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Last updated  21 February 2019 

Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Title: Hope Mennonite Fellowship (North Battleford, Saskatchewan) fonds
Dates: 1959-2016
Extent: 28 cm of textual records

Historical note

The Conference of Mennonites Mission Board began a work in North Battleford, Saskatchewan in 1952. In 1953 a meeting house was rented. In 1959 a congregation was organized. In 1968 the membership was 32. By 1980 the membership had dropped slightly to 24. In 1986 it changed its name from the North Battleford Mennonite Church to the Hope Mennonite Fellowship. In 2000 the membership was 21. The leaders of the congregation were: Edgar Epp (1952-1955), Peter Retzlaff (1955-1958), Irvin Schmidt (1958-1964), Alfred Heinrichs (1964-[1967]), Edwin Epp ([1968]-1969), David Neufeld (1973-1976, 1981-1984), John Lenshyn (1978-1980), Doris Rempel (1986-1988), Jacob Thiessen (1992-1997).

Scope and content note

The fonds contains bulletins (1979-2007, 2010-2016), correspondence (1959-1976), reports (1959-1997), congregational annual reports (1986-2005), directories (]198-?]-1996), and programmes (1989). The records pertain to the development of the Mennonite congregation in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. They document some of the leaders and participants in the congregation.

Finding aids

Inventory file list available.

Notes

Restrictions on access

No restrictions on access.

Other notes

Textual records have been deposited by the congregation at the Mennonite Heritage Centre on a regular basis. Described by Bert Friesen 15 February 2002; updated by Selenna Wolfe 21 February 2019. 

North Battleford Mennonite Church / Hope Mennonite Fellowship file list:

Volume 67

1. North Battleford Mennonite Church bulletins (1979)
2. North Battleford Mennonite Church correspondence and reports (1959-1966)
3. North Battleford Mennonite Church bulletins (1980)

Volume 3547

1. Hope Mennonite Fellowship bulletins (1987), annual reports (1986), directory ([198-?]), newspaper clippings (1987)
2. Hope Mennonite Fellowship bulletins (1988), directory (1988), annual reports (1988)
3. Hope Mennonite Fellowship bulletins (1989), ordination service programme (1989), annual reports (1989)
4. Hope Mennonite Fellowship bulletins (1990), annual reports (1990)
5. Hope Mennonite Fellowship bulletins (1991), annual reports (1991)
6. Hope Mennonite Fellowship bulletins (1992), annual reports (1992)
7. Hope Mennonite Fellowship bulletins (1993), directory (1993), native ministries outreach correspondence and reports (1972, 1973, 1976), annual reports (1993)
8. Hope Mennonite Fellowship bulletins (1994), annual reports (1994)
9. Hope Mennonite Fellowship bulletins (1995)
10. Hope Mennonite Fellowship bulletins (1996), directory (1996), annual reports (1996)
11. Hope Mennonite Fellowship bulletins (1997), Mennonite community closet report (1997), annual reports (1997), directory (1997)

Volume 4932

1. Hope Mennonite Fellowship bulletins (1998), annual reports (1998)
2. Hope Mennonite Fellowship bulletins (1999), annual reports (1999)
3. Hope Mennonite Fellowship bulletins (2000), annual reports (2000)
4. Hope Mennonite Fellowship bulletins (2001), annual reports (2001)
5. Hope Mennonite Fellowship bulletins (2002), annual reports (2002)
6. Hope Mennonite Fellowship bulletins (2003), annual reports (2003)
7. Hope Mennonite Fellowship bulletins (2004), annual reports (2004)
8. Hope Mennonite Fellowship bulletins (2005), annual reports (2005)
9. Hope Mennonite Fellowship bulletins (2006)
10. Hope Mennonite Fellowship bulletins (2007) [incomplete]