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Sunday Services:

9:30 AM – Worship

11:00 AM – Sunday School

6:00 PM – Adult Bible Study

6:00 PM – Student Ministries

Dr. Brian F. Harrison, Pastor

Our mission is to worship God and equip

committed followers of Jesus Christ who will

reach our community with the Gospel

7240 68th Street SE

Caledonia, MI 49316

616-698-

http://www.alaskabaptist.org

CALEDONIA:

9185 Cherry Valley Ave SE

MIDDLEVILLE:

1664 M-

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thejchurch.com

616-217-

@thejchurch

ONE CHURCH - TWO LOCATIONS

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Pastor Tony Shumaker

Worship Services:

10:30 AM

Yankee Springs Bible Church

8900 Duffy Road

Middleville, MI 49333

"Shining Forth God's Light"

Sunday Morning Worship ........................10:00 a.m.

Community Group ..................................11:00 a.m.

James L. Collison, Pastor

http://www.yankeespringsbiblechurch.org

Good Shepherd

Lutheran Church

908 W. Main Street, Middleville

(Missouri Synod)

Sunday Worship ................9:30 a.m.

Pastor: Rev. Peter Berg

http://goodshepherdlcms.googlepages.com

Church: (269) 795-

SERVICE TIME:

Sunday at 10:00am

20 State Street, Middleville, MI / http://www.tvcweb.com

Local Church

Directory

Saturday Evening Mass ...................5:00 p.m.

Sunday Masses ...........9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

@ St. Paul Lutheran Church

& Preschool

8436 Kraft Ave., Caledonia, MI 49316

Office 616-891-8688 • Preschool (616) 891-

http://www.stpaulcaledonia.org

NOW OPEN TO PUBLIC

Sunday Worship:

8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.

Fellowship

9:45 to 10:00 a.m.

Sunday School

10 to 10:45 a.m.

