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Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Clearbrook Mennonite Church

Retrieval numbers: Volumes 102, 1975, 3132.

Title: Clearbrook Mennonite Church fonds
Dates: 1975-2004
Extent: 16 cm of textual records
Repository: Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives

Historical note

The Clearbrook Mennonite Church was founded in 1952 as an outgrowth of the West Abbotsford Mennonite Church. There were 60 charter members. The membership grew quickly to reach 153 by 1955. In 1963 the membership was 213 and in 1975 it was 233. The language of worship remained primarily German. In 1990 the membership was 152 and in 2002 it was 91. The leaders of the congregation were: Abram Loewen (1952-1957), Peter Bergen (1952-1954), Isaac Epp (1952-1957), Peter Epp (1954-1965), Hugo Scheffler (1958-1962), John Zacharias (1963-1987), John Sawatzky (1965-1986), Jacob Schmidt (1972-1977), Jacob Enns (1973-1998), Peter Harms (1987-2001), Walter Thielmann (1989-1994), Hans Federau (1996-2000), Dietrich Rempel (2001- ).

Scope and content note

This fonds contains bulletins (1975-2001), photograph : b&w ; 17.6 X 12.7 cm ([197-?]), brief congregational histories (1968, 1975), a brief history of the Maria Martha Verein (1975), annual reports (1975-1989), directories (1968-1994), and newsletters (1990-1997). The records pertain to the development of the Mennonite congregation in Clearbrook, B.C.. They document some of the leaders and participants in the congregation.

Subject terms

Clearbrook Mennonite Church

Creators

Clearbrook Mennonite Church

Adjunct descriptive data

Finding aids

Inventory file list available.

Notes

Restrictions on access

No restrictions on access.

Other notes

Textual records have been deposited on a regular basis by the congregation at the Mennonite Heritage Centre. Described by Bert Friesen 17 January 2003.

Clearbrook Mennonite Church fonds file list:

Volume 102

  1. Clearbrook Mennonite Church bulletin (1975), photograph : b&w ; 17.6 X 12.7 cm ([197-?]), pictorial directories (1968, 1975), a brief congregational histories (1968, 1975), a brief history of the Maria Martha Verein (1975), annual reports (1975)
  2. Clearbrook Mennonite Church bulletins (1976)
  3. Clearbrook Mennonite Church bulletins (1977)
  4. Clearbrook Mennonite Church bulletins (1978), annual reports (1978)
  5. Clearbrook Mennonite Church bulletins (1979), directory (1979), annual reports (1979)
  6. Clearbrook Mennonite Church bulletins (1980), pictorial directory (1980)
  7. Clearbrook Mennonite Church bulletins (1981)
  8. Clearbrook Mennonite Church bulletins (1982)
  9. Clearbrook Mennonite Church bulletins (1983)
  10. Clearbrook Mennonite Church bulletins (1984)
  11. Clearbrook Mennonite Church bulletins (1985)

Volume 3132

  1. Clearbrook Mennonite Church bulletins (1986)
  2. Clearbrook Mennonite Church bulletins (1989), annual reports (1989)
  3. Clearbrook Mennonite Church bulletins (1990), directory ([199-?]), newsletters (1990)
  4. Clearbrook Mennonite Church bulletins (1993, 1996), directory (1994)
  5. Clearbrook Mennonite Church bulletins (1997), Columbia Bible College newsletter (1997), phone directory (1997)
  6. Clearbrook Mennonite Church bulletins (1998)
  7. Clearbrook Mennonite Church bulletins (1999)
  8. Clearbrook Mennonite Church bulletins (2000)
  9. Clearbrook Mennonite Church bulletins (2001)

Volume 1975

  1. Clearbrook Mennonite Church bulletins (2002)

2.  Clearbrook Mennonite Church bulletins (2003)

3.  Clearbrook Mennonite Church bulletins (2004)