Fairlawn’s Ministers and 100 Year History
Why does the front of the church look lopsided? How many manses have we had? What crisis faced the church when it set out to build the current building?
The answers can all be found in the stories by Gary Schlee appearing at fairlawn100.wordpress.com
Read our history:
And below, some interesting reading about our history:
- Miss Anne Krug
- Davidson and Buchanan
- The Trimble Years, Part 2
- The Trimble Years, Part 1
- Profile of Jean Whitworth
- Over the Rainbow
- A look at church government, Part 2
- A look at church government, Part 1
- Profile: Tom Clarke
- Sinclair and the wartime ministers
- 100th birthday weekend
- Rev. C.C. Washington
- Profile of Shirley Joyce
- A Boom and a Depression
- Rev. Herbert L. Partridge (1925-1931)
- The creation of the United Church of Canada
- Ministers’ homes reflect changing trends
- Determined to raise a church
- Dianne and Ross Bird
- Profile of Elaine McCarthy
- Building the little w hite church
- David Stephens
- Hotel Years: The Ministers
- Profile of Sheila Corkill
- Hotel years: The 20 Petitioners
- It all started in a hotel bar
- Profile of Anne Barber
- Profile of Jill Klaehn and four generations of Fairlawn involvement
- Kick-off Presentation Jan 2015
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Happy Birthday to Us! 1915-2015 Fairlawn turns 100
Fairlawn’s March 8 re-creation of a 1915 Church Service
- Photos from the 1915 Bedford Park Methodist Church service
- More photos from the 1915 service
- Recipe for “Scripture Cake” with scripture readings
- Order of Service


Here we are dressed up for 1915 in top hats and spats for the men; hats, w hite gloves and furs for the ladies, at the
re-enactment of a 1915 church service. The church was packed and many people came in the spirit of 1915.