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Caption in Risk and Endurance: "The Homemakers supported young couples by organizing both serious and social events. A panel discussion, 1954. Left to right: John Brubacher, Marjorie Musselman, Doris Bechtel, Wilfred Erb."

Caption in Risk and Endurance: "Anna Cameron at Stirling's 75th Anniversary with the silver service given to the Church in memory of her parents, Allan and Catherine Shantz, in 1954."

Caption in Risk and Endurance: "Full circle. MCC Country Representative Bonnie Klassen receives Alice Bachert's shawl to take back to Colombia as a gift from Stirling. From left: Anne Eby Millar, Bonnie, Anita Schroeder Kipfer."

Caption in Risk and Endurance: "Chapel, 1960s." The chapel was located in the basement of the church, and is no longer extant.

Caption in Risk and Endurance: "Charter members cutting a cake at the 60th anniversary celebrations in 1984. Left to right: Salome Habermehl, Alice Bachert, Ruby Weber, Florence Becker, Eileen Kinzie, Howard Weber, Erma Bingeman, Helen Shantz (background), Beula Moss."

Caption in Risk and Endurance: "Communion table cloths made from flax grown on the farm of Magdalena (Shoemaker) Weber, and donated to Stirling by Maurice Plummer in memory of his wife and Magdalena's daughter, Mary Weber Plummer, 1991."

Caption in Risk and Endurance: "After the renovations. The congregation at worship, 1950s."

Caption in Risk and Endurance: "A Stirling tradition, Cradle Roll graduates walk through the gates to officially join the Sunday School. Erma Cressman, teacher, 1956." A group of kindergarten-age children walk through wooden gates set up in the sanctuary of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church.

Caption in Risk and Endurance: "Elven Shantz teaching a women's Sunday School class, 1958. In the following decade, Stirling women would no longer feel obliged to wear hats to church."

Caption in Risk and Endurance: "Stirling members showed they still have 'a mind to work.' The participation of many brought the cost of renovation in 1992 down significantly. Left to right: Reuben Musselman's son Tom and other volunteers begin work." Men working by hand and with a backhoe tearing up the front yard of the church as part of the renovation.

Caption in Risk and Endurance: "The WMA Thanksgiving display was made up of items destined for the House of Friendship." An array of canned and fresh foods set out in front of the church's communion table by the Women's Missionary and Service group.

Caption in Risk and Endurance: "Helen Klassen, Eileen Shantz and Grace Rohr prepare Christmas dinner in the new kitchen."

Caption in Risk and Endurance: "One innovation in worship. Children's story time with Jim Weber, 1994."

Caption in Risk and Endurance: "A baptism and communion service, 1995. Although the service of baptism at Stirling has changed very little over the years, this on is unusual for its ecumenical nature. Pastor David Martin (left) and Dr. Delton Glebe of the Waterloo Lutheran Seminary together baptize Glebe's Grandson, Kevin Cook."

Caption in Risk and Endurance: "New beginnings. The office of the Peace and Justice Working Group and Coalition for Refugee Support. Standing: Vernon Leis, Pauline Buhr, Mary Mae Schwartzentruber. Seated: Angelica Reyes, Carrie Harder."