History

How was Temperanceville named? Love's Corners at Temperanceville


What's in a name? In 1809 the Love family invited neighbours to worship with them in their home. The Love family home was so close to the present location of the church, that the distance would be measured better in feet, rather than in miles. The neighbourhood was known as Love's Corners. While the Love family moved out of the neighbourhood; LOVE, God's LOVE, never left. God's LOVE is here, always with us.                                                                                                                                                       

                                                     

The Love's Corners community built a log church at first and then replaced that with a brick church in 1854 and eventually with the present day church in 1897. God's LOVE also moved the hearts and minds of the Love's Corners community to raise awareness about the harm of alcoholism and to make a difference about it. Several Temperance societies carried out that work. Their strong impact led to re-naming the neighbourhood and the congregation Temperanceville. 


People who gathered for friendship and for kind-hearted service to others in the early decades of the Love’s Corners–Temperanceville community included indigenous families and families from Asia and from western Europe. The name Temperanceville is a sign of service to others. Successive generations maintain the name and service to others.


 Temperanceville United Church traces its roots to the early days of the 1800s when settlers began trekking into the "hinterland" of what is now known as York Region.

The first log church was erected on the present site in 1809 with an adjoining cemetery as was usual for most rural Ontario churches in the early days of the 19th century.

Families have been worshipping at Temperanceville United Church for more than two hundred years.

Sunday School began in 1832 with 21 members and by 1849 had grown to forty-two. Annual Tea Meetings were held and attended by everyone since they provided activities and much of the social life for the community.

The name Temperanceville comes from the fact that between 1840 and 1890, there were five different Temperance Societies located in the area.

In 1887, three appointments made up the charge - Temperanceville, Wesley and Mount Pisgah. 

Mount Pisgah closed in the 1960's, with Temperanceville and Wesley continuing as a two-point charge until May 2017, when they decided to realign, and are now two separate charges.

PAST MINISTERS

1854- William Willoughby and William McDonagh

1855- William Willoughby and John S. Clarke

1856- J.W. McCallum, Wm. Hill and W.J. Hunter

1857-8- William McFadden and A.R. Campbell

1858- William McFadden and John Potts

1859- William McFadden and John Scott 

1860-61- Kennedy Creighton and George M. Meachman

1862- Kennedy Creighton and Thomas Feather

1863-64- Joseph Shepley and Thomas Bell

1865- Joseph Shepley and P.D.Will

1866- John Shaw and Joseph Colling

1867- John Shaw, Andrew B. Chambers and A. Cunnington

1868- John Shaw and Richard W. Woodsworth

1869- John Hunt and Daniel Cattanach

1870- John Hunt and William Mills

1871- John Hunt and John E. Lancely

1872- Edward Barrass, Geo. McIntyre and John Pickering

1873- Edward Barrass and John C. Stephenson 

1874- Edward Barrass and G.H. Bishop

1875-76- Jas. Shuttleworth and G.H. Bishop

1877- Daniel E. Gee and Wm. H. Madden

1878- Daniel E. Gee and Jabez Wass
1879- Daniel E. Gee and Chas. Langford
1880-81-Jacob E. Howell and Frank Keam
1882- Jacob E. Howell and Wm. Bacon
1883- Joseph E. Sanderson and Jas. W. Wilkinson
1884- Joseph E. Sanderson and J.W. Savage and Leonard Phelps
1885- J.W. Savage and J.A. Chapman
1886- J.W. Savage and J.A. Rankin
1887- D. Idle / 1888-90- Henry McDowell
1891-93- W.R. Roach / 1894-95- Thos. G. Scott
1896-98- Herbert Lee / 1899-1900- Richard Strachan
1901-02- Wm. P. Brown / 1903-06- Jas. H. Stonehouse
1907-10- Wm. Madden / 1911-14- Wm. H. Learoyd
1915-18- Thomas Scott / 1919-22- J. Wesley Fox
1923-29- Thomas R. White / !930-36 Garnet W. Lynd 
1936-43- W.A. Westscott / 1943-54- Ernest C. Moddle
1954-57- Victor A. Wood / 1957-62- Ivan E. Kennedy
1962-64- Ronald E. Evans / 1964-71- Earle F. Stotesbury
1971-81- Arthur J. Thompson / 1981-99- James Bushell
2000 -2007- Vicki Cousins
2007 to present- Maria Mindszenthy