John Eby: Audio-Visual mission education

Date of creation: 1960?

9 sleeves containing 169 35mm colour slides. These slides and narration were commissioned by the Mennonite Mission Board of Ontario. The photographs are not credited.

The program was designed to encourage home missions. John Eby is the fictional name for a Mennonite man who has moved to the city from the country because of a job. The other characters in the script are also fictional. The sequence of slides in the set received by the Archives does not match the script in all respects.

The slides were donated to the Archives in the early 1990s.

Created Nov. 1997 by Sam Steiner

1.     Winter scene in woods
2.     Creek in the fall
3.     Doon Pioneer Tower (Kitchener, Ont.)
4.     Woods in the fall
5.     "John Eby"
6.     Cartoon slide
7.     Pastor talks to workers
8.     "Bill Snyder" talks to pastor
9.     Dominion Trust Co.
10.     Pastor talks to workers
11.     Boys Club
12.     Pastor talks to workers
13.     Painting of Jesus knocking at the door
14.     Small church worship service
15.     Cartoon slide
16.     Aerial picture of river and rural countryside
17.     John Eby on street
18.     John Eby welcomes Bill Snyder in office
19.     Bill Snyder and John Eby converse in office
20.     Working the fields with horses
21.     John Eby says farewell to Bill Snyder at elevator
22.     Children on way to church?
23.     Crowded entry to city church
24.     Parking lot of rural church
25.     Cartoon slide
26.     Pastor on the phone
27.     John Eby on the phone
28.     Pastor and John Eby have dinner
29.     Pastor and John Eby have dinner
30.     Boy's Club
31.     Pastor and John Eby over dinner
32.     John Eby helps with Boys Club
33.     John Eby and Boys Club
34.     Boys Club
35.     John Eby and Boys Club
36.     John Eby and Boys Club
37.     Pastor leads Boys Club Bible study
38.     John Eby and Boys Club
39.     John Eby and Boys Club - Injury to boy
40.     John Eby and Boys Club - Bandaged up
41.     John Eby and Boys Club
42.     Street scene in suburbs
43.     Men's entrance to bar - Sign
44.     Pastor and John Eby say farewell to boy
45.     Pastor and John Eby discuss
46.     Penitentiary
47.     Rural farm scene
48.     John Eby greets a man
49.     John Eby with Boys Club
50.     Dutch family scene
51.     John Eby speaks with a man
52.     Power saw
53.     John Eby speaks with a man
54.     John Eby speaks with a man
55.     Local church budget committee meeting - Chair speaking
56.     Local church budget committee meeting - Pastor speaks
57.     Local church budget committee meeting - John Eby speaks
58.     Local church budget committee meeting - John Eby speaks
59.     Local church budget committee meeting - Mr. Menno speaks
60.     Masonic Temple - Window
61.     New saw
62.     New Canadian family
63.     Local church budget committee meeting - After meeting discussion
64.     Quilting
65.     Quilting
66.     Quilting
67.     Quilting
68.     Quilting
69.     Quilting
70.     Weber family mailbox
71.     Quilting
72.     Making parcels
73.     New Canadians
74.     John Eby at desk
75.     John Eby talks with pastor
76.     Check
77.     John Eby talks with pastor
78.     John Eby talks with pastor
79.     Chickens
80.     Baby girl sitting
81.     New Canadian family
82.     Tile truck
83.     Dairy operation?
84.     Suburban houses
85.     Dairy herd
86.     Pastor talks with John Eby
87.     Boys on the street
88.     John Eby talks with pastor
89.     Sunset
90.     Pastor and small group
91.     Pastor and small group
92.     Woman reading Bible
93.     Pastor and small group
94.     John Eby talks with pastor
95.     Silhouette by the lake
96.     John Eby at elevator door
97.     John Eby reads Bible
98.     John Eby with Boys Club
99.     John Eby with Boys Club
100.     John Eby with Boys Club
101.     Mennonite Mission Board of Ontario meeting at Missionary Church Campgrounds
102.     Mennonite Mission Board of Ontario meeting at Missionary Church Campgrounds
103.     Mennonite Mission Board of Ontario meeting at Missionary Church Campgrounds
104.     John Eby reads Bible
105.     Osiah Horst
106.     Horse
107.     Aerial view of Toronto
108.     Aerial view of rural area
109.     Mountains in distance
110.     Conestoga wagon
111.     Doon Pioneer Tower (Kitchener, Ont.)
112.     Pioneer log home (drawing)
113.     Map of Ontario
114.     Native Canadian in headdress
115.     Catholic Church
116.     Skyscraper
117.     Aerial view of city
118.     Aerial view of city
119.     Silhouette of tree
120.     Cartoon slide
121.     Children crowding into church
122.     Youth outside church
123.     Rockway Mennonite Church (Kitchener, Ont.)? - Worship service
124.     Children crossing the street
125.     Youth "hanging out" around car
126.     Children on street
127.     Summer Bible School children
128.     Rockway Mennonite Church (Kitchener, Ont.) - Cradle roll class
129.     Danforth Mennonite Church? (Toronto, Ont.) - Summer Bible School
130.     Summer Bible School (Markstay, Ont.)?
131.     Summer Bible School (Markstay, Ont.)?
132.     Boys Club inside a silo (Ayr, Ont.)
133.     Girls Club
134.     Torchbearers Club?
135.     Girls Club?
136.     Summer Bible School?
137.     High school track meet
138.     Wiener roast
139.     Summer camp
140.     Singing rehearsal
141.     Rockway Mennonite School (Kitchener, Ont.) - Sign
142.     High School?
143.     Huron College, University of Western Ontario (London, Ont.)
144.     Apartment building
145.     Couple with small child
146.     Couple with boy
147.     Four men
148.     Football stadium full of people
149.     Painting of Jesus the shepherd with sheep
150.     Mennonite Mission Board of Ontario - Annual meeting at Missionary Church pavilion
151.     Sunday school classes in church sanctuary
152.     John Eby speaking
153.     John Eby speaking
154.     John Eby speaking
155.     John Eby speaking
156.     Fall scene
157.     Flower
158.     Flowers
159.     Sunset
160.     Title slide
161.     Flowers
162.     Cows in field
163.     Farmers with milk cans
164.     Farm family praying over meal
165.     Couple with young child
166.     Couple
167.     Family of six
168.     Family of six
169.     Title slide

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Last modified 22-Feb-2007 by Sam Steiner