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Rosemount is a district of Montreal having a mixed population of English-speaking and French Canadians. In 1945, two assemblies were in Rosemount, one of them French-speaking, formed in the early 1940s. The English assembly, Ebenezer Gospel Hall has been in existence since 1928. Ebenezer was located in the heart of the English-speaking population and situated opposite the Rosemount Protestant School, one of the largest schools in Quebec.
[[Alfred Perks Gibbs|Alfred P. Gibbs ]] had two weeks of meetings with children in 1945 and each night the hall was filled. At that time, John Dawson and George H. Dixon were the elders. In 1953, the assembly moved into a new chapel at 2900 Rosemount Boulevard, Montreal. Ebenezer Gospel Hall at that time had about 40 or 50 in fellowship along with a progressive children’s work. The assembly later relocated to 6000 13th Avenue in Rosemount as Ebenezer Gospel Chapel. Today it is a thriving assembly known as Rosemount Bible Church.
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We now leave Montreal and consider assemblies around the Province, beginning with the English-speaking.
The assembly at Grace Chapel in Sherbrooke was begun in 1940 at 489 Montreal Street, principally through the efforts of two medical doctors, Arthur Hill and William Klinck, and their families. The Christians moved through several addresses on the same street until the present building at 267 Montreal Street was purchased in 1942. David Long gave a helping hand during and after World War II, conducting a popular and well-attended evening Bible school. A profitable campaign was conducted in 1951 by ernest Woodhouse. Five weeks of meetings were held with Bram Reed in the fall of 1953. [[Alfred Perks Gibbs|Alfred P. Gibbs ]] was among those whose visits encouraged the growth of the assembly. By 1955, some 100 were in fellowship, with a Sunday school running as high as 250; a Gospel rally on Saturday evenings was broadcast over the radio.
In addition to those already named, leadership over the years has included commended workers H. Addison Welch, Arnold Reynolds, Brian Fox, Tom Ryan, and Richard Strout and his son Mark. Grace Chapel carried on regular Gospel services in the surrounding communities including those of Albert Mines and Canterbury. Several area assemblies sprang up due, in part, to the efforts of these believers. The assembly at Grace Chapel participated in the establishment of a Christian campground, known as Frontier Lodge, on Lake Wallace near the Vermont border, about 40 miles south of Sherbrooke. The assembly also participated in the beginnings of two Christian retirement homes in the area, Grace Christian Home and Connaught Home. The assembly has commended workers to Angola, Nigeria, and to French work in Quebec. About 65 adults and youngsters attend Grace Chapel today.