History of the Williamsburg Christian Reformed Church
The Williamsburg congregation was organized in 1952 and the first elders were Ralph deJong, J. Geurkink Sr., and John Bosman, the first deacons of the congregation were G.J. Luimes and F.W. Harbers.
On June 27th - 29th, 1977 the 25th anniversary of the church was celebrated. The congregation continued to grow and in 1989 a group of about 55 families decided to start a daughter congregation in the Brinston area where a large concentration of members lived. This new congregation is known as the Community Christian Reformed Church of Dixon's Corners. During the night of February 28th - March 1st 1991, fire of an unknown origin totally destroyed our newly renovated church building.
During the planning and building of our new church building the Williamsburg Lutheran Church graciously shared their building with us so that we could still hold our regular Sunday services in the village of Williamsburg. The year 1992 was quite a year for the Williamsburg congregation as on February 29th we held a dedication service for our beautiful new church facility, then on the weekend of June 5th - 7th we celebrated the 40th Anniversary of our church with a full slate of events including an "Open House", a celebration-supper, visits, reminiscing, fun and of course on Sunday 2 special worship services that were attended by several of our former pastors.
On June 1st - 2nd 2002, we celebrated the 50th Anniversary of our church, again with an "Open House", a barbecue-supper outside with a "pig-on-the-spit", followed by an Anniversary Program in the evening. on Sunday June 2nd, we had special worship services remembering God's goodness and faithfulness. Many former members and some former pastors had come from near and far to celebrate with us. The Lord has been good to our congregation during all those years!
Ministers who served our congregation.
| C.W. Tuininga | 1955 - 1958 | H. Vander Plaat | 1959 - 1963 |
| J.D. Pereboom | 1964 - 1969 | J. De Pater | 1970 - 1975 |
| L.T. Schalkwyk | 1975 - 1980 | W. De Jong | 1982 - 1989 |
| J.D. Tangelder | 1989 - 1993 | G. Rowaan | 1982 - 2003 |
