Don and Elaine Peelings established this fund to provide a reliable source of annual financial support to St. John’s Anglican Church. This church played an important role in their lives and they wanted to do their part to help ease the church’s financial burden and ensure it can continue to carry out its good work year after year, for generations.
In 1964, the couple settled in the community of Westphal where they became active members of St. John’s Anglican Church. That “Little Church with the Big Heart,” as it is affectionately known by locals, lived up to its title, welcoming the Peelings. They formed a life-long bond with the church and its congregation as both parishioners and committed volunteers.
St. John’s Anglican was consecrated by Bishop Inglis, the first Anglican bishop in North America, on June 26, 1791 – the feast day of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. It is known locally as the great grandmother of all metro Anglican churches.
