In 1822 Calvin Flint was appointed to the Hallowell (later called Picton) Circuit. He recorded that a revival took place that year and that he organized a class at Dempsey's on the Bay Shore where the brothers Peter, Isaac and William Dempsey were all brought in. "Flint stayed there several days on that occasion. From that time on, the Dempsey home became one of the regular preaching places on the circuit, and the community became known as Dempsey's (in 1886 it was renamed Albury)".

The first church was built in Albury in 1850 as an interdenominational church. It was a gray stone building with a low roof pitch. It had three Gothic windows on each side and one on either side of the front door. The stone church was built to the east of the present building. Unfortunately, the sandy soil which made it easy for interring the dead, provided poor foundation for the building. Shifting sand under the building made it unsafe; it was condemned and torn down in the spring of 1898. Upon its demolition the construction a new church was started immediately.

The structure of the new church is of wood frame in red brick veneer and the detail is definitely Gothic in style. The impressive tower with its belfry contains the bell from the Red Schoolhouse (S.S.#3, Ameliasburgh) which was donated to the church in 1967. There is also a very slender tower with a small weathervane atop it, opposite the main tower. There are two round glass windows on the front of the church, five small Gothic-shaped in the tower, topped off with four louvered window-like openings in the belfry. The main auditorium has four large Gothic type windows on each side, one large window and two smaller ones placed side by side facing the road, two in the chancel which serves as a choir loft and similar but smaller windows in the basement with its chancel containing two windows. There is yet another window placed over the entrance door into the basement. All of the windows had centre panels of figured glass and ruby, blue and amber glass surrounding it. A wainscotting was installed from the floor to waist height around the nave while the ceiling and walls are covered with decorative designed metallic squares. The solid oak pews were installed by a Walkerton firm for $500.

Albury Church was dedicated on November 9, 1898, celebrated on the Prince of Wales' birthday. A full course meal preceded the service at which Reverend A. Campbell preached the service. The service was followed by a platform meeting with W.W. Chown,esq. Was chairman with the following people delivering addresses: Reverend W.J. Joliffe, Reverend B. Greatrix, Reverend S.A. Duprau, Reverend H.L. Allen, Reverend Bamforth, B.A., and others. There was special music at all services.

The affairs of the church were guided from the time the land was acquired by a group of seven trustees. None of them nor their descendants in office could be removed as long as the dignity of the church was upheld. However, if any one of these trustees died or moved out of the Township of Ameliasburgh, the vacant position was filled by a person of the age of 21 years or older, appointed by the surviving trustees.

Copied from "A Century of Faith and Fellowship" co-edited by Marion Calnan and Nellie Montgomery .