Cassel Mennonite Church

Title: Cassel Mennonite Church

Dates of creation: 1943-2006
Note: Further accruals are expected.

Physical description: 40 cm of textual records

Administrative history: Located 1.5 km east of Cassel on the 17th Line, East Zorra Township. The congregation has been affiliated with the Western Ontario Mennonite Conference (1964-1988), Mennonite Church (1964-), Mennonite Conference of Eastern Canada (1988-) and Mennonite Church Canada (1995-). The language of worship is English.

The congregation began services in 1935, and formally organized in 1964. The first building was occupied in 1935, with an additional building program in 1994. Bishop Daniel Iutzi is considered the founding leader of the group. The congregation was planted by the East Zorra Mennonite Church because of the latter congregation's increasing numbers. Cassel was part of East Zorra membership until 1964. Vernon Zehr was the first minister solely responsible at Cassel.

Custodial history: Accessions have been received from time to time, with some materials coming almost annually.

Scope and content: There are three series: Formal Records, Informal Records and Church Bulletins. 

Notes: For more information see: Cassel Mennonite Church 1935-1985 (Cassel, Ont.: Cassel Mennonite Church, 1985), 31, [9] pp.
Archival description originally created March 2001 by Sam Steiner.
For photographs related to this congregation search the Mennonite Archival Image Database.
For sound recordings related to this congregation, see Hist.Mss.9.25. 
Further materials related to this congregation may be found by searching the Archives.
An encyclopedia entry for this congregation may be found in GAMEO.

File list:

Series 1: Formal records

1. Annual reports and congregational meeting minutes
   1980-1989
   1990-1999
   2001 (minutes only), 2002, 2004 (minutes only), 2005-2013
2. Church Council 
   1979 (incomplete)
   1984 (incomplete)
   1986-2008 (incomplete), 2009-2013
3. Board of Elders
   1989
   1993-2008 (incomplete), 2009-2012
4. Christian Education Board
   1984-1985 (incomplete)
   1988 (incomplete)
   1993-1999, 2001-2008 (incomplete), 2009-2013
5. Worship Committee
   1981-1990
   1993-1999
   2001-2008 (incomplete), 2010-2012
6. Mission & Service Board
   1981-1983 (incomplete)
   1986-1989
   1992-2008 (incomplete), 2009-2013
7. Trustee Board
   1981-1988
   1995, 2000
   2002, 2004 (incomplete)
8. Finance Committee
   Nov. 1996-2000, 2007-2008, 2011
9. Building Fund Committee
   1991-1994
10. Building Committee
    1992-1994
11. Family Life Committee
    1998-2006, 2008, 2010, 2013 (incomplete)
12. Sunday Evening Committee
    1980-1981
13. Church organization/leadership
    materials, 1979-2012
14. Covenants of Membership
    1982, 2000
15. Church reorganization lists
    1980-1999
16. Church directories
    1977, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1995, 1998, 2003 (layout with original photographs)
17. Women's Missionary & Service Auxiliary
    1948-1956
    1956-1962
    1962-1965
18. Sunday School Reorganization & Financial records, 
    1941-1961
    1943-1958 (Attendance & reorganization)
    1961-1974 (Finances)
    1951-1960s (report forms)
    1985-1998 (Student-teacher lists)
19. Appreciative Inquiry, 2007 (restricted)
20. Anniversary Committee, 2009-2010 (75th)
21. Cassel/St. Matthew's Health Ministry Team, 2009

Series 2: Informal records

1. Programs
2. Glenn Zehr, "Sociological Research Paper of the Members of the Cassel Mennonite Church," 1978
3. Zehr, Vernon and Leona Bender. Cassel Mennonite Church, 1935-1985. Cassel, Ont.: [the church], 1985.

Series 3: Church Bulletins

1962-2008 (incomplete), 2009-2013