Thompson Falls Community Congregational Church

Thompson Falls
Community Congregational Church

Pastors of the Community Congregational Church Prior to 1905 we were part of the Bitterroot Circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church, The circuit riders covered Carleton, Bonner, Lolo, Florence, Lothrop, Iron Mountain, St. Regis and DeBorgia (Branch line of N.P.R.R.) and Paradise, Swamp Creek, Thompson Falls, Whitepine and Trout Creek (Main line of N.P.R.R.)
D.S. Monro P.L. Kiplinger Peter R. Keplinger William A. Hall J.W. Rice Edward M. Dugger James M. Eastland P.D. Price Alvin H. Morton	1888-1889 1892 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1903 1904
1905 - 1951 Methodist Episcopal Church Corner stone of existing church laid October 24, 1905 and the church building was dedicated July 5, 1907. Part of this time, Thompson Falls and Trout Creek were together, Thompson Falls and Whitepine were together and from 1923-1929 Thompson Falls and Plains were together.
Clark L. Cone William Samuel Tester James Taylor Samuel Taylor The Taylor Brothers, James & Samuel, serviced Thompson Falls & Trout Creek together. Clarence B. May J. Franklin Holton Ralph F. Blanning S.W. Clemes Frank E. Dodds Archibald E. Plummer Wilder Nutter Thomas Clarkson Charles Rhodes Thomas Henry Barker Ralph Carleton Augustus Winegar Hammer Rev. Hammer had been a cowboy for 25 years. Trailed cattle from Texas to Wyoming; in 1875 was a Texas Ranger; in 1886 trailed cattle from Texas to Montana & here converted by the preaching of Brother Van (William Wesley Van Orsdel) & became a Methodist preacher.) Miss Nelle Phillips Buried in Wild Rose Cemetery, Thompson Falls Clark Arnold Newton Wilbur Roy Benett Albert C. Rostron Emile F. Mignery, Jr. J. Eldon Whitesitt Was a licensed Lay Preacher, served Noxon in 1942 & possible Thompson Falls at the same time. Bert D. Fridley Built Fridley Annex, mostly from scavenged lumber & materials.	1905 1907 1909 1909 1910 1911 1912 1912-1913 1914-1918 1918 1919 1922 1922 1923-1926 1927-1928 1929 1930-1933 1934 1935 1936 1938-1941 no date given 1944-1951
Most of the above information was gleaned from Bicentennial Tapestry of the Yellowstone Conference; Whithorn, Doris; Livingston: Livingston Enterprise, 1984. 1952-1961 Congregational Christian Church
Miss Olah Moore Clare E. Olney Miss Olah Moore	1951-1952 1952-1957 1957-1961
1961-1981 United Church of Christ In 1961 the Congregational Christian Church merged with the Evangelical & Reformed Church to form the United Church of Christ.
John Gebhardt Lobell Bennett Bruce Kline E.M. (Tim) Hawkins Gaylund G. Olson	1961-1963 1964-1969 1969-1974 1975-1977 1977-2007
In 1983 we withdrew from the United Church of Christ and joined first the National Association of Congregational Christian Churches in 1984 and then in 1998 Withdrew from that association and joined the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference.

Bert Fridley Clare Olney Lobell Bennett Bruce Kline Tim Hawkins Gaylund Olson