|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Mennonite Brethren Church / Blessings Church (621 College Avenue, Winnipeg)Link to: This church on College Avenue in Winnipeg was built by the North End Mennonite Brethren congregation in 1929, with the congregation commissioning this $8,000 structure to replace their former quarters at 533 Burrows Avenue. Opened in 1930, their outreach included a site on Maple Street, another in North Kildonan, and a Sunday School in Brooklands. In time, the congregation outgrew this location and, in 1954, completed the construction of Elmwood Mennonite Brethren Church at 145 Henderson Highway. The building was used by several church organizations and is presently (2019) occupied by the Blessings Church. Clerics
Photos & Coordinates
See also:
Sources:City of Winnipeg Building Permit 5155/1929, City of Winnipeg Archives. “Permits issued today for dozen new dwellings,” Winnipeg Tribune, 15 October 1929, page 3. “Mennonites to hold Bible-reading session,” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 December 1930, page 3. “Mennonite Brethren have new church,” Manitoba Free Press, 13 December 1930, page 30. Elmwood Mennonite Brethren Church, by I. W. Redekopp and Richard D. Thiessen, Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online, March 2022. Henderson’s Winnipeg and Brandon Directories, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Libraries. This page was prepared by George Penner and Nathan Kramer. Page revised: 30 April 2023
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|