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Vineland United Mennonite Church on Victoria Avenue, nearing the end of construction, 1935. Congregants are exiting from the building.

A joint Sunday School teachers convention with the Vineland United Mennonite and Vineland Mennonite Brethren churches, 1940. The group is standing on the steps of the Vineland United Mennonite Church on Victoria Avenue. Note in German on the back of one photo indicates this is the 10th year anniversary of the convention, and the last time it was held jointly between the two churches.

Lena Fransen with children in her Sunday school class in the late 1940s.

This photomontage includes graphic elements, portraits of individual choir members, and a photograph of a modest building (possibly a house church). Across the top are the words: "Singet dem herrn ein neues Lied : 1971 : Sangerchor von Batamschinsk." Names of choir members are identified as follows in the photograph. Bottom row (left to right): L. Klassen, E. Dueck, L. Pauls, K. Guenther, K. Selig, K. Sudermann. Second row (left to right): T. Martens, A. Martens, J. Pauls, A. Tiessen, A. Siebert, H. Toews. Third row (left to right): A. Duerksen, M. Voth, A. Regehr, A. Schultz, N. Klassen, A. Neufeld, L. Duerksen, L. Tiessen, M. Martens, T. Pauls. Fourth row (left to right): H. Dueckmann, W. Dueckmann, P. Dueckmann, H. Pauls, A. Dueck, A. Guenther, J. Janzen, H. Janzen, J. Martens, J. Duerksen, L. Duerksen. Top row (left to right): H. Schultz, J. Dueck, J. Siebert, K. Pauls, J. Schultz, D. Pauls, J. Pauls, K. Klassen, P. Regehr, K. Funk, K. Duerksen.
The area was a "closed city" until near the end of the Soviet era. This photograph was likely produced to celebrate the dedication service of the church building on 22 Aug 1971.

Vineland United Mennonite Church baptismal class, 1937. Back, L-R: Rev. A. Harder, Rev. A. Epp, Rev. C. K. Neufeld, Rev. J. J. Wichert, Bishop D. H. Koop, Rev. N. N. Fransen. Front, L-R: Peter Neufeld, Maria Epp, Tina Rempel, Tina Sawatsky, Lena Friesen, Heinrich Fransen

Vineland United Mennonite Church baptismal class, 1939. Back (L-R): Deacon P.G. Janzen, Jacob Enns, Jacob Fransen, Erwin Harder, Hilda Lodde, Heinrich Koop, Theodore Harder, Willy Giesbrecht. Front (L-R): Rev. N.N. Fransen, Rev. A.H. Harder, Bishop D. H. Koop, Rev. A. Epp, Rev. J.J. Wichert

Vineland United Mennonite Church baptismal class, 1946. Back (L-R): Johann Giesbrecht, Johann Wiebe, Heinrich Penner, Irma Koop, Heinrich Epp, Ernie Goertzen, Peter Letkemann, Johann Janzen. Front (L-R): Rev. N.N. Fransen, Rev. A.H. Harder, Bishop J.J. Wichert, Rev. A. Peters, Rev. I. Dick, Deacon P.G. Janzen

Vineland United Mennonite Church baptismal class, 1947. Back (L-R): Jakob Boldt, Isaak Bergen, Betty Epp, Elsa Wall. Front (L-R): Deacon P.G. Janzen, Rev. A.H. Harder, Bishop J.J. Wichert, Rev. A. Peters, Rev. N.N. Fransen

Vineland United Mennonite Church baptismal class, 1949. Back (L-R): Jakob Friesen, Hans Funk, Gerhard Janzen, Gerhard Funk, Jakob Enns, Artur Harder, Corny Penner, Heinrich Janzen, Hans Goertzen, Artur Wall, Bernhard Epp, Rudy Wall. Front (L-R): Helen Wall, Helen Dyck, Rev. A.H. Harder, Bishop J.J. Wichert, Rev. A. Peters, Deacon P.G. Janzen, margaret Thiessen, Hedy Sawadsky

Sunday School class I with Helene Rempel and 33 students, 1942

A group at the first meeting of the Basler Glaubenskonferenz, an annual summer weekend conference sponsored by Mennonite Central Committee, in 1947. Sign above the door reads: "Dein Reich Komme."

Vineland United Mennonite Church baptismal class, 1950. Back (L-R): Helen Sawatzky, Mariechen Janzen, David Klassen, Helen Penner, Heinz Neufeld, Margaret Willms, Jakob Isaak, Elsa Goertzen, Erika Froese. Front (L-R): Hendrick Janzen, Elfrieda Janzen, Deacon P.G. Janzen, Rev. N.N. Fransen, Bishop J.J. Wichert, Rev. A. Peters, Vera Rempel, Jacob Rempel

Vineland United Mennonite Church baptismal class, 1951. Back (L-R): Elsa Isaak, Herbert Fransen, Helen Unrau, Lena Friesen, Gerhard Fransen, Emma Kofink, Artur Gossen, Helen Janzen, Walter Funk, Maria Thiessen, Kaethe Friesen. Front (L-R): Rev. N.N. Fransen, Deacon P.G. Janzen, Bishop J.J. Wichert, Rev. A.H. Harder, Rev. A. Peters

Vineland United Mennonite Church baptismal class, 1953. Back (L-R): Victor Dick, Peter Hildebrandt, Waldo Harder, Edward Goertzen. Front (L-R): Mary Penner, Rev. N.N. Fransen, Rev. A. Harder, Bishop J.J. Wichert, Deacon P.G. Janzen, Elsa Janzen

Vineland United Mennonite Church baptismal class, 1954. Back (L-R): Erica Neufeld, Liese Dueck, Abram Dueck, Isaak Kroeker, Erwin Wall, David Rempel, Ernie Koop, Dietrich Penner, Gerhard Isaak, Jacob Giesbrecht, Franz Friesen, Peter Janzen, Kaethe Giesbrecht, Victor Rempel, Margareta Giesbrecht. Front (L-R): Lillian Sawadsky, Elviera Isaak, Esther Penner, Bishop J.J. Wichert, rev. A.H. Harder, Rev. N.N. Fransen, Deacon P.G. Janzen, Hildegard Dirksen, Lydia Koop, Betty Penner