Front (l-r): Benjamin Ewert, Bergthaler minister, Gretna, Manitoba; Elder Peter Regier, Tiefengrund, Saskatchewan; Johann M. Friesen, Bergthaler minister, Altona, Manitoba; and J.E. Sprunger, Berne, Indiana, USA.
Back (l-r): Deacon David Epp, Laird, Saskatchewan; Johann Dueck, Eigenheim, Saskatchewan; Heinrich Warkentin, Laird, Saskatchewan; David Toews, Eigenheim, Saskatchewan and Gerhard Epp, Eigenheim, Saskatchewan.
This photograph first appeared in the 1903 issue of Bundesbote Kalender (photographer unknown).

These nine men were at the 1902 meeting in Tiefengrund, Saskatchewan which proposed the founding of what became the Conference of Mennonites in Canada (now known as Mennonite Church Canada).

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