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 250th Anniversary Celebration Nov. 11, 1994 |
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1741 Settlers petition General Court for "town privileges and liberty to imbody in church estate" |
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1744 The Church is formed and the Rev. Jonathan Lee installed as Minister in a log house 30 x 25 feet, which served as the Lee's home as well as the place of worship. |
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1750 The First Meeting House was built for worship and town meetings where the Town Hall now stands: 45 long by 35 feet wide. Residents gathered at "sabba day houses" between services for lunch, warmth and socialization |
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1788 The Rev. Jonathan Lee dies and is buried in graveyard behind Town Hall. |
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1796 The Rev. Joseph Warren Crossman called as second Minister |
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1800 The present Meeting House was erected measuring 64x45. All town residents required to contribute money or building material. |
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1804 Separation of Church and State - Ecclesiastical Society formed. |
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1812 Rev. Crossman dies while ministering to the sick during an epidemic of typhoid pleurisy. |
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1837 The Rev. Adam Reid begins 40 year ministry. "The spell binder" packs the Meeting House Sunday after Sunday |
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1845 First parsonage built. |
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1850 Square pews, high Pulpit and original Ionic pillars are "swept away by the modernizing wave" |
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1853 Present Bell weighing over 1,000 lbs. struck at Troy and placed in the belfry |
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1859 Notable layman Dr. Henry M. Knight opens first institution for training of mentally retarded. |
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1867 Church organ replaces use of stringed instruments. |
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1867 Church organ replaces use of stringed instruments. John Calvin Goddard begins 60 years of service as Pastor and Pastor Emeritus |
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1889 Organ and choir pews moved to front of Church. |
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1892 Preparatory School founded by Maria Hotchkiss. |
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1894 One Hundredth and Fiftieth Anniversary attended by over 400 |
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 Current Meeting House and Watering Kettle Circa 1900 |
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1913 Church remodeled and organ installed in the balcony. |
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1922 Upkeep Society came into being for fellowship and raising money for the upkeep of the Parsonage. |
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1948 The Rev. Lawrence Stone begins 21 years of service as 12th Pastor. |
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1959 Parish Hall, designed by Norton Miner, is built. |
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1965-66 Meeting House renovated: cove ceiling and pillars from balcony to ceiling are restored, antique weather vane repaced by the whale. New Schantz organ is installed. |
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1970 The Rev. Dr. Charles Ranson installed as Pastor. Albert Sly joins staff as organist/choir master. |
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1972 Tom and Francis Wagner, members of this congregation, are instrumental in establishing Noble Horizons. |
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1975 The Rev. John Hay installed as Pastor. |
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1981 The Rev. Richard Taber installed as fifteenth Pastor. |
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1992 The Rev. Lawrence Stone named Pastor Emeritus |
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1994 250th Anniversary celebrated, (Video: "To Build the Faith Together" available for loan) Partnership with Iglesia Cristiana Adonay established. |
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2008 Search for Associate Pastor begins. |
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