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Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
Winnipeg, Manitoba

First Mennonite Church (Kelowna, B.C.)

Retrieval numbers: Volumes 2610, 3822.

Title: First Mennonite Church (Kelowna, B.C.) fonds
Dates: 1977-1993
Extent: 16 cm of textual records
Repository: Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives

Historical note

First Mennonite Church in Kelowna, B.C. was founded in 1947. In 1948 the membership was 33. They met in rented facilities until bulding their own meeting house in 1955. In 1959 a group wanted to worship entirely in the English language. They left to form a new congregation in 1961. In 1965 the membership was 38. In 2000 it was 57. The leaders of the congregation were: Peter Friesen (1947-1950), Johann Vogt (1947-1961 left then to join the English language group), Jacob Enns (1957-1961 left then to join the English language group), Jacob Janzen (1950-1981), Henry Dyck (1968-1975), Henry Wiebe (1976), Henry Harms (1977-1978), George Franz (1978-1986), Jake Engbrecht (1983), Henry Epp (1984-1986), Lorin Bergen (1987-1992), Frank Pankratz (1993), David Dick (1994-996), Gerald Klassen (1997), John Friesen (1998-1999), John Kroeker (2000-2001), Clare Neufeld (2002- ).

Scope and content note

This fonds contains bulletins (1977-1993), correspondence (1985-1991), financial reports (1985-1990), funeral programmes (1985-1989), annual reports (1985-1992), newsletters (1986-1991), church board meeting minutes (1988-1989), congregational meeting minutes (1990-1991), ), Sunday school teachers' meeting minutes (1990), and ), a brief congregational history (1986). The records pertain to the founding and development of the Mennonite congregation in Kelowna, B.C.. They document some of the leaders and participants in the congregation.

Subject terms

First Mennonite Church (Kelowna, B.C.)

Creators

First Mennonite Church (Kelowna, B.C.)

Adjunct descriptive data

Finding aids

Inventory file list available.

Notes

Language

Some German.

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 31 January 2003.

First Mennonite Church (Kelowna, B.C.) fonds file list:

Volume 2610

1. First Mennonite Church bulletins (1977)
2. First Mennonite Church bulletins (1982)
3. First Mennonite Church bulletins (1983)
4. First Mennonite Church bulletins (1984)
5. First Mennonite Church bulletins (1985), correspondence (1985), MCC Thrift store financial report (1985), funeral programme (1985), annual reports (1985)
6. First Mennonite Church bulletins (1986), newsletter (1986), a brief congregational history (1986)
7. First Mennonite Church bulletins (1987), newsletters (1987)
8. First Mennonite Church bulletins (1988), church council meeting minutes (1988)

Volume 3822

1. First Mennonite Church bulletins (1989), newsletters (1989), church board meeting minutes (1989), funeral programme (1989), annual reports (1989)
2. First Mennonite Church bulletins (1990), Sunday school teachers' meeting minutes (1990), congregational meeting minutes (1990), financial statements (1990), annual reports (1990)
3. First Mennonite Church bulletins (1991), congregational meeting minutes (1991), correspondence (1991), newsletters (1991)
4. First Mennonite Church bulletins (1992), annual reports (1992)
5. First Mennonite Church bulletins (1993)