©Mennonite Heritage Centre 2003
Last updated 31 Jan 2019

Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Title: Douglas Mennonite Church fonds
Dates: 1980-2017
Extent: 63 cm of textual records

Historical note

Douglas Mennonite Church was founded by the Springfield Heights Mennonite Church in 1980 with 183 charter members. From the beginning, this congregation was characterized with a strong lay leadership. In 1990 the membership was 293 and in 2000 it stood at 356. The leaders of the congregation were: Franz Wiebe (1980-1982), George Epp (1983-1986), Cornelius Plett (1987-1992), Gerhard Epp (1993), Hugo Jantz (1993-1996), James Schellenberg (1997), Kathleen Rempel Boschmann and Don Boschmann (1998- ).

Scope and content note

This fonds contains bulletins (1980-2015, 2017), annual reports (1982-1996, 2002-2017), and directories (1984-1996, 2002-2017). The records pertain to the development the congregation and they document the leaders and participants in the congregation.

Finding aids

Inventory file list available.

Notes

Language

Some German.

Restrictions on access

No restrictions on access.

Other notes

Textual records have been deposited at the Mennonite Heritage Centre by the congregation on a regular basis. Described by Bert Friesen 3 January 2002; edited by Selenna Wolfe 31 Jan 2019.

Douglas Mennonite Church fonds file list:

Volume 2227

1. Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (1980)
2. Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (1981)
3. Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (1982), annual reports (1982)
4. Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (1983)
5. Douglas Mennonite Church directory (1984)
6. Douglas Mennonite Church directory (1988), directory (1989)
7. Douglas Mennonite Church pictorial directory (1993), annual reports (1993); bulletins (Aug. 29 - Dec. 31)
8. Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (1994), annual reports (1994)
9. Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (1995), directory (1995), annual reports (1995)
10. Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (1996), directory (1996), annual reports (1996)
11. Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (1997), directory (1997)

Volume 4694

1. Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (1998)
2. Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (1999)
3. Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (2000)
4. Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (2001)
5. Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (2002), directory (2002), annual reports (2002), church meeting minutes (2002)

Volume 1827

1.  Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (2003)

2.  Douglas Mennonite Church 2003 Annual Report Book

3.  Douglas Mennonite Church 2004 Telephone Directory

4.  Douglas Mennonite Church 2003 Pictoral Directory

5.  Douglas Mennonite Church 2003 Council & Congregational Meeting Minutes.

6.  Douglas Mennonite Church 2004, bulletins, annual report book, telephone directory, council and congregational meeting minutes.

Volume 5131

1.  Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (2005), annual report book, Council and Congregational Meeting Minutes, 2005 Telephone Directory

2.  Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (2006), annual report book (2006), telephone directory (2006), council & congregational meeting minutes (2006)

Volume 5300

1.  Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (2007), annual report book (2007), telephone & address directory (2007), 2007 minutes for Church Council and Congregation.

2.  Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (2008), 2008 annual report book, 2008 telephone directory, 2008 council and congregatiaonal meeting minutes, 2008 stats.

Volume 5450

1.  Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (2009), 2009 annual report book, 2009 Statistics report, 2009 telephone directory, 2009 Council and Congregational meeting minutes.

2.  Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (2010), 2010 annual report book, 2010 telephone directory, 2010 council and congregational meeting minutes

Volume 5597

1.  Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (2011), 2011 annual report book, 2011 Statistics report; 2012 Telephone & Address Directory; 2011 council and congregational meeting minutes.

2.  Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (2012), 2012 Telephone and Address Directory; 2012 Statistics; 2012 annual reports; Church Council minutes (2012)

Volume 6295

1.  Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (2014); 2014 Directory; 2014 Statistics; 2014 Annual Report Book; 2014 Notice of Council Meeting and Minutes

2.  Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (2015) [incomplete]; directory (2016); Annual Report Book 2016; Council and Congregational meetings minutes (2016); Statistics (2016) 

Volume 6360

1.  Douglas Mennonite Church bulletins (2017); Annual  Report Book 2017; Statistics (2017); directory (2017); council and congregational meeting minutes (2017)