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Gretna Bergthaler Mennonite Church fonds
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1919-1990 (Creation)
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65 cm of textual records
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The Gretna Bergthaler Mennonite Church held its first service in 1891 at the Gretna school (now MCI). Prior to that some Gretna Bergthaler Mennonite people met at Edenburg where the first Bergthaler church and school in Canada had been built in 1883. For years the Bergthaler Mennonites in Gretna remained a school congregation which met regularly for Sunday School, worship services Christian Endeavour meetings and choir practises. The congregation was officially recognized as an affiliate of the larger Bergthaler Mennonite Church of Manitoba (Gemeinde) in 1947. In 1958 a church building was built. (See Henry J. Gerbrand, Adventure in Faith. Altona, Manitoba: Bergthaler Mennonite church of Manitoba, 1970, pp.138-148.)
Custodial history
The records in this fonds were deposited at the Mennonite Heritage Centre around 1994 and came were collected by long-time deacon in the congregation, John D. Driedger.
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This fonds consists of minutes, reports, correspondence and related documents such as a constitution documenting the actitivies of the congregation.
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Arranged and described by Aileen Dyck in August 1999. Revised by Kelli Downey, August, 2000.
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Finding aid: Series description with inventory file list.
Online version of finding aid available at: http://www.mennonitechurch.ca/programs/archives/holdings/MB/MB_GretnaBMC.htm
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Related material: Bergthaler Mennonite Church of Manitoba fonds.
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Accession No. 88-211, 94-023
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