Pacific Northwest Mennonite Historical Society

01/17/2026

Please plan to attend the annual meeting and program of the Pacific NW Mennonite Historical Society on February 21, 2026, at Zion Mennonite Church. In addition to a meal and business meeting beginning at noon, we will have a program beginning at 1:30 featuring Jeryl Hollinger. Jeryl is the retired pastor of Mountain View Mennonite church in Kalispell, Montana, and will speak on the church's history and Mennonite presence in Montana. The cost of the lunch is $15 per person. RSVP needed only for the lunch, to Jerry Barkman at treasurer-pnmhs@canby.com or 503-871-6413 by February 13th. An offering for the work of the Historical Society will be taken.

12/18/2025

The PNMHS Kropf Heritage Center will be closed for the holidays on Wednesday, December 24 and Wednesday, December 31.

12/12/2025

Can you help us identify the person on the left in this picture? We believe the person on the right is Emma Kenagy. Who is the other person?

11/19/2025

We will be closed Wednesday, November 26 for the Thanksgiving holiday.

11/14/2025

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10/31/2025

Plan now to attend this event to be held at Portland Mennonite Church.
Anabaptism @ 501 Symposium, Nov. 7-9

On the weekend of Friday, Nov. 7 to Sunday, Nov. 9, PMC will be hosting special guests from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Elkhart, IN) for a conference-like event called “Anabaptism @ 501: Practicing Faith – Weaving the Work of Justice.” Nekeisha Alayna Alexis is the Intercultural Competence and Undoing Racism Coordinator (ICUR Coordinator) and Jamie Pitts is Professor of Anabaptist History, Theology, and Ethics at AMBS. Jamie and Nekeisha will help us examine critically how the stories we tell ourselves shape the present and the ongoing life of Anabaptism, with an eye to how we remain open to those who are different from us and to the work of the Holy Spirit. We hope that folks from our regional conference and local peace churches will join us. More information and registration here: https://www.portlandmennonite.org/anabaptism501.html. Questions? Contact Pastor Kristen (kristen@portlandmennonite.org).

10/23/2025

We need your help identifying the person in another photo. Can you help us identify the person in this photo.

10/16/2025

After a 10-year hiatus, we have reintroduced our newsletter. You can read the current issue here.https://www.pnmhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/PNMHS-Newsletter-v29-i1-Fall-2025-Digital.pdf
We'd like to invite you to become a member, allowing us to continue sharing stories from our archives. A membership form is under the "About" tab on our website at pnmhs.org

10/01/2025

Can you help us identify the school year in which this Whiskey Hill School picture was taken?

09/09/2025

We are looking forward to the MCC Relief Sale on October 11 in Albany, Oregon. The Historical Society will have a display table there. Please stop by and visit with us. More info on the sale at

The official website for the Oregon Mennonite Festival for World Relief Auction & Sale.

07/31/2025

Our historical Archives was a stop along the way of the first Peace Pilgrimage Bus Tour on July 19. Fifty-five persons from the Historic Peace Church tradition, (Reedwood Friends Church, Portland Mennonite Church, and Peace Church of The Brethern,) boarded a bus at Redwood Friends Church in Portland at 9:15 AM and spent the day getting acquainted and visiting Brigitinne Monastery (near Amity), the Old Colony Museum in Aurora and wrapped
up the day with visits to our Historical Archives, “the MCC Barn” and ended with dinner in the portico at Zion Mennonite where Jerry Barkman talked about the history of Anabaptism and how
Mennonites got to Oregon. There is more information about this tour in the files here at the Center.

06/13/2025

San Antonio Mennonite Church feels the impact of ICE deportation activities. From Anabaptist World

Members of a Mennonite church in San Antonio, Texas, face increased fear and uncertainty after a member — a mother of four who entered the United States legally — was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in late May.