Preston Mennonite Church building and finance committees in 1950. Back row (left to right) is the Building Committee: Deacon Amos Martin, Ivan Schiedel, Edwin Kinzie, Ivan Shantz, Joe Steckly (chairman). Front row (left to right) is the Finance Committee: George Hagey, Ervin Shantz, Leslie Witmer.
Overlooking Fairview Mennonite Home, its cottage (in front) and Preston Mennonite Church (behind) in Preston, Ontario. Photo taken December 31, 1955. Hunsberger photo
Preston Mennonite Church Foreign Missionaries, 1967. L-R: Simon and Edna (Schmiedendorf) Hurst; Dr. Joseph and Helen (Witmer) Burkholder. Hunsberger photo
Album of photos taken during the 200th Anniversary celebrations of the Mennonite Churches of Cambridge (Wanner and Preston Mennonite Churches) from September 15 to 17, 2000.
The weekend began on Friday night with a banquet and program at Fairview Mennonite Home. Saturday featured a picnic and program at Linear Park. A portion of this park was on this day was renamed Settlers Fork Park. A commemorative plaque was unveiled for the stump of an old elm tree at the park, and clocks made from the tree's wood were presented to representatives of the Preston and Wanner churches. This was followed by tours of the Pioneer Tower, Sherk homestead, Blair, Hagey, and Wanner cemeteries, and Preston and Wanner Mennonite churches. The weekend concluded on Sunday with a joint worship service and finger food lunch at Preston Mennonite Church.
Preston Mennonite Church building committee members in 1950. Back row (left to right): Ivan Schiedel, Edwin Kinzie, Ivan Shantz. Front row (left to right): Deacon Amos Martin, Joe Steckly (chairman).
David Bechtel, George Hagey, and Bruce Witmer, descendants of pioneer families in the congregation, participating in the cornerstone laying ceremony for the new Preston Mennonite Church on Concession Road, October 12, 1953. The original church building (known as Hagey Mennonite Church) had been destroyed by fire in February of that year. Also seen in the photograph are are Rev. Merle Shantz and Rev. Roy Koch, as well as an unidentified man in the foreground.
A man, probably Rev. Roy Koch, speaking at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the new Preston Mennonite Church on Concession Road, October 12, 1953. The original church building (known as Hagey Mennonite Church) had been destroyed by fire in February of that year. Also seen in the photograph are Bishop Ben Shantz, Pastor Howard Good, and three other unidentified men.