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- microfilm in 1982 (Creation)
- 1928-2006; 2008-2015, 2017 (Creation)
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Fonds
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68 cm of textual records
1 microfilm reel
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Administrative history
A congregation was formed in the Osler area in 1928 which consisted of families belonging to the Rosenorter, Zoar and Nordheimer Gemeinden, under the initiative of church leaders Boldt and Rempel. Initially this congregation was independent but it associated closely with the Zoar Gemeinde of Langham. In 1931 they became affiliated with the Rosenorter Gemeinde. In 1934 the meeting house reverted back to the creditor because the congregation could not keep up the payments. In 1936 the congregation was able to purchase the same building again. It was renovated in 1954. In 1955 when the Rosenorter Church divided into churches, the Osler congregation joined the United Mennonite Church (Vereinigten Gemeinde). When the Rosenorter and United Mennonite Churches dissolved in 1962, Osler became an independent congregation along with the others.
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the congregation
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The fonds contains bulletins (1965-1997), annual reports (1963-1988), anniversary history books (1968-1988), directories (1974-1972), programmes (1928-1990), minutes including congregational meetings, church council meetings, and various committees (1928-1991), brief congregational histories (1975-1988), correspondence (1928-1984), financial records (1928-1982) and more included in the finance committee minutes as attachments to 1991, registers (1928-1970), youth society documents (1928-1975), newsletters (1983-1985), journals (1930- 1963), Gemeinde constitution (1950), and legal documents (1928-1963). The records pertain to the founding and development of this congregation.
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By Bert Friesen 16 January 2002.