©Mennonite Heritage Centre 2003
Last updated February 18, 2021
Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Title: Cornerstone Mennonite Church (Saskatoon, Sask.) fonds
Dates: 1960-2005
Extent: 85 cm of textual records
Historical note
Mennonites settled in the reserve north of Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan in the 1920s. The depression caused some to move to the
city to look for a livelihood. The second World War exposed many who
served away from the communities in CO camps or in the military service
to a different way of life from which they chose not to return to their
rural home communities. Also, large families found it difficult to find
enough land for all of the next generation so many looked to the city
for new opportunities. After the second World War there were many such
opportunities in Saskatoon. In the late 1940s there were two Mennonite
congregations in Saskatoon, but neither appealed to many of these new
settlers. So another congregation was begun in 1949 called Mayfair
Mennonite Mission. Their first meeting house was the former home of the
Bethesda Mennonite Church in Langham. In 1954 the membership was 66. In
1957 a larger meeting house was obtained, the former First Mennonite
meeting house in Saskatoon. In 1964 this building was expanded and
another congregation grew out of it called Mount Royal Mennonite
Church. The membership had increased dramatically in the previous few
years to reach 225 in 1964. The congregation continued its steady
growth. In 1980 the membership had reached 302. In 1987 it was decided
to build a new meeting house in a new location in Saskatoon. This
meeting house was completed in 1988. In September 1988 the church which
as originally referred to as the Mayfair Mennonite Mission changed its
name to Cornerstone Church (Mennonite). In 1990 the membership was 260
and in 2000 it was 284. The leaders of the congregation were: Peter
Sawatzky (1950-1968), Norm Bartel (1968-1981), Carl Ens (1982-1988),
Malvin Braun (1989-2003), Russel Reid (2003-2007), Russ Wilson (2007-).
Scope and content note
The fonds contains bulletins
(1960-2004), correspondence (1960-1965), 25th anniversary book (1974), annual
reports (1965-1999, 2002), directories (1976-1995), and congregational newsletters
(1964, 1977-2000). The records pertain to the founding and development of the Mennonite
congregation in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
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 on an irregular basis. Described by Bert
Friesen 30 January 2002. Updated by Andrew Klassen Brown May 2020.
Accession number 2017-050.
Cornerstone Mennonite Church, Saskatchewan fonds file list:
Volume 72
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1960-1961)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1962)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1963)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1964)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1965)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1966)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1967)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1968)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1969), wedding programme (1969)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church correspondence (1960-1965)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church 25th anniversary book (1974)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church annual reports (1965-1972)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church annual reports (1973, 1977)
Volume 1118
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1970)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1971)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1972)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1973)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1974)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1975)
Volume 1119
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1976)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1977)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1979)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church annual reports (1974-1976)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church 25th anniversary book and programme (1974)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1981), directory (1980), annual report (1979)
Volume 1938
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1982), annual reports (1982)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1978)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church newsletters (1977-1979)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church directories (1976-1979)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church annual reports (1977-1978)
Volume 2606
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1981), directory (1981), annual reports (1981)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1982), directory (1982), annual reports (1982), newsletters (1982)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1983), directory (1983), annual reports (1983), newsletters (1983)
Volume 2789
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1984), directory (1984), annual reports (1984)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1985), directory (1985), annual reports (1985)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1986), directory (1986)
Volume 4029
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1987)
- Mayfair Mennonite Church bulletins (1988 to end of August),
Cornerstone Mennonite Church bulletins (1988 from September), annual
reports (1988)
- Cornerstone Mennonite Church bulletins (1989), annual reports (1989)
- Cornerstone Mennonite Church bulletins (1990), annual reports (1990)
Volume 4255
- Cornerstone Mennonite Church bulletins (1992), newsletters (1992), annual reports (1992), directory (1992)
- Cornerstone Mennonite Church bulletins (1993), newsletters (1993)
- Cornerstone Mennonite Church bulletins (1994), newsletters (1994)
- Cornerstone Mennonite Church bulletins (1995), newsletters (1995), directory (1995)
Volume 4436
- Cornerstone Mennonite Church bulletins (1991), newsletters (1991), annual reports (1991)
- Cornerstone Mennonite Church bulletins (1996), newsletters (1996)
- Cornerstone Mennonite Church bulletins (1997), newsletters (1997)
- Cornerstone Mennonite Church bulletins (1998), newsletters (1998)
- Cornerstone Mennonite Church bulletins (1999), annual report (1999)
Volume 4967
- Cornerstone Mennonite Church bulletins (2000), newsletters (2000), directory
(2002)
- Cornerstone Mennonite Church bulletins (2001)
- Cornerstone Mennonite Church bulletins (2002), annual report (2002)
- Cornerstone Mennonite Church bulletins (2003)
- Cornerstone Mennonite Church bulletins (2004)
Volume 2756
1. Cornerstone Mennonite Church bulletins (2005)
Volume 6451
22. Mayfair Mennonite Church, The Pastor’s Assistant Newsletter. – 1964.