©Mennonite Heritage Centre 2003
Last updated 21 February 2019
Title: Home Street Mennonite Church
(Winnipeg) fonds
Dates: 1957-2018
Extent: 112 cm of textual records
Extent: 3 microfilm reels
Home Street Mennonite Church began out of a decision by the central authority (Lehrdiendst) of the Bergthaler Church of Manitoba to found a congregation in the city of Winnipeg in 1957. The congregation was first called the Winnipeg Bergthler Church. This group met in rented facilities in North Kildonan for the first year. In 1958 they purchased their own meeting house at the corner of Simcoe and St. Matthews. By 1962 they needed larger facilities and purchased another meeting house at the corner of Ross and Sherbrook. In 1966, partially to alleviate space problems, another group was started, known as the Fort Garry Fellowship. Yet they still outgrew the facilities and so in 1973 purchased the former Home Street United Church and changed their name to Home Street Mennonite Church. In 1994 another congregation emerged from this group known as the Good News Mennonite Church. The leaders of the congregation were: Ernest Wiebe (1957-1966, 1984), Edward Brandt (1966-1967), Clarence Epp (1967-1972), David Wiebe (1972-1977), John R. Friesen (1977-1983), Robert Pauls (1985-2000), Tym Elias (2001-2009, Ken Bechtel (interim 2009-2010) and Terry Zimmerly (2011-2017); Melissa Miller (interim) (2017 - ) .
This fonds contains bulletins (1961-2018), annual reports (1962-2011), membership lists, registers, and family registers (1957-1982), financial records (1957-1979), directories (1977-2005), pictorial directories (1973-1993), brief histories (1958-1983), calendar of activities (1964-1986), newsletters (1978-2005), and miscellaneous documents (1963-1993). The records pertain to the founding, development and on going activities of the leaders and participants of this congregation.
Inventory file list available.
Some German.
No restrictions on access.
Some textual records were microfilmed in 1980. Other textual records were deposited by the congregation and various members. Described by Bert Friesen 27 November 2001; updated by Alf Redekopp 8 May 2013; updated by Selenna Wolfe 21 February 2019.
Volume 2146
(MHC Project No. 47; MHC Microfilm no. 198, 199, 200)
Home Street Mennonite Church Records, 1957-1980 on microfilm Project 47 (June 1980)
Microfilm #198
Microfilm #199