Presbyterianism in Summerside 1853-2003 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Henry Dickie in 1888. 
     
    

    
     In 1892, during 
     
     Rev. Mr. Dickie’s five 
     
     year ministry, the 
     
     Sunday School (Sab- 
     
     bath School) Hall was 
     
     erected. Discussions 
     
     were held at the An- 
     
     nual Meeting of Jan. 
     
     4, 1892 to plan fi— 
     
     nancing the con- 
     
     struction of the hall. 
     
     At that time the 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The Pioneer, 28 June 1887 members of the con- 
     
     Summerside Presbyterian Church in 9 re 9 a t I O n t O 0 k a n 
     
     1887 unprecedented step 
     
    
   
   
    
     in an effort to in- 
     
     crease congregational contributions: “It was then on 
     
     motion resolved that all the names with the amounts 
     
     contributed for the past year be read at the adjourned 
     
     meeting to be held here on Wednesday the 20th inst." 
     
     The cost of erecting the new church hall was estimated 
     
     to be $2 000.00. The “fund—raising plan” worked. The 
     
     Annual Congregational Meeting held on Jan. 2, 1893 
     
     was conducted in the new Sunday School Hall. At the 
     
     Adjourned Annual Meeting, on Jan. 18, 1893 the Sec— 
     
     retary, R. C. MacLeod, commented in the Managers 
     
     Report: “Your managers in submitting their report of 
     
     receipts & expenditures, for the past year desire to 
     
     express their gratitude to God for the measure of suc— 
     
     cess attained, and have much pleasure in congratulat- 
     
     ing the congregation for their increased liberality, in 
     
     their regular weekly offerings, and contributions to the 
     
    
   
   
    
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