The following random notes from the thirties and forties will reveal something of the growth and activity of the church: 1934: Jan. 28 Congregational .song leaders elected – Jacob Hamm,Diet. Braun, Abram J-:- Dick, John Janzen (District) Aug.26 Elder Joh. P. Klassen, Winnipeg, speaking both morning and evening. 1935: Feb. 3 Mileage on church business […]
Arrival Of New Immigrants The 1934-1939 Period Part Six
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 […]
