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West Abbotsford Mennonite Church fonds Abbotsford (British Columbia)
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West Abbotsford Mennonite Church fonds

  • CA MHSBC 28
  • Fonds
  • 1930-2011

Fonds is arranged in the following series:
1) Constitution & Bylaws - 1936, 1953-1959, 1962, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1977-1979, 1986-1989, 1996-1999, 2002, 2004 - (3 files) - Box 63
2) History - 1963-1964, 1986-1988, 1979-2009 (4 files) - Box 63
3) Minutes - 1936-2000 - (30 files) - Box 63-65
4) Correspondence - 1936-2011 - (65 files) Boxes 65-68
5) Financial Records - 1947-2006 - (30 files) - Boxes 68-70
6) Legal Documents - 1964-2008 - (5 files) - Box 70
7) Reports - 1941-2007 - (14 files) - Box 70
8) Lists - 1936-2006 - (15 files) - Box 70
9) Vital Statistics - 1934-2008 - (15 files) - Boxes 71-72
10) Personnel - 1979-2006 - (14 files) - Box 72
11) Certificates, including membership transfers - 1948-2008, 1971-1996, 1958-2006 - (5 files) - Box 72
12) Publications - 1941-2008 - (41 files) - Boxes 73-75
13) Lectures & Sermons - 1957-1996 - (3 files) - Box 76
14) Education - 1948-2009 - (51 files) - Boxes 76-77
15) Youth - 1956-2007 - (13 files) - Box 78
16) Music - 1960, 1963, 1973, 1975, 1976-1989, 1990-1997, 2006 - (2 files) - Box 78
17) Service - 1950-2007 - (26 files) - Boxes 78-80
18 Missions - 1957-2004 - (6 files) - Box 80
19) Construction - 1965, 1975-1976, 1982, 1984 - (2 files) - Box 80
20) Photographs - (1 file) - Box 80
21) Clippings - 1961-2008 - (1 file) - Box 80
22) Guest Books (4) - 1972-1993 - (2 files) - Box 80
23) Ephemera - (1 file) - Box 80
24) Conference of Mennonites in Canada - 1949-2007 - (5 files) - Box 80
25) Conference of Mennonites in BC - 1936-2008 - (5 files) - Box 80
26) Confidential. (Permission is required to access these files). - (4 files) - Box 81

West Abbotsford Mennonite Church (Abbotsford, British Columbia)

Peter and Maria (Derksen) Epp

Peter and Maria (Derksen) Epp, first pastor couple, are standing beside a house. Peter was the leader of the new United Mennonite Church of Abbotsford which (eventually was renamed West Abbotsford Mennonite Church). Epp led the congregation for three years through its early organization and the construction of a sanctuary in the fall of 1937.

Minutes

Series consists of the following files:
1) Executive Minutes -1936-2008 - (8 files) - Box 63
2) Annual Minutes & Reports - 1949-2008, 2017-2018 - (7 files) - Box 64
3) Congregational Minutes - 1953-2008 - (8 files) - Box 64
4) Annual Education Minutes & Reports - 1973-1998 - (2 files) - Box 65
5) Deacon Minutes - 1966-1969, 1973-1977, 1979-1980, 1984-1985, 1989. 1991-1993 - (1 file) - Box 65
6 Maclure Road Cemetery Minutes - 1991-2008 - (1 file) Box - 65
7) All Committee Minutes - 1982,1989, 1991-1995 - (1 file) box - 65
8) Trustee Minutes - 1979-2003 - (1 file) - Box 65
9) Christmas Banquet Minutes - 2005 - (1 file) - Box 65

Lists

The series consists of the following files:
1) Official Church Register - 1938-2000 (1 file) - Box 71
2) Membership - 1936-1993 - (4 files) - Box 71
3) Membership Applications - 1969-1987 - (1 file) - Box 71
4) Membership, Registrar Information - 1982-1985 - (1 file) - Box 71
5) Membership Commitment Cards - 1964, N.D. - (1 file) - Box 71
6) Attests - 1941-1966 - (1 file) - Box 71
7) Members over 60 - (1 file) - Box 71
8) Nominations - 1953, 1958, 1959, 1980, 1991, 1999, 2004-2006 - (1 file) - Box 71
9) Elected & appointed church workers - 1936, 1990, 1992, 1993 - (1 file) - Box 71
10) Preaching schedules - 1959-1983 - (1 file) - Box 71
11) Magazine subscriptions - 1950-1953, 1961-1963, 1965, 1970, 1971, 1986-1993 - (1 file) - Box 71
12 Attendance at membership meetings - 1989-1999 - (1 file) - Box 7

First church building

This is the first West Abbotsford church building. The congregation was formally organized on 15 November 1936 and was initially called Abbotsford Mennonitengemeinde (Abbotsford Mennonite Church).

