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Used in CM 7-25-18. Baptismal group of the West Abbotsford Mennonite Church. See CM for their names. In the centre of the front row are: Rev. A. A. Harder (left) who officiated and Rev. P. J. Froese (right), the leading minister.

Back (left to right): Erika (Thiessen) Reimer, Hermann Reimer, Alvin Epp, Jake Janzen, Ed Peters, Peter Peters , John Dyck

Front: (left to right): Nettie (Regehr) Dyck, Linda (Loewen) Danallanko, Rev. Harder, Rev. Froese, Margaret (Froese) Reimer, Helen (Wiebe) Schroeder

Enlarged to15.5x10.5 for use in the CM 6-27-6. Baptismal group of the West Abbotsford Mennonite Church.

Front row (left to right): unknown, Erna Rempel, Gerda (Hampel) Milne, Lena (Foth) Goertzen, Rev. A. A. Harder, Mary (Buhler) Sawatzky, Erna (Dueck) Wedel, possibly Katharina Bergen.

Middle row (left to right): Frank Reinke, Jacob Wiebe, Harold Funk, Rudolph Nickel, Victor Klassen, unknown, Albert Heinrichs, Siegfried Klassen, Jacob Wiebe, Abram A. Olfert.

Back row (left to right): Peter Krueger, Frank Reimer, Bruno Epp, possibly Bill Reimer, Jacob Tilitzky, Edward Enns, Heinrich Neudorf, Peter J. Froese

Used in CM 8-26-5, neg. also. Baptismal group of 20 of the West Abbotsford Mennonite Church. Seated in the centre of the front row are: Rev. P. J. Froese (left) and Rev. A. A. Harder (right).

Side view from a distance of BBI main building located beside the West Abbotsford Mennonite Church, site of the CMC annual meeting. Fotovix copy of neg. enclosed. See related photo in 1998-14.163. See 1992-14.3002 for view of BBI main building.

Cars of delegates parked beside the West Abbotsford Mennonite Church (at right in photo) for the CMC annual conf. A good view of types of cars Mennonite owned at that time. At left are some of the buildings of BBI, Abbotsford. (Compare latter to 1992-14.4034 & 4035. See 1998-14.360 for another view of BBI & the West Abbotsford Mennonite Church) This photo was published in the conf. yearbook, p.19.

Delegates (ministers) attending the CMC annual conference held at the West Abbotsford Mennonite Church. It is a large group & they stand on the front steps of the church. Compare to photo of the church building in the CM 9-46-13. 6 men are seated in the front of which J.J. Thiessen, chair of the conference is 3rd from the right.

Negatives only, 2. Unnumbered neg. used in CM 7-28-6 & conf. yearbook, p.76; delegates listen to college report at the CMC at work in the West Abbotsford Church in Clearbrook. Taken from the front & shows the men in the front row with their heads down, busy writing. A few women somewhat visible in top left of photo, at back of church. Paul Schroeder is 2nd from right. Second neg. (not published) taken from front behind platform participants gives more of an overview of the audience. The verse "Siehe ich komme bald" ("Behold I come quickly") is visible on the balcony wall. Partial view of the interior of the West Abbotsford Mennonite Church. This series continues to 168. See related series in 1998-14.355-360.

Used in CM 10-41-9. Evangelists J. K. Klassen (center) & Gerhard Shartner (left) with missionary Peter Voran (right) pose at the front of the West Abbotsford Mennonite Church, B.C., at their thanksgiving & mission festival. Flowers decorate the front of the chiurch and above them is the motto:"The world is our field."

Negative also. Information from back of photo: front of the West Abbotsford Mennonite church, a CMC church, shown with motto "The World is our field, Go ye therefore…" Flowers have been used to decorate.

Negative Used in CM 7-41-9. Members of the Abbotsford Mennonite Church who put on a missionary skit, "Out of Darkness into Light." Part of the Missionary Cf. held at the West Abbotsford Mennonitechurch See 1998-14.269 for photo.

Information on back of photo: Participants (mostly young women) in the missionary skit "Out of Darkness into Light" pose in the choir loft with candles in hand; some are in costume. Members of the West Abbotsford Mennonite Church, B.C. , a CMC church. Taken Sept. 1959. See 1992-14.3965 for neg. & more information.

Negative also. Used in CM 6-9-5. People congregated at the front entrance of the Sumas SS Mission building See also CM 6-38-9 & 3-3-1; 14.2319 & 14.3925 f.

Negatives also (2). SS teachers & pupils in front of building at Sumas Prairie near Arnold, B.C.; a SS begun by West Abbotsford Mennonite Church See CM 3-3-1; 6-9-5 & 6-38-9. C.f. Dave & Mrs. Wiebe. Negative for photo & add. similar one.

Used in CM 10-41-9. 2 scenes from the thanksgiving & mission festival of the West Abbotsford Mennonite Church, B.C. Pastor Peter J. Froese (left) & J. K. Klassen (right), evangelist stand. Flowers decorate the front of the church & above them hangs the German motto, "Ich will danken in der Grossen Gemeinde." ("I want to thank you in the greater church"). See related photo in 1998-14.273.

Used in the CM 9-46-13. West Abbotsford Mennonite Church building It was the 25th anniversary of thechurch