©Mennonite Heritage Centre 2002
Last updated April 17, 2002

Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Title: Grace Mission Mennonite Church (Meadow Lake) fonds
Dates: 1953-1991
Extent: 28 cm of textual records

Historical note

Mennonite immigrants moved to the area around Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan in the 1920s. Three small rural congregations were founded during the following years. In the 1950s it was decided to begin a congregation in the town of Meadow Lake. They completed their own meeting house in 1957 with the assistance and support of the local rural congregations and the conference Mission Board. The Mission Board continued its financial support until 1974. In 1977 the congregation built a new meeting house. The membership was 38 in 1975. In 1986 it was 111 and in 1991 it was 102. The congregation withdrew its membership in the Conference of Mennonites in Canada in 1991. The leaders of the congregation were: David Friesen (1958-1963), Fred Heese (1963-1966), Edwin Brandt (1967-1971), John Jackson (1971-1974), Edwin Giesbrecht (1975-1985), Wesley Dobson (1987-1991).

Scope and content note

This fonds contains bulletins (1968-1979), correspondence (1957-1978), reports (1956-1978), annual reports (1958-1991), financial records (1953-1959), congregational meeting minutes (1957-1974), church board/council meeting minutes (1959-1969), outreach committee meeting minutes (1977-1978), and a brief congregational history (1977). The records pertain to the development of the congregation and they document some of the leaders and participants in it.

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 13 February 2002.

Grace Mission Mennonite Church, Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan fonds file list:

Volume 63

  1. Grace Mission Mennonite Church bulletins (1968)
  2. Grace Mission Mennonite Church bulletins (1975)
  3. Grace Mission Mennonite Church bulletins (1976)
  4. Grace Mission Mennonite Church bulletins (1977)
  5. Grace Mission Mennonite Church correspondence and reports (1960-1966)

Volume 1117

  1. Grace Mission Mennonite Church correspondence (1957-1966)
    1. Correspondence re. building and financial support (1957-1961)
    2. Correspondecne re. pastoral needs (1963-1966)
    3. Visitation reports (1958-1961)
  2. Grace Mission Mennonite Church general ledger (1953-1959)
    1. Miscellaneous building invoices
  3. Grace Mission Mennonite Church congregational meeting minutes (1957-1959)
  4. Grace Mission Mennonite Church church board/council meeting minutes (1959-1965), congregational meeting minutes (1960, 1961, 1965)
  5. Grace Mission Mennonite Church annual reports (1959-1960, 1962, 1964, 1967-1968)
  6. Grace Mission Mennonite Church congregational meeting minutes (1969-1974)
  7. Grace Mission Mennonite Church church council meeting minutes (1965-1969)
  8. Grace Mission Mennonite Church annual reports (1969-1978)
  9. Grace Mission Mennonite Church correspondence (1977-1978), outreach committee reports (1977-1978), outreach committee meeting minutes (1978)

Volume 3525

  1. Grace Mission Mennonite Church bulletins (1978)
  2. Grace Mission Mennonite Church bulletins (1979)
  3. Grace Mission Mennonite Church annual reports (1979-1984, 1986, 1991)
  4. Grace Mission Mennonite Church congregational history (1977)