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Church History Caledonia UMC |
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1875 - David Kinsey deeded land in Caledonia at the corner of Church and Main Streets to the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Methodists purchased and relocated the old Caledonia school building to this property to be their first church. Rev. Daniel Haviland (1875-1878) Rev. John Klose (1878-1879) Rev. A. J. Wheeler (1879-1881) Rev. L. J. Spencer (1881-1882) Rev. Robert Phillips (1882-1883) Rev. N. D. Marsh (1883-1885) Rev. Charles Sonnema (1885-1886) Rev. A. S. Williams (1886-1889) Rev. J. S. Bennett (1889-1891) Rev. Charles Sonnema (1891-1892) Rev. R. D. Freeman (1892-1893) Rev. James Dayton (1893-1895) Rev. A. Woodlock (1895-1896) 1896 - This first building was moved to Mill Street and became the property of the Village. It still stands as a storage. A new church was contructed on the Kinsey property at the corner of Church and Main Street. 
Rev. Thomas Boone (1896-1898) Rev. J. W. Rochelle (1898-1900) 1900 - On New Years Eve a mortgage burning ceremony was held for the new building on the Kinsey property. This was in continuous use until 1963. Rev. W. F. Glass (1900-1904) Rev. J. G. Phillips (1904-1907) Rev. John Klose (1907-1908) Rev. Homer Bush (1908-1909) Rev. Ernest Morse (1909-1910) Rev. Maynard Olt (1910-1914) Rev. John Bretz (1914-1915) Rev. D. C. Ruhl (1915-1917) Rev. J. W. Westbrook (1917-1924) Rev. B. F. Wade (1924-1926) Rev. Benjamin Kober (1926) Rev. William Blanding (1926-1928) Rev. J. M. DeVinney (1928-1932) Rev. Edward Armstrong (1932-1934) Rev. Cecil Bacon (1934-1940) Rev. J. Lawrence Ward (1940-1944) Rev. N. D. Chew (1944-1949) Rev. Victor Niles (1949-1955) Rev. James A. Rogers (1955-1957) Rev. Earl Champain (1957-1960) 1960 - Land for a new church was purchased on Vine Street in Caledonia. Rev. Ralph Tweedy (1960-1962) 1962 - September 16, ground breaking ceremonies for a new church were being held. Construction began immediately. Rev. Kenneth D. McCaw (1962-1966) 1963 - Easter Sunday, April 14, the first service was held in the Vine Street Church. The cost of the building was $69,111 with a great deal of work being done by the members themselves. Rev. Edward L. Passenger (1966-1969) Rev. Robert Boyer (1969-1971) 1970 - In November, a mortgage buring ceremony was held for the Vine Street Church. This same building is our church home today. Rev. Lloyd Van Lente (1971-1976) Rev. Adam Chyrowski (1976-1980) In 1980, plans were drawn up for the construction of a new parsonage at 260 Vine Street, property owned by the church and adjacent to the existing church building. In 1981 the house was completed and the pastor and family moved into a new spacious four bedroom house which still serves as home to the church's pastors and families. Rev. Robert Tomlinson (1980-1984) Rev. Robert Wessman (1984-1990) Rev. Bobby Dale Whitlock (1990-1996) Rev. Norman C. Kohns (1996-2005) Rev. James E. Hodge (2005-present) |
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