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Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Toronto United Mennonite Church

Retrieval numbers: Volumes 13, 14, 2426, 3545, 4020, 4536, 5320; Microfilms 156, 157.

Title: Toronto United Mennonite Church fonds
Dates: 1951-2001
Extent: 60 cm of textual records
Repository: Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives

Historical note

Toronto United Mennonite Church was founded in 1948. A group had been worshipping together for a number of years. It had begun as a mission outreach of the General Conference mission board. There were 11 charter members in 1948. The annual retreats to Scarcliffe Lodge, owned by Hedwig and Victor Dyck, congregation members, were begun in 1956. The worship services were held in a residential building that served as housing for the pastor and caretaker families. They built their own meeting house in 1956. This building was used until 1995 when in was replaced on the same site by a housing and worship complex. In 1954 there were 30 members and in 1958 64. In 1962 there were 93 and in 1975 membership was 109. In 1984 the membership was 147; in 1994 it was 168; and in 2000 it was 184. The congregation helped in the formation of the Toronto Chinese Mennonite Church, the inter-generational housing project called St. Clair-O'Connor Community, the Mississauga Fellowship, and the New Life Centre and the Faith Community Group with whom they share their complex beginning in 1995. The leaders of the congregation were: H. Claassen ( -1948), Frank Dyck (1948-1950), Wm. Dyck (1950-1961), Nick Dyck (1961-1967), Marianne and Ed Enns (1967-1968), John Sawatsky (1968), Victor Heinrichs (1969), Helmut Harder (1969-1970), Darrell Fast (1970-1985), Titus Guenther (1986), Osiah Horst (1987), Gary Harder (1987- ).

Scope and content note

This fonds contains bulletins (1951-2001), newsletters (1957-2001), reports (1961-2001), congregational directories (1966-1997), programmes (1974-1998), minutes (1978-2001), constitution (1979), correspondence (1981), and a brief congregational history (1997). The records pertain to the founding and development of the Mennonite congregation in Toronto, Ontario. They document some of the leaders and participants in the congregation.

Index terms

Subject terms

Toronto United Mennonite Church

Creators

Toronto United 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 on a regular basis at the Mennonite Heritage Centre. Some materials were transferred from Mennonite Library and Archives, Newton, SK in 2007.  Described by Bert Friesen 25 July 2002. Updated by Alf Redekopp, March 2008.

Toronto United Mennonite Church fonds file list:

Volume 13

1. Toronto United Mennonite Church Bulletin (i.e. newsetter) (1951-1957)
2. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1962), city churches report (1961), proposed constitution (n.d.)
3. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1963)
4. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1964), annual reports (1964)
5. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1965), directory (1965)
6. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1966), financial statements (1966), directory (1966), annual reports (1966)
7. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1967), membership list (1967)
8. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1968), directory (1968)
9. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1969), annual reports (1969), correspondence (1969-1970)
10. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1970), annual reports (1970)
11. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1971), annual reports (1971)
12. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1972), annual reports (1972)
13. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1973), annual reports (1973)

Volume 14

1. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1974), annual reports (1973,1974),  25^th anniversary programme (1974)
2. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1975), annual reports (1975)
3. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1976), directory (1976), annual reports (1976)
4. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1977), annual reports (1977)
5. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1978), annual reports (1978), reports (1978), United Mennonite council of committees meeting minutes (1978)
6. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1979), annual reports (1979), proposed constitution (1979),  student directory (1979)
7. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1980), annual reports (1980)
8. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1981), annual reports (1981)

Volume 2426

1. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1982), newsletters (1982), annual reports (1982)
2. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1983), directory (1983), newsletters (1983), T. Guenther proposal (1983), annual reports (1983)
3. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1984), directory (1984), newsletters (1984), annual reports (1984)
4. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1985), directory (1985), newsletters (1985), annual reports (1985)
5. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1986), congregational meeting minutes (1986), newsletter (1986), annual reports (1986)

Volume 3545

1. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1987), newsletters (1987), annual reports (1987), congregational meeting minutes (1987)
2. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1988), task force report (1988), newsletters (1988), directory (1988), annual reports (1988)
3. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1989), newsletters (1989), directory (1989), annual reports (1989)
4. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1990), directory (1990), membership covenant (1990), annual reports (1990)
5. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1991), directory (1991), newsletters (1991), growth task force report (1991), congregational meeting minutes (1991), annual reports (1991)

Volume 4020

1. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1992), directory (1992), newsletters (1992), annual reports (1992)
2. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1993), newsletters (1993), annual reports (1993), directory (1993)
3. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1994), directory (1994), newsletters (1994), memo of understanding between TUMC and Mennonite New Life Faith Community (1994), growth task force report (1994), annual reports (1994)
4. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1995), newsletters (1995), directory (1995)
5. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1996), directory (1996), newsletters (1996), annual reports (1996), congregational meeting minutes (1996)

Volume 4536

1. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1997), directory (1997), newsletters (inc. a brief congregational history) (1997), annual report (1997)
2. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (1998), 50^th anniversary celebration programme (1998), directory (1998)
3. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (2000), newsletters (2000), annual reports (2000)
4. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (2001), annual reports (2001), newsletters (2001)
5. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (2002), annual reports (2002), directory (2002)
6. Toronto United Mennonite Church bulletins (2003)(incomplete), annual reports (2003), directory (2003)

Volume 5320

1. Newsletter: The Pastor's Assistant (bound) (1962)
2. Newsletter: The Pastor's Assistant (1971-1973)
3. Newsletter: Place of Meeting (1973-1977)
4. Newsletter: Place of Meeting (1978-1981)

Microfilm No. 156, 157 - Table of Contents