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