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Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Hillcrest Mennonite Church (Grande Prairie, Alta.)

Retrieval numbers: Volumes 95, 3818

Title: Hillcrest Mennonite Church (Grande Prairie, Alta.) fonds
Dates: 1957-1989
Extent: 16 cm of textual records
Repository: Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives

Historical note

Hillcrest Mennonite Church was founded in 1963 in Grande Prairie, Alberta. It was the result of a mission effort of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada Board of Missions. The membership was 23 in 1963. This work began in 1957 in Lymburn and in 1960 in Grande Prairie. They met in rented facilities. They remained a mission congregation until 1973 and then became an independent congregation. In 1974 the membership was 18. The 1970s were difficult times for the congregation. The congregation emerged in the 1980s as a multi-faceted ministry including a day care and a bookstore. In 1981 the membership was 60. It dipped from there and then rose again to reach 57 in 2000. The leaders of the congregation were: John Friesen (1959-1963), John P. Loewen (1964-1965, 1971-1980), Martin Goerzen (1966), Ken Buller (1967, 1970- ), C.G. Neufeld (1968-1969), Dennis Epp (1975), Cyril Isaac (1997- ).

Scope and content note

This fonds contains correspondence (1959-1972), newspaper clippings and photographs (1958-1976), congregational reports to the mission board (1963-1972), bulletins (1968-1989), annual reports (1975), newsletter ([1989]), and a brief congregational history (1957). The records pertain to the founding and development of the Mennonite congregation Grande Prairie, Alberta. They document some of the leaders and participants in the congregation.

Subject terms

Hillcrest Mennonite Church (Grande Praire, Alta.)

Creators

Hillcrest Mennonite Church (Grande Praire, Alta.)

Adjunct descriptive data

Finding aids

Inventory file list available.

Notes

Restrictions on access

No restrictions on access.

Other notes

Textual records have been deposited by the congregation at the Mennonite Heritage Centre. Described by Bert Friesen 2 December 2002.

Hillcrest Mennonite Church fonds file list:

Volume 95

  1. Grand Prairie Mission station news clippings, 3 photographs : b&w ; 11.5 X 8 cm (1958-1959), correspondence (1959-1966), brief congregational history with a photograph ; b&w ; 7.5 X 7.5 cm (1957), dedication service : 3 photographs : b&w ; 7.5 X 7.5 cm (1960), congregational reports to the mission board (1963-1965)
  2. Hillcrest Mennonite Church reports to the mission board (1969-1971), correspondence (1970-1971)
  3. Hillcrest Mennonite Church correspondence (1972), reports to the congregational resources board (1972)
  4. Hillcrest Mennonite Church bulletins (1968)
  5. Hillcrest Mennonite Church bulletins (1972)
  6. Hillcrest Mennonite Church bulletins (1973)
  7. Hillcrest Mennonite Church bulletins (1974)
  8. Hillcrest Mennonite Church bulletins (1975), annual reports (1975)
  9. Hillcrest Mennonite Church bulletins (1976), newspaper clipping (1976)
  10. Hillcrest Mennonite Church bulletins (1985)
  11. Hillcrest Mennonite Church bulletins (1986)

Volume 3818

  1. Hillcrest Mennonite Church bulletins (1987)
  2. Hillcrest Mennonite Church bulletins (1988)
  3. Hillcrest Mennonite Church bulletins (1989), newsletter ([1989])
  4. Hillcrest Mennonite Church phone directory (1995)