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Mennonite Church of Vernon
Retrieval numbers: Volumes 1400, 2256.
Title: Mennonite Church of Vernon fonds
Dates: 1980-1999
Extent: 16 cm of textual records
Repository: Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
Mennonite Church of Vernon was founded in 1980 in Vernon, B.C. with 13 charter members. They purchased and renovated their own meeting house in 1980. In 1991 they moved to a new meeting house. The membership in 1993 was 59 and in 2000 it was 81. The leaders of the congregation include: Ed Brandt (1980-1990), Ed Giesbrecht (1986-1999), Geoff Thiessen (2000- ).
This fonds contains bulletins (1981-1999), annual reports (1993), newspaper clippings ([1980]), correspondence ([198-]), congregational meeting minutes (1980), and ), a brief congregational history (1980-1981). The records pertain to the founding and development of the Mennonite congregation in Vernon, B.C. They document some of the leaders and participants in the congregation.
Mennonite Church of Vernon
Mennonite Church of Vernon
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Textual records have been deposited on a regular basis by the congregation at the Mennonite Heritage Centre. Described by Bert Friesen 21 February 2003.