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Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Vauxhall Mennonite Church

Retrieval numbers: Volume 3542, 6450, 6451

Title: Vauxhall Mennonite Church fonds
Dates: 1938-2001
Extent: 58 cm of textual records
Repository: Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives

Historical note

This Mennonite Church at near Vauxhall, Alberta was founded in 1938 as the Vauxhall-Grantham Mennonite Church. Families had moved into this area starting in 1933 to take up irrigation farming. There were 26 charter members. Prior to 1933 both Mennonite Brethren and Mennonite conference families had worshipped together in various homes. In 1939 they purchased a building and moved it to a site northeast of Vauxhall as their own meeting house. In 1940 both the Mennonite Brethren and Mennonite conference meeting houses were burned by arsonists, part of the anti-German hysteria. In 1944 the congregation built a new meeting house and expanded the building in 1953. In 1947 the membership was 51. In 1963 the congregation amalgamated with Hays Mennonite Mission Church and changed the name to the Vauxhall Mennonite Church. In 1970 the membership was still 51. In 1984 the congregation purchased the Mennonite Brethren meeting house (who had built a new meeting place in town) for its use and sold their former building. In 1992 the membership was 32. The congregation dissolved in 2000. The leaders of the congregation were: W. Martens (1938-1946, 1951-1963), Frank Janzen (1939-1956), G. Neufeld (1939-1946), H. Goerzen (1957-1958), Jakob Krause (1959-1966, 1967-1968), C. W. Friesen (1960-1961), David Adrian (1966-1967), J. Wiebe (1969-1970), Menno Bergen (1970-1974), John Klassen (1975-1976), William Wiebe (1977-1984, 1989-1998), Bob Crosland (1985-1988), Nick Dyck (1990-1998).

Scope and content note

This fonds contains bulletins (1965, 1969-1975, 1985-2000), congregational meeting minutes (1951-1966, 1968-2000), annual reports (1965-1996; some missing), membership files (1938-1997), correspondence (1964-2001), financial records (1944-2000), and various committee files. The records pertain to the development of the Mennonite congregation in Vauxhall, Alberta from its founding in 1938 to its closure in 2000. Some files are in German. Some files have been damaged by water.

Subject terms

Vauxhall Mennonite Church

Creators

Vauxhall Mennonite Church, Vauxhall-Grantham Mennonite Church, Hays Mennonite Mission Church

Adjunct descriptive data

Finding aids

Inventory file list available.

Notes

Accession numbers  2017-050

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 20 December 2002.  Updated by Andrew Klassen Brown June 2, 2020.

Vauxhall Mennonite Church fonds file list:

Volume 3542

  1. Vauxhall Mennonite Church bulletins (1965), congregational meeting minutes (1965)
  2. Vauxhall Mennonite Church bulletins (1985)
  3. Vauxhall Mennonite Church bulletins (1986)
  4. Vauxhall Mennonite Church bulletins (1987)
  5. Vauxhall Mennonite Church bulletins (1988), brief congregational histories (1988)
  6. Vauxhall Mennonite Church bulletins (1989)
  7. Vauxhall Mennonite Church bulletins (1990)
  8. Vauxhall Mennonite Church bulletins (1991)
  9. Vauxhall Mennonite Church bulletins (1992)
  10. Vauxhall Mennonite Church bulletins (1993)
  11. Vauxhall Mennonite Church bulletins (1994)
  12. Vauxhall Mennonite Church bulletins (1995) 

Volume 6450

1.      Vauxhall Mennonite Church Bulletins. – 1969.

2.      Vauxhall Mennonite Church Bulletins. – 1970.

3.      Vauxhall Mennonite Church Bulletins. – 1971.

4.      Vauxhall Mennonite Church Bulletins. – 1972.

5.      Vauxhall Mennonite Church Bulletins. – 1973.

6.      Vauxhall Mennonite Church Bulletins. – 1974.

7.      Vauxhall Mennonite Church Bulletins. – 1975.

8.      Vauxhall Mennonite Church Bulletins. – 1996.

9.      Vauxhall Mennonite Church Bulletins. – 1997.

10.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Bulletins. – 1998.

11.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Bulletins. – 1999.

12.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Bulletins. – 2000.

13.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Board Meeting Minutes. – 1951-1966.

14.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Board Meeting Minutes. – 1968-1987.

15.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Board Meeting Minutes. – 1988.

16.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Board Meeting Minutes. – 1989.

17.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Board Meeting Minutes. – 1990.

18.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Board Meeting Minutes. – 1991.

19.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Board Meeting Minutes. – 1992.

20.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Board Meeting Minutes. – 1993.

21.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Board Meeting Minutes. – 1994.

22.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Board Meeting Minutes. – 1995.

23.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Board Meeting Minutes. – 1996.

24.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Board Meeting Minutes. – 1997.

25.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Board Meeting Minutes. – 1998.

26.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Board Meeting Minutes. – 1999.

27.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Board Meeting Minutes. – 2000.

28.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Closing Service and Correspondence. – 2000.

29.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Winding Up Meeting. – 2001.

30.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Annual Reports. – 1965-1966, 1968-1969.

31.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Annual Reports. – 1970-1973, 1975-1979.

32.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Annual Reports. – 1980-1983, 1985-1989.

33.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Annual Reports. – 1990, 1992, 1994-1996.

34.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Study Courses. – 1962-1969.

35.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Sunday School Records. – 1965-1979.

36.  Ladies’ Aid Meeting Minutes. – 1961-1989.

37.  Refugee Work Meeting Minutes. – 1979-1984.

38.  50th Anniversary Celebration. – 1988.

39.  Mennonite Youth Organization Meeting Minutes. – 1966-1972.

40.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Membership Files. – 1938-1997.

41.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Constitutions. – 1961, 1972.

42.  Vauxhall Mennonite Church Correspondence. – 1964-2001.

43.  Legal Documents and Correspondence. – 1962-1984.

Volume 6451

1.      Vauxhall Mennonite Church General Ledger. – 1944-1955.

2.      Vauxhall Mennonite Church General Ledger. – 1961-1978.

3.      Vauxhall Mennonite Church General Ledger. – 1979-1995.

4.      Vauxhall Mennonite Church General Ledger. – 1995-2000.

5.      Vauxhall Mennonite Church Cash Book. – 1966-1992.