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Last updated 13 April 2005

Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Olivet Mennonite Church (Abbotsford, B.C.)

Retrieval numbers: Volumes 111, 1635, 2132, 2411, 2915, 3307, 3538, 4451, 4692; microfilm reels 225, 226.

Title: Olivet Mennonite Church fonds
Dates: 1959-2001
Extent: 64 cm of textual records
Extent: 2 microfilm reels
Repository: Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives

Historical note

The Olivet Mennonite Mission was founded in 1960 with 52 charter members. It was formed as on outgrowth of the Clearbrook Mennonite Church with the English-language as its language of worship. In 1963 they completed their own meeting house. This meeting house was expanded in 1980. The congregation changed its name to Olivet Mennonite Church in 1967. In 1968 the membership was 113. The membership reached 353 in 1986 and was 215 in 2000 and 196 in 2002. The leaders of the congregation were: Henry Penner (1960-1965), Jacob Martens (1966), Abe Buhler (1967-1974), Henry Born (1975, 1988-1989), Robert Schmidt (1976), Paul Schroeder (1976), David Neufeld (1977-1982), Lowell Gerber (1982-1987), Art Willms (1983-1985), Peter Penner (1990-1994), Jim Retzlaff (1995- ).

Scope and content note

This fonds contains bulletins (1965-2001), a brief congregational history (1974), annual reports (1975-2000), newsletters (1977-1998), correspondence (1959-1966), congregational meeting minutes (1960-2000), directories (1974-1997), church register (1960-1980), and various congregational committees meeting minutes (1966-2001). The records pertain to the development of the Mennonite congregation in Abbotsford, B.C. They document some of the leaders and participants in the congregation.

Subject terms

Olivet Mennonite Church

Creators

Olivet 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 by the congregation on a regular basis at the Mennonite Heritage Centre. Microfilms of textual records were made in 1980. Described by Bert Friesen 12 February 2003.

Olivet Mennonite Church (Abbotsford, B.C.) fonds file list:

Volume 111

  1. Olivet Mennonite Mission Church bulletins (1965)
  2. Olivet Mennonite Mission Church bulletins (1966)
  3. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1972)
  4. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1973)
  5. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1974), pictorial directory which includes a brief congregational history (1974)
  6. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1975), annual reports (1975)
  7. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1976)
  8. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1977), annual reports (1977), newsletters (1977)
  9. Olivet Mennonite Church correspondence (1962-1965), architectural plans (1962)

Volume 1635

  1. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1978), newsletters (1978), directory (1978), brochure (1978), pictorial directory (1978), annual reports (1978)
  2. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1979), annual reports (1979), directory (1979), newsletters (1979)
  3. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1980), newsletters (1980), annual reports (1980)
  4. Olivet Mennonite Mission Church correspondence (1959-1966)

Volume 2411

  1. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1981), newsletters (1981), annual reports (1981)
  2. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1982), newsletters (1982), annual reports (1982), pictorial directory (1982)
  3. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1983), congregational meeting minutes (1983), newsletters (1983), annual reports (1983)

Volume 2915

  1. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1984), newsletters (1984), annual reports (1984)
  2. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1985), newsletter (1985), directory (1985), 25th anniversary album (1985), annual reports (1985)
  3. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1986), directory (1986), newsletters (1986), annual reports (1986)

Volume 3307

  1. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1987), newsletters (1987), directory (1987), annual reports (1987)
  2. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1988), newsletters (1988), directory (1988), annual reports (1988), congregational mission statement (1988)
  3. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1989), newsletters (1989), directory (1989)
  4. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1990), newsletters (1990), directory (1990)

