Bloor Street United Church - Congregational Dates

• January 23, 1886 - Meeting of the Historic Eight
• February 5, 1886-Lot on corner Bloor and Huron purchased
• October 24, 1886-Sabbath School and mid-week meetings started on Sussex Avenue
• December 5, 1886-First church service held in connection with this movement
• December 6, 1886-Cornerstone of new schoolhouse laid
• November 16, 1887-Congregation formally organised by Presbytery
• January 17, 1887-Women's Foreign Missionary Society auxiliary organised
• April 15, 1888-First services held in church building
• September 4, 1888-The Rev. W.G. Wallace inducted as minister (1888-1918)
• November, 1888-Women's Association organised
• June 8, 1890-New church dedicated 1890-First home mission established in Wynchwood district of Toronto 1902-The Rev. Dr. James Menzies designated as our special missionary
• June, 1902-General Assembly met in Bloor Street Church
• April, 1905-R.G. McKay appointed as first minister's assistant
• April 22, 1906-Mission work started at Rhodes Avenue
• January 14, 1907-Women's Home Missionary Society auxiliary organised
• March 28, 1909-New Sunday School buildings formally opened 1909-Weekly Church Calendar first issued
• May 1, 1910-W.A. Cameron inducted as assistant minister
• June, 1912-The Rev. David Lang inducted as assistant minister 1913-Mission work started as Davisville-Glebe church
• May 28, 1914-MacLaren Auxiliary (W.F.M.S.) and Robertson Auxiliary (W.H.M.S.) amalgamate into Wallace Auxiliary (W.M.S.)
• September 10, 1915-The Rev. Dr. George C. Pidgeon inducted as colleague minister (1915-1948)
• September 12, 1918-The Rev. Dr. W.G. Wallace resigns his charge
• October 28, 1918-Church office established with Miss Ethel K. Ross as its first secretary
• June 1,1919-First secretary of young women's work appointed, Miss Nina Millen 1919-Department of Religious Education established with the Rev. C.M. Wright as its first director
• February 8, 1920-Junior Congregation and Kindergarten services started
• March 17, 1920-The Rev. Dr. Menzies killed in North Honan June, 1923-Dr. Robert Mcclure designated our special missionary
• December 22, 1924-January 9, 1925-Congregation votes to follow its Church into The United Church of Canada
• August 19, 1928-Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Taylor designated for service in India
• September 17, 1929-The Rev. Crossley W. Krug inducted as assistant minister
• May 25, 1930-The Rev. William S. Taylor designated to India
• June 22, 1934-The Rev. Frank Fidler indicted a assistant minister 1936-Mrs. J.A. Jackson retired after thirty years of service to the kindergarten congregation
• October, 1936-Miss Lillie Carr appointed young wonen's worker
• September 12, 1939-The Rev. Eric L. Cowall inducted as assistant minister
• September 17, 1941-The Rev. Donald MacLeod inducted an assistant minister
• September 5, 1945-The Rev. G. Preston MacLeod inducted as associate minister
• September 10, 1945-A $5,000 gift set up the George C. Pidgeon scholarship at Emmanuel College on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of Dr. Pidgeon's induction 1947-The Rev. J. Phillips Jones appointed visiting minister
• November 16, 1947-Diamond Jubilee Services
• June 30, 1948-Dr. Pidgeon retired
• November 19, 1948-The Rev. Dr. Ernest M. Howse inducted as minister (1948-1970)
• September 16, 1949-The Rev. Kenneth Cleator inducted as associate minister
• 1950-Miss Ethel Ross retired after 32 years a church secretary
• August 30, 1954-Church damaged by fire
• September, 1954-Gift of George C. Pidgeon house to church
• September 10, 1954-The Rev. Walter Sellars inducted as associate minister
• November 24, 1954-Congregational meeting adopts restoration plans
• January 8, 1956-Re-dedication of rebuilt church
• September 10, 1957-The Rev. J. Stanley Kennedy inducted as associate minister
• 1969-1986-The Rev. David Allan
• 1970-1975-The Rev. Bruce McLeod
• 1975-1986-The Rev. Clifford Elliott
• 1987-100th anniversary
• 1995-Affirming congregtion