Toronto Presbytery to unite them as the Canton congregation. In 1857, a brick church was built in the center of the Pickering village for the Canton congregation. The Church remained in use until 1879, when the Canton congregation was incorporated with St. Andrew's. Its building was later used as a town hall before its demolition in 1956. Meanwhile, a new church building for St. Andrew's was erected on Kingston Road. Methodists The first Methodist preacher in the Duffins Creek area was James Jackson, a circuit rider. His successor Egerton Ryerson gathered his congregation at Squire Leys' school like other circuit riding preachers. During the 1840s, the Methodists established a regular circuit served by multiple preachers, and in 1844, erected the St. Paul's Methodist Church north of Kingston Road, between Elizabeth Street and the Creek. The property later became a Methodist cemetery. In 1879, the Methodists erected a brick building where the IGA grocery store now stands. In 1930, the Methodists became part of the Pickering United Church. United Church In 1930, the St. Andrew's Presbyterian congregation united with the Methodist congregation of St. Paul's to form the Pickering United Church. Dr. J. A. Carmichael revived the Presbyterian Church in Pickering in 1932, used the Quaker meeting house for worship. In 1949, the Presbyterians built a new church on Church Street, north of Kingston Road. In 1970, a Christian Education Building was built. In 1983, a new church building was erected. In the early 1950s, the tower of the Pickering United Church was dismantled after being stuck by lightning, and was replaced with a metal cottage roof. In 1964, the Christian Education Centre was established. In 1989, the Church was relocated from the small Kingston Street building to a new building on Church Street North. Its name was changed to Pickering Village United Church. Quakers The Quakers were influential in Pickering Village since Timothy Rogers and his associates settled there in 1807. Rogers designated land for a large wooden meeting house and a cemetery on the east side of the Mill Street. The cemetery was divided into burial grounds for Quakers and non-Quakers. The non-Quakers' burial ground was nearly full by 1882, and was poorly maintained. The Quakers' burial ground, called the "Friends Cemetery", was well-maintained by the Society of Friends as of 1990s. In 1830, the local Hicksites split from the larger Quaker body. The Hicksites later built their own