St. Columba Presbyterian Church major changes. The gallery was removed and the auditorium lengthened twelve feet. The building was cut in half, the end or ends were moved out, and the addition placed in the centre. An impressive spire was added and a Scotch Thistle placed upon it. In 1905 St. Columba Presbyterian Church separated from the Covehead and Churches, which prior to that time were included in the Pastoral Charge. In 1925 St. Columba united with . Stewart, Harrington and Presbyterian Churches. This Charge continued until Highfield closed in 1950 and . Stewart in 1976. The membership of . Stewart was transferred to St. Columba. Then in 1976 the Presbytery of Prince Edward Island amalgamated the congregation of St. Columba with the congregation of St. Mark's in Sherwood . The Minister at that time was Rev. Cameron Bigelow . Harrington continued to have services of their own. In 1963 the exterior of the building was painted and a new organ installed. Then in 1964, the congregation of St. Columba celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the present Church building. In 1988 another major change took place to St. Columba Church when the building was raised and a new foundation installed. Following excavation a multi-purpose room was build complete with kitchen facilities and washrooms. Ministers of St. Columba Presbyterian Church Rev. Donald MacDonald Rev. William McLaren Rev. George M . Grant Rev. M. Cullen Rev. Alexander McWilliams Rev. George W . Stewart Rev. John Moffat Rev. John Gillis Mr. A.V. McLeod Rev. William Scott Rev. A.W. Mahon Rev. W.I.D. Moss Rev. Jacob Layton Rev. William H . Spencer Rev. John Hawley Rev. R. L. Coffin Rev. R. G. Sinclair Rev. W H. Sweet 1854-1857 1857-1861 1861-1863 3 months 1864 1864-1865 1865-1872 1872-1874 1874-1876 1874-1876 1876-1883 1883-1894 1895-1897 1897-1901 1901-1905 1907-1913 1914-1917 1919-1920 1920-1922 Rev. M. E. Genge 1930-1932 Rev. John A . Pritchard 1933-1935 Rev. John MacNeill 1936-1941 Rev. Henry P . Baak 1942-1944 Rev. F.N. Young 1946-1948 Rev. J.V. Crawford 1951 -1952 Rev. L. M. MacNaughton 1953-1956 Rev. Charles Townsley 1958-1960 Mr. HughLowry 1960-1966 Rev. W H. Brown ( Pulpit Supply) 1967-1970 Rev. J. Cameron Bigelow 1976-1981 Rev. Jack Chiang 1982-1989 Rev. Donald Wilkinson 1989-1997 Rev. Tom Hamilton 1998- Rev. Paula Hamilton 1998- Elders beginning earlier than 1879 John Ferguson Alexander Robertson Isaac Thompson Alexander Robertson , Jr. William Gibson William I. Thompson Alexander McBeath Roderick Munn Henry M. McLeod Lemuel H.D. Foster William J. Gibson Isaac Herbert Thompson John F. Ferguson John F. MacFarlane A.A. McBeath Earl WG . Foster A. Athol MacBeath Cedric G. Ballem Talmage H. Foster W. Scott MacArthur Cecil Stetson Earl D. Foster Ian MacArthur Directors of Music Robert White 1877- William Stewart 1881- Ethel Robertson 1902- John T. Ferguson Mary B. Thompson 1903- Mrs. J.T. Ferguson 1907- Florence Scott 1912 - John McFarlane Dorothy McFarlane 1934 (53 years) Marguerite Terrell assistant Myra Scott 1988- The Ladies ' Groups The ladies of St. Columba Church organized their Missionary Society group in 1899 with Mrs. L.H.D. Foster as President and Mrs. R.J.Munn as Secretary Treasurer . Mrs. Foster was President until 1954 and Honorary President until her death in 1967. -184-