Whitneyville

Fellowship Church (^)
4935 Whitneyville Ave, between 52nd & 48 th^
(^)
Praising God through
Hymns  Reading God’s Word  Special Music
Worship Services Prayer Meeting & Bible Study
Sunday 10 am & 6 pm Wed nesday 6:30 pm & 7 pm (^)
Pastor Ed Carpenter - 616-868- 0621
Sermons online: WhitneyvilleFellowship.org
Ronald L. Nickels, age 78,
of Caledonia, went home to
be with his Lord and Savior
on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021.
Ron loved God, his family
(especially his grandkids),
farming, RED tractors,
snowmobiling, and camping.
He had an infectious laugh,
and will be dearly missed.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Reynold and
Josephine; his first wife,
Betty; his son, Brian; and
four infant grandchildren.
He will be lovingly
remembered by his wife of
37 years, Jo Ellen; children,
Denise (Brian) DeVries, Deb
(Dirk) Bischoff, Doug
(Mindy) Curtis, Eric Curtis;
grandchildren, Tyler, Nicole,
Austin DeVries, Aubrey,
Seth, Jillaine Bischoff,
Mackenzie and Owen
Curtis, Max Curtis; brother
and sisters, Alan Nickels,
Sandra Knowles, Sharon
(John) Dill; many brothers-
in-law, sisters-in-law, neph-
ews and nieces.
Services were held on
November 9, 2021 at Green
Lake Calvary Church.
Entombment was at Chapel
Hill Memorial Gardens.
Memorial contributions
may be made to Camp
Ao-Wa-Kiya, Shelby MI.
David John Sowerby
passed away at home, sur-
rounded by his loved ones on
November 13, 2021, after an
incredibly brave and long
battle with Crohn’s Disease,
Primary Sclerosing
Cholangitis, and Colorectal
Cancer. He was 50 years old.
David was born on
November 29, 1970, in
Detroit. He attended Eastern
Michigan University, where
he earned his bachelor of
music education. David was
an orchestra director begin-
ning in Grand Rapids Public
Schools and spent 16 years in
Caledonia Community
Schools teaching orchestra
and coaching numerous
sports. He was an avid vio-
linist, hockey fan, tennis
player, and all-around good
guy.
His favorite pastime was
riding his bike. He loved to
ride daily and enjoyed riding
gravel road races and spend-
ing time with friends on his
bike. He had just joined the
Grand Rapids GRIT team
before his illness rendered
him unable to ride his bike.
In 2000, David married
Rebecca Anne Crawford.
Together they had three
beautiful children, twins
Aidan Crawford and Lydia
Mae (age 17) and Cooper
John (age 12).
David was predeceased in
death by his nephew, Collin
Sowerby.
In addition to Rebecca,
Aidan, Lydia, and Cooper,
David is survived by his
father and mother, John and
Linda Sowerby; his brother,
Joseph (Carrie) Sowerby; his
sister, Emily (Jeff) Young;
his father and mother-in-law,
George and Cynthia
Crawford; sisters-in-law,
Kristen (Matt Maurier)
Crawford, Caroline (Jamie)
Johnson; nieces and nephew,
Makenzie Sowerby, Ashlynn
and Gabriel Young, Madison
and Sydney Maurier,
Josephine and Jillian
Johnson; and his beloved
dogs, Teddy and Winnie.
Special thanks to Dr.
Rupen Shah, Surgical
Oncologist, and Dr. Reena
Salgia, Transplant
Hepatologist, at Henry Ford
Hospital in Detroit; Dr. Lia
Kaufman, Gastroenterologist,
and Dr. Ryan Figg,
Colorectal Surgeon, at
Spectrum Health in Grand
Rapids; Faith Hospice - espe-
cially Paul, RN, and Rita, for
their loving and expert care
of David through his long
battle. In addition, thank you
to the Caledonia Community
School District, his col-
leagues, friends, students,
and the Caledonia
Community as a whole, for
their support and love
throughout his fight.
Memorial services will be
held 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov.
20, 2021 at Cornerstone
United Methodist Church,
1675 84th St. SE, Caledonia.
Anyone wishing to honor
David is requested to make a
contribution to his children’s
college fund via http://www.
gofundme.com/sowerby-chil-
dren-college-fund.
Condolences may be sent
online at http://www.mkdfuneral-
home.com.
Sarah Sue (Janose)
Barton (“Sam”), age 74, of
Middleville, MI and
Englewood, FL, died
November 5, 2021 after
living with cancer for some
time. She will be greatly
missed.
Beloved and treasured,
she is survived by her hus-
band, Larry; her children,
Larry Barton (Roberta),
Jennifer Zimelis (John),
Chris Barton (Dena); her
sister, Barb Stilwell; broth-
ers, Mick Janose
(Dorothy), and Chet
Janose; three grandsons,
John, Nik and Ben; two
step-granddaughters,
Taylor (Jazzmyn) and
Emily (fiancé Austin);
many, many nieces, neph-
ews, and cousins.
She was preceded in
death by her parents, Mack
and Dorothy Janose; sis-
ters, Martha Bauer, Pat
Warner, Kathy Haukom
and brother, Pete
Marciniak.
Sarah was a seamstress,
singer, artist, poet, interior
decorator, fisher, hunter,
gardener, photographer and
much more. She loved her
family above all but also
enjoyed nature, a good
book, playing cards, and
mahjong.
Visitation was held on
Wednesday, Nov. 17, with
a Vigil Liturgy at
Matthysse Kuiper DeGraaf
Funeral Home, 616 E.
Main, Caledonia. A Mass
of Christian Burial was
celebrated on Thursday,
Nov. 18, 2021 at Holy
Family Catholic Church,
Caledonia.
To honor Sarah, memori-
al donations can be made
to Holy Family, American
Cancer Society or Tidewell
Hospice Englewood
Hospice House.
Condolences may be sent
online at http://www.mkdfuneral-
home.com.
Ronald L. Nickels
David John Sowerby
Sarah S. Barton