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Last updated 10 April 2019. 

Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Title: Grace Mennonite Church (Prince Albert) fonds
Dates: 1959-2006
Extent: 20 cm of textual records

Historical note

The first Mennonite worship organized in Prince Albert was in 1942. They were served by leaders from the Hoffnungsfelder Gemeinde. It began being served by the Canadian conference Mission Board in 1946 meeting in homes. In 1951 they began using rented facilities for a meeting house. In 1955 they completed their own meeting house. It became an independent congregation in 1961 The membership was 23 in 1962. A larger meeting house was completed in 1973. In 1974 the membership was 37. It had nearly doubled by 1985 to 67. In 2001 it was 78. The leaders of the congregation were: Johannes Regier (1942-1946), Gladys and Isaac Epp (1946-1949), Tina and Ruben Siemens (1950-1951), Anne and John Wiens (1952-1954), Mary and Isaac Enns (1955-1961), Tena and Clarence Epp (1961-1967), Kay and Orville Andres (1968-1975), Dorothy and Jake Giesbrecht (1978-1980), Lois and Ray Kennedy (1980-1981), Bev and Clare Neufeld (1981-1990), Emma and Reuben Baerg, Anne and Bernie Retzlaff (1990-1991), Anne and Verner Friesen (1991-1994), Ed Olfert (1995- )

Scope and content note

The fonds contains correspondence (1959-1970), bulletins (1963-2002), member list (1968), annual reports (1974-1993), constitution (1991), and directories (1974-1994). The records pertain to the founding and development of the Mennonite congregation in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. They document some of the leaders and participants of the congregation.

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 7 February 2002. Updated by Selenna Wolfe 10 April 2019. 

Grace Mennonite Church, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan fonds file list:

Volume 64

  1. Grace Mennonite Mission correspondence (1959-1966)
  2. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (1963)
  3. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (1964)
  4. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (1965)
  5. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (1966)
  6. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (1967), memeber list (1968) 
  7. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (1972-1973)
  8. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (1974), annual reports (1974), directory (1974) 
  9. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (1975-1976)
  10. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (1977-1979), correspondence (1970)
  11. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (1980)
  12. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (1989-1990)
  13. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (1991), constitution (1991), annual reports (1991)
  14. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (1992), pictorial directory and a brief congregational history (1986), annual reports (1992), financial statements (1992), directory (1992)
  15. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (1993), pictorial directory (1993-1994), directory (1994), annual reports (1993)

Volume 4445

  1. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (1995)
  2. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (1996)
  3. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (1997)
  4. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (1998)
  5. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (1999)
  6. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (2000)
  7. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (2001)
  8. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (2002)
  9. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (2003)
  10. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (2004)
  11. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (2005)
  12. Grace Mennonite Church bulletins (2006) (Full)