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December 6, 2015

Arrival Of New Immigrants cont’d Part V

Mary Dyck teacher

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 […]

Article by Bruno Penner / Filed Under: Stories Now / Tagged With: 1925-1972, N. N. Driedger, The Leamington United Mennonite Church: Establishment and Development

October 10, 2015

Arrival Of Immigrants In Essex County: Part Five

Janzen's first Automobile

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 […]

Article by Bruno Penner / Filed Under: Stories Now / Tagged With: 1925-1972, N. N. Driedger, The Leamington United Mennonite Church: Establishment and Development

May 7, 2015

Part 4 Immigrants To Essex County: Worship Services

Portrait of Rev. Jacob Henry Janzen

No doubt ever existed among the Mennonite immigrants of that time concerning whether or not they should worship together. “No Sunday without a religious service” had been the watchword before coming to Canada, and the same watchword was to remain in effect. For this reason, smaller and larger worship units appeared almost spontaneously in various […]

Article by Candace Nast / Filed Under: Stories Now / Tagged With: 1925-1972, N. N. Driedger, The Leamington United Mennonite Church: Establishment and Development

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