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Mennonite Archives of OntarioConrad Grebel University College
140 Westmount Road North
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G6
Phone: 519-885-0220 x24238
Title: Avon Mennonite Church fonds
Dates of creation: [195-]-2009
Note: Further accruals are expected
Physical description: 84 cm of textual records; 1 object
Administrative history: In July, 1951, the mission board of the Ontario Amish Mennonite Conference sponsored a Summer Vacation Bible School in a tent at the corner of Romeo and Albert streets in Stratford, Ontario. In the spring of 1952, the conference mission board purchased a house at 464 Brunswick Street and regular church services began that September. In 1953, Ephraim Gingerich was appointed overseer of the meetings; interested members of the Poole, East Zorra, Steinmann and Wellesley Mennonite congregations supported the venture.
In 1955, Jake Spenler became the congregation's first pastor. Youth programs were begun and a Women's Missionary and Service Auxiliary (WMSA) group inaugurated. In 1961, a new church building was built on a lot adjacent to the house. The congregation occupied this building until 1994, when they moved to a new church home at 90 Greenwood Drive. Here the congregation is part of a larger complex which includes the Greenwood Court Seniors Complex operated by Tri-County Mennonite Homes.
Custodial history: A major transfer of records from the congregation to the Archives took place in 2010.
Scope and content: Contains formal and informal records of the congregation, as well as the Vacation Bible School registration cards. Files are listed below.
Notes: For photographs related to this congregation search the Mennonite Archival Image Database.
For sound recordings related to this congregation, see Hist.Mss.9.25; for audiovisual recordings see Hist.Mss.26.
Further materials related to this congregation may be found by searching the Archives.
An encyclopedia entry for this congregation may be found in GAMEO.
Additional records for this congregation in microfilm form are listed in Hist.Mss.11.2 Reel 19.
Original archival description created 2012 by Laureen Harder-Gissing.
File list:
1966-1974, 1978-1979 (random issues), 1981-1996, 30 Aug 2009
Generally 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Monday to Friday. An appointment in advance is recommended.
Phone: 519-885-0220 x24238
Conrad Grebel University College
140 Westmount Road North
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G6
519-885-0220
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Conrad Grebel University College is situated on the traditional territory of the Attawandaron (Neutral), Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. Read Grebel's full territorial acknowledgement.