North Star Mennonite Church, Drake, SK Source: Mennonite Church Saskatchewan website

The North Star congregation at Drake, Saskatchewan began services in 1905, and formally organized on 6 February 1906 under the leadership of John Gerbrandt with 20 charter members who had immigrated to Canada the year previously and the Johannesthal and Bruderthal churches in Kansas and Alva, Oklahoma. Gerbrandt had been elder of the Johannesthal congregation, and was elected to the same office in his new charge. In 1906 H. H. Bartel, also of the Johannesthal congregation, became the assistant minister. The first year's services were held in John Gerbrandt's home. The first building was occupied in 1907, with subsequent building programs in 1928 and 1956.

The congregation was also known as Nordstern Mennonite Church. For a time the congregation held separate services in two locations, in the building four miles west of Drake and also in the village when an additional building was erected in 1928. This was discontinued when a new building was constructed in Drake in 1956. This meeting house was expanded again in 1988 with an education wing.

The congregation has been affiliated with Mennonite Church Saskatchewan, Conference of Mennonites in Canada / Mennonite Church Canada (1908-) and the General Conference Mennonite Church (1911-1999). The language of worship is English; the transition from German occurred in the 1950s.

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Additional Information

Address: Box 10, Drake, SK S0K 1H0

Location: 204 Francis Street, Drake, Saskatchewan

Phone: 306-363-2125

Denominational Affiliations:

Mennonite Church Saskatchewan

Mennonite Church Canada

North Star Mennonite Church Ministers

North Star Membership

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 922. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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