Glen Allan Mennonite Church (Glen Allan, ON)

Title: Glen Allan Mennonite Church fonds

Dates of creation: 1944-2000

Physical description: 80 cm. of textual records, one photo album

Administrative history: The church was located on Main St. in Glen Allan, Ontario.

The congregation began services in 1944, and formally organized in 1949. The first building was occupied in 1944, with a subsequent building program in 1953. Amos Brubacher is considered the founding leader of the group. The congregation originated through colonization from Waterloo County a farmers looked for cheaper land.

In 1950 there were 9 members; in 1965, 60; in 1975, 64; in 1985, 56; in 1995, 69. The congregation was a mission congregation until 1963 when it affiliated with the Mennonite Conference of Ontario (1963-198820-Feb-2007ence of Eastern Canada (1988-1999) and the Conference of Mennonites in Canada (1995-1999). The congregation held its last service in August 1999. The building was sold to the New Covenant Mennonite Fellowship, an indepen20-Feb-2007 was held September 12, 1999. Funds garnered from the sale were used to support missionaries who had been sponsored by the congregation.

Pastoral leaders between 1944 and 1999 included Amos Brubacher (1944-1956), Amsey Martin (1956-1966), Nelson Martin (1966-1975), Menno Zehr (Interim, 1975/1976), Henry Yantzi (1976-1979), Richard Brenneman (1979-1982), Jacob Roes (1982-1990), Willard Metzger (Interim, 1990/91), Mark Hallman (1991-1996), Winston Martin (Interim, 1997-1998).

Custodial history: The congregation has made periodic donations to the Mennonite Archives of Ontario; the final deposit was made in June 2000 by Aden Brubacher.

Scope and Content: There are four series: Formal records, Informal records, Church bulletins

Notes:
For photographs related to this congregation search the Mennonite Archival Image Database.

For sound recordings related to this congregation see, see Hist.Mss.9.25.

An encyclopedia entry for this congregation may be found in GAMEO

Original archival description created June 2000 by Sam Steiner

File list:

Series 1: Formal records

1. Constitution
       1987
2. Membership books
       1953-1990
       1991-1999
3. Marriage register
       1956-1990
4. Congregational meeting minutes
       1969-1998
5. Church Council minutes
       1964-1969
       1970-1979
       1980-1989
       1990-1999
6. Financial journals 
       1950-1955 (also includes diary of some activities)
       1956-1961
       1962-1977
       1992-1996
7. Financial statements; list of officers
       1960, 1966-1968, 1971, 1975-1994, 1996
8. Sunday school records 
       1944-1949
       1949-1951
       1952-1953
       1953-1954
       1954-1955
       1955-1956
       1956-1957
       1957-1958
9. Summer Bible School records
       1957-1960
       1961
       1963
       1964-1966
       1967-1968
       1969-1970
       1971-1972
       1973-1975
       1982-1990
10. Girls' Sewing Circle
        Secretary's book, 1953-1954
11. Sunday evening services
        1964-1965
        1979-1990
12. Documents related to conveyance of church property to Mennonite Foundation, 1999-2000
13. Guidelines for marriage procedures, n.d.

Series 2: Informal records

1. Misc. programs, 1953-1999
2. Congregational profile, 1975, 1991
3. Church Growth/Living in Faithful Evangelism (LIFE) materials, 1988-1990s
4. Survey on closing the church, may 1998
5. Pictorial directory, 1986
6. 50 years at Glen Allan Mennonite Church, 1944-1994
7. Church diaries maintained by Tobias Brubacher, 1950-1989 (includes typescript version into the 1960s); also a few other historical items
8. Photo album, 1976

Series 3: Church bulletins

 1961-1996 (includes other printed materials circulated with bulletins)

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