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* | Mr. Currier |
Perc Lancaster | Rev. Lyon |
Mr. Read | Rev. McClintock |
Rev. Simeon Miller | Rev. John Cleveland |
Rev. Oliver Noble | Rev. Jonathan Fisher |
Rev. Seth Noble |
*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 | Mr. H. Butnam 1927 |
Rev. Albert Cole 1837 | Rev. David Hickland 1928 |
Rev. Jotham Sewell 1843 | Rev. Carl F. Hall 1938 |
Rev. Harvey Stone 1848 | Rev. Maldwyn Parry 1942 |
Rev. Samuel H. Merrill 1854 | Rev. Harold Coleman 1945 |
Rev. Henry H. Miner 1855 | Dr. William Campbell 1947 |
Rev. Benjamin D. Henry 1859 | Rev. J. William Graham 1947 |
Rev. Samuel Bowker 1860 | Rev. Harry Trust 1948 |
Rev. John W. Savage 1869 | Rev. Frederick Whittaker 1948 |
Rev. P. B. Wilcox 1871 | Mr. Harold Aldrin 1949 |
Rev. A. H. Tibbetts 1874 | Mr. George Bovil 1949 |
Rev. D. W. Hardy | Mr. Clifford Tobin 1949 – 1956 |
Rev. J. C. M. Johnson 1881 | Mr. Arthur F. White 1956 |
Rev. Charles Wilder 1884 | Rev. Donald Henderson 1960 – 1967 |
Rev. Henry A. Freeman 1885 | Rev. Charles Dartnell, interim 1967 |
Rev. Frank Lee Drew 1888 | Rev. John P. Herrick 1968 – 1975 |
Rev. Albert Donnell 1890 | Rev. Dr. Curtis Beach 1975 – 1980 |
Rev. Ebenezer Bean 1893 | Rev. W. Lyman Phillips 1980 – 1984 |
Rev. W. Henry McBride 1908 | Robert Gustafson, interim 1984 – 1986 |
Rev. Ralph Baker 1910 – 1916 | Rev. Robert McCall 1986 – 2014 |
Prof. J.J. Martin, summers 1917 – 1920 | Rev. Deborah Breault, interim 2014 – 2016 |
Rev. Frances Walkley, interim 1917 – 1920 | Rev. James Gary Brinn 2016-2019 |
Rev. Frank Hamilton 1925 – 1926 | Rev. Dr. Deborah Jenks, Bridge 2019-2020 |
Mr. E. L. Shaw 1927 | Rev. Nick Davis, Bridge 2020-present |
Rev. Lisa Durkee, 2021-present | |