Dick, Peter J. (1909-1996) - Revision history

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 Peter J. Dick: teacher and minister; born 24 September 1909 in Lichtfelde, [[Molotschna Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Molotschna]] Colony, South [[Russia]] to Johann J. Dick (1866-1947) and Elisabeth (Unrau) Dick (1868-1963). He was the youngest child in a family of three sons and four daughters. In 1934 he married Lydia Toews (30 June 1911-8 April 1984), daughter of [[Toews, Johann A. (1876-1953)|Johann A. Toews]] (1876-1953) and Margaretha (Janz) Toews (1880-1973). They adopted three children. In 1986 he married widow Anna Peters (1913-2004), daughter of Peter Funk (1881-1918) and Susanna (Dick) Funk (1882-1932), previously married to Johann J. Peters (1911-1980). Peter J. Dick died 29 February 1996 in St. Catharines, [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], [[Canada]].
-In 1926 Peter immigrated to Canada with his parents and siblings, settling in [[Coaldale (Alberta, Canada)|Coaldale]], [[Alberta (Canada)|Alberta]]. He was baptized on 22 July 1928 joining the [[Coaldale Mennonite Brethren Church (Coaldale, Alberta, Canada)|Coaldale Mennonite Brethren Church]].  He served this church as choir director and German school instructor, and was involved in youth and pulpit ministry 1935-1945. Peter Dick studied at [[Mennonite Brethren Bible College (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)|Mennonite Brethren Bible College]] in [[Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada)|Winnipeg]] 1945-1949. He was ordained as a minister at the [[North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren Church (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)|North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren Church]].
+In 1926 Peter immigrated to Canada with his parents and siblings, settling in [[Coaldale (Alberta, Canada)|Coaldale]], [[Alberta (Canada)|Alberta]]. He was baptized on 22 July 1928 joining the [[Coaldale Mennonite Brethren Church (Coaldale, Alberta, Canada)|Coaldale Mennonite Brethren Church]].  He served this church as choir director and German school instructor, and was involved in youth and pulpit ministry 1935-1945. Peter Dick studied at [[Mennonite Brethren Bible College (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)|Mennonite Brethren Bible College]] in [[Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada)|Winnipeg]] 1945-1949. He was ordained as a minister at the [[North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren Church (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)|North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren Church]] in Spring 1949.
 Peter J. Dick taught Bible, music and German, at [[Alberta Mennonite High School (Coaldale, Alberta, Canada)|Alberta Mennonite High School]] 1949-1957 in Coaldale, Alberta, and at [[Eden Christian College (Virgil, Ontario, Canada)|Eden Christian College]] in Niagara-on-the-Lake, [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], 1957-1975, conducting many choirs. He participated in the pulpit and [[Sunday School]] ministries in the [[Scott Street Mennonite Brethren Church (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada)|Scott Street Mennonite Brethren Church]] and [[Grantham Mennonite Brethren Church (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada)|Grantham Mennonite Brethren Church]] in St. Catharines, Ontario.

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 Peter J. Dick: teacher and minister; born 24 September 1909 in Lichtfelde, [[Molotschna Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Molotschna]] Colony, South [[Russia]] to Johann J. Dick (1866-1947) and Elisabeth (Unrau) Dick (1868-1963). He was the youngest child in a family of three sons and four daughters. In 1934 he married Lydia Toews (30 June 1911-8 April 1984), daughter of [[Toews, Johann A. (1876-1953)|Johann A. Toews]] (1876-1953) and Margaretha (Janz) Toews (1880-1973). They adopted three children. In 1986 he married widow Anna Peters (1913-2004), daughter of Peter Funk (1881-1918) and Susanna (Dick) Funk (1882-1932), previously married to Johann J. Peters (1911-1980). Peter J. Dick died 29 February 1996 in St. Catharines, [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], [[Canada]].
-In 1926 Peter immigrated to Canada with his parents and siblings, settling in [[Coaldale (Alberta, Canada)|Coaldale]], [[Alberta (Canada)|Alberta]]. He was baptized on 22 July 1928 joining the [[Coaldale Mennonite Brethren Church (Coaldale, Alberta, Canada)|Coaldale Mennonite Brethren Church]].  He served this as choir director and German school instructor, and was involved in youth and pulpit ministry 1935-1945. Peter Dick studied at [[Mennonite Brethren Bible College (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)|Mennonite Brethren Bible College]] in [[Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada)|Winnipeg]] 1945-1949. He was ordained as a minister at the [[North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren Church (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)|North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren Church]].
+In 1926 Peter immigrated to Canada with his parents and siblings, settling in [[Coaldale (Alberta, Canada)|Coaldale]], [[Alberta (Canada)|Alberta]]. He was baptized on 22 July 1928 joining the [[Coaldale Mennonite Brethren Church (Coaldale, Alberta, Canada)|Coaldale Mennonite Brethren Church]].  He served this church as choir director and German school instructor, and was involved in youth and pulpit ministry 1935-1945. Peter Dick studied at [[Mennonite Brethren Bible College (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)|Mennonite Brethren Bible College]] in [[Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada)|Winnipeg]] 1945-1949. He was ordained as a minister at the [[North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren Church (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)|North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren Church]].
 Peter J. Dick taught Bible, music and German, at [[Alberta Mennonite High School (Coaldale, Alberta, Canada)|Alberta Mennonite High School]] 1949-1957 in Coaldale, Alberta, and at [[Eden Christian College (Virgil, Ontario, Canada)|Eden Christian College]] in Niagara-on-the-Lake, [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], 1957-1975, conducting many choirs. He participated in the pulpit and [[Sunday School]] ministries in the [[Scott Street Mennonite Brethren Church (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada)|Scott Street Mennonite Brethren Church]] and [[Grantham Mennonite Brethren Church (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada)|Grantham Mennonite Brethren Church]] in St. Catharines, Ontario.

