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- 1957-2020 (Creation)
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1.27 m of textual record
3 reels of microfilm
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Administrative history
Home Street Mennonite Church began out of a decision by the central authority (Lehrdiendst) of the Bergthaler Church of Manitoba to found a congregation in the city of Winnipeg in 1957. The congregation was first called the Winnipeg Bergthler Church. This group met in rented facilities in North Kildonan for the first year. In 1958 they purchased their own meeting house at the corner of Simcoe and St. Matthews. By 1962 they needed larger facilities and purchased another meeting house at the corner of Ross and Sherbrook. In 1966, partially to alleviate space problems, another group was started, known as the Fort Garry Fellowship. Yet they still outgrew the facilities and so in 1973 purchased the former Home Street United Church and changed their name to Home Street Mennonite Church. In 1994 another congregation emerged from this group known as the Good News Mennonite Church.
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the concregation
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This fonds contains bulletins (1961-2020), annual reports (1962-2020), annual general meeting minutes (2012-2020), Leadership Council meeting minutes (2012-2020), membership lists, registers, and family registers (1957-1982), financial records (1957-1979), directories (1977-2005), pictorial directories (1973-1993), brief histories (1958-1983), calendar of activities (1964-1986), newsletters (1978-2005, 2014), and miscellaneous documents (1963-1993). The records pertain to the founding, development and on going activities of the leaders and participants of this congregation.
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Some German; English
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Some records were microfilmed in 1980.
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By Bert Friesen 27 November 2001; updated by Alf Redekopp 8 May 2013; updated by Selenna Wolfe 21 February 2019; updated by Selenna Wolfe 15 March 2021; updated by Selenna Wolfe 27 June 2022.