Gibson Memorial United Church

The Kingsley Methodist Congregation was first formed in 1836.The first church of the congregation in Kingsley was situated a short distance up the Royal Road from Estey's Bridge on what was called the 'sand hill'. Services were conducted by the minister from the Fredericton Church (Wilmot) and the church was often spoken of as the 'Sister Church' to Wilmot.In 1873, the minister from Devon was in charge of the services and Kingsley has been a part of that charge ever since.In 1897, the senior members of the congregation decided that a new building was needed and along with the Baptists, planned to build a new church that would be used by both Baptist and Methodist congregations.When work on the new building (the present Baptist Church) was well under way, certain members of the Methodist congregation decided they would like to erect a church building of their own. All members agreed, and soon the building of the present United Church was well begun and was dedicated in 1898 - with Rev.