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Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Ottawa Mennonite Church

Retrieval numbers: Volumes 10, 11, 1108, 2385, 3811, 4015, 4929, 5446, 5447

Title: Ottawa Mennonite Church fonds
Dates: 1960-2002 , 2004-2011
Extent: 64 cm of textual records
Repository: Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives

Historical note

The Ottawa Mennonite Church in Ontario was founded in 1959. Mennonites had settled in Ottawa already in the 1930s and 1940s to work for the federal government, many in translation work. However, most of these families did not consider this a permanent settlement for themselves and therefore had no interest in forming a congregation. One of the earliest permanent resident was the Wiens family. They and the Krause family, who arrived about twenty years later in the 1950s, became the core group who organized a congregation in 1959. In 1960 property was purchased for their own meeting house. Until 1961 they met in private homes, and thereafter in rented facilities until they built their own meeting house in 1966. The congregation was formally founded in 1962 with 22 charter members. In 1968 the membership was 42. In 1984, on their 25th anniversary, the membership was 92. In 2001 it was 181. The leaders of the congregation were: Bill Dick (1961-1966), Frank Epp (1967-1972), Eldon Krause (1971), Adolf Ens (1972-1973), Bill Janzen (1972-1975), Alma Coffman (1976-1977), Don Friesen (1978- ).

Scope and content note

This fonds contains bulletins (1963-2002), Sunday school registers (1965-1974), annual reports (1964-1993), directories (1967-1994), congregational constitution (1969-1973), congregational meeting minutes (1972-1983), church council meeting minutes (1983), correspondence (1960-1974), newsletters (1969-1993), and a handbook (1969). The records pertain to the founding and development of the Mennonite congregation in Ottawa, Ontario. They document some of the leaders and participants in the congregation.

Index terms

Subject terms

Ottawa Mennonite Church

Creators

Ottawa 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. Described by Bert Friesen 4 July 2002.
 

Ottawa Mennonite Church fonds file list:

Volume 10

  1. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1963)
  2. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1964)
  3. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1965), Sunday School register (1965)
  4. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1966)
  5. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1967)
  6. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1968)
  7. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1969)
  8. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1970), Sunday School register (1970)
  9. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1971)
  10. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1972)
  11. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1973)
  12. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1974), Sunday School register (1974)
  13. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1975)
  14. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1976)
  15. Ottawa Mennonite Church correspondence (1970-1973), eulogy for Ernest Koop, sermon entitled "The Law above the law of the Land" (1969) by Frank H. Epp.
  16. Ottawa Mennonite Church correspondence (1960-1966)

Volume 11

  1. Ottawa Mennonite Church handbook (1969).  Includes additional items on history, officers, constitutions, directories, register (biographical sketches of members), OMC Letter (sample), Bulletin (sample) and membership application form (1969-1975).
  2. Ottawa Mennonite Church annual reports (1964, 1966-1974)
  3. Ottawa Mennonite Church annual reports (1974-1984)
  4. Ottawa Mennonite Church minutes (1972-1976)
  5. Ottawa Mennonite Church directories (1967-1978)
  6. Ottawa Mennonite Church "OMC Letter" (1967-1975)

Volume 1108

  1. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1977), congregational meeting minutes (1977), financial statement (1977), directory (1977)
  2. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1978), newsletters (1978), financial statement (1978)
  3. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1979), newsletters (1979), directory (1979)
  4. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1980), congregational meeting minutes (1980), newsletter (1980)
  5. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1981), newsletters (1981)

Volume 2385

  1. Ottawa Mennonite Church handbook (1969)
  2. Ottawa Mennonite Church sermons (1969-1971), annual reports (1971-1972), congregational meeting minutes (1973)
  3. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1982)
  4. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1983), congregational meeting minutes (1983), church council meeting minutes (1983), directory of congregational office holders (1983)
  5. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1984), 25th anniversary newsletter (1984)
  6. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1985)
  7. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1986)
  8. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1987), newsletter (1987), congregational office holders (1987)

Volume 3811

  1. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1988)
  2. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1989), newsletters (1989)
  3. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1990)
  4. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1991)
  5. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1992)
  6. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1993), newsletters (1993), annual reports (1993)
  7. Ottawa Mennonite Church directory (1994)

Volume 4015

  1. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1994), directory (1994)
  2. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1995)
  3. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1996)
  4. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1997)
  5. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1998)
  6. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (1999)

Volume 4929

  1. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (2000)
  2. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (2001)
  3. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (2002)
  4. Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (2003)
Volume 5446

1.  Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (2004)

2.  Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (2005)

3.  Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (2006)

4.  Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (2007)

Volume 5447

1.  Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (2008)

2.  Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (2009)

3.  Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (2010); "Forum", January, 2010

4.  Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (2011)

5.  Ottawa Mennonite Church bulletins (2012) incomplete