Presbyterianism in Summerside 1853—2003

for 119 years. Summerside Presbyterian Church em- braced the new Atlantic Mission Society wholeheart- edly and hosted the Annual General Meeting of Synod, Sept. 18—20, 1996.

The Evening Circle, A. M. S., and the Joy Group are the only two currently active women’s service groups within Summerside Presbyterian Church. In 1994 the Evening Circle celebrated its fiftieth anniversary of serv- ice to the church. The Joy Group was organized in Oc- tober 1983. The name JOY is an acronym for (J)esus first, (O)thers second, and (Y)ourself last. The JOY group became affiliated with the W. M. S. in 1987 and prior to 1983 was called the McBride Auxiliary. The McBride Auxiliary was an amalgamation of the Burn- ing Bush and the Ellen Gordon Auxiliaries in 1970. The Ellen Gordon Auxiliary first met in 1961 and the Burn- ing Bush Auxiliary in 1963.

There are currently no active men’s service groups in Summerside Presbyterian Church. Since the present church was built in 1969 there have been two active church groups in operation which included men - The Presbyterian Men’s Club and The Presbyterian High- land Society. The Presbyterian Men’s Club was organ— ized in 1958 and the first president was David Carnegy. It was disbanded in 1970. The last Executive of the club included: President, Carl Moase; Vice-President, Ken Walker; Secretary, Bill Harrison; and Treasurer, Norman Morrison. The Presbyterian Highland Society was founded in 1963 with Walter Coulson as the first president. It was organized to provide support to the Presbyterian Pipe Band and included both male and female members — primarily parents of the band mem-

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