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  • (616) 891-7910
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  • Location:
  • 9185 Cherry Valley SE, Suite B
  • Caledonia, MI 49316
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Weekly Schedule

  • Sunday
  • 10:30am Worship Celebration
  • 10:45am Children's Church

Prayers Take Flight

Article Pic When you walk through our front door, you will notice a new addition to our worship center: 1,001 prayers that come to us from the Westminster Presbyterian Church of Niles, Michigan. The prayers are in the form of origami birds. The prayers (and the birds) were offered by a ladies prayer circle that met through the late 1950s and 1960s. As they prayed for peace and wholeness both for themselves and their world, they made paper birds which represented the prayers they lifted to God. For two generations, these birds hung in the entry of the church in Niles. From where they hung, they would occasionally take flight as a gust of wind swept in from the front doors. Their flight was a reminder that the prayers that had given birth to the birds were still being offered. Last year, Westminster Presbyterian Church closed. They generously donated their church furniture to Cherry Valley. Their one stipulation was that if we took the furniture, we also needed to take the prayer birds and give them the opportunity to fly again. One of our members (Deanie Pettengill) lovingly restored each individual bird, then arranged them on a mobile designed for our entryway. Today the wind still occasionally catches them and they take flight just like they have done for more than two generations. They remind us that the prayers we lift to God join with prayers offered by people in different times and places. We're connected through our prayers though separated by time and distance. So the next time you come into our worship center, look up!

Welcome to Cherry Valley!

Welcome to Cherry Valley! We hope this site will give you a taste of our life together. We are a community of people all gathered together to explore what Jesus Christ means for us in our world. We don't claim to have answers to every question, but we do find it helpful to explore the great questions about life and faith together. As a community, we draw from each other's wisdom and experience. We are an intentionally diverse group and we enjoy the richness which grows from diversity.

Thank you for being our guest here today. Please let me know if I can ever be of help to you on your journey.

 

Who We Are

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Cherry Valley Church is a great reflection of the whole community of Caledonia: we're young, we're growing and we're discovering lots of things as we travel along. We've been meeting together to celebrate worship for over two years. We're a cross section of families and single adults, young kids and young at heart used-to-be-kids. As a group, we're at different points in our journey, but we have in common an experience of God's love which allows us to be the people God created us to be . . . it allows us to be ourselves.

We don't think of ourselves as traditional or contemporary, old-fashioned or progressive. We simply believe that God speaks to our world today . . . in ways we can understand. In our faith community you'll find a mix of the old and new, our faith is both deeply rooted in the ancient beliefs and creeds of the church yet given expression in our here and now world.

A Place for You

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If you're at a place in your life where you are ready to explore the Christian faith for the first time, or become a more dedicated follower of Jesus Christ, we just might have the perfect place for you to plug in and grow with us. On Sunday mornings at 10:30, we gather together to celebrate God's presence in our lives through worship. This is the weekly high point of our life as a community and is a great chance for you to feel and know the presence of God in your life. Our worship is a mix of old and new. If you've grown up in the church, you will recognize some of the hymns and prayers we use. If you're new to church worship, our music tends towards the contemporary so you'll feel at home.

Many people experience our community first through a small groups. We offer groups that center on Parenting Skills and Marriage Enrichment. Throughout the year, we offer many Bible and topical studies in a small group format. For those interesting in exploring Christianity, we offer the Alpha Course.

Finally, we have many teams that perform acts of service both in our community and within the larger mission work of our denomination. If you want to make a difference in our world, we can offer you a place to put your talents and passions to work.

Cherry Valley has a place for you. A place to grow, to connect with others and to serve. Come join us and we'll grow together!





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