Office
 
MNWC-UCC
2016 Alderson Ave.
Billings, MT 59102 
(406) 656-8688
(800) 735-0779 
Fax (406) 652-2399
Emails
 
Main Office
ucc@mnwc-ucc.org

Conf. Minister
Rev. Randy Hyvonen
randy@mnwc-ucc.org

Assoc. Conf. Minister
Rev. Michael Obenauer
michael@mnwc-ucc.org

Office Manager
Mrs. Elaine Black
elaine@mnwc-ucc.org

Admin Assistant
Ms. Karen Eddy
karen@mnwc-ucc.org

Moderator
Mr. Ray Young moderator@mnwc-ucc.org

Web Sites
 
~ mnwc-ucc.org ~
~ campmimanagish.org ~
 
Office Only links
 
 

click on links below, to see images of WESTERN churches in MNWC which were taken by 2 photographers sent out by the American Missionary Assn. in the 1920s, to document churches started by the AMA.

Happy 50th UCC anniversary!
if you can more clearly identify some of these, please contact Karen.
Many of these photos were taken by Conf. Min. Rev. Frank L. Moore, who traveled extensively throughout the West to document churches for the AMA; he also had a ranch in Wyoming. More info here, and a short Congl. overview of his work.
various MONTANA :
* for more info on the Germans from Russia who settled in MT, go here and scroll halfway down the page.
* B Divide Community mtg, Toman's Ranch (?)
* stamping sheep
* example of frontier log cabin (?) 1920s
* 1920 Oberlin students arrive to help in churches through the summer
* Conf. Mins. Dr. Stickney & Dr. Powell, retiring (?c. 1920)
* unidentified library, ?1920s
arrows New: Postcard images of MT counties (click underlined counties for more)

Historical Photos of WESTERN Association churches

(Kalispell to Bozeman)

see more counties' images here

 
* ?? Buck Creek Sunday Schl., 1920s
Beaverhead area
* Red Butte : 1920s Sunday School - taken by Conf. Min. Johnson
Butte
* city view, 2nd shot
* car view, Cont. Divide, 1922
* smelters, 1923
* People's Comm. church B.ball team, 1921
* People's Comm. Cong. church, 1922
* People's Comm. School, Feb. 1921
* Floral Park church, Cranes' home, 1920
* Floral Park church building, 1920
* Fl.Park girl scouts, 1922
Florence
* CVS 1925 - 104 degrees in July
Glacier area
* McDermott Lake, (Many Glacier: pre-hotel)
* Idahoans' 1923 hike to Lost Blossom camp (border)
Helena
Judith Gap
Missoula
see more images, here.
see info on area Ger. Russians here.
* Rev. Warford family & car, 1920s
* early UM campus, July 1920
* Missoula copper miners, 1920s
* copper mine widow-maker, 1923
Springdale
* Sunday School, Oct. 1921
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click on links below, to see images of CENTRAL churches in MNWC which were taken by 2 photographers sent out by the American Missionary Assn. in the 1920s, to document churches started by the AMA.

Happy 50th UCC anniversary!
if you can more clearly identify some of these, please contact Karen.
various NATIVE ministries:
* Crow horse & children, c.1900
* Crow girl & blanket, c. 1900
* "homes of our people," c. 1894
* elder portrait, c. 1900s
* child in elk tooth dress, c.1896
* 1920 MT Assembly: Crow delegates
more info here; then
UCC General Synod asks forgiveness of tribes, 2003

Historical Photos of YELLOWSTONE Association churches

(Big Timber to Colstrip to Buffalo)

