3 photos of Canadians & Japanese outside the MCC building in Wpg. At departure? of the Bridge building tour group. See art. in CM 18-31-1 & 18-32-3. (Note colorful dress & white handbag of Mennonite woman in one photo.)
3 sculptures by Christian African artists from the Nat.C.C. "Bearing the Cross" (bottom center), Tanzania was used in CM 17-31/33-3. "Prayer" (top left), Kenya was used in CM 18-9-6. "Crown of Thorns" also. See notes enclosed
Used in CM 7-28-12 & conf. yearbook, p.144. View from the balcony of the CMC in session at the West Abbotsford Mennonite Church in Clearbook, B.C. Board members sit in the choir loft. Towards the back some women sit with their husbands. A full view of the front of the church, with the conference banner & the Bible verse on the front wall of the church.
Negatives only, 2. View of front of church at 57th annual CMC meeting in the West Abbotsford Mennonite Church. The banner with the conf. theme is clearly visible above the pulpit in German & English: "Seid fest"; "Be ye stedfast." Above the theme the Bible verse on the front upper wall of the church ("Heilig dem Herrn"; ("Holy is the Lord") is also seen. Flowers have been placed in front of & near the pulpit. See 1998-14.161 for view of the whole front of the church from the balcony. One neg. includes some of the front benches.
Two photos from the 8th Mennonite World Conference opening ceremonies on Sunday evening July 23, held in the Zuidhal (South Hall?) of the International Congress Centre in Amsterdam and attended by 4,000 people. On stage the Dutch choir and orchestra perform a cantata compiled from the words of Menno Simons with music written by a Dutch Mennonite. Only the soloist, near the piano at right, dressed in black, was not Mennonite. The stage, with a cross visible in the middle, was flanked on either side by banners showing the theme of the conference, "The Witness of the Holy Spirit," in English and in Dutch.
A group of men rehearsing in the choir loft, conductor has back to camera. In the same church as the discussion group in 1998-14.78? See 1998-14.72 for exterior of this church. Part of the annual meeting of the GC Council of Boards in Newton, Kan. where 4 Mennonite weeklies were represented?
A formal photograph of four generations of Teichroeb men. Left to right: Abram G. Teichroeb (1884-1969), Abe Teichroeb (1932-2017), A.A. Teichroeb (1907-1991), Melvin Teichroeb (child seated on armrest).
Formal photo. Used in the CM 3-31-4 with art. about his 2 book on Mennonite Martyrs (Vol. 1, 1950; Vol.2, 1954). He was the former pastor of the Clearbrook Mennonite Brethren Church, living in retirement in Clearbrook.
Negatives also (2). Used in CM 12-25-1. Henry Brucks (right), MB pastor at Yarrow bids farewell to A.A. Wiens (left), long-time sec. treas. of the B.C. Inter-Mennonite Relief Com. & director of the west coast clothing depot at Yarrow
Negative also. A.A. Wiens at his desk in 1964, 1 yr. before his retirement. Used in CM 13-24-1 when he died. He was director of the West Coast MCC (Canada) Material Aid Center in Yarrow, B.C. for nearly 20 years. Cf.1994-14.1124f
Negative also. A.A. Wiens working at his desk. Used in the CM 3-43-6 with art. "Portrait of a Pioneer" about his work as sec. of the B.C. provincial relief com. He was highly regarded by government immigration officials.
Used in CM 17-3-1. Caption: "A beautifully carved second story of an old house in Frunze which unfortunately may soon have to give way to prefabricated and quickly erected modern apartment blocks." See 1994-14.1774.
Used in CM 9-7-8 with feature art. & other photos on the work of the Canadian Mennonite Relief Committee. A Bedouin boy, 1 1/2 or more years old, stands beside a tent roughly made from sack cloth.