Black and white photograph of Edna G. Gerdes, missionary to India, ca. 1970.

Edna G. Gerdes

Edna G. Gerdes, missionary to India, ca. 1970.

Black and white photograph of John A. Wiebe and Viola Bergthold Wiebe, missionaries to India, ca. 1970.

John A. Wiebe and Viola Bergthold Wiebe

John A. Wiebe and Viola Bergthold Wiebe, missionaries to India, ca. 1970.

Sheet music of a hymn often used for mission programs organized by the Carson Mennonite Brethren Church.

Hymnal sheet music

Sheet music of a hymn often used for mission programs organized by the Carson Mennonite Brethren Church.

Black and white photograph of Heinrich Enns and Maria Ewert Enns, 1896.

Heinrich Enns and Maria Ewert Enns

Heinrich Enns and Maria Ewert Enns’ wedding photograph, 1896.

Color image of Members of the Dorcas Circle at the Carson Mennonite Brethren Church Centennial celebration, 1975.

Members of the Dorcas Circle at the Carson Mennonite Brethren Church Centennial celebration

Helen Wiens, Waldo Wiens, and Rachel Wiens sing as a trio at a Carson Mennonite Brethren Church Centennial celebration, 1975.

Color image of the Carson Mennonite Brethren Church centennial celebration, 1975.

Carson Mennonite Brethren Church centennial celebration

Lillian Foth, Lena Ewert, Helen Wiens, Linda Friesen, Nettie Eytzen, and Rachel Wiens, sing as a sextet at a Carson Mennonite Brethren Church Centennial celebration, 1975.

Color image of members of the Dorcas Mission Society, ca. 1990s.

Members of the Dorcas Mission Society

Members of the Dorcas Mission Society, ca. 1990s. Pictured are (back row): Frieda Rempel Ewert, Minnie Dick Ewert, Lena Ewert, Mabel Rempel, Anna Ewert, Blanch Wiens Friesen, and Matilda Feil Ewert; and (front row): Martha Bartsch, Luella Feil Wiebe, Sadie Bartsch, and Viola Wiens Dick.

Dorcas Circle, Carson Mennonite Brethren Church

The Dorcas Circle, organized in Cottonwood County's Carson Township in 1936 and later known as the Women’s Mission Society (WMS), served as the backbone of the Carson Mennonite Brethren Church’s strong missions program. Working in supportive capacities, members of the circle impacted church and community life without taking on pastoral roles.

Color image of Norman Ewert, ca. 2013, with a disk blade he made as a temporary tombstone for the grave of Anna Funk Wiens inside Carson Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery.

Norman Ewert

Norman Ewert, ca. 2013, with a disk blade he made as a temporary tombstone for the grave of Anna Funk Wiens inside Carson Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery.

Color image of the tombstone of Anna Funk Wiens inside Carson Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery, March 13, 2013.

Tombstone of Anna Funk Wiens

Tombstone of Anna Funk Wiens inside Carson Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery, March 13, 2013.

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