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Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
Winnipeg, Manitoba

First United Mennonite Church (Vancouver, B.C.)


Retrieval numbers: Volumes 109, 1010, 2780, 2928, 3390, 3539, 4441.

Title: First United Mennonite Church (Vancouver, B.C.) fonds
Dates: 1968-1999
Extent: 48 cm of textual records
Repository: Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives

Historical note

First United Mennonite Church in Vancouver, B.C. was founded in 1937 with 11 charter members. They purchased their own meeting house in 1937. In 1948 the membership was 97. In 1955 they purchased a new meeting house. In 1956 the membership was 259. The membership was 561 in 1974, 518 in 1986, 419 in 1993, and 345 in 2000. The leaders of the congregation were: Jacob H. Janzen (1935-1937), Jacob B. Wiens (1937-1975), David Doerksen (1937-1952), Johann Goertz (1937-1947), Bernhard B. Friesen (1946-1966), Heinrich Goertz (1951-1972), Peter Letkemann (1951-1967), Erwin Cornelsen (1961-1967), Heinz Braun (1968-1974), David Nickel (1969-1983), Peter Neufeld (1972-1990), Henry Unrau (1975-1976), Ken Kehler (1976-1980), Abram Harder (1976-1987), Gene Klassen (1977-1980), Hans Federau (1980-1992), Larry Schram (1982-1989), Hans Krueger (1986-1988), Hans Fast (1986-1997), Paul Boschmann (1989), Elden Wiebe (1990-1993), Jacob Tilitzky (1992-1993), Helmut Isaak (1993-), Pye Chew (1996-1999), Ingrid Schulz (2000- ).

Scope and content note

This fonds contains bulletins (1974-1998), newsletters (1968-1999), congregational chronicle (1955-1977), congregational meeting minutes (1974-1999), church council meeting minutes (1981-1999), annual reports (1975-1990), directories (1971-1995), and a brief congregational history (1997). 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

First United Mennonite Church (Vancouver, B.C.)

Creators

First United Mennonite Church (Vancouver, 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 on a regular basis by the congregation at the Mennonite Heritage Centre. Described by Bert Friesen 31 January 2003.

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

Volume 109

  1. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1974), congregational meeting minutes (1974), Thanksgiving centennial address (1974)
  2. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1975), annual reports (1975)
  3. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1976), annual reports (1976), annual chronicles (1976)
  4. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1977), congregational meeting minutes (1977), annual chronicles (1977)
  5. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1978)
  6. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1979)
  7. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1980), annual reports (1980)
  8. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1981), newsletters (1981)
  9. First United Mennonite Church newsletter (1968), directory (1971)

Volume 1010

  1. First United Mennonite Church binder of annual chronicles (1955-1975)

Volume 2780

  1. First United Mennonite Church newsletters (1957-1960) [bound]
  2. First United Mennonite Church newsletters (1961-1964) [bound]
  3. First United Mennonite Church newsletters (1965) [bound]
  4. First United Mennonite Church newsletters (1966-1967) [bound]
  5. First United Mennonite Church newsletters (1968-1970) [bound]
  6. First United Mennonite Church newsletters (1971-1974) [bound]

Volume 2928

  1. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1982), newsletters (1982)
  2. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1983), newsletters (1983)
  3. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1984), newsletters (1984)
  4. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1985), newsletters (1985)
  5. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1986), newsletters (1986)

Volume 3539

  1. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1987), newsletters (1987)
  2. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1988), newsletters (1988)
  3. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1989), newsletters (1989)

Volume 3390

  1. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1990), newsletters (1990), directory (1990), annual reports (1990)
  2. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1991), newsletters (1991), directory (1991)
  3. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1992), newsletters (1992)
  4. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1993), newsletters (1993)

Volume 4441

  1. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1994), newsletters (1994), directory (1994)
  2. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1995), newsletters (1995), directory (1995)
  3. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1996), newsletters (1996)
  4. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1997), newsletters including a brief congregational history (1997), directory (1997)
  5. First United Mennonite Church bulletins (1998), newsletters (1998)
  6. First United Mennonite Church newsletters (1999)

    7. Note: These newsletters in this fonds contain congregational meeting minutes and church council meeting minutes.