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Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Rockway Mennonite Church


Retrieval numbers: Volumes 1934, 4535; 2752, 5563, 6296  microfilm 155.

Title: Rockway Mennonite Church fonds
Dates: 1979-2017
Extent: 16 cm of textual records
Extent: 1 microfilm reel
Repository: Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives

Historical note

Rockway Mennonite Church was founded in 1960 in Kitchener, Ontario. It was an outreach of the First Mennonite Church, Kitchener. Since its founding it has used the Rockway Mennonite Collegiate as its meeting house. In 1963 there were 55 members. It stayed at that number until the late 1970s. By 1989 it had doubled to 102 members. In 2001 it stood at 126. The leaders of the congregation were: Howard Good (1962-1967), John Snyder (1968-1991), Glenn Brubacher (1992), Allen Rudy-Froese (1993-1999), Mary Burkholder (2000), Christina Reimer (2000), Scott Brubaker Zehr (2001- ).

Scope and content note

This fonds contains bulletins (1979-2017), executive council meeting minutes (1983), congregational meeting minutes (1960-2000), annual reports (1988-2000, 2002-2004, 2007-2010, 2012-2015, 2017), correspondence (1967-1975), Church council meeting minutes (1960-1969), stewardship/building committee meeting minutes (1962-1965), "Rockway News" (#1-31), and directories (1990-2018). The records pertain to the development of the Mennonite congregation in Kitchener, Ontario. They document some of the leaders and participants in the congregation.

Subject terms

Rockway Mennonite Church

Creators

Rockway Mennonite Church

Adjunct descriptive data

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 5 July 2002; updated by Selenna Wolfe 22 February 2019. 

Rockway Mennonite Church fonds file list:

Volume 1934

1. Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (1979)
2. Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (1983), executive council meeting minutes (1983)
3. Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (1988), annual reports (1988)
4. Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (1989), congregational meeting minutes (1989), annual reports (1989)
5. Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (1990), congregational meeting minutes (1990), directory (1990), annual reports (1990)
6. Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (1991), congregational meeting minutes (1991), directory (1991)
7. Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (1992), directory (1992), congregational meeting minutes (1992), annual reports (1992)
8. Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (1993)
9. Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (1994), annual reports (1994), congregational meeting minutes (1993), directory (1994)
10. Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (1995), directory (1995), congregational meeting minutes (1995), annual reports (1995)

Volume 4535

1. Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (1996)
2. Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (1997), directories (1997-1998)
3. Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (1998), directory (1998)
4. Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (1999), directory (1999)
5. Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (2000), annual reports (2000), congregational meeting minutes (2000)
6. Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (2001), directory (2000)
7. Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (2002), annual reports (2002)

     8.  Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (2003), annual reports, membership booklet (2003)

     9.  Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (2004), annual report, members and friends booklet(2003-04)

Volume 2752

1.  Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (2005)

2.  Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (2006)

3.  Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (2007); Rockway News #1-4; 2006 Annual Report; 2007 Annual Report; 2007-08 Directory

4.  Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (2008); 2008 annual report; Rockway News #5-7; Rockway Mennonite Church directory 2008-09.

Volume 5563

1.  Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (2009),  Directory (2008-2009); 2008 Annual Report book; Rockway News #8-10.

2.  Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (2010); Directory (2009-2010); 2009 Annual Report book; Rockway News #11-13

3.  Rochway Mennonite Church bulletins (2011); Directory (2011); 2010 Annual Report book; Rockway News 14-16

4.  Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (2012) incomplete; 2012 annual report book; "Rockway News" (#17-19)

5.  Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (2013) incomplete; 2013 annual report book;  "Rockway News" (20-21)

Volume 6296

1. Rochway Mennonite Church bulletins (2014); 2013 Annual Report Book; "Rockway News" (22-24), 2014-15 Directory 

2. Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (2015); 2014 Annual report Book; "Rockway News" (25-27); 2015-16 Directory

3.  Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (2016); 2015-16 Directory; 2015 Annual Report Book; "Rockway News" (28-29).

4.  Rockway Mennonite Church bulletins (2017); 2017/2018 Directory; 2017 Annual Report Book; "Rockway News" (#30-31).

Microfilm No. 155 - Table of Contents