Public Meetings

Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario
Annual Spring Meeting

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Grace Mennonite Fellowship Church
2111 Bean Road, New Hamburg
(see map below; click on map for larger image)

Theme:
"Upholding the Biblical Tradition":
The Conservative Mennonite movements in Ontario, 1950 to the present

There are many Conservative Mennonite Churches in the rural areas around New Hamburg, Milverton and Elmira and scattered throughout Ontario. This Conservative movement, which grew out of the Mennonite Conference of Ontario and the Ontario Amish Mennonite Conference in the late 1950s, has a complex history with little written about it. Come out and learn!

10:00 a.m.  Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario business meeting followed by:
“The Birth and Development of the Conservative Mennonite Movement in Ontario”
by Andy Martin of Elmira.

12:15 p.m.   Lunch will be served by members of Grace Mennonite Fellowship Church

1:00 – 4:45 p.m. Bus tour of Conservative Mennonite churches with stops at:
            Grace Mennonite Fellowship Church, New Hamburg
            Morningstar School, Millbank (operated by Milverton Conservative Menn Church)
            Bethel Conservative Mennonite Church, Millbank

           The tour will be led by Earl Koch, minister at Grace Mennonite Fellowship Church.

Pre-registration is required for the lunch and bus tour. Everyone is welcome to come for the lecture.

Contact for Registration Information (Required for Lunch ($10.00) and for Tour ($8.00):

Barb Draper, 38 Queen St.,  Elmira, ON   N3B 2T3
(519-669-1884)

There will also be an opportunity to take out a new membership or to renew your membership if you haven't done so. If you are not attending the meeting, you may send your renewal to the Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario at Conrad Grebel University College, 140 Westmount Rd. N., Waterloo Ont. N2L 3G6. Family memberships are $20; individual memberships are $15. There is no charge for attending the meeting, but a free-will offering will be taken.

Map to Grace Mennonite; Click on Map for larger image