With the Elder ordination of Rev. N. N. Driedger on May 21, 1933, and the concurrent ordination of Cornelius Tiessen to the church ministry and Henry B. Wiens to the deaconship, the affairs of the church became more solidified and stablized. Contributing to the stabilization was the completion of the church building, which was dedicated […]
Arrival Of New Immigrants cont’d Part V
The Period 1929-23 It was only a short time that the church with its headquarters at Waterloo carried the name of The Mennonite Refugee Church, for quite soon the people were dissatisfied with their refugee appellation and attempted to regard Canada as a new home. In keeping with this changed attitude the church was renamed […]
Arrival Of Immigrants In Essex County: Part Five
The Formal Establishment of the Congregation While events were taking shape in Essex County, a congregation established in Waterloo in 1925 with Rev. Jacob H. Janzen as leader. The congregation had both its own religious seal and its own register. Despite a distance of 180 miles from Waterloo, the Essex County United Mennonite families decided […]
