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  • Altona Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference Church fonds


    Retrieval numbers: Volumes 5502-5507

    Title: Altona Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference Church fonds
    Dates: 1950-1999
    Extent: 3.2 m of textual records
    Repository: Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives

    Historical note

    The Altona Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference (EMMC) congregation traces its beginning to a group of rural EMMC members who had moved into the town of Altona and began meeting for fellowship and worship in 1949. In 1951 they acquired and moved former Kleine Gemeinde (EMC) church building from Rosenhof to Altona. A new building was built in 1968 and was expanded in 1976 and again in 1986.
    The EMMC began under the bishop system of church leadership but more autonomy was requested by some of the town churches such as Altona and Winkler. Altona youth worker B.W. Sawatzky was one strong proponent of this concept. In 1955 the church asked to hire its own minister, even though their Bishop Wilhelm H. Falk, Bishop J.H. Friesen (after 1955), and minister Jacob Gerbrandt already lived in Altona. This however only became reality after the 1959 with wide sweeping reorganization within the larger church organization.
    The Altona EMMC congregation hired John G. Froese in 1960. He remained leader until 1964. Other leaders have included: Henry Dueck (1965-1967), Lawrence Giesbrecht (1967-1970), John Bergman (1970-1973, 1978-1984), Henry U. Dueck (1973-1978), Allen Kehler (1984- ), Frank Friesen ( - ).
    The congregation experienced rapid growth in the late 1960s and early 1970s as EMMC churches in the neighboring communities of Neubergthal, Eigenhof, and Rosenfeld closed.The congregation experienced rapid growth in the late 1960s and early 1970s as EMMC churches in the neighboring communities of Neubergthal, Eigenhof, and Rosenfeld closed.
    The congregation was a supporter of Elim Bible School, Mennonite Central Committee, radio ministries, and EMMC missions. The congregation hired its first youth pastor in Tim Ryan in 1985 and has had an active children's program with Sunday School, cradle roll, Pioneer Girls, Boys Brigades and youth events. The women of the congregation organized themselves into the Priscilla Sewing Circle (later Priscilla Fellowship) and the Rebecca Fellowship.
    The membership in 1965 was 200; in 1975, 255; in 1985, 369; in 2000, 658.

    Scope and content note

    These materials show the activities and priorities of the local congregation from annual, church board and ministerial meetings to specific activities such as Sunday school, cradle roll committee meetings and weekly Sunday worship services.

    Index terms

    Subject terms

  • Altona EMMC

    Creators

  • Altona Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference Church fonds

    Adjunct descriptive data

    Finding aids

    Finding aid consists of a file list

    Related material in this repository

    Evangelical Mennonite Mission fonds and other EMMC congregations.

    Notes

    Custodial history

    This material was collected by the church administrative assistant Delores Klassen.

    Physical description details

    Described by Conrad Stoesz November 22, 2010

    Arrangement

    Arranged by Delores Klassen

    Restrictions on access

    Access granted with permission from EMMC denominational office.

    Immediate source of acquisition

    Delores Klassen, church administrative assistant

    Other notes

    Accession No. 2010-080

    Inventory File List
    Volume 5502
    Altona EMMC Minutes/Ledgers 1950-1969
    1. Financials 1950
    2. Financial Ledgers 1955-1959
    3. Young People Ledger 1959
    4. Annual Meeting 1959-1967
    5. Church Board 1959
    6. Church Board 1960
    7. Financials 1960
    8. Ledger 1961-1964
    9. Annual Report 1961
    10. Financials 1961
    11. Cash Transactions 196f-1962
    12. Sunday School Cash 1961 -1962
    13. Annual Report 1962
    14. Financials 1962
    15. Annual Report 1963
    16. Financial 1963
    17. Annual Report 1964
    18. Church Board Minutes 1960-1964
    19. Financials 1964
    20. Annual Report 1965
    21. Annual Report 1966
    22. Financials 1966
    23. Annual Report 1967
    24. Financial 1965
    25. Annual Report 1968
    26. Annual Report 1969
    27. Christian Service Brigade 1967-1968
    28. Expansion Committee 1968-1976
    29. Education Committee 1967
    30. Ministerial Minutes 1961-1969
    31. Missions Committee Minutes 1965-1967
    32. Sunday School Meeting 1960-1969
    33. Floor Building Plan 1968
    34. Church Outline 1968
    35. Church Outline 1968

