Ministers

Below is, we think, a complete list of ministers from our two founding congregations, Verdun United and Crawford Park United.

Verdun Methodist Church 1901 – 1925

1901 - 1902                Rev. A.C. Hoffman
1903 - 1906                 Dr. A.J. Martin
1906 – 1910                Rev. Thomas Bole
1910 – 1914                Rev. F.B. Allnutt
1914 – 1915                Rev. H.W. Burnett
1915 – 1916                Rev. D.I. Hart
1916 – 1920                Rev. William Timberlake
1920 – 1924                Rev. Fred Williams
1924 – 1925                Rev. Isaac Norman

Verdun United Church 1925-2007

1925-1933                   Rev. Isaac Norman
1933 – 1957                Rev. J.G. Joyce
1957 – 1975                Rev. A.E. Jones
1975 – 1976                Rev. K. McLaughlin
1977 – 1979                Rev. J.R.H. Corbett
1979 – 1980                Rev. Harold Kennedy (supply)
1980 – 1998                Rev. Maurice Nerny
1998 – 2007                Rev. David Lefneski

Crawford Park United Church 1939 – 2007

1939 – 1944                Rev. J. Wilkinson
1944 – 1947                Rev.  J. K. Brown, (supervising supply minister)
1947 – 1955                Rev. John Downing
1955 – 1957                Rev. A.E. Jones
1957 – 1971                Rev. C. Dawson MacDonald 1972 – 1973 Rev. J.R.H. Corbett & supply
1974 – 1979                Rev. J.R.H. Corbett
1979 – 1980                Rev. Ernest Barratt (supply)
1980 – 1998                Rev. Maurice Nerny
1998 – 2007                Rev. David Lefneski

 SouthWest United Church 2007 – 2019

2007 – 2019                Rev. David Lefneski
2019 - present DLM Beryl Barraclough

VERDUN METHODIST

First church built 1902

Rev. A.C. Hoffman

Rev. A.J. Martin

Rev. Thomas Bole

2nd church, 1908

The two Verdun Methodist buildings were side-by-side on Gordon Avenue, near Wellington.

Rev. F.B. Allnutt

Rev. H.W. Burnett

Rev. D.I Hart

Rev. William Timberlake

Rev. Fred Williams

Rev. Isaac Norman

Verdun United Church

650 Woodland Ave.

Rev. J.G. Joyce

Rev. A.E. Jones

Rev. K. McLaughlin

Rev. Raymond Corbett

Rev. Maurice Nerny

Crawford Park United Church, 1445 Clemenceau, Verdun

Laying of the cornerstone, 1947

Rev. J.K. Brown

Rev. Purvis Smith

Rev. John C. Downing, Minister, 1945-1954

Rev. A. E. Jones, Minister, 1955-1957

Rev. C. Dawson MacDonald, Minister 1957-1971

SouthWest United was formed in 2007 when Verdun United and Crawford Park United amalgamated.

Rev. David Lefneski, Minister, 1998-2019

Pastor Beryl Barraclough has been at SouthWest since 2019