Committee of Ten Men Which Drew Up

         The Articles of Federation in 1914

 

                  Congregational Members                                                              Presbyterian Members           

                             C. C. Sheldon                                                                                 Louis Lightner

                           R. M. Campbell                                                                             W. H. McAllister

                             C. A. Whaley                                                                              Dr. E. H. Naumann

                             John Peterson                                                                                 Albert Stenger

                            R. S. Dickinson                                                                                P. A. Peterson

 

Congregational Pastors

 

E. M. Lewis …………………1865 (served Congregational Society before the Congregational Church was  organized)

Henry E. Brown ………………………1867                                                George Morton ………………………1889

James B. Chase …...…………….1868-1869                                                W. S. Hunt  …………………….1890-1891

John E. Elliott …………………………1875                                                O. D. Crawford  ………………..1893-1894

Thomas Bayne ………………….1876-1878                                                A. J. Rogers ……………………1894-1900

E. L. Sherman …………………..1878-1881                                                George A. Munro ………………1900-1908

John Gray  ………………………1881-1883                                                William L. Dibble ………………1908-1911

O. V. Rice ……………………….1884-1889                                                GeorgeA. Munro ……………….1912-1914

 

Presbyterian Pastors

 

J. N. Hutchinson ………………………1869                                                W. G. Lacey ………………………….1896

Joseph M. Wilson ………………1869-1873                                                R. E. L. Hayes …………………1897-1899

A. S. Foster  …………………….1873-1874                                                C. N. Weyer ………………………….1890

J. A. Hood ………………………1875-1878                                                D. Julian Becke ………………..1901-1902

Robert Christison  ………………1878-1879                                                W.N. Halsey ……………………1903-1905

Charles N. Cate …………………1879-1881                                                R. E. L. Hayes …………………1906-1908

John W. Little  …………………..1882-1887                                                Samual D. Harkness ……………1908-1912

J. V. Griswold  ………………….1887-1891                                                Dr. George F. Williams ………..1912-1914

O. A. Elliot ………………………1891-1895

 

Federated Pastors

 

Dr. George F. Williams   …………………………..1914-1915 (served as interim pastor pending call of a new minister)

Thomas Griffiths ………………………………………………………………………………1914-1923—Presbyterian

Walter H. Riley   …………………………………………………………………………….1923-1934—Congregational

Ray H. Turner …………………………………………………………………………………1935-1939—Presbyterian

Elmer G. Brinkmeyer  ………………………………………………………………………1939-1945—Congregational

Glenn N. Porter ……………………………………………………………………………….1946-1949—Presbyterian

Franklin E. Wales   …………………………………………………………………………..1949-1958—Congregational

Harold B. Taylor ………………………………………………………………………………1958-1968—Presbyterian

Interns

 

                                                      Lance Barker, 1961-63             James Arnot, 1965-66

                                                           Gary Keast, 1963                 Obid Hofland, 1966-67

                                                      David Johnson,1964-65            Norm Pavey, 1967-68

 

Russell Croker …………………………………………………………………….1968-1973—United Church of Christ

David Jochum, Assistant Pastor—1970-1971

Lee A. Hicks …………………………………………………………………………………..1974-1987—Presbyterian

Cynthia Wakeman, Assistant Pastor—1979-1980

Dr. Dorsie E. Ivy, Associate Pastor  (Interim Pastor—1995) …………………….1984-2003—United Church of Christ

Dr. Silas Kessler (Interim Pastor) ……………………………………………………………………1988—Presbyterian

Kenneth G. Leischner …………………………………………………………….1988-1994—United Church of Christ

Don W. Wilson  …………………………………………………………………………1995                   —Presbyterian

Jane Ellefson (Interim Associate Pastor) …………………………………………2003-2004—United Church of Christ