S1E6: Yarrow: Conducting Heaven

Yarrow, BC appears to be a peaceful village, but since its beginnings as a Mennonite refugee settlement, the village has been the setting of religious tension, polarization, conflict, and ex-communications. Episode 6 of The Schism Between Us dives into this one community’s history, as well as host Marnie Klassen’s own family history in the area, to ask: what happened in Yarrow? and: is reconciliation possible?

Yarrow, British Columbia: Mennonite Promise boxed set (Village of Unsettled Yearnings and Before We Were the Land's), edited by Leonard Neufeldt:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/169869084-village-of-unsettled-yearnings-together-with-before-we-were-the-land-s?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=3ZSUSTCXyO&rank=2

GAMEO article on excommunication:

https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Excommunication

GAMEO article on my great-grandfather, George Reimer (written by my great-aunt Irene):

https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Reimer,_George_John_(1908-1963)

YUM Church YouTube video: “Why did YUM Church adopt a land acknowledgement statement?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoH2Ckdq5cU&t=186s

Salish Current reports: “Sumas Lake: a once (and future?) feature of the border”

https://salish-current.org/2023/12/19/sumas-lake-once-and-future-feature-of-the-border/

GRanDMA OnLine: Prussian/Russian Mennonite Genealogy:

https://grandmaonline.org/

The Schism Between Us is written and produced by Marnie Klassen, and supported by MennoCreative, a program of Canadian Mennonite magazine.

Technical Production and Sound Design: Matt Veith

Background Music: Jaimie Terpstra

Graphic Design: Tiff Wu

Editor in Chief: Marnie Klassen

Theme song: “In the Rifted Rock” arranged by Mykayla Turner and performed by Marta Bunnet Wiebe, Isaac Kuhl Schlegel, Solomon Schlegel, Allegra Friesen Epp, Matthew Veith, and Courtney Kuhl Schlegel

Thank you to everyone who has helped shape this story over the past 10 months.