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From America with Love:
American Mennonite Aid for Russian Mennonites in the Early 1920’s
John Landis Ruth is the author of several books and films on Anabaptist/Mennonite subjects.
In 2001 he published The Earth is the Lord’s. A Narrative History of the Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Scottdale, PA: Herald Press).
This 1390 page book follows Mennonite life in the Lancaster area through the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
It illustrates John Ruth the story teller at his very best. He captures the flavour of Mennonite life through the centuries and gives us a sense of the every day and the ordinary.
His ability to depict memorable characters and events places the reader into the very centre of the action.
It is this John L. Ruth the storyteller who will grace us with his presence.
The pathways of Swiss and Russian Mennonites rarely cross and yet we of the Russian tradition owe our very lives to the generosity of our Swiss Mennonite brothers.
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“From America with Love”
lecture by author and storyteller
John L Ruth
at Mennonite Historical Society of BC’s annual fundraising banquet
October 15, 2005
Columbia Place Gymnasium
6:00 pm
tickets $20 available at the office
or from board members after Sept. 1
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Future events:
October 15. Annual Fundraising banquet. Columbia Place, 6PM. Tickets $20 (see pg. 1)
November 12. Genealogy workshop. Speakers: Glenn Penner and Tim Janzen. Check our website for details
February 18, 2006. Speaker: Helmut Harder. Topic: David Toews, Undaunted Hero. Details to follow.
Annual General Meeting Notes
The 2005 Annual General Meeting (April 5) was planned in conjunction with
a report by Ruth Doerksen Siemens on the Peter Bargen Project. Bargen
had preserved and transcribed over 700 letters received from family and
friends in Russia from 1930-1970. Bargen passed away shortly after
the video sessions were filmed; a documentary of these interviews is currently
being produced. Doerksen, a instructor in the English department
at UBC, introduced the video project at at the AGM, and showed a video
clip. The MHSof BC hopes to show the complete video at a future event.
Mennonite Historical Society of BC
211-2825 Clearbrook Rd., Abbotsford, BC. V2T 6S3
Phone: 604-853-6177 Fax: 604-853-6246
Email: archives@mhsbc.com
Website: www.mhsbc.com
Hours: 9am-4pm Monday-Friday
Roots and Branches is a publication of the Mennonite Historical Society of B.C. and is mailed three times per year to those who donate $25.00 or more per year.
All donations will be receipted for tax purposes.
Directors: Ben Braun, David Giesbrecht, Ed Hildebrand, John Konrad, Peter Neudorf, Henry Neufeld, Helen Rose Pauls,
Louise Bergen Price, Lora Sawatsky, Ben Stobbe, Richard Thiessen & John B. Toews.
Editor: Louise Bergen Price.
Contributing editors: Lora Sawatsky, & Helen Rose Pauls Archivist: Hugo Friesen Staff: Mary Ann Quiring
Archivist: Hugo Friesen
Staff: Mary Ann Quiring
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