Accession 2024.005 and 2025.002 (filed with 2024.005)
Title and Physical Description
Highland Mennonite Brethren Church Calgary fonds. – 25 cm – 1995-2004
Administrative/Biographical History
Highland Mennonite Brethren Church in Calgary began as a Mennonite Brethren city mission in the 1950s. The group, meeting in rented facilities, was organized as the Calgary Mennonite Brethren Church in 1956. In 1962 they built their own sanctuary in the Highland district of Calgary at 4018 Centre B Street, N W., Calgary, T2K 0W2. The congregation was then renamed as the Highland Mennonite Brethren Church. In 1983 the congregation divided to form the Dalhousie Mennonite Brethren Church. The Highland Mennonite Brethren Church is affiliated with the Alberta, Canadian, and General Conferences of Mennonite Brethren Churches.
Scope and Content
The fonds consists of church bulletins from 1995 to 2004 when Harry Heidebrecht served as the Senior Pastor of the Church. They were evidently kept by Harry Heidebrecht and include his sermon outlines and also some other notes and reports. The fonds includes only bulletins for the worship services in which Harry Heidebrecht preached or had a prominent role.
At the request of the MHSA archivist, the Highland Mennonite Brethren Church made available copies of the Council Meetings of the church during the time when Harry Heidebrecht was the pastor. These were years of transition and it is instructive to gain insight into Council and Sunday morning worship perspectives.
Source of Acquisition
The church bulletins and sermon notes were donated to the Mennonite Heritage Museum, Abbotsford, British Columbia. The Mennonite Heritage Museum donated them to the Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta since the Highland Mennonite Brethren Church is an Alberta church.
The copies of Council Meetings were donated by the Highland Mennonite Brethren Church.