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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;techwriter, post: 2365551, member: 75477&quot;]A nice check with an abbreviated timeline of events.</p><p>==</p><p><img src="http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn24/techwriter/techwrite_checks/chk_dutchreformedchurch_1912_face_zpslcarya7h.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>==</p><p>== an abbreviated time line</p><p>==</p><p><b>1628</b></p><p>A few years after the establishment of New Amsterdam at the tip of Manhattan Island, the church is formally organized, with the Reverend Jonas Michaelius as Minister. The congregation meets in a large room over the mill which grinds the colonists&#039; grain.</p><p><b>1664</b></p><p>The Dutch surrender the colony to the British and New Amersterdam becomes New York. The church retains all its original privileges.</p><p><b>1696</b></p><p>The Church is incorporated under a charter granted by King William III of England. This charter is a triumph for religious liberty. It precludes any union of church and state and recognizes the rights of all Protestant Churches.</p><p><b>1993</b></p><p>Dr. Norman Vincent Peale is called to God on December 24.&nbsp; Dr. Peale served as Senior Minister of the Collegiate Church from 1973 until his death, and Minister-in-Charge of the Marble Collegiate Church from 1932 to 1984. His book, <u>The Power of Positive Thinking</u>, has sold more than twenty million copies worldwide since its publication in 1952.</p><p><b>1996</b></p><p>The Collegiate Church celebrates the 300th anniversary of the granting of its charter by King William III.</p><p>==</p><p>== extended time: <a href="http://collegiatechurch.org/?q=content/historical-timeline" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://collegiatechurch.org/?q=content/historical-timeline" rel="nofollow">http://collegiatechurch.org/?q=content/historical-timeline</a></p><p>==[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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