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Bury United Church (Bury, Que.)
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Bury United Church, initially of Methodist denomination, was organised around 1863. A first church was built between 1863 and 1872 in the town of Robinson, now known as Bury. By 1896, this church had outlived its capacity and another church was built and dedicated in 1898. In 1925, when the United Church of Canada was founded, amalgamating Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches, the Bury Methodist Church decided to join the Union. The MacKenzie Chapel at Gould Station, built in 1910 but no longer used as a place of worship, was purchased, moved and annexed to the church in 1958. Bury United Church is under the jurisdiction of the Quebec and Sherbrooke Presbytery of the Montreal and Ottawa Conference of the United Church of Canada. The Church is governed by the Board of Trustees, the Official Board, the Board of Stewards, and the Congregation in co-operation with organizations within the Church, such as the United Church Women (previously called the Ladies' Aid Society and the Woman's Association) and the Women's Missionary Society.