VBS 50th anniversary celebration, 1983
- CA MAO III-25.2/21-2-26
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- 10 Jul 1983
50th anniversary of the Wanner Vacation Bible School. Registration. In photo: Marg C. and Paul M.
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VBS 50th anniversary celebration, 1983
50th anniversary of the Wanner Vacation Bible School. Registration. In photo: Marg C. and Paul M.
VBS 50th anniversary celebration, 1983
50th anniversary of the Wanner Vacation Bible School. Inside the church, the audience awaits the drama and program.
VBS 50th anniversary celebration, 1983
50th anniversary of the Wanner Vacation Bible School. Drama program, Scene I: "A Dream Comes True." Eben Cressman and Marnie Derksen play Bishop Kanagy and Elizabeth Kanagy planning the VBS.
VBS 50th anniversary celebration, 1983
50th anniversary of the Wanner Vacation Bible School. Drama program, Scene I: "A Dream Comes True." Eben Cressman and Marnie Derksen play Bishop Kanagy and Elizabeth Kanagy planning the VBS.
VBS 50th anniversary celebration, 1983
50th anniversary of the Wanner Vacation Bible School. Drama program, Scene II. "Bishop Kanagy offers prayer." Eben Cressman plays Bishop Kanagy.
VBS 50th anniversary celebration, 1983
50th anniversary of the Wanner Vacation Bible School. Drama program, Scene II. Eben Cressman plays Bishop Kanagy.
VBS 50th anniversary celebration, 1983
50th anniversary of the Wanner Vacation Bible School. Drama program. Scene III: "Report of the Secretary."
VBS 50th anniversary celebration, 1983
Fiftieth anniversary of the Wanner Vacation Bible School. Drama program. The 1933 staff returns to sing with the drama's characters at the front.
Plaque unveiling for first Sunday School in America
This plaque was erected in 1963 to commemorate the first Mennonite Sunday School in North America, which was established in 1840. The speaker is J. C. Wenger. The plaque reads: "First Mennonite Sunday School. The first Mennonite Sunday School to be established in America was in Waterloo County, in 1840, in the Wanner and Bechtel, now Preston, meetinghouses. In October, 1941, der Deutsche Kanadier reported, 'The Sunday School started last year and begun anew this year which has been held interchangeably in the Wanner and Bechtel meetinghouses --- is enjoying good progress. The number of children is increasing and amounted to seventy-five last Sunday.' Erected in 1963 by Wanner Mennonite Church and Waterloo County Historical Society."
The Friendship Circle sets up tables for the Thanksgiving meeting.
The Friendship Circle sets up tables for the Thanksgiving meeting.
Wanner Mennonite Church with education wing addition, 1976
A view of Wanner Mennonite church with the addition of the education wing.
Sod turning ceremony before church service on August 11th, 1968. The ceremony celebrates the first day of construction on the educational wing of the Wanner Church building.
Sod turning ceremony before church service on August 11th, 1968. The ceremony celebrates the first day of construction on the educational wing of the Wanner Church building. The congregation sings.
Sod turning ceremony before church service on August 11th, 1968. The ceremony celebrates the first day of construction on the educational wing of the Wanner Church building.