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First Mennonite Church (Saskatoon) fonds
Retrieval numbers: Volume 70, 71 1625, 1941, 2435, 2779, 2954, 3908, 4008, 4257, 4917, 5522, 6363.
Title: First Mennonite Church (Saskatoon)
fonds
Dates: 1946-2018
Extent: 95 cm of textual records
Historical note
Mennonites settled in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in the
1920s.
Regular worship services were organized in 1928. In 1930 the General
Conference started a city mission work in Saskatoon. In 1932 this
resulted in the founding of a congregation as part of the Rosenorter
Gemeinde, a multi-congregation church. This congregation grew to become
an independent congregation in 1938. They met in rented facilities
until 1936 when the first meeting house was completed. The membership
was 115 in 1939. In 1949 another congregation grew out of this
congregation, the Mayfair Mennonite Church. The membership stood at 263
in 1950 and 300 in 1955. In 1957 the congregation built a new meeting
house. The following year, 1958, another congregation grew out of this
congregation, namely the Pleasant Hill Mennonite Church. In 1965
another congregation was formed, the Nutana Park Mennonite Church. In
1971 the membership was 486. In 1972 the meeting house was expanded.
From that peak the membership slowly declined to 271 in 1995 and 223 in
2000. The leaders of the congregation were: J. J. Thiessen (1930-1977),
Jakob Gerbrandt (1947-1971), David Penner (1951-1962), Gerhard Wiens
(1960-1969), N. N. Dick (1959-1961), Abram Martens (1962-1978), Menno
Nickel (1965-1971), Abram Warkentin (1966-1978), Edward Enns
(1963-1971), Henry Wiens (1971-1983), Henry Reimer (1984-1994), Arnie
Fehderau (1996- ).
Scope and content note
The fonds contains bulletins (1946-2018), baptismal
register (1962-1970),
congregational history (1973), congregational constitutions ([196-?]),
annual reports (1956-1992, 2015), newsletters (1953-2000), congregational
meeting minutes (1974-1992), congregational directories (1973-1990, 2000),
and other programmes (1977-1992). The records pertain to
the founding and development of the Mennonite congregation in
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and they document the leaders and participants
in the congregation.
Finding aids
Inventory file list available.
Notes
Language
Much German.
Other notes
Textual records have been deposited by the
congregation at
the Mennonite Heritage Centre on a regular basis. Described by Bert
Friesen 6 February 2002. Updated by Alf Redekopp 11 March 2008. Updated by Selenna Wolfe 8 February 2019.
First Mennonite Church, Saskatchewan fonds file list:
Volume 70
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1946-1959)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1960), news release (1960)
- First Mennonite Church baptismal records (1962-1970)
including Pleasant Hill, Warman and Aberdeen locals, one marriage
certificate (1949)
- First Mennonite Church 40th
anniversary book (1973); Pictorial directory (1978); Pictorial
directory (1985-1986)
- First Mennonite Church congregational
constitutions ([196-?], 1969)
- First Mennonite Church "Encounter" (newsletter) (1971-1972)
- First Mennonite Church congregational meeting
minutes (1948, 1973-1980, 1983)
- First Mennonite Church directories (1967-1986)
Volume 71
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1961)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1962)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1963)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1964)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1965)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1966), congregational
correspondence (1966)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1967)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1968)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1969)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1970)
Volume 1625
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1971)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1972)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1973); photo directory (1973)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1974)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1975)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1976)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1977), funeral programme
for J. J. Thiessen (Aug. 1977)
Volume 1941
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1978); photo directory (1978)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1979)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1980)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1981), congregational
newsletters (1981)
Volume 2435
- First Mennonite Church newsletters (1976-1983)
- First Mennonite Church newsletters (1984-1992)
Volume 2779
- First Mennonite Church Annual Reports (1960-1969)
- First Mennonite Church Annual Reports (1970-1979)
- First Mennonite Church Annual Reports (1980-1988)
Volume 2954
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1982)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1983)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1984)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1985)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1986)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1987)
Volume 3908
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1988), directory ([1988])
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1989) directory (1989-1990)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1990), directory (1989-1990)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1991)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1992)
- First Mennonite Church annual reports (1990-1992)
Volume 4008
- First Mennonite Church newsletters (1953)
- First Mennonite Church newsletters (1954)
- First Mennonite Church newsletters (1955)
- First Mennonite Church newsletters (1956)
- First Mennonite Church newsletters (1957)
- First Mennonite Church newsletters (1958)
- First Mennonite Church newsletters (1959)
- First Mennonite Church newsletters (1960)
- First Mennonite Church newsletters (1961)
- First Mennonite Church newsletters (1962)
- First Mennonite Church newsletters (1963)
- First Mennonite Church newsletters (1964)
- First Mennonite Church newsletters (1965)
- First Mennonite Church newsletters (1966)
- First Mennonite Church newsletters (1967)
- First Mennonite Church newsletters (1968)
- First Mennonite Church newsletters (1969)
Volume 4257
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1993), newsletters
(1993)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1994), newsletters
(1994)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1995), newsletters
(1995)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1996), newsletters
(1996)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1997), newsletters
(1997)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1998), newsletters
(1998)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (1999), newsletters
(1999)
Volume 4917
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (2000), newsletters
(2000)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (2001), directory
(2000)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (2002)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (2003)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (2004)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (2005)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (2006)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (2007)
- First Mennonite Church bulletins (2008)
Volume 5522
1. First Mennonite Church bulletins (2009)
2. First Mennonite Church bulletins (2010)
3. First Mennonite Church bulletins (2011)
4. First Mennonite Church bulletins (2012)
5. First Mennonite Church bulletins (2013)
6. First Mennonite Church bulletins (2014)
7. First Mennonite Church bulletins (2015); 2015 annual report book
Volume 6363
1. First Mennonite Church bulletins (2016)
2. First Mennonite Church bulletins (2017)
3. First Mennonite Church bulletins (2018)