Fonds ORG - Nordheim Mennonite Church (Winnipegosis) fonds

Mennonite immigrants from Russia settled in the Winnipegosis and Fork River areas in the 1920s. A meeting was held February 18, 1931, organized by Aeltester Johan P. Bueckert. Here it was agreed that the families would meet for Bible study and take truns reading sermons to the group every Sunday. A Sunday school for the children was established with Johann Warkentin elected as teacher. The families also agreed to teach their children the High German language. In 1933 the group formally organized as a congregation. In 1935 they built their own meeting house. Ältester J. Bückert who remained a resident of Gretna served as their intitial leader. In 1953 C.C. Janzen became their 'resident' Ältester. Because of its geographic isolation from the rest of the conference congregations, it did not become too involved in conference activities but rather concentrated its efforts on a local camping programme.