https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Old_Colony_Mennonite_Church_(Prespatou,_British_Columbia,_Canada)&feed=atom&action=historyOld Colony Mennonite Church (Prespatou, British Columbia, Canada) - Revision history2024-03-29T09:51:01ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.1https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Old_Colony_Mennonite_Church_(Prespatou,_British_Columbia,_Canada)&diff=142520&oldid=prevRichardThiessen: Text replace - "<em class="gameo_bibliography">Canadian Mennonite</em>" to "''Canadian Mennonite''"2017-01-02T05:50:07Z<p>Text replace - "<em class="gameo_bibliography">Canadian Mennonite</em>" to "''Canadian Mennonite''"</p>
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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The settlement of Old Colony Mennonites from the [[Hague and Osler (Saskatchewan, Canada)|Hague-Osler]] area in Prespatou was the third attempt by them to settle in northern [[British Columbia (Canada)|British Columbia]]. The first was in 1940, when the British Columbia and [[Saskatchewan (Canada)|Saskatchewan]] governments and the Canadian National Railway brought 25 [[Old Colony Mennonites|Old Colony Mennonite]] families from drought stricken areas in the Hague-Osler and Toppingham areas of Saskatchewan to the Burns Lake District. Other families followed in the next few years. These settlers established churches in [[Old Colony Mennonite Church (Cheslatta, British Columbia, Canada)|Cheslatta]] and Grassy Plains. The families were led by Heinrich Bueckert. He was joined by Johann Martens in 1945, who was ordained to the office of <em>Aeltester</em> in 1946. Eventually the Old Colony Mennonite Church in the Burns Lake area ceased to exist and families relocated to [[Old Colony Mennonite Church (La Crete, Alberta, Canada)|La Crete]], returned to Saskatchewan, or immigrated to [[Bolivia|Bolivia]].<br />
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A second settlement attempt was made in 1955, when a group of three Old Colony families moved from the Hague-Osler area to Vanderhoof. When they arrived they discovered that the land they desired had already been settled by others.<br />
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A third settlement attempt, this time successful, was made in an area north of Fort St. John. From 1953 to 1961, the Old Colony Mennonite Church in Saskatchewan negotiated the lease of land north of Fort St. John so that young families could settle on farms. In the fall of 1961, 86 families from Saskatchewan began to settle in the Prespatou area. Prespatou is a rural agricultural area that is situated about 84 km (52 miles) north of Fort St. John. More families moved to the area in 1962 and 1963. The Old Colony Mennonite families were joined by Mennonites from other churches as well.<br />
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The Old Colony Mennonite Church in Prespatou was formally organized in 1963. Those who relocated from Saskatchewan joined Old Colony families that had relocated to Prespatou in 1958 from the [[Old Colony Mennonite Church (Cheslatta, British Columbia, Canada)|Cheslatta Old Colony Church]] south of Burns Lake, British Columbia. The Prespatou Old Colony Mennonite Church was built in 1962 near the Prespatou cemetery and later moved in 1964 to the village of Prespatou. A new larger church was built in 1986 to accommodate the growing congregation. <br />
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The church was led by <em>Aeltester</em> Abram J. Loewen (1898-1977), who was succeeded by Herman Bueckert in 1969. Bueckert retired in 1990 and was replaced in 1993 by Johann Fehr. Soon thereafter, he started a second Old Colony <em>Gemeinde</em>. In 1995, John Bueckert, son of Herman, was elected as <em>Aeltester</em>.<br />
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In the early 1970s some families left the Old Colony Mennonite Church and joined the [[Prespatou Mennonite Church (Prespatou, British Columbia, Canada)|Prespatou Mennonite Church]], a [[Chortitzer Mennonite Conference|Chortitzer Mennonite Conference]] congregation.<br />
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In 2000 children attended public schools, and Sunday schools were a part of the Church. At that time the church had two worship houses, in Reinland and Grünfeld, with 300 members and a total number of 700 souls. In 2010 the church had services in both [[Plattdeutsch|Low German]] and High German, and had a membership of approximately 200.<br />
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= Bibliography =<br />
<em class="gameo_bibliography">Canadian Mennonite</em> (8 May 1959): 1.<br />
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Gutsche, Horst W. "Verzeichnis deutschsprachiger Gemeinden und Seelsorger in Kanada." March 2010. Web. 23 February 2012. <span class="link-external"><span class="link-external"><span class="link-external"><span class="link-external"><span class="link-external">[http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/cms-filesystem-action/pdfs/german-cdn/101217-1.pdf http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/cms-filesystem-action/pdfs/german-cdn/101217-1.pdf]</span></span></span></span></span>.<br />
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<span class="gameo_bibliography">Loewen, Robert. "Prespatou Old Colony Mennonite Church" in </span><em>Old Colony Mennonites in Canada 1875 to 2000</em>, edited by Delbert F. Plett. Steinbach, MB: Crossway Publications, Inc., 2001: 159-161.<br />
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<em class="gameo_bibliography">Mennonite Reporter</em> (4 April 1977): 17.<br />
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Peace River Regional District Rural Official Community Plan. "Prespatou Community Profile." Web. 22 February 2012. [http://ruralocp.ca/community_profiles/prespatou.php http://ruralocp.ca/community_profiles/prespatou.php].<br />
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Reimer, Margaret L. <em class="gameo_bibliography">One Quilt, Many Pieces.</em> Waterloo, ON: Mennonite Publishing Service, 1983: 42.<br />
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