    Volume 5503
    Altona EMMC Minutes 1970-1979 and Church Directories/Membership Lists 1964-2010
    1. Administration Committee
    2. Church Board
    3. Education Committee
    4. Ministerial Committee
    5. Missions Committee
    6. Sunday School Minutes
    7. Annual Report 1970
    8. Annual Report 1971
    9. Annual Report 1972
    10. Christian Service Brigade
    11. Annual Report 1973
    12. Area Ministerial Minutes
    13. Annual Report 1974
    14. Music Committee
    15. Youth Committee
    16. Annual Report 1975
    17. Building committee
    18. Annual Report 1976
    19. Blue Prints
    20. Annual Report 1977
    21. Annual Report 1978
    22. Annual Report1979
    23. Pulpit Committee
    24. 1986 Sanctuary Dedication - Cassette Tape
    25. Membership Lists/Church Directories

    Volume 5504
    Altona EMMC Church Board Minutes 1980-1999
    1. Church Board Minutes 1980-1982
    2. Church Board Minutes 1983-1984
    3. Church Board Minutes 1985
    4. Church Board Minutes 1986
    5. Church Board Minutes 1987
    6. Church Board Minutes 1988
    7. Church Board Minutes 1989
    8. Annual Report for 1990
    9. Church Board Minutes 1990
    10. Annual Report for 1991
    11. Church Board Minutes 1991
    12. Annual Report for 1992
    13. Church Board Minutes 1992
    14. Annual Report 1993
    15. Church Board Minutes 1993
    16. Annual Report for 1994
    17. Church Board Minutes 1994
    18. Annual Report for 1995
    19. Church Board Minutes 1995
    20. Annual Report for 1996
    21. Church Board Minutes 1996
    22. Annual Report for 1997
    23. Church Board Minutes 1997
    24. Annual Report for 1998
    25. Church Board Minutes for 1998
    26. Annual Report for 1999
    27. Church Board Minutes 1999

    Volume 5505
    Altona EMMC Minutes 1980-1989
    1. Administration Minutes
    2. All Committee Minutes
    3. Alternate Finance
    4. Area Ministerial
    5. Annual Reports for 1980
    6. Annual Reports for 1981
    7. Annual Reports for 1982
    8. Annual Reports for 1983
    9. Annual Reports for 1984
    10. Annual Reports for 1985
    11. Annual Reports for 1986
    12. Annual. Reports for 1987
    13. Annual Reports for 1988
    14. Annual Reports for 1989
    15. Christian Growth Class lesson Book
    16. Assistant Pastor Search (Tim Ryan) 1982-1985
    17. Building Committee 1983-1986
    18. Christian Service Brigade Minutes.
    19. Church Retreat Minutes
    20. Constitutional Review
    21. Cradle Roll Minutes
    22. Daily Vacation Bible School Minutes
    23. Education Minutes
    24. Evening Service Committee Minutes
    25. Ministerial Minutes 1980
    26. Ministerial Minutes 1981
    27. Ministerial Minutes 1982
    28. Ministerial Minutes 1983
    29. Ministerial Minutes 1984
    30. Ministerial Minutes 1985
    31. Ministerial Minutes 1986
    32. Ministerial Minutes 1987
    33. Ministerial Minutes 1988
    34. Ministerial Minutes 1989
    35. Music Committee Minutes
    36. Pioneer Girls Minutes
    37. Policy Committee Minutes
    38. Pulpit Search Committee (Allen Kehler)
    39. Single Young Adults
    40. Sunday School Teachers Minutes
    41. Youth Committee Minutes

    Volume 5506
    Altona EMMC Bulletins 1965-1999


    Volume 5507
    Altona EMMC Year Ends Ledgers 1969-1989

    1. 1969
    2. 1970
    3. 1971
    4. 1972
    5. 1973
    6. 1974-75
    7. 1976
    8. 1977
    9. 1978
    10. Projects 1971-78
    11. 1979
    12. 198--1981
    13. 1982
    14. 1983
    15. 1984
    16. 1985
    17. Partnership 1985-89
    18. 1986
    19. 1987
    20. 1988
    21. 1989