Religion

St. John's Minster Anglican Church,
built in 1910 to replace the original log church,
celebrated its centennial in the summer of 2010
- for more details click here

Photo courtesy of the Doug Aston Collection  

• May 29 - June 1, 2003, St. John's Minster hosted the Provincial Synod of the Anglican Church Province of Rupert's Land ... more

• The Last 25 Years: [A Report on the] Growth of the Church in the Diocese of Saskatchewan from 1900 to 1924 - by Canon W. H. English - click here

•  Two accounts re: Holy Trinity - one of the daughter churches of St. John's Minster [minster = mother church]

  •  Letter by Mrs. J. A. Brew (1927)

  •  Summary covering similar details

Photo courtesy of Keith Wright 

Below: Every summer, the St. John's congregation holds a service at The Old Minster
now on the grounds of the Barr Colony Heritage and Cultural Centre.
Pictured is the year 2000 service, with Rev. Don Byrt officiating

Log Church Interior 2000  Photo courtesy of Don Whiting Photography

Log Church Exterior 2000 with congregation  Photo courtesy of Don Whiting Photography

Below is the signature list of those who attended the first ever service
at St. John's Minster in Lloydminster (July 24, 1904)
To make this valuable historic document as visible as possible, what is below are only the thumbnails
of the original documents.  Click on each one for an enlarged view.
The two lower documents are a typed transcript prepared at some later (unknown) date
so that the hand written names can be identified.  It is obvious that while this transcript
was done by those with some familiarity with the original parishioners, that some errors
were made and some corrections were attempted.
[Note 1: It is obvious that those who did the typed transcript knew little of the British background.
On page 2, in the upper left portion, the document was signed by William Taylor,
Principal, Sir Walter St. John's School, London and lecturer on education at St. John's College Battersea.
The transcribers have rendered College as the name Totley and initially converted Battersea,
an English village at the time, into a person's name D. Atkinson.]
[Note 2: What is often forgotten in the popular lore, is that Rev. Lloyd was a family man
and the signatures of his wife Marion and of their children are of special interest.]