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TitleA Silver Spire 1871-1971 Chapter 1
Date1971
SubjectFirst Presbyterian Church, Mount Pleasant, Mich. - History
DescriptionChapter 1: 1861-1871: Founding of the First Presbyterian Church of Mt. Pleasant. Names and page num...
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TitleA Silver Spire 1871-1971 Chapter 2
Date1971
SubjectFirst Presbyterian Church, Mount Pleasant, Mich. - History
DescriptionChapter 2: 1871-1876 : Building the First Church. Events: Downtown Mt. Pleasant burns in 1875. Names...
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TitleA Silver Spire 1871-1971 Chapter 3
Date1971
SubjectFirst Presbyterian Church, Mount Pleasant, Mich. - History
DescriptionChapter 3: 1876-1879: Storms Without and Within. Events: Hailstorm damages church. Names and page n...
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TitleA Silver Spire 1871-1971 Chapter 4
Date1971
SubjectFirst Presbyterian Church, Mount Pleasant, Mich. - History
DescriptionChapter 4: 1879-1896: Church Enlarged and Renovated. Events: Church receives gift of bell and pipe o...
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TitleA Silver Spire 1871-1971 Chapter 5
Date1971
SubjectFirst Presbyterian Church, Mount Pleasant, Mich. - History
DescriptionChapter 5: 1896-1904: Efforts to Move Church Building Begin. Events: In 1903, parishioners begin fun...
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TitleA Silver Spire 1871-1971 Chapter 6
Date1971
SubjectFirst Presbyterian Church, Mount Pleasant, Mich. - History
DescriptionChapter 6: 1905-1909: New Church Dedicated. Events: Plans made to move church to Mount Wisconsin, ne...
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TitleA Silver Spire 1871-1971 Chapter 7
Date1971
SubjectFirst Presbyterian Church, Mount Pleasant, Mich. - History
DescriptionChapter 7: 1909-1922: New Pipe Organ. Names and page numbers of church members mentioned in Chapter...
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TitleA Silver Spire 1871-1971 Chapter 8
Date1971
SubjectFirst Presbyterian Church, Mount Pleasant, Mich. - History
DescriptionChapter 8: 1923-1947: 75th Anniversary Celebrated October 1946. Events: Church updated, 1937-1944. ...
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TitleA Silver Spire 1871-1971 Chapter 9
Date1971
SubjectFirst Presbyterian Church, Mount Pleasant, Mich. - History
DescriptionChapter 9: 1946-1963: New Church built on Watson Road. Names and page numbers of church members men...
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TitleA Silver Spire 1871-1971 Chapter 10
Date1971
SubjectFirst Presbyterian Church, Mount Pleasant, Mich. - History
DescriptionChapter 10: 1963-1971: End of First Century of Service. Events: Australian Pastor exchange. Note: ...
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TitleFirst Presbyterian Church
Date1915
SubjectFirst Presbyterian Church (Grand Haven, Mich.)
DescriptionThe local Presbyterian church was begun by Rev. William Ferry in 1834. This building began as a stru...
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TitleFirst Reformed Church
Date1889
SubjectFirst Reformed Church (Grand Haven, Mich.)
DescriptionKnown as “the Church of Many Towers”, this was the third building to serve the congregat...
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TitleSecond Reformed Church
Date1966
SubjectSecond Reformed Church (Grand Haven, Mich.)
DescriptionAn outgrowth of the First Reformed Church, this congregation formed in 1871. Its first two buildings...
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TitleSeventh Day Adventist Church
Date1970
SubjectSeventh Day Adventist Church (Grand Haven, Mich.)
DescriptionThe founders of this church gathered initially in 1907. Their first permanent place of worship was e...
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TitleSt. John's Lutheran Church
Date1969
SubjectSt. John's Lutheran Church (Grand Haven, Mich.)
DescriptionFounded in 1865, the first St. John’s Lutheran Church was built two years later on the northw...
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TitleSt. Patrick's Catholic Church, Demolition
Date1964
SubjectSt. Patrick's Catholic Church (Grand Haven, Mich.)
DescriptionThe first Catholic church in the area was built in 1857 in Spring Lake. In 1867, the Grand Haven fa...
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TitleSt. Patrick's Catholic Church, Manse and School
Date1950
SubjectSt. Patrick's Catholic Church (Grand Haven, Mich.)
DescriptionSt. Patrick’s Church was built on Fulton Street in 1872 with funds from Captain Thomas Kirby....
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TitleSt. Paul's Evangelical Church
Date1950
SubjectProtestant church buildings -- Michigan -- Grand Haven
DescriptionIn 1882, a group of Evangelical Germans formed a congregation named the Evangelical-Lutheran St. Pau...
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TitleSt. Paul's United Church of Christ
Date1966
SubjectSt. Paul's United Church of Christ (Grand Haven, Mich.)
DescriptionThe cornerstone for this church was laid in 1893 when it was known as the Evangelical-Lutheran St. P...
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TitlePartners in Christ's Service 1971-1996 Chapter 1
Date1996
SubjectFirst Presbyterian Church, Mount Pleasant, Mich. - History
DescriptionChapter 1: 1971-1978: Church Centennial Celebrated, Emphasis on Mission Continued. Names and page n...
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TitlePartners in Christ's Service 1971-1996 Chapter 2
Date1996
SubjectFirst Presbyterian Church, Mount Pleasant, Mich. - History
DescriptionChapter 2: 1979-1980: The Church is Split. Names and page numbers of church members mentioned in Ch...
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TitlePartners in Christ's Service 1971-1996 Chapter 3
Date1996
SubjectFirst Presbyterian Church, Mount Pleasant, Mich. - History
DescriptionChapter 3: 1980-1981: Rebuilding Under Interim Pastor. Names and page numbers of church members men...
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TitlePartners in Christ's Service 1971-1996 Chapter 4
Date1996
SubjectFirst Presbyterian Church, Mount Pleasant, Mich. - History
DescriptionChapter 4: 1982-1983: Anniversary of Watson Rd. Church Celebrated; Capital Fund Campaign Initiated. ...
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TitlePartners in Christ's Service 1971-1996 Chapter 5
Date1996
SubjectFirst Presbyterian Church, Mount Pleasant, Mich. - History
DescriptionChapter 5: 1984-1990: Mission Program Emphasis; Financial Picture Dims. Names and page numbers of c...
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TitlePartners in Christ's Service 1971-1996 Chapter 6
Date1996
SubjectFirst Presbyterian Church, Mount Pleasant, Mich. - History
DescriptionChapter 6: 1990-1995: Focus on Mission Program. Names and page numbers of church members mentioned ...
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