German United Church

The history of the church building dates back to the Davisville Methodist Church which celebrated its first worship service in a log cabin on the first Sunday in April 1851. Soon after that first log cabin was too small, and in 1860 the congregation built a school house, where the first worship services and Sunday school took place. Already in 1865 the congregation needed more space and built a meeting place for about 120 people. The congregation continued to grow and in October of 1886 broke ground for the first church building, where the first worship service was celebrated on the second Sunday in January of 1887.

The cornerstone for today's church building was laid in December 1924; the official opening of this church was on November 1, 1925.

In 1929 a pipe organ was added to the church. And in 1946 the congregation decided to build an addition. Construction did not start until 1958, and the grand opening of the "James Carson Taylor Memorial Community Centre" was celebrated on January 10, 1960.

Towards the end of the century maintaining the church became more and more difficult for the dwindling congregation. On April 5, 1992 the Glebe Road United Church congregation passed trusteeship of the building to the then growing Deutsche Evangeliumskirche (German United Church).

Between 1975 and 2005 a third congregation, Formosan Christian Church, shared the worship space, and on special occasions joint worship services were held. As result of an amalgamation the Formosan congregation vacated the building, and was shortly after replaced by a japanese congregation.

Today worship services are being held in three languages by three congregations: Glebe Road United Church (englisch), der Grace Japanese Church (japanese), and German United Church (german).