Six student volunteers from Swift Current Bible Institute serving in Northern Manitoba. Glen Guenther is sitting in the middle. Jim Bergman is sitting on the right, wearing a yellow sweater.
People are sitting in pews in a church in Manigotagan. They might be sitting inside Manigotagan Community Chapel. Gary Martens [?] is seated front right. Walter Thielmann(?), Matt Derksen sitting on the 2nd pew.
People sitting inside the chapel in Pauingassi, Manitoba. John Kroeker is sitting back right and next to him is his wife Susan Kroeker. Mennonite Pioneer Mission missionary Henry Neufeld is standing against the back wall.
People are picking cherries off a tree in British Columbia. Two people are using ladders while one person is standing in the tree. Diana Monias (?) is on the left ladder wearing a yellow shirt. Walter Franz is on the right on the ladder.
Four men are holding a heavy chain outside in the winter cold. (Left to right) Neill Von Gunten, Raymond Duck, John Klassen, and Mike Green. [CMC Bulletin 1973, says his name is Alex Green]. holding up a chain use din pulpwood operations. Note from Edith and Neill Von Guten: "This photo was taken at Bloodvein River – on the east shore of Lake Winnipeg -- when Neill and others from Mennonite Pioneer Mission / Native Ministries travelled to that First Nation for Abe Hoeppner’s ordination on February 4, 1973. We were living in Manigotagan then and Neill travelled to Bloodvein on the winter road to get there. John Klassen was also MPM/Native Ministries staff, living at Matheson Island. Raymond Duck and Mike Green were leaders in the Bloodvein congregation. Neill says that the chain was a symbolic way to signify the partnership between MPM/Native Ministries, the larger Conference of Mennonites in Canada constituency, and Bloodvein River, as well as the churches at Matheson Island and Manigotagan with Bloodvein. Menno Wiebe was the Executive Secretary of MPM/Native Ministries then."
A group of women in Pine Dock, Manitoba. Jean Simundson is wearing green. Edith von Gunten is on the right. Violet Lea and Margaret Simundson are also pictured.
These images were compiled by Mennonite Pioneer Mission and Native Ministries staff. They cover over sixty years of Mennonite-Indigenous relations and history, predominantly in Manitoba. Images of staff and those in the communities where they served make up the majority of the content. The images document life in the communities where the mission stations were situated and community-related events that include, but are not limited to, trips, camp outings, meetings, and conferences. The collection therefore gives a visual overview of MPM and Native Ministries related activity over time.
Indigenous church members are giving away gifts at a joint General Conference/Mennonite Church conference in Normal, Illinois. (Left to right) Emma Mae, George Turtle, and Elijah McKay. McKay is sharing the gift of a Metis sash.