Menno Simons was a Dutch priest and an early leader of the peaceful wing of Dutch Anabaptism, whose followers formed the Mennonite church. He was born in Witmarsum, Friesland, Netherlands in 1496. Little is known about Menno’s early life. However, we do know that He was married to a woman named Gertrude, they had at…
This film focuses on the draft horse around which agricultural practices of the Midwest de This film focuses on the draft horse around which agricultural practices of the Midwest developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Comments on the evolution of equipment, seasonal activities, and the combination of frustrations and pride in workmanship…
In 1948, a group of Mennonites from Manitoba and Saskatchewan left Canada for Paraguay on a Volendam ship. The ship was carrying about 1100 people. The Sommerfeld and Bergthal Mennonite Colony was established in 1948, about 95 km east of Villa-rica in East Paraguay. The group boarded the ship (Volendam) in Quebec City on June…
Menno Simons was a Dutch priest and an early leader of the peaceful wing of Dutch Anabaptism, whose followers formed the Mennonite church. He was born in Witmarsum, Friesland, Netherlands in 1496. Little is known about Menno’s early life. However, we do know that He was married to a woman named Gertrude, they had at…
The word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Hebrews 4:12