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Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Cedar Hills Mennonite Church (New Westminster, B.C.)

Retrieval numbers: Volumes 99, 100, 2933, 4254, 4503.

Title: Cedar Hills Mennonite Church fonds
Dates: 1959-1998
Extent: 40 cm of textual records
Repository: Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives

Historical note

The Cedar Hills Mennonite Church was founded in 1946 in New Westminster, B.C. It had begun as a Sunday school effort in 1941 and became a mission church supported by the Conference of Mennonites in Canada Board of Missions. The congregation joined the conference as an independent congregation, called New Westminster United Mennonite Church, in 1953. The membership was 40 in 1953. In 1960 the congregation changed its name to New Westminster Mennonite Church with a membership of 67. In 1965 they built a new meeting house and changed their name to the Cedar Hills Mennonite Church. In 1969 the membership was 109. The membership stood at 148 in 1978. In 2000 the membership was 93.  The congregation amalgamated with Living Hope Christian Fellowship in September 2004 a congregation that began in Surrey around 1998. The leaders of the congregation were: Abe Neufeld (1953-1961), Klaus Kroeker (1962), Reuben Siemens (1963-1967), Delmar Epp (1968-1974), Rudy Goerzen (1975-1981), John Unrau (1982-1991), Clare Neufeld (1992-2001), Helmut Isaak (2002- ).

Scope and content note

This fonds contains bulletins (1963-1998), correspondence (1959-1965), a brief congregational history (1960), annual reports (1968-1997), photograph : col : 12.5 X 6.5 cm (1975), directories (1976-1994), congregational meeting minutes (1976-1998), church council meeting minutes (1993-1998), and newsletters (1990-1998). The records pertain to the founding and development of the Mennonite congregation in New Westminster, B.C. They document some of the leaders and participants in the congregation.

Subject terms

Cedar Hills Mennonite Church

Creators

Cedar Hills Mennonite Church New Westminster United Mennonite Church New Westminster 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. Described by Bert Friesen 9 January 2003.

Cedar Hills Mennonite Church (New Westminster, B.C.) fonds file list:

Volume 99

  1. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church correspondence with CMC Board of Missions (1959-1965)
  2. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1963)
  3. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1965)
  4. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1966)
  5. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1967), directory (1967)
  6. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1968), annual reports (1968)
  7. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1969), annual reports (1969), finance committee report ([196-?])
  8. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1970), annual reports (1970)
  9. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1971), annual reports (1971), constitution (1971)
  10. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1972), annual reports (1972), directory (1972)

Volume 100

  1. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1973), annual reports (1973)
  2. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1974), annual reports (1974),  "First Edition " newsletter (1974), directory (1974)
  3. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1975), photograph : col : 12.5 X 6.5 cm (1975), annual reports (1975), congregational meeting minutes (1975), directory (1975)
  4. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1976), directory (1976), annual reports (1976), congregational meeting minutes (1976)
  5. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1977), annual reports (1977)
  6. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1978)
  7. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1979)
  8. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1980)

Volume 2933

  1. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1981)
  2. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1982)
  3. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1983)
  4. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1984)
  5. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1985)
  6. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1986)
  7. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1987)
  8. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1988)

Volume 4254

  1. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1989)
  2. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1990), newsletters (1990)
  3. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1991), newsletters (1991), special issue newsletter as farewell to the pastor and family (John Unrau), directory ([199-]), annual reports (1991)
  4. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1992), directory (1992), newsletters (1992), congregational meeting minutes (1992)
  5. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1993), congregational meeting minutes (1993), church council meeting minutes (1993)
  6. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1994), congregational meeting minutes (1994), church council meeting minutes (1994), annual reports (1994), directory (1994)

Volume 4503

  1. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1995), church council meeting minutes (1995), congregational meeting minutes (1995), annual reports (1995) , pictoral directory (1995)
  2. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1996), congregational meeting minutes (1996), church council meeting minutes (1996), annual reports (1996)
  3. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1997), newsletters (1997), congregational office holders (1997), congregational meeting minutes (1997), church council meeting minutes (1997), leadership meeting minutes (1997), ministry and co-operation proposal ([199-]), annual reports (1997)
  4. Cedar Hills Mennonite Church bulletins (1998), newsletters (1998), church council meeting minutes (1998), congregational meeting minutes (1998), joint meeting minutes of executive and stewardship committees (1998)