(c)Mennonite Heritage Centre 2003
Last updated  22 October 2013

Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Title: Springfield Heights Mennonite Church fonds
Dates: 1964-2012
Extent: 44 cm of textual records
Extent: 1 microfilm reel

Historical note

The Springfield Heights Mennonite Church began services and formally organized in 1964 with 194 charter members. Its founding originated through division from North Kildonan Mennonite due to the latter's size and the desire of some to use the German language. Their first meeting house was completed in 1965 and further expanded in 1978. Bruno Enss is considered the founding leader of the group. By the end of 1965 the membership was already 307 with increasing transfers from other Mennonite congregations in Winnipeg and continuing immigration from South America. In 1980 the membership stood at 446 and in 2000 at 504. The leaders of the congregation were: Bruno Enss (1964-1967, George K. Epp (1967-1968), Franz Dyck (1968-1974), Erwin Strempler (1974-1975), Frank Isaac (1975-1988), Johannes Stolz (1988-1990), Hermann Dueck (1991), Jake Harms (1992-1993), Henry Kliewer (1994-2000), Ferdinand Funk (2001- ).

Scope and content note

This fonds contains membership and family registers (1964-1979), membership lists (1993-2001), brief congregational histories (1964-1989), minutes of congregational meetings and church council meetings (1964-1979), congregational newsletters ([197-?]-1991), bulletins (1975-2000, 2002), annual reports (1971-2000, 2002), directories (1970-2001), position papers and other congregational documents (1974-1991), and a congregational constitution (1991). The records begin with the founding of this congregation and they document its activities and development.

Finding aids

Inventory file list available.

Notes

Language

Much German.

Restrictions on access

No restrictions on access.

Other notes

Textual records were microfilmed at the Mennonite Heritage Centre in 1980. Textual records have been deposited at the Mennonite Heritage Centre on a regular basis. Described by Bert Friesen 2 January 2002.

Springfield Heights Mennonite Church fonds file list:

Volume 54

  1. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1975), annual reports (1975)
  2. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1976)
  3. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1977)
  4. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1978), annual reports (1978)
  5. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church yearbook (1966), pictorial directories (1971, 1976)
  6. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1979)
  7. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1980), congregational newsletters (1980), annual reports (1980)
  8. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1981), congregational newsletters (1981), directory (1981), annual reports (1981)
  9. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1982), congregational newsletters (1982), annual reports (1982)
  10. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church newsletters ([197-?]-1979), questionnaire return statistics (1974)

Volume 2418

  1. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1983), congregational resolution on nonresistance (1983), position paper on English-language usage (1983), congregational newsletters (1983), directory (1983), annual reports (1983)
  2. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1984), directory (1984), J. Pries obituary (1984), congregational newsletters (1984)
  3. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church 20th anniversary service audio tape (1984), 16 photographs (1984)
  4. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1985)
  5. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church directories (1970, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1985)
  6. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1986), congregational newsletters (1986), directory (1986), worship schedule (1986), annual reports (1986), pictorial directory (1986)

Volume 2658

  1. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1993), membership lists (1993), directories (1992-1993), annual reports (1992-1993)
  2. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1994), directory (1994), membership lists (1994), annual reports (1994)
  3. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1995), membership lists (1995), annual reports (1995), directory (1995)
  4. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1996), directory (1996), membership lists (1996), annual reports (1996)
  5. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1997), directory (1997)

Volume 3553

  1. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1987), directory (1987), annual reports (1987), congregational newsletters (1987)
  2. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1988), directory (1988), congregational newsletters (1988), annual reports (1988)
  3. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1989), directory (1989), 25th anniversary booklet (1989), congregational newsletters (1989), annual reports (1989)
  4. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1990), directory (1990), congregational newsletters (1990), congregational review (1990), annual reports (1990)
  5. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1991), congregational constitution (1991), directory (1991), congregational newsletters (1991), congregational meeting position paper (1991), congregational special programmes (1991)
  6. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1992)

Volume 4634

  1. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church pictoral directory (1996)
  2. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1997), membership lists (1997), annual reports (1997)
  3. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1998), directory (1998), annual reports (1998), membership lists (1998)
  4. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (1999), directory (1999), membership lists (1999), annual reports (1999)
  5. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (2000), directory (2000-2001), membership lists (2000-2001), annual reports (2000), membership directory (2001)

Volume 5012

  1. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (2002)
  2. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (2003), annual report book (2003), directory (2004), children's list (2003)
  3. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (2004), annual report book (2004), list of seniors, list of children

Volume 2772

1.  Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (2006), annual report book (2006), 2007 telephone & Address directory; list of seniors (by alphabet), list of seniors (date/month order); list of children (0-25 yrs)

2.  Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (2007), annual report book (2007), 2008 telephone and address directory, kist of seniors (by alphabet), list of seniors (birth date order), list of children (0-25).

3.  Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (2008), annual report book (2008), 2009 telephone and address directory, list of church members

4.  Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (2009), annual report books (2009) German & English; Telephone & Address Directory (2009), list of children (0-25); list of seniors (by alphabet), list of seniors (birth month order)

5.  Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (2010), annual report books, German & English

Volume 5586

1.  Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (2011); annual report book (English); 2012 Telephone & Address Directory; list of children (0-25); list of seniors (by alphabet); list of seniors (by birth month order)

2.  Springfield Heights Mennonite Church bulletins (2012); annual report book 2012; list of children (0-25); list of seniors (by alphabet); list of seniors (by birth month order).; 2013 Telephone & Address Directory

Microfilm

(MHC Project No. 56; MHC Microfilm no. 206)

Microfilm 206

  1. Church membership registers (3 volumes). -- 1964-1979.
  2. Congregational yearbooks (annual reports). -- 1966-1976.
  3. Congregational chronik books. -- 1964-1979.
  4. Church council meeting minutes. -- 1964-1979.
  5. Congregational meeting minutes. -- 1964-1970.
  6. Congregational meeting minutes and annual reports. -- 1971-1979.
  7. Newsletters. -- 1979.