Charlottetown at that time. It remains intact today as Trinity United Church, the oldest church building in Charlottetown still in regular use. In 1863, the Prince Edward Island Baptist Association reorganized. For reasons of convenience, the Charlottetown Baptists broke from their association with Nova Scotia and rejoined the Island group. The Charlottetown Baptist Church, with its large membership, was key to the success of an Island association and it is assumed that they played a major role in the renewal. This time there was no discomfort with the Nova Scotia Baptists , as they too encouraged and supported the Island reorganization. This evidence of co-operation would eventually lead to the creation of a more logical Maritime Baptist Association. It is interesting to speculate about the thinking of the political delegates from various provinces, the Fathers of Confederation, who gathered in Charlottetown on the first week of September, 1864. They held their first meetings leading to the union of the confederated provinces of British : Canada . The "Fathers", who arrived on the SS Queen Victoria at the foot of Great , would have walked up the street toward the Colonial Building, right past the front door of the Charlottetown Baptist Church. Dr. Charles Tupper , a Nova Scotia representative, had organized the Charlottetown meetings and encouraged delegates from all provinces to participate. Might he have known that it was his father, Rev. Charles Tupper , who 38 years earlier had been indirectly responsible for the establishment of Charlottetown Baptist Church, when he baptized Thomas DesBrisay during an 1827 mission visit? If Sir Charles , a Baptist himself, was not aware of this, he must at least have had some awareness of the Baptist Chapel in Charlottetown . He and the other Nova Scotia delegates at the Conference were lodged right next door, across , at London House hotel. The observance of the Lord's Supper once a month was always open to those members who felt worthy to observe it, and each month the number was recorded. Very rarely were there more than 15 or 20 partaking. One observer noted that the fewer taking Communion, the more intense the pastor's preaching would be for the next three or four weeks, as great effort was made to correct "backsliders'. Communion in the Charlottetown Baptist Church was served with a silver service set that included a server and two goblets, one larger than the other. The observance of the Lord's Supper was always anticipated by members of the congregation, whether they were moved to participate or not. When suspensions from membership were necessary, there was almost never a reason or cause mentioned; only the fact that the offenders were "negligent in their walk." One exception of this is the case of a church member, Mrs. Ellen Whalen , now known as Mrs. Ellen Henessy . Apparently Mrs. Whalen 's husband had left the Island two years previous and without any news his wife had assumed him gone forever, or dead. She met and married a Roman Catholic gentleman named Henessy. When the Charlottetown Baptist Church realized that one of their members had done this she was called before the Trustees and Deacons and heard Rev. John Davis read the following resolution: Whereas Mrs. Ellen Henessy , formerly Mrs. Ellen Whalen , has seen fit to contract a second marriage, and whereas the marriage has been contracted while it was yet uncertain that her former husband was living or not, and 33