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- 1968-1999 (Creation)
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48 cm of textual records
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Administrative history
First United Mennonite Church in Vancouver, B.C. traces it beginning to services that began in 1935 under the leadership of Elder Jacob H. Janzen. The church was formally organized in 1937 with 11 charter members and they also purchased their first meeting house in 1937. In the summer of 1955, their first meeting house located on 49th Avenue was sold, and the congregation purchased a larger church building at 659 East 52nd Avenue.
(See GAMEO for names of leaders and for membership numbers.)
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the congregation
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This fonds contains bulletins (1974-1998), newsletters (1968-1999), congregational chronicle (1955-1977), congregational meeting minutes (1974-1999), church council meeting minutes (1981-1999), annual reports (1975-1990), directories (1971-1995), and a brief congregational history (1997). The records pertain to the founding and development of the Mennonite congregation in Vancouver, B.C. They document some of the leaders and participants in the congregation.
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Some German
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The newsletters in this fonds contain congregational meeting minutes and church council meeting minutes.
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By Bert Friesen 31 January 2003.