History
The congregation of Fort Rouge Methodist Church was founded in 1883 and began as a mission congregation of Grace Methodist Church, which had been organized in the small settlement of Fort Garry in 1868 through the auspices of the home Mission Board. In 1883, when the decision was made to found a congregation south of the Assiniboine River in the new Fort Rouge district of the 10 year old city, Winnipeg, the area consisted only of scattered residences.
Celebrating our 120th anniversary
We celebrated the 120th anniversary of Crescent Fort Rouge in July of 2005 with many activities, an open house and planting of 120 geraniums in their beautiful gardens on the south side of the building.
The other founding church of Crescent Fort Rouge United was Crescent Congregational, formerly located at the corner of Arbuthnot and Macmillan Avenue. This church was erected in 1910 and was extensively renovated in 1927. In the early months of 1935 a plan was devised for a provisional union of the two churches for a period of two years. At the end of the probationary period the two congregations voted to join and become Crescent Fort Rouge United Church.
Crescent Fort Rouge is like a downtown church, but it is a vital contributor to a uniquely vibrant community. It continues to reach out to the people who live here, to welcome them to worship, and to share resources with them, in the hope that its presence will be an example of God's work in the community.
