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		<title>RichardThiessen: Text replace - &quot;emigrated to&quot; to &quot;immigrated to&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Text replace - &amp;quot;emigrated to&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;immigrated to&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 07:34, 20 November 2016&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Teerd Oeds Ma Hylke Hylkema, b. 16 June 1888, had great influence among Dutch Mennonites. As pastor he served the Mennonite congregations in [[Giethoorn (Overijssel, Netherlands)|Giethoorn]] (1912-1929), [[Amersfoort (Utrecht, Netherlands)|Amersfoort]] (1929-36), and [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]] (1936-1949). He was the founder of the Vereniging voor Gemeentedagen (Union for Retreats), serving as chairperson, 1917-1927. It was during these years that the building at [[Elspeet (Gelderland, Netherlands)|Elspeet]] was erected ([[Camps and Retreat Centers|camps and retreat centers]]). Upon his initiative retreat centers were also erected in the Giethoorn congregation. Hylkema was the primary inspiration for the building of the well-known brotherhood house, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[Fredeshiem (Steenwijk, Overijssel, Netherlands)|Fredeshiem]] &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;in 1929 and gave new life to the center at [[Bilthoven (Utrecht, Netherlands)|Bilthoven]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Teerd Oeds Ma Hylke Hylkema, b. 16 June 1888, had great influence among Dutch Mennonites. As pastor he served the Mennonite congregations in [[Giethoorn (Overijssel, Netherlands)|Giethoorn]] (1912-1929), [[Amersfoort (Utrecht, Netherlands)|Amersfoort]] (1929-36), and [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]] (1936-1949). He was the founder of the Vereniging voor Gemeentedagen (Union for Retreats), serving as chairperson, 1917-1927. It was during these years that the building at [[Elspeet (Gelderland, Netherlands)|Elspeet]] was erected ([[Camps and Retreat Centers|camps and retreat centers]]). Upon his initiative retreat centers were also erected in the Giethoorn congregation. Hylkema was the primary inspiration for the building of the well-known brotherhood house, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[Fredeshiem (Steenwijk, Overijssel, Netherlands)|Fredeshiem]] &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;in 1929 and gave new life to the center at [[Bilthoven (Utrecht, Netherlands)|Bilthoven]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>GameoAdmin: CSV import - 20130820</title>
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		<title>GameoAdmin: CSV import - 20130816</title>
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		<updated>2013-08-16T18:56:26Z</updated>

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;Teerd Oeds Ma Hylke Hylkema, b. 16 June 1888, had great influence among Dutch Mennonites. As pastor he served the Mennonite congregations in [[Giethoorn (Overijssel, Netherlands)|Giethoorn]] (1912-1929), [[Amersfoort (Utrecht, Netherlands)|Amersfoort]] (1929-36), and [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]] (1936-1949). He was the founder of the Vereniging voor Gemeentedagen (Union for Retreats), serving as chairperson, 1917-1927. It was during these years that the building at [[Elspeet (Gelderland, Netherlands)|Elspeet]] was erected ([[Camps and Retreat Centers|camps and retreat centers]]). Upon his initiative retreat centers were also erected in the Giethoorn congregation. Hylkema was the primary inspiration for the building of the well-known brotherhood house, &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;[[Fredeshiem (Steenwijk, Overijssel, Netherlands)|Fredeshiem]] &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;in 1929 and gave new life to the center at [[Bilthoven (Utrecht, Netherlands)|Bilthoven]].&lt;br /&gt;
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In his longing for witnessing, serving, and peace-loving congregations he did much for the cause of peace. He was chairman of the [[Doopsgezinde Vredesgroep|Doopsgezinde Vredesgroep]] (Dutch Mennonite Peace Society), a member of the executive committee of the Dutch peace center &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Heerenwegen &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;at [[Zeist (Utrecht, Netherlands)|Zeist]], an adviser to the government commission on [[Conscientious Objection|conscientious objectors]], and an active participant in the national peace bureau. Hylkema was already active in behalf of [[Refugees|refugees]] before World War II. With his help hundreds of Russian Mennonite refugees emigrated to North and [[South America|South America]]. He arranged for the transport of Jewish children to London. During World War II (1940-1945) he gave much help to a variety of refugee camps and other camps. He was the primary leader for Dutch help to Mennonite refugees. He died 13 September 1962.&lt;br /&gt;
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= Bibliography =&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Doopsgezind Jaarboekje&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; (1963): 17-20.&lt;br /&gt;
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