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Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Harrow United Mennonite Church

Retrieval numbers: Volume 2612

Title: Harrow United Mennonite Church fonds
Dates: 1977-1986, 2003-08
Extent: 8 cm of textual records
Repository: Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives

Historical note

Harrow United Mennonite Church was founded in 1953 in Harrow, Ontario. It had its roots in Russian Mennonite immigrants settling in the area in 1928. These families worshipped in Leamington until they formed their own independent congregation. They had their own meeting house since 1951. In 1954 the membership was 47 and remained at around that number for the next twenty years. In 1985 it was 70 and in 2000 it stood at 81. In 1996 they expanded their meeting house. They had a mix of rural and urban members including farmers and various other professions. They stressed personal initiative in service. The leaders of the congregation were: Herman Lepp (1953-1966), Herman Lepp (1966-1983), Henry Paetkau (1979-1984), Audrey Mierau (1986-1988), Calvin Laur (1989-1990), Jim Brown (1990-1999), Greg Jutzi (2000- ).

Scope and content note

This fonds contains bulletins (1980-1984), newsletters (1980-1986), a brief congregational history (1977), office holders list (1979), duties of congregational committees (1980), newspaper clipping (1981), commissioning service programme (1984), and church board meeting minutes (1984). The records pertain to the development of the Mennonite congregation in Harrow, Ontario. They document the leaders and participants in the congregation.

Index terms

Subject terms

Harrow United Mennonite Church

Creators

Harrow United Mennonite Church

Adjunct descriptive data

Finding aids

Inventory file list available.

Notes

Restrictions on access

No restrictions on access.

Other notes

Textual records were deposited by the congregation at the Mennonite Heritage Centre. Described by Bert Friesen 6 June 2002.

Harrow United Mennonite Church fonds file list:

 Volume 2612

1. Harrow United Mennonite Church brief congregational history (1977)
2. Harrow United Mennonite Church bulletins (1980), office holders list (1979), duties of congregational committees (1980), newsletters (1980)
3. Harrow United Mennonite Church bulletins (1981), newspaper clipping (1981), newsletters (1981)
4. Harrow United Mennonite Church newsletters (1982)
5. Harrow United Mennonite Church newsletters (1983)
6. Harrow United Mennonite Church newsletters (1984), commissioning service programme (1984), church board meeting minutes (1984), bulletin (1984)
7. Harrow United Mennonite Church newsletters (1985)
8. Harrow United Mennonite Church newsletters (1986)
9. Harrow United Mennonite Church bulletins (2003)

10.  Harrow United Mennonite Church bulletins (2004)

11.  Harrow United Mennonite Church bulletins (2005) incomplete

12.  Harrow United Mennonite Church bulletins (2006)