Used in CM 16-43-4; 3 of 7 men building for MPM in Pauingassi & Little Grand Rapids. Kneeling are Penner (Dave, M.D.?) & Rev. Henry Friesen; standing is John Sawatsky, teacher at Pauingassi. See 14.4289 for small photo & neg.
This collection of photos show some aspects of the work of Mennonite Pioneer Mission, an outreach ministry begun by the Bergthaler Mennonite Church of Manitoba, which became part of Conference of Mennonites in Canada in the early 1970s, changing the name in 1974 to Native Ministries, a ministry of Conference of Mennonites in Canada.
Mennonite Pioneer Mission/Native Ministries missionary Henry Neufeld (left) is talking with two men. They might be locals from the community where Henry is working.
An Indigenous man is standing on the packed snow in front of a wood building. There is a toboggan on the ground beside him. Location is northern Manitoba, likely at one of the Mennonite Pioneer Mission mission stations.
Negative also. Used in CM 8-21-5. Two Indigenous young men in front of a log house. One young man is sawing wood. Taken where MPM personnel worked? See arts. & photos re. MPM in CM 7-16-5 to 7-16-8. Smaller photo (9x6.5) also.
This series of material contains considerable missions correspondence generated by Reverend J.N. Hoeppner, minister of the Bergthaler Mennonite church of Manitoba. He served on many committees such as the Canadian Conference Home Mission Committee, Mennonite Pioneer Mission, Board of Colonization, Manitoba Youth Organization and various music committees. The correspondence in this series reflects these involvements. Other correspondence with individuals and institutions include Benjamin Ewert, J.J. Thiessen, P. Vogt, D.H. Loewen, Henry Giesbrecht (regarding pacifism) and Grace Bible Institute.
Used in CM 3-18-7. 14 members of the MPM Board of the Bergthaler Mennonite Church in Man. pose at their semi-annual meeting. Seated in front (l-r): Rev. George Groening, Wpg., chair; Rev. David Schulz, Altona; Rev. J.M. Pauls, Winkler; Is. Loewen, Winkler; Rev. H. J. Gerbrandt, Altona, sec-treas. See CM for names of the others. (Bernie Loeppky is standing 3rd from right.)
Negatives for both photos. 2nd photo, same pose (16.5x11) but they are looking down & smiling more. Missionaries who spoke at the mission conf. of 20 Man. Bergthaler Mennonite & other churches. l-r: (seated) Rev. & Mrs. J. M. Unrau, Mennonite Pioneer Mission, Man.; Mrs. S. T. Moyer; (standing) Rev. W. E. Harder, GC. missionary to Africa; S. T. Moyer, GC missionaries to India; Rev. C. J. Smith, mission to lepers; Rev. Peter Voran, GC. missionary to Japan.