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La Glace Bible Fellowship, La Glace, Alberta fonds
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CA CMBS BA-508; Microfilm: R54
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1928-1983 (Creation)
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4 cm of textual records
1 microfilm reel
1 microfilm reel
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Mennonite immigrants from Russia began arriving in northern Alberta in 1926. The first congregational meeting occurred in the Wedel home in 1928. A meeting house was constructed in 1929 where they worshiped. These families came from various Mennonite conference backgrounds. In 1934 they founded a Mennonite Bible School. The congregation joined the Alberta Mennonite Brethren Conference before 1937 (maybe as early as 1930). The membership stood at 73 in 1937. In the 1940s families began to leave for the Fraser valley, B.C. In 1961 they built a new meeting house using the old Bible School building. The name changed to the La Glace Bible Fellowship Church in 1985. The membership stood at 45 in 1977 and at 82 in 2000. The leaders of the congregation were: Johann Schmidt (1930-1931), Abr. Janz (1932-1938), Abr. Konrad (1939-1943, 1946-1950), Martin Hamm (1944-1945), John Kroeker (1951), Ed Martens (1952-1956), John J. Heidebrecht (1957-1971), George Block (1960-1962), Victor Pankratz (1963-1975), Dwight Nickel (1976-1978), John Schmidt (1978), Art Isaac (1979-1983), Peter Boschman (1984-1994), Jack Janzen (1995), Henry Willms (1957-1960, 1996), Nelson Senft (1997- ).
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Records were transferred to the Centre for M.B. Studies archives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Some records were microfilmed in 1978 through the work of the Historical Commission of the Mennonite Brethren Conference.
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This fonds consists of a congregational historical sketch ([196-?]), a brief congregational history (1985), 50th anniversary booklet and newspaper clippings (1978), congregational bulletins (1979-1983), family, membership, and baptismal registers (1928-1978), congregational meeting minutes (1944-1978), congregational church council meeting minutes (1960-1961), congregational financial records (1942-1976).
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Some German.
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- La Glace Bible Fellowship (Subject)
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