Unknown

Reports

The series consists of the following files:
1) Reports - 1941, 1949, 1952 (1 file) - Box 70
2) Discussion papers - 1960-2007 (1 file) - Box 70
3) Questionnaires - 1972-2006 (3 files) - Box 70
4) Goals & Discovery - 1976-1798 (1 file) - Box 70
5) Living Faith Evangelism - 1992-1995 - (1 file) - Box 70
6) Church plant - 1959, 1968, 1991 - (1 file) - Box 70
7) Capital punishment - 1980 - (1 file) - Box 70
8) Peace & social concerns - 1985, 2003 - (1 file) - Box 70
9) Refugee families (Siharaj, Hyseni, Kosovo) - 1979-2000 (3 files) - Box 70
10) Wellspring Church - 2007 - (1 file) - Box 70

Baptism

Baptismal candidates with Rev. Cornelius G. Tilitzky standing outside in the grass. Nicolai Bahnmann, Evelyn Dyck, Maria Kroeker, Ted Lang, Jake Rempel, Margaret Rempel, John Schroeder, Phillip Schroeder, Tina Schroeder, Cornelius Tilitzky and Mary Tilitzky

Unknown

Vital Statistics

The series consists of the following files:
1) Church Profile - 1958, 1965, 1992, 1998, 2001 - (1 file) - Box 71
2) Records of 8 Church books - 1937-1996 - (1 file) - Box 71
3) Marriage lists & records, Wedding anniversaries - 1937-1992 (1 file) - Box 71
4) Marriages - 1950-2007 - (4 files) - Box 71
5) Marriages - Clergyman Registrations - 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964-1966, 1971-1972 - (1 file) - Box 71
6) Births, Baptisms, Deaths, Transfer-out, Transfer-In - 1934-2006 - (1 file) - Box 72
7) Baptism Records - 1960, 1970-2001 - (2 files) - Box 72
8) Death & Burial Records - 1941-2008 - (2 files) - Box 72
9) Membership Information - 1947-2003 - (1 file) - Box 72
10) Child Dedications - 1961, 1974-1988, 1995 - (1 file) - Box 72

Education

The series consists of the following files:
1) Sunday School - 1955-1998 - (8 files) - Box 76
2) Pioneer Girls & Boy's Clubs - 1963-1996 - (8 files) - Box 76
3) Baby Room Meetings - 1989, 1993 - (1 file) - Box 77
4) DVBS - 1957, 1967-1974, 1986, 1988-1992, 1994 - (1 file) - Box 77
5) Tippy Toes Preschool 1987, 1990, 2006, 2008-2009 - (1 file) - Box 77
6) Prairie Chapel - 1951-1970 - (4 files) - Box 77
7) Camp Squeah - 1961-2000 - (4 files) - Box 77
8) Ootsa Lake Bible Camp - 1958-1995 - (19 files) - Box 77 & 422
9) Bethel Bible Institute -1952 - 1966 - (1 file) - Box 77
10) Mennonite Educational Institute - 1948 (1 file) - Box 77
11) Canadian Mennonite Bible Institute - 1958-1965, 1969, 1974 - (1 file) - Box 77
12) Columbia Bible Institute - 1983 - 1985 - (1 file) - Box 77
13) Publications - 1983 - 1995 - (1 file) - Box 77

Correspondence

Series consists of the following files:
1) General Correspondence - 1936-2011 (47 files) Boxes 65-67
2) Donations - 1959-1976 - (1 file) Box 67
3) Mennonite Educational Institute (MEI) 1984-1987 - (1 file) Box 67
4) Jake Thielmann - 1998-2002 - (1 file) Box 67
5) David Friesen - 1990-1996 - (1 file) Box 67
6) Paul Boschman - 1985-1988 (3 files) Box 67
7) Dick Rempel - 1972-1981 - (1 file) Box 68
8) Stan Martens - 1988-1990 - (1 file) Box 68
9) Terry & Karen Zimmerly - 1988-1993 - (1 file) Box 68
10) Egon Warkentin - 1992-1993 - (1 file) Box 68
11) Peter & Mary Derksen - 1958-1999 - (1 file) Box 68
12) Neil & Ruth Wiebe - 1969-1997 - (1 file) Box 68
13) Allen & Elsiana Harder - 1973-1997 - (1 file) Box 68
14) Doreen Wall - 1983-1992 - (1 file) Box 68
15) Missionary - Various - 1957-1992 - (1 file) Box 68
16) Elizabeth Bergen Immigration - 1960-1966 - (1 file) Box 68
17) Membership Transfers - 1968-1979 (1 file) Box 68

Daily vacation bible school

Daily vacation bible school children with their leader. Standing back row (left to right) : Ben Schroeder, Edward Zacharias, Peter Derksen, Peter Ediger, (teacher?). Center row (left to right) : Evelina Zacharias, Leonora Giesbrecht, Frieda Rempel, Susanna Kroeker. Front row sitting (left to right): Ben Funk, Elmer Janzen, Victor Braun, Harvey Funk.

Unknown

Baptism

Two pastors and three baptismal candidates. Left to right : Rev. J. B Wiens, John Friesen, Bill Rempel, Anita Friesen, Rev. Abram Loewen.

Unknown

Finances

The series consists of the following files:
1) Records, including payroll, WCB & benefits - (28 files) - Boxes 68-70
2) Reports & meetings - (2 files) - Box 70

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