also Conference, RMC, and other Blgs. photos at bottom

see more counties' images here
 

Absarokee & Rosebud area

* 1923 Assembly for MT, on lake
* 1923 MT Assembly buildings
* lake view of 1923 Assembly
* 1923 Assembly youth Sunday school
* Campfire Girls on the lake, 1925
* Conf. car unloaded - Cody, 1925
Ballantine
* the church building, 1922
* Fly Creek Schoolhouse, 1925
Big Timber & Sweet Grass Co.
see more images here
* DVBS children on see-saw, 1922
* McLeod Sunday Schooler, 1923
* stacking hay at McKenzie ranch
(contact the MNWC ofc re. more images)
Billings German church
(see more Billings & Y.Co. at bottom)
* ? 1920s, Sunday school
* 1920s: with 38 parked cars !!
* 1920s: congregants
* congregation, 2nd shot
see more info here
Columbus & Stillwater
see more images here
Custer
* Sunday School boys in wagons, 1923
Fishtail
* "the last frontier": Sunday School 1929
Hardin & var. Big Horn Co.
see more images here
* Sun.Schl. & choir organizer to venture into the field, 1921
* Rev. Cory & photographer's son in Foster, 1921
* they came in wagons from Foster (1920s)
* 1920s: MT Conference delegates at Bighorn Battlefield
* at Bighorn cemetery, 1921
Laurel
* Preacher Batt in pulpit, 1924
* neighborhood view, 1924
* FULLLL on dedication day, 1924
* coming out from dedication day
see more info here
Melstone
* Rev. Pollard of Melstone, 1920s
* Rev. Pollard after the fire, 1920s
Red Lodge & Carbon Co.
see more images here.
see more info on area Ger. Russians.
* 1922: Mr. Lookwood teaches at Richel Lodge

* 1922 MT Conference, Richel Lodge athletics.
* 1922 MT Conf., Mr. Drake teaches a class at Richel Lodge
* orig. Congl. church, 1920s
* new: Auntie G.'s Free Reading Room - featured in July 2007 "Bulletin" of Congregational Library (Boston)
Rothiemay
* Conf. Min. Johnson + herd skulls, 1920
* Neskers home, taken by Conf. Min. Johnson, 1923
* Geo. Perry (Polytechnic), sheepherder's wagon, 1920
Roundup & Musselshell Co.
see more images here.
see info on area Ger. Russians here.
* Mr. Fletcher of the Klein mine, 7/21/22
* Dead Man's Coulee seen from Fletchers'
* helpers at Klein - ? 1920s
* Rev. Pollard of Melstone, 1920s
* un-ID'd trio, including photographer, 1920s ?
* July VBS Buick - 1922
* 1920s - VBS at Baptist church, then walk to school for crafts
* VBS craft helpers at school - ? 1920s
* closup of VBS at Baptist church
Ryegate
Worden
* church bldg, Rev. Karl Kraft, 1923
Conference photos
 
* 1923 MT Assembly buildings
* lake view of 1923 Assembly
* 1923 Assembly youth Sunday school
* c. 1930, Conf.Min. Rice with car
* 1922 MT Conf., Mr. Drake teaches a class at Richel Lodge

* 1922 MT Conference, Richel Lodge athletics.
* Oct. 13, 1920 CAM at RMC
* 1920 CAM with Quartet
* 1920 CAM: Powder R. 4tet / Cowgirl
* 1920 MT Assembly: Crow delegates
* ministers at 1922 MT Assembly

* Conf. poster: 75 "extreme" VCS programs in MT, 1926

* 1922 MT Conference, Richel Lodge athletics.
* Conf. Min. Johnson + herd skulls, 1920
* 1920s: MT Conference delegates at Bighorn Battlefield
* 1920 Pastors' Rural Conf.: leapfrog
Rocky Mountain College
* 1923 Assembly for MT, with faculty
* Oct. 13, 1920 CAM at RMC
* 1920 CAM with Quartet
* 1920 CAM: Powder R. 4tet / Cowgirl
* 1920 MT Assembly: Crow delegates
* 1920s, Dr. Potter with Conf. car
* 1920 Pastors' Rural Conf.: leapfrog
 
other Ylstn.Co. & Billings photos
* see more Blgs. images here
* more info on historical Ylstn. towns here and here
* "a little Montana girl" - Jan. 1920
* "a little Montana girl" with snow
* 1925: Elsie Johnson on Ruin Rock (oldest daughter of Conf. Min. Elmer Henry Johnson)
* jumping boulders on the Rims, 1925 - possibly Conf. Min. Johnson's son Mervyn; with Elsie below
* the Eyelid on Ruin Rock, 1925 (Elsie Johnson on far left; possibly Mervyn perching)
* Peter Yegen Ins. car ad, 1925

click on links below, to see images of EASTERN churches in MNWC which were taken by 2 photographers sent out by the American Missionary Assn. in the 1920s, to document churches started by the AMA.

Happy 50th UCC anniversary!
if you can more clearly identify some of these, please contact Karen.
various N. WYOMING:
* hot springs at Gardiner, Harper's 1883
* Conf. car unloaded - Cody, 1925
* Big Horn canyon, 1921
* Bighorn River, 1920s
* Buffalo Bill (front & back)
arrows New: Postcard images of WY counties (click on underlined counties for more)
Buffalo
* streets in town (?1920s)