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 [[File:Peter J. Dick, conductor.jpg|200px|thumb|right|''Peter J. Dick, choir conductor, 1970.</br>Photo: Eden Echoes [1970 yearbook]''.]]
-Peter J. Dick: teacher and minister; born 24 September 1909 in Lichtfelde, [[Molotschna Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Molotschna]] Colony, South [[Russia]] to Johann J. Dick (1966-1947) and Elisabeth (Unrau) Dick (1868-1963). He was the youngest child in a family of three sons and four daughters. In 1934 he married Lydia Toews (30 June 1911-8 April 1984), daughter of [[Toews, Johann A. (1876-1953)|Johann A. Toews]] (1876-1953) and Margaretha (Janz) Toews (1880-1973). They adopted three children. In 1986 he married widow Anna Peters (1913-2004), daughter of Peter Funk (1881-1918) and Susanna (Dick) Funk (1882-1932), previously married to Johann J. Peters (1911-1980). Peter J. Dick died 29 February 1996 in St. Catharines, [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], [[Canada]].
+Peter J. Dick: teacher and minister; born 24 September 1909 in Lichtfelde, [[Molotschna Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Molotschna]] Colony, South [[Russia]] to Johann J. Dick (1866-1947) and Elisabeth (Unrau) Dick (1868-1963). He was the youngest child in a family of three sons and four daughters. In 1934 he married Lydia Toews (30 June 1911-8 April 1984), daughter of [[Toews, Johann A. (1876-1953)|Johann A. Toews]] (1876-1953) and Margaretha (Janz) Toews (1880-1973). They adopted three children. In 1986 he married widow Anna Peters (1913-2004), daughter of Peter Funk (1881-1918) and Susanna (Dick) Funk (1882-1932), previously married to Johann J. Peters (1911-1980). Peter J. Dick died 29 February 1996 in St. Catharines, [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], [[Canada]].
 In 1926 Peter immigrated to Canada with his parents and siblings, settling in [[Coaldale (Alberta, Canada)|Coaldale]], [[Alberta (Canada)|Alberta]]. He was baptized on 22 July 1928 joining the [[Coaldale Mennonite Brethren Church (Coaldale, Alberta, Canada)|Coaldale Mennonite Brethren Church]].  He served this as choir director and German school instructor, and was involved in youth and pulpit ministry 1935-1945. Peter Dick studied at [[Mennonite Brethren Bible College (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)|Mennonite Brethren Bible College]] in [[Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada)|Winnipeg]] 1945-1949. He was ordained as a minister at the [[North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren Church (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)|North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren Church]].

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 Peter J. Dick taught Bible, music and German, at [[Alberta Mennonite High School (Coaldale, Alberta, Canada)|Alberta Mennonite High School]] 1949-1957 in Coaldale, Alberta, and at [[Eden Christian College (Virgil, Ontario, Canada)|Eden Christian College]] in Niagara-on-the-Lake, [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], 1957-1975, conducting many choirs. He participated in the pulpit and [[Sunday School]] ministries in the [[Scott Street Mennonite Brethren Church (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada)|Scott Street Mennonite Brethren Church]] and [[Grantham Mennonite Brethren Church (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada)|Grantham Mennonite Brethren Church]] in St. Catharines, Ontario.
 After his retirement from teaching, Peter and Lydia Dick accepted a two-year assignment in [[South America]] with the Mennonite Brethren Board of Missions/Services, working first in [[Brazil]] and then in various countries with his brother-in-law, [[Toews, Jacob John "J. J." (1914-1995)|J. J. Toews]]. They worked in church planting ministry with third and fourth generation German colonists in Santa Catarina, Brazil. From January to June 1980, Peter and Lydia Dick served in the [[Neuwied Mennonite Brethren Church (Neuwied, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Neuwied Mennonite Brethren Church]] in [[Germany]] as interim Pastor.
 For 19 years, 1977-1996, he translated the ''Adult Quarterly'' for the ''Lektionsheft'', an adult Sunday School publication of the [[Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches]].

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 After his retirement from teaching, Peter and Lydia Dick accepted a two-year assignment in [[South America]] with the Mennonite Brethren Board of Missions/Services, working first in [[Brazil]] and then in various countries with his brother-in-law, [[Toews, Jacob John "J. J." (1914-1995)|J. J. Toews]]. They worked in church planting ministry with third and fourth generation German colonists in Santa Catarina, Brazil. From January to June 1980, Peter and Lydia Dick served in the [[Neuwied Mennonite Brethren Church (Neuwied, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Neuwied Mennonite Brethren Church]] in [[Germany]] as interim Pastor.
-[[File:Peter and Lydia Dick.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Lydia and Peter J. Dick, 1975.</br>Photo: MB Herald (14 October 1975)''.]]
 For 19 years, 1977-1996, he translated the ''Adult Quarterly'' for the ''Lektionsheft'', an adult Sunday School publication of the [[Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches]].