Hilltop Mennonite Fellowship (Petoskey, Michigan, USA)
The Clinton Frame Mennonite Church, east of Goshen, Indiana, purchased the former Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Petoskey, Michigan in 1949. The building dates from 1892. Clinton Frame turned the building over to the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Mission Board, which then ordained Ivan K. Weaver on 20 November 1949 to take charge of a mission effort at that location. Weaver began his work in the summer of 1950.
During Pastor Bill Shumaker's leadership, he worked in a type of Victim/Offender Reconciliation program. The congregation had a food pantry for some years headed by George Palmateer. For many years, the congregation participated in the Nehemiah Project, a shelter for people who were housing insecure.
The Petoskey Mennonite Church adopted the name of Hilltop Mennonite Fellowship in 1993.
The congregation closed with a final service on 23 August 2015. The building was then purchased and operated as the non-profit Chapel of Our Guardian Angels.
Bibliography
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Additional Information
Address: 810 Petoskey Street, Petoskey, Michigan 49770
Telephone:
Website:
Denominational Affiliations:
Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference
Pastoral Leaders at Hilltop Mennonite Fellowship
| Name | Years of Service |
|---|---|
| Ivan K. Weaver (1915-2004) | 1950-1959 |
| Homer E. Yutzy (1926-2021) | 1959-1976 |
| Bruce W. Lyndaker | 1976-1982 |
| Ora Wise (Interim) | 1982-1983 |
| William H. Shumaker | 1983-1992 |
| Lay Leadership | 1992-1998 |
| James Gerber (Interim) | 1998?-2004? |
| Lay Leadership | 2004?-2008? |
| Dave Cadarette | 2008?-2010s |
| Mike Wilson (Interim) | 2010s-2015 |
Hilltop Mennonite Fellowship Membership
| Year | Members |
|---|---|
| 1951 | 5 |
| 1960 | 47 |
| 1970 | 36 |
| 1980 | 36 |
| 1990 | 37 |
| 2000 | 15 |
| 2009 | 14 |
Original Mennonite Encyclopedia Article
By Ivan K. Weaver. Copied by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 155. All rights reserved.
Petoskey Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church (MC)) was established as a mission congregation in 1950 under the Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Mission Board. In 1957 it had 53 members, with Ivan K. Weaver as bishop.
| Author(s) | Samuel J Steiner |
|---|---|
| Date Published | June 2024 |
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