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Sue (Wallace) Klassen, Kevin Jardine and another man paint silhouettes of human figures in front of the steps leading to the door of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church. This was possibly around the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.

Silhouettes of human figures in front of the steps leading to the door of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church. This was possibly around the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.

Silhouettes of human figures in front of the steps leading to the door of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church. This was possibly around the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.

The Stirling Avenue Peace and Justice group celebrating the birthday of Stirling's former Peace and Justice worker, Carrie Harder (centre, with birthday cake), at her home.

Kenneth and David Witmer collecting paper for the Stirling Crusaders program

A boy with a wagon loaded with newspapers collects for a paper drive. He is probably Neil Litwiller.

A boy making a delivery with a bicycle, probably in connection with the Stirling Crusaders program. He is probably James Shantz.

Sharon Kinzie helps tidy the church sanctuary to raise funds for mission and relief efforts.

The front entrance to Stirling Avenue with the banner "Think Outside the Bomb: Work and Pray for Peace" and the Mennonite Church Canada logo.

Members of the Peace and Justice Working Group together with their children on the steps of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church. Front (left to right) Nathan Klassen, John Harder, Mary Mae Schwartzentruber, Barbara Saunders, Michael O'Toole, Irene O'Toole, Carrie Harder. Back (left to right): Don Whitehead, Paul Greenhaugh, Kevin Jardine, Rob (Victor) Klassen, Sue (Wallace) Klassen, unknown.

Two Second World War veterans who later became peace activists, Siegfried Bartel and Fred Snyder, met for the first time in November 1993. Bartel had been an officer in the German army and Snyder was an Allied radar mechanic. The two met at dinner at John and Carrie Harder' home after Bartel spoke for a week at Rockway Mennonite Collegiate, sharing his faith journey to Christian pacifism. Left to right: Addae Morgan (who was living with the Harders), Fred Snyder, Siegfried Bartel, Lorraine Snyder (Fred's wife), John Harder.

Special Stirling Avenue Peace Sunday "Festival of Peace" in progress. Congregants divided into small groups and attended stations with different themes. This is the "Being Salt" station in one of the Sunday school rooms. The congregation is following the Mennonite Central Committee Ontario Peace Sunday packet for 1993, "A Commitment to Christ's Way of Peace."

Special Stirling Avenue Peace Sunday "Festival of Peace" in progress. Congregants divided into small groups and attended stations with different themes. This station, in the WMA (Women's Missionary Society) room is called "The Community of Love." The congregation is following the Mennonite Central Committee Ontario Peace Sunday packet for 1993, "A Commitment to Christ's Way of Peace."

Special Stirling Avenue Peace Sunday "Festival of Peace" in progress. Congregants divided into small groups and attended stations with different themes. In this picture, a group gathers for a collective embrace in front of an empty wheelchair in the WMA (Women's Missionary Society) room. The congregation is following the Mennonite Central Committee Ontario Peace Sunday packet for 1993, "A Commitment to Christ's Way of Peace."

Special Stirling Avenue Peace Sunday "Festival of Peace" in progress. Congregants divided into small groups and attended stations with different themes. "Being Salt" met in a Sunday school room. The congregation is following the Mennonite Central Committee Ontario Peace Sunday packet for 1993, "A Commitment to Christ's Way of Peace."