Westview Gospel Chapel, Victoria, BC
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Lewis Speller started a Sunday School in a little store at the corner of Marigold Road and Interurban Road in the Marigold district of Victoria. He put benches in the back of his truck and faithfully drove around the district to pick up any children who were interested in coming.
As an outreach of Victoria Gospel Chapel, the Sunday School moved into the Marigold Scout Hall and functioned there for many years. An adult Bible class was added to the Sunday School work In order to bring the children in, a bus was chartered to drive around the area, and Mr. Speller continued to use his truck. Hundreds of children heard the message of salvation, and many parents also.
Another outreach in the Marigold district was a Sunday evening Gospel meeting, also held in the Scout Hall. Some people from the neighborhood attended those meetings regularly. On one of his visits to Victoria, Stan Beasley, a pioneer missionary in New foundland, encouraged the brethren who were carrying on the Marigold work to form a building fund with the goal of establishing an assembly.
In cooperation with the brethren at Victoria Chapel, plans were made to build a chapel on Brunswick Place near the Colquitz Junior Secondary School. The brethren spent many hours working together to complete Westview Gospel Chapel. In September 1962, the building was completed enough for meetings to begin. Twenty five believers Remembered the Lord in the first meeting. Sid Biggs, Joe Gilmore, Lewis Speller, and Gordon Roberts were the prime movers in establishing the new assembly.
A Ladies Coffee Hour was a means of Gospel outreach to neighborhood ladies. Vacation Bible Schools and a vigorous youth program were a part of the work of Westview Gospel Chapel. The building was enlarged in 1975, and about 130 were in fellowship in the late 1970s. Hospital visitation programs have marked recent years. Others in leadership at Westview have been George Douberoff, Doug Relf, Joe Taylor, Eldred Williams, Steve Miller, Henry Loewes, Enoch Johnson, Brad Cameron, Carl Schulz, Phil Townshend, and Alex Yashuk. About 50 are in fellowship today, plus about 20 children.
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[edit] Also See
Oaklands Gospel Hall, Victoria, BC
Westview Gospel Chapel, Victoria, BC
Ross Bay Gospel Hall, Victoria, BC
Bethesda Gospel Chapel, Victoria, BC
Oak Bay Gospel Assembly, Victoria, BC
[edit] Author
Dan H. Smith, Ed.D. President, Emmaus Bible College
[edit] Resources
Questionnaire responses and other correspondence
History of the Assembly in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, by Amy Spence, 1987
History Outline of the Balsam Bay Assembly, by Harry Newman, 1977
Brandon Gospel Hall, 1888 - 1988
The (Austin) Gospel Hall Story, by Lyle Knox, about 1985
St. James Gospel Chapel, Historic Highlights, undated
History of Arlington Street Gospel Chapel, by H. Zimmermann, undated
Letters of Interest, June 1955, p. 12
