In 2010 we celebrated the 100th birthday of the
present church building.
Above: Centennial of St John's Minster
Anglican Church - August 25, 1910 - July 18, 2010
Clergy shown (l-r): Rev. Canon Michael Stonhouse, Rector, 2010; Rev. J. D. Mullins, Secretary, Colonial and
Continental Church Society; Rev. Principal (later Bishop) George Exton Lloyd; and Rev. C. Carruthers, Rector, 1910.
(Photo composite by Foster Learning Inc.)
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Above: The ceremonial laying of the cornerstone of St John's Minster
Anglican Church - August 25, 1910
Clergy shown (l-r): Rev. J. D. Mullins, Secretary, Colonial and
Continental Church Society;
Rev. Principal (later Bishop) George Exton Lloyd; and Rev. C.
Carruthers, then Rector of St. John's Minster.
(photo courtesy of Peggy Peckover and Sandy Hill -
from Bordering on Greatness)
St. John's was established by Rev. George E. Lloyd in 1903. In
fact, when the grateful British colonists wanted to commend his
leadership by naming the new town after him, he insisted the name be
Lloydminster, to acknowledge that he had come to found
a "mother church" (or minster), not a secular town.
The first services were held in the Lloyd home, until the log church was
constructed in the spring of 1904.
The Old Minster after de-consecration and before
being moved and restored.
Photo courtesy of the Lloydminster Regional Archives