Laird Mennonite Church (Laird, Saskatchewan, Canada)
Laird was a district of the large Rosenort Mennonite Church of Saskatchewan, centering in the town of Laird (1950s pop. 400; 2001 pop. 236). It is located about 50 miles (80 km) north of the city of Saskatoon. The Rosenort Mennonite Church, established in 1894 by the newly arrived Elder Peter Regier from Prussia, contained eleven church districts and had over 1,400 baptized members in the mid-1950s. Laird was one of the first organized districts of this congregation. It had a church building since 1910. Among the ministers during the first 60 years were Heinrich Warkentin, Jacob Janzen, Cornelius K. Ens, David Epp, C. F. Sawatzky and Arthur Friesen. In the mid-1950s there were four ministers and one deacon serving the Laird district, which had over 100 members. The elder (in 1954) was J. G. Rempel, who lived in the main district of the congregation, Rosthern. The town also had a Mennonite Brethren church.
The church is located on 1st St. North. Co-Pastors Barb Froese and Wilmer Froese served in 2000 as congregational leaders. In 1965 there were 102 members; in 1975, 70; in 1985, 82; in 1995, 77; in 2000, 109. The congregation has been affiliated with Mennonite Church Saskatchewan, Conference of Mennonites in Canada / Mennonite Church Canada and General Conference Mennonite Church (until 1999). The language of worship is English; the transition from German occurred in the 1940s.
Bibliography
Canadian Mennonite (10 July 1970): 3.
Mennonite Reporter (1 September 1986): 13.
Rempel, J. G. Die Rosenorter Gemeinde in Saskatchewan. 1950, 183 pp.
Additional Information
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 268. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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