Capasin Mennonite Church (Capasin, Saskatchewan, Canada)
Located about 150 miles (240 km) northwest of Rosthern is Capsin, Saskatchewan, the location of a small district of the Rosenort Mennonite Church. Capasin was the district farthest from Rosthern, and the only district on the left side of the North Saskatchewan River.
The congregation began services in 1930, and formally organized in 1933. The first building was occupied in 1933, with a subsequent building program in 1951. The church closed in 1967 due to dwindling membership; the remaining members joined the Laird Mennonite Church. It had been affiliated with the Conference of Mennonites in Canada.
In 1952 the district had 37 church members, and 37 children.
Bibliography
Mennonite Encyclopedia. "Capasin."
Canadian Mennonite (11 July 1967): 3.
Rempel, J.G. Die Rosenorter Gemeinde in Saskatchwan. Rosthern, 1950.
Hoeppner, George R. "A History of the Capasin Mennonite Church." Research paper, CMBC, 1977, 16 pp. Mennonite Heritage Centre.
Regier, Sylvia. Three Score Years and Ten With God in Tiefengrund Rosenort Mennonite Church, 1910-1980, Reaching to its Roots, 1893. Tiefengrund, Sask.: Tiefengrund Rosenort Mennonite Church, 1980, 247 pp.
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