History
Welcome! Cedar Park United is a theologically open and questioning congregation that warmly invites all visitors to join us in faith, family and community. The church community began in 1893 as a summer pastorate under the leadership of Otto Lilly. With the influx of permanent residents into the community, a year-round pastorate was founded in 1899 as the Pointe Claire Presbyterian Mission. An enlarging population by 1922 resulted in the construction of Lilly Memorial Presbyterian Church, and in 1925 Lilly Memorial became part of the United Church of Canada. In order to accommodate the higher number of postwar numbers, the present building was constructed in 1954-1955 and was renamed Cedar Park United Church. The congregation celebrated its centennial in 1999.
As a long established church, Cedar Park draws its members and adherents from a wide area. The congregation has 266 households under its pastoral care, with membership at 273. The average Sunday attendance is approximately 100. There is a Sunday School of about 25 children ages 3 to 12. During the last 60 years, Cedar Park United has had only four ministers, each staying 10 years or more. Our present minister is the Rev. Sharon Moon.
Copies of Centennial Stories of Cedar Park United Church by Jeannie Walbridge Blevins describing the first 100 years of the congregation are available for $15 from the Church Office (514 695-3337). For a more extensive online history of the church, visit http://cedarparkunited.org/old/history.htm.