Volume 3538

  1. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1991), newsletters (1991)
  2. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1992)
  3. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1993), directory (1993), annual reports (1993), newsletters (1993), music and worship committee meeting minutes (1993), mission and service committee meeting minutes (1993), finance and property committee meeting minutes (1993), Christian Service Brigades committee meeting minutes (1993), education committee meeting minutes (1993), council of deacons meeting minutes (1993), congregational meeting minutes (1993), church board meeting minutes (1993), church board executive committee meeting minutes (1993), Bible fellowship committee meeting minutes (1993)
  4. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1994), directory (1994), church board meeting minutes (1994), education committee meeting minutes (1994), music and worship committee meeting minutes (1994), finance and property committee meeting minutes (1994), council of deacons meeting minutes (1994), newsletters (1994), congregational meeting minutes (1994), pastoral search committee meeting minutes (1994), mission and service committee meeting minutes (1994), Bible fellowship committee meeting minutes (1994), financial reports (1994), annual reports (1994)

Volume 4451

  1. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1995), annual reports (1995), finance and property committee meeting minutes (1995), church board meeting minutes (1995), council of deacons meeting minutes (1995), worship and music committee meeting minutes (1995), education committee meeting minutes (1995), missions and service committee meeting minutes (1995), newsletters (1995), cradle roll meeting minutes (1995), congregational meeting minutes (1995)
  2. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1996), congregational meeting minutes (1996), education committee meeting minutes (1996), council of deacons meeting minutes (1996), missions and service committee meeting minutes (1996), finance and property committee meeting minutes (1996), cradle roll meeting minutes (1996), church board meeting minutes (1996), music and worship committee meeting minutes (1996), directory (1996), annual reports (1996), newsletters (1996)
  3. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1997), directory (1997), missions and service committee meeting minutes (1997), church board meeting minutes (1997), congregational meeting minutes (1997), education committee meeting minutes (1997), music and worship committee meeting minutes (1997), finance and property committee meeting minutes (1997), council of deacons meeting minutes (1997), newsletters (1997), cradle roll meeting minutes (1997), annual reports (1997)

Volume 4692

  1. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1998), finance and property committee meeting minutes (1998), missions and service committee meeting minutes (1998), education committee meeting minutes (1998), church board meeting minutes (1998), congregational office holders (1998), music and worship committee meeting minutes (1998), council of deacons meeting minutes (1998), congregational meeting minutes (1998), annual reports (1998), newsletters (1998)
  2. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (1999), church board meeting minutes (1999), finance and property committee meeting minutes (1999), education committee meeting minutes (1999), music and worship committee meeting minutes (1999), council of deacons meeting minutes (1999), congregational meeting minutes (1999), missions and service committee meeting minutes (1999), cradle roll meeting minutes (1999), annual reports (1999)
  3. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (2000), congregational meeting minutes (2000), church board meeting minutes (2000), finance and property committee meeting minutes (2000), council of deacons meeting minutes (2000), ministerial staff meeting minutes (2000), annual reports (2000)
  4. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (2001), council of deacons meeting minutes (2001), church board meeting minutes (2001), finance and property committee meeting minutes (2001), telephone directory (2001)

Volume 2132

  1. Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (2002), Council of Deacons Minutes (2002), Finance & Property Committee Minutes (2002), Church Board Minutes (2002).

2.  Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (2003)

3.  Olivet Mennonite Church bulletins (2004)

 

Microfilm

(MHC Project No. 81; MHC Microfilm no. 225, 226)

Microfilm 225 (part II)

  1. Minutes and reports of congregational business meetings. – 1960-1966.
  2. Congregational meeting minutes. – 1966-1980.
  3. Church council meeting minutes. – 1966-1979.
  4. Church board meeting minutes. – 1966-1980.
  5. Deacons meeting minutes. – 1975-1980.
  6. Membership cards/family records (to Martens).

Microfilm 226 (part I)

  1. Membership cards/family records (beginning with Mierau).
  2. Death register and transfer of membership records.
  3. Scrap book of congregational events.
  4. Research papers on congregation’s history.
  5. Pictorial directories. – 1974, 1978.