Andover-Kincardine Pastoral Charge
Perth-Andover, New Brunswick

The Andover-Kincardine Pastoral Charge of The United Church of Canada is located in and around Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, Canada. The pastoral charge is comprised of the following four congregations: St. James United Church, Perth-Andover; St. Paul's United Church, Gladwyn; Kincardine-Upper Kent United Church; and Upper Kintore United Church.

Our churches are located along the St. John River and its tributaries in north-western New Brunswick in eastern Canada, close to the border with Maine, USA.

Heather Caseley, Crazy 4 Bettas
Brookfield, Nova Scotia

Heather has been breeding Bettas for several years and is the only member East of Montreal in Betta Breeders Canada, the official Canadian chapter of the International Betta Congress (IBC). Her goal is to produce quality halfmoon bettas and promote the health and welfare of all betta species. Today, she has many quality pairs from Thailand and has built a strong rapport with her favorite suppliers on the other side of the world as well as other breeders across Canada.

Check out her Stock Shop, Breeding Stock and Spawn Log menu items for some fantastic high quality colourful photos of some of the bettas she has, or soon will have, for sale.

Flemming Nielsen
Fredericton, New Brunswick

Born in a small Danish town during the Nazi occupation, Flemming Nielsen's early childhood memories are of fear, oppression and acts of war. Barely out of high school, he and his older brother emigrated to Canada. He has had his own film company, been a cinema owner, film festival president, magazine publisher and has conducted the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. Retiring to Mexico, he sold luxury real estate to wealthy tourists before returning to Canada to enjoy family life in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

This memoir serves as a time capsule of his extra-ordinary life, which he continues to live to the full.

Jon Fidler
Fredericton, New brunswick

Jon Fidler is a self-taught singer, guitar-player and songwriter who started his first band at age 14.

In between gigs at bars and opening for bands such as April Wine, Trooper and Blue Rodeo, Jon works at a hair salon (Hair Hunters in Fredericton - see below) to pay the bills. He has produced two CDs: Cryin' Shame (1994) and All This Fun ... And Money Too (2004) and looks forward to producing a third CD in the near future.

Faith Memorial United Church
Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick

Faith Memorial United Church serves the area of Bath, Bristol, and Florenceville in western New Brunswick. It is a new congregation, resulting from the amalgamation of the 3-point Florenceville Pastoral Charge. The new church, built in 2002, is located in Florenceville-Bristol, a community that has a population of approximately 1,700, located in the scenic Saint John River Valley, a little north of the middle of the province and approximately 13 km from the American border into Maine.

Kensington United Church
Kensington, Prince Edward Island

A Presbyterian church was built in Kensington in 1886 on donated land and a Methodist church was built in 1888, also on donated land. Following Church Union in 1925 all of the Methodists and the majority of the Presbyterians joined and became the Kensington United Church. For many years Summerfield United Church was the second point on this Pastoral Charge: over the years this congregation was blessed by faithful and dedicated members who took a great interest in the local congregation and were strong supporters of the wider church. Summerfield United Church was closed in 2008.

Knox Presbyterian Church
Harvey, New Brunswick

The congregation of Knox Presbyterian Church in Harvey was organized on August 13, 1840, and at the first communion held the following Sabbath, the congregation then consisted of 47 members. There are currently about 315 members on record at Knox and Acton. Being in the centre of lake country, we enjoy the fellowship of cottagers at our summer services at both Acton and Knox. The present church (Knox) was dedicated in June, 1927. On July 11,1971, a Christian Education Centre was dedicated which housed a Ladies Parlour, a study and numerous Sunday School classrooms.

Two Rivers Pastoral Charge
Southwest New Brunswick

Two Rivers Pastoral Charge is a rural three-point pastoral charge located in southwest New Brunswick and nestled around the beautiful St. John and Kennebecasis Rivers on the outskirts of the City of Saint John. The churches are in the Town of Grand Bay-Westfield and on the historic Kingston Peninsula site of the first United Empire Loyalist settlement in New Brunswick. A third river, the Nerepis, flows into the St. John in Grand Bay-Westfield.

On June 1, 1998, Two Rivers Pastoral Charge was formed consisting of the congregations of Bayswater-Summerville, Long Reach, and Westfield.

Wilmot United Church
Fredericton, New Brunswick

Wilmot United Church is the last of the large frame churches that dominated the skyline of New Brunswick's riverfront capital city throughout the 19th century. It is an example of the style known as "carpentry gothic" and it is believed that Wilmot is the first church in North America to have had a symbolic hand on its steeple. The steeple was removed in 1974 because of structural weakening, and the wooden hand is now on display in the Sanctuary.

Woolastook Presbytery
Fredericton, New Brunswick

Woolastook Presbytery is one of 13 Presbyteries and one synod (in Bermuda) that make up the Maritime Conference of The United Church of Canada. It came into being in 1970 when the former Woodstock Presbytery and Fredericton Presbytery were combined. Woolastook Presbytery has within it 30 pastoral charges, all in New Brunswick. The Presbytery boundary extends from Edmundston and Plaster Rock in the north to Gagetown and Grand Lake in the south, and from Doaktown in the east to Harvey and Centreville in the west.

Lifesong Yoga
Fredericton, New Brunswick

Kathryn Downton, Lifesong founder, is the Maritimes' only Certified Viniyoga teacher and therapist. A specialist in age and stage appropriate yoga, she completed a 5 year Master's teacher training with Claude Marechal of Belgium in 2002 and continues with advanced training each year. Also trained in Reiki, a form of Healing Touch, and Reflexology, Kathryn brings her varied experiences with community development, adult education, and healing chronic illness to her work.

Hair Hunters Styling
Fredericton, New Brunswick

Hair Hunters Styling, located in the heart of downtown Fredericton, offers full service hairstyling in a five-chair unisex salon. Located in the heart of the Capital City's central business district, at 440 King Street, in Kings Place in Downtown Fredericton, New Brunswick, Hair Hunters offers full service styling for men, women and children and has an extensive range of products from Rusk, Joico and American Crew.