Assemblée chrétienne de Granby, QC
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With the encouragement of Samuel Clark, a meeting began in 1951 in the home of Archie Lloyd in Roxton Pond, near Granby, halfway between Montreal and Sherbrooke. This was the beginning of the Assemblée chrétienne de Granby, QC. Christians from Assemblée chrétienne de Farnham., QC helped, and the Assemblée chrétienne de Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC sent encouragement in the persons of Paul Boèda and Alphonse Lacombe.
Raymond Taylor, after his studies at Bethel Bible Institute in Sherbrooke, came in 1952 to stay with the Lloyds, his aunt being Wilda Lloyd. He started a Sunday School on Sunday afternoons in the home of the Alberts at Roxton Pond, which was received with enthusiasm. When Mr. Taylor married and returned to Sherbrooke, Gerard Lacombe and his family moved to Granby and picked up the Sunday School work, holding it in his apartment at the corner of Ottawa and Elgin Streets in Granby. Raoul Auger joined the group at this time.
The Lacombe apartment soon was too small for the growing assembly, and in 1953 the Christians constructed a chapel for Assemblée chrétienne de Granby, QC at 324 Denison Ouest. The official opening was in May 1954. Among the first families in the assembly were those of Barabé, Beaulieu, Deschènes, Harvey, Lacombe, Eveline Langevin, Lehman, Lloyd, Taylor, and Tétreault. Roland Lacombe (a brother of Gerard), Roger Dupont, Samuel Coppieters, and Claude Vachon have served as elders. About 100 are in the assembly today.
[edit] Also See
Assemblée chrétienne de Sorel, QC
Assemblée chrétienne de Granby, QC
Assemblée chrétienne de Farnham., QC
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Dan H. Smith, Ed.D. President, Emmaus Bible College
[edit] Resources
Looking Backward, Pressing Forward: A Brief History of the Montreal Assemblies of Christians known as brethren, 1860s-1993 by George H. Dixon.
30th Anniversary of God's Faithfulness to Huntingville Community Church, 1955 _ 1985.
Sorel - Dedication of a New Chapel, 1996
Portfolio of Huntingville Community Church, undated
News of Quebec, vol. 41, #1, spring 1986; vol. 41, #2, summer 1986; vol. 41, #3, fall 1986; vol. 42, #1, spring 1987; vol. 42, #2, summer 1987; vol. 44, #2, summer 1989; vol. 44, #3, fall 1989.
Letters of Interest, June 1945, p. 13; September 1946, p. 33; June 1948, p. 19; May 1950, p. 17; October 1955, p. 14; November 1955, p. 7; January 1958, p. 3; June 1962, p. 21; July/August September 1963, p. 8; April 1971, p. 16; September 1973, p. 6; January 1985, p. 8.
[edit] Ending Note
There about two dozen additional present-day assemblies of French-speaking believers in Quebec for which the necessary historical information is lacking
