©Mennonite Heritage Centre 2003
Last updated  26 February 2019

Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Sherbrooke Mennonite Church (Vancouver, B.C.)

Retrieval numbers: Volumes 112, 820, 1636, 2272, 2619, 2657, 3537, 4018, 4507, 4923, 2777, 5319, 5527, 5864

Title: Sherbrooke Mennonite Church fonds
Dates: 1965-2017
Extent: 72 cm of textual records
Repository: Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives

Historical note

The Sherbrooke Mennonite Church was founded in 1968 in Vancouver, B.C. It was an outgrowth of the First Mennonite Church of Vancouver which had grown to the point of needing to divide due to size. A new meeting house was built in 1965. This congregation then became an independent congregation in 1968 with 175 charter members. It had a large German-language group in the first decade. In 1974 the meeting house was expanded. The membership in 1974 was 305. In 1994 the membership was 283; in 2000 it was 245; in 2002 it was 230. The leaders of the congregation were: Erwin Cornelsen (1968-1996), Jurgen Schonwetter (1977-1980), Henry Kliewer (1981-1992), Wally Nickel (1993), Rudy Froese (1994-1998), Garry Janzen (1999- ).

Scope and content note

This fonds contains bulletins (1973-2014, 2016-2017), newsletters (1965-1985), annual reports (1974-1996, 1998-2006, 2008-2012, 2014-2017), directories (1975-2004, 2007, 2009-2010), constitution (1976, [197-?]), and a brief congregational history (1978). The records pertain to the founding and development of the Mennonite congregation in Vancouver, B.C. They document some of the leaders and participants in the congregation.

Subject terms

Sherbrooke Mennonite Church

Creators

Sherbrooke Mennonite Church

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 on a regular basis at the Mennonite Heritage Centre. Described by Bert Friesen 20 February 2003; updated by Selenna Wolfe 2019. 

Sherbrooke Mennonite Church (Vancouver, B.C.) fonds file list:

Volume 112

  1. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church newsletters (1965-1968, 1971,1978)
  2. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (1973), newsletters (1973)
  3. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (1974), annual reports (1974), newsletter (1974)
  4. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (1975), directory (1975), newsletter (1975), pictorial directory (1975)
  5. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (1976), newsletters (1976), constitution (1976, [197-?])
  6. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (1977), newsletter (1977)
  7. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church brief congregational history (1978

Volume 1636

  1. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church newsletters (1970-1978)
  2. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church newsletters (1979)
  3. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church newsletters (1980)

Volume 2272

  1. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (1981), newsletters (1981), directory (1981), pictorial directory (1981), annual reports (1980, 1981)
  2. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (1982), newsletters (1982), annual reports (1982)

Volume 820

  1. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (1983), annual reports (1983), directory (1983), newsletters (1983)
  2. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (1984), directory (1984), newsletters (1984), annual reports (1984)

Volume 2619

  1. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (1985), newsletters (1985), annual reports (1985)
  2. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (1986), directory (1986), annual reports (1986)
  3. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (1987), directory (1987), pictorial directory (1987), annual reports (1987)

Volume 3537

  1. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (1988), directory (1988), annual reports (1988)
  2. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (1989), directory (1989), annual reports (1989)

Volume 4018

  1. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (1990)
  2. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (1991), annual reports (1991)
  3. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (1992), directory (1992), annual reports (1992)

Volume 2657

  1. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (1993), annual reports (1993), directory (1993)
  2. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (1994), directory (1994), annual reports (1994)
  3. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (1995), directory (1995), annual reports (1995)

Volume 4507

  1. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (1996), directory (1996), annual reports (1996)
  2. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (1997), directory (1997)
  3. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (1998), directory, annual report
  4. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (1999), directory, annual report

Volume 4923

  1. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (2000), report book, directory
  2. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (2001), report book, directory
  3. Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (2002), report book, directory

Volume 2777

1.  Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (2003), report book, directory

2.  Sherbrooke Mennonite Church 25 Anniversary book

3.  Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (2004), report book, directory

Volume 5319
1.  Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (2005), directory (2007), report book (2005)

2.  Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (2006), report book (2006)

3.  Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (2007)

4.  Sherbrooke Mennonite Church phone directory 1968 - 2008

Volume 5527

1.  Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (2009); phone directory (2009); annual report book (2008)  

2.  Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (2010); phone directory (2010); annual report book (2009)

3.  Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (2011); annual report book (2010)

4.  Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (2012); annual report book (2011)

5.  Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (2013); annual report book (2012)

Volume 5864

1.  Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (2014)

2.  Sherbrooke Mennonite Church annual report book (2015)

3.  Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (2016)

4.  Sherbrooke Mennonite Church bulletins (2017); annual report (2017)