the influence

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