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History of Mountain View Christian Reformed Church

Established - July 18, 1971
Coming Up -July 18, 2021 - 50 years

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The Formation of a New Church - 1970 - 1971

The Building of the Parsonage - 1972

The Building of a New Church - 1972

1970 - ​Long Range Planning

5 local CRC Churches form a Long Range Planning Committee to see about establishing a 6th CRC church out in the county. 

1971 - ​A Year of Firsts

1971 - ​Our First Consistory

Back Row (Elders): Jack Appel, Si Kingma, Henry Mans, Joe DeWaard 
Front Row (Deacons): George Visser, Peter Speelman, Arlyn Plagerman​

1971 - ​Establishing a New Church

On July 1, 1971, a meeting was held where approximately 35 families signed their names expressing an interest in the establishment of a CRC church in the Meridian School District. 

1971 - ​Our First Worship Service

On July 18, 1971, we held our first worship service at the Ten Mile Grange on the Hannegan Road. 

1971 - ​Our First Pastor

​Pastor Mel Flikkema and his wife started serving Mt. View in September of 1971.

1972, July 17 - Ground Breaking

Ground Breaking Ceremony - July 17, 1972
Si Kingma, Pastor Flikkema, Elmer Timmer, Darlene Speelman (VanderWoude), Con TeVelde

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1972 - A parsonage being built

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1972 - Building Mt. View CRC

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April 8-11, 1973 - The Dedication of Mt. View

The cover of our dedication program - 1973

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