©Mennonite Heritage Centre 2003
Last updated 7 Feb 2019
Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Title: Hanley Mennonite Church fonds
Dates: 1977-2017
Extent: 32 cm of textual records
Historical note
Russian Mennonite immigrant families arrived in the Hanley
area of Saskatchewan in the 1920s. They soon formed a congregation for
worship, meeting in homes and farm buildings. In 1929 they completed
their first meeting house. A larger meeting house was completed in
1956. During these years the congregation was part of the Nordheimer
Gemeinde, a multi-congregation church. The Nordheimer Gemeinde was
dissolved in 1975. Thereafter, the congregations gradually emerged as
independent congregations. In 1976 the membership was 102. By 1980 the
congregation was independent although there were still associations
with the other independent congregations which emerged from the
Gemeinde. In 1986 the membership was 108. In 2000 it was 98. The
leaders of the congregation were: Abram Martens (1929-1934), Abram A.
Kröger (1931-1941), Franz Epp (1929-1977), Jacob Schellenberg
(1943-1981), Henry Peters (1959-1996), Henry Patkau (1971-1981),
Margaret and Gary Peters (1990- ).
Scope and content note
The fonds contains bulletins (1978-2000, 2002-2017), reports
(1977-1993, 2002-2004, 2013-2017), biographies of congregational members (1977-1979),
membership lists (1976-1998), annual reports (1977-1993, 2002),
congregational meeting minutes (1975-1994), ladies fellowship meeting
minutes (1979), Gemeinde meeting minutes (1977-1979), programmes
(1977-2000), congregational history (1980), and correspondence
(1981-1997). The records pertains to the development of the Mennonite
congregation in Hanley, Saskatchewan. They documents some of the
leaders and participants in the congregation. A unique feature is the
congregational journal which documents the life of the congregation in
much detail (1979-1994).
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 14 February 2002; edited by Selenna Wolfe 7 February 2019.
Hanley Mennonite Church fonds file list:
Volume 1622
- Nordheimer Mennonite Church, Hanley congregation bulletins (1978), report (1977), biography of Franz Epp (1977)
- Nordheimer Mennonite Church, Hanley congregation bulletins
(1979), membership list (1979), congregational annual reports (1979),
congregational meeting minutes (1979), biography of Jacob Schellenberg
(1979), Gemeinde annual reports (1979)
- Nordheimer Mennonite Church, Hanley congregation reports to the
General Conference (1979), funeral programmme (1979), worship service
reports (1979), financial statement (1978), Gemeinde meeting minutes
(1979), ladies fellowship meeting minutes (1979), intercollegiate peace
fellowship report (1979), baptismal testimony (1979), resolution to
dissolve the Gemeinde (1979), 25th wedding anniversary report (1978), - This is in effect a congregational journal for 1979.
- Nordheimer Mennonite Church, Hanley congregation journal which includes a membership list (1980)
- Nordheimer Mennonite Church, Hanley congregation journal (1980),
brief congregational histories of all congregations in Hanley (1980)
- Nordheimer Mennonite Church, Hanley congregational meeting minutes (1981), annual reports (1980), congregational journal (1981)
- Nordheimer Mennonite Church, Hanley congregation annual reports
(1981), correspondence (1981), membership list (1982), congregational
journal (1982)
- Hanley Mennonite Church membership list (1987), annual reports (1986), bulletins (1987), congregational journal (1987)
Volume 2824
- Hanley Mennonite Church membership list (1983), annual reports (1982), bulletins (1983), congregational journal (1983)
- Hanley Mennonite Church congregational activities summary (1983)
- Hanley Mennonite Church membership list (1984), congregational
journal (1984), congregational meeting minutes (1984), annual reports
(1983), congregational activities summary (1984)
- Hanley Mennonite Church membership list (1985), congregational
journal (1985), congregational meeting minutes (1985), annual reports
(1984), congregational activities summary (1985)
- Hanley Mennonite Church membership list (1986), congregational
journal (1986), congregational meeting minutes (1986), annual reports
(1985), bulletins (1986)
- Hanley Mennonite Church membership list (1988), congregational
journal (1988), congregational meeting minutes (1988), annual reports
(1987), congregational activities summary (1988), bulletins (1988)
- Hanley Mennonite Church membership list (1988), congregational
journal (1989), congregational meeting minutes (1989), annual reports
(1988), congregational activities summary (1989), bulletins (1989)
Volume 4031
- Hanley Mennonite Church membership list (1990), congregational
journal (1990), congregational meeting minutes (1990), annual reports
(1989), congregational activities summary (1990), bulletins (1990)
- Hanley Mennonite Church congregational journal (1991), bulletins (1991)
- Hanley Mennonite Church membership list (1991), congregational
journal (1991), congregational meeting minutes (1991), annual reports
(1990), congregational correspondence (1991)
- Hanley Mennonite Church membership list (1992), congregational
journal (1992), annual reports (1991), congregational activities
summary (1991), bulletins (1992), newspaper clippings (1992), funeral
service programmes (1992)
- Hanley Mennonite Church congregational journal (1993), annual
reports (1992), congregational activities summary (1994), membership
list (1993)
- Hanley Mennonite Church membership list (1994), congregational journal (1994),
congregational meeting minutes (1994), annual reports (1993), congregational
activities summary (1994), bulletins (1994), membership lists (1994)
Volume 4426
- Hanley Mennonite Church bulletins (1995)
- Hanley Mennonite Church bulletins (1996)
- Hanley Mennonite Church bulletins (1997), correspondence (1997)
- Hanley Mennonite Church bulletins (1998), membership list (1998), sermon (1997)
- Hanley Mennonite Church bulletins (1999)
- Hanley Mennonite Church bulletins (2000), 75th anniversary programme for Nordheimer Gemeinde (2000)
- Hanley Mennonite Church bulletins (2002), annual reports (2002)
Volume 66
- Hanley Mennonite Church membership list (1976), congregational journal (1976), congregational meeting minutes (1975)
- Hanley Mennonite Church membership list (1977), annual reports
(1976), congregational journal (1976-1977), Nordheimer Gemeinde annual
reports (1977), wedding and funeral programmes (1977)
- Hanley Mennonite Church membership list (1978), congregational
journal (1983), education committee meeting minutes (1978), prayer
programme (1978)
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Volume 2883
1. Hanley Mennonite Church bulletins
(2003), report book (2003)
2. Hanley Mennonite Church bulletins
(2004), report book (2004)
3. Hanley Mennonite Church bulletins
(2005)
4. Hanley Mennonite Church bulletins (2006)
5. Hanley Mennonite Church bulletins (2007)
6. Hanley Mennonite Church bulletins (2008)
7. Hanley Mennonite Church bulletins (2009)
Volume 5533
1. Hanley Mennonite Church bulletins (2010)
2. Hanley Mennonite Church bulletins (2011); church meeting minutes (2011)
3. Hanley Mennonite Church bulletins (2012)
4. Hanley Mennonite Church bulletins (2013)
5. Hanley Mennonite Church bulletins (2014), 2013 annual meeting reports; summary of 2014 statistics
6. Hanley Mennonite Church bulletins (2015); annual report book (2014)
7. Hanely Mennonite Church bulletins (2016); annual report book (2015)
8. Hanely Mennonite Church bulletins (2017); annual meeting
reports (2016); annual meeting reports (2017); Funeral orders; Tina
Froese and Esther Patkau; Newspaper Clippings