The Hickson United Church was built in 1901 and opened in 1902. Given the small size of the town of Hickson, the church was used as a meeting place for community functions including baptisms, weddings, funerals, Bible school, Brownies, Girl Guides, Scouts, weddings and baby showers.
As with so many churches across Canada (approximately 9,000 of them due to close within the next 10 years) this one closed due to declining congregation sizes.
In 2019 there were approximately 20 families attending mass on Sundays. Final services were held on March 10th, 2019.
The church donated leftover items to other nearby churches. The pews will be sold and anything left over, put into storage.
The property was purchased by a company based in Toronto. There is talk of turning the building into apartment housing, but as we know in this hobby, it could easily be vacant for several years to come.
There are signs of decay in the main entrance but otherwise the church is in good condition.
The church gathered up all of the contents such as books, glasses, and other small items and will allow other churches to pick up items they can re-purpose. The pews will be sold and the remaining contents put into storage.
I hesitantly approached a man who, along with his wife, were cleaning up the church. I explained that I was looking to take some photos to capture the history of the church. He invited me inside where I met his wife (Denise?). We spoke a bit about how society doesn’t have time to religion any more.
I enjoy speaking to people who have an attachment to their church. I find them down to Earth, easy to approach and overall decent people.
I seen the church was for sale for around 350 000 dollars…..i dont have that much money….and looks delisted did someone buy it then? i live near ayr Ontario homeless near work, id love to buy this church and have it back open just for open discussions, not church music or materistic church crap…i would encourage looking at Mathew Poole commentary, Geneva 1599 study bible, John gill….john Wycliffe, Adam Clarke, Albert Barnes….theres so may good Christian commentaries out there with somewhat varying views but generally the same…but once you got that picture and realize how in dark the churches leave you today….anyway, sometimes i stop by and look at it, i like the old architecture…its 2024…i honestly can’t buy the cheapest house anywhere near here let alone land…i looked at tavistock history.com i think it was and i seen how much people make housing and investment and how much they raise the prices over adn over again and it really disgusted me actually….you can google alert pike the First World War must be formented in google and see the letter of 3 world wars you can add me on fb…Jason Doering from Houston Texas “god will fight for me” fb page, ive got videos to try to lay out the basic narrative exposing the enemy, touch on bible prohecy…enemies influence on nations, churches and their goal for world domination and using people for their worldly gain and agendas by brainwashing, marking them and how these nations aren’t ours….ect ect…and that its late in the narrative of revelation….and the churches are heavily influenced…..have been for a while….check it out fellas….youll be fascinated once you start looking staying out of churches…you dont need to stand in church give money to them raise your hands and sing says right in there he doesnt need to be worshipped with hands lol anyway…have a good day fellas
quick note to correct the text – only catholic churches celebrate mass; it should say the last service was held . . . not the last mass.