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Mennonite church in Abbotsford (called West Abbotsford Mennonite Church after 1950).

The West Abbotsford Mennonite Church new Sunday School wing. Front view of building; see 14.4034 where people are gathered in front of the building.

Entrance to the West Abbotsford Mennonite Church Sunday School wing. People are gathered informally in front.Perhaps the building is being opened or dedicated. See "Mennonites in Canada" by Walter Quiring, p.169 for photo of the building as it sits relative to the Bethel Bible Institute.

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.

Sign on church: Willkommen Zur Konferenz Der Mennoniten in Kanada 3 - 7 Juli 1954

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.

Two negs. (one an enlargement). DVBS Kindergarten class at West Abbotsford, 1955 with their teachers.

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.

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 the CM 6-35-7. Kindergarten teachers & pupils at the West Abbotsford Mennonite Church Annie Epp headed a staff of 27.

Elementary age school children (grades 1 to 4?) with their teachers at the West Abbotsford DVBS.

Grade 1 & 2? children of the DVBS sponsored by the West Abbotsford Mennonitechurch with their teachers.

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.

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.

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