The ministers of the First Congregational Church of Blue Hill are listed in two sections: those who served as preachers at the Meeting House for short terms between 1772 and 1795, and those ministers who served the Church from 1796 to present, beginning with the first settled pastor of Blue Hill. There were also several short term ministers supplied over the years by Bangor Theological Seminary, including students.
Meeting House Preachers 1772 to 1795
Rev. Daniel Little*
Perc Lancaster
Mr. Read
Rev. Simeon Miller
Rev. Oliver Noble
Rev. Seth Noble
Mr. Currier
Rev. Lyon
Rev. McClintock
Rev. John Cleveland
Rev. Jonathan Fisher
*Rev. Daniel Little, a missionary of Wells took the most active part and embodied a Congregational Church October 7, 1772 bound together by a covenant.
Ministers 1796 to Present
Rev. Jonathan Fisher 1796 – 1836
Rev. Albert Cole 1837
Rev. Jotham Sewell 1843
Rev. Harvey Stone 1848
Rev. Samuel H. Merrill 1854
Rev. Henry H. Miner 1855
Rev. Benjamin D. Henry 1859
Rev. Samuel Bowker 1860
Rev. John W. Savage 1869
Rev. P. B. Wilcox 1871
Rev. A. H. Tibbetts 1874
Rev. D. W. Hardy
Rev. J. C. M. Johnson 1881
Rev. Charles Wilder 1884
Rev. Henry A. Freeman 1885
Rev. Frank Lee Drew 1888
Rev. Albert Donnell 1890
Rev. Ebenezer Bean 1893
Rev. W. Henry McBride 1908
Rev. Ralph Baker 1910 – 1916
Prof. J.J. Martin, summers 1917 – 1920
Rev. Frances Walkley, interim 1917 – 1920
Rev. Frank Hamilton 1925 – 1926
Mr. E. L. Shaw 1927
Mr. H. Butnam 1927
Rev. David Hickland 1928
Rev. Carl F. Hall 1938
Rev. Maldwyn Parry 1942
Rev. Harold Coleman 1945
Dr. William Campbell 1947
Rev. J. William Graham 1947
Rev. Harry Trust 1948
Rev. Frederick Whittaker 1948
Mr. Harold Aldrin 1949
Mr. George Bovil 1949
Mr. Clifford Tobin 1949 – 1956
Mr. Arthur F. White 1956
Rev. Donald Henderson 1960 – 1967
Rev. Charles Dartnell, interim 1967
Rev. John P. Herrick 1968 – 1975
Rev. Dr. Curtis Beach 1975 – 1980
Rev. W. Lyman Phillips 1980 – 1984
Robert Gustafson, interim 1984 – 1986
Rev. Robert McCall 1986 – 2014
Rev. Deborah Breault, interim 2014 – 2016
Rev. James Gary Brinn 2016-2019
Rev. Dr. Deborah Jenks, Bridge 2019-2020
Rev. Nick Davis, Bridge 2020
Rev. Lisa J. Durkee, 2021-present