Medina Federated Church

1836 On January 26, Canandaigua Baptist Church was organized with 23 members.
1836 In June the church called its first pastor. Rev Edward Hodge.
1836 In December, The Baptist Church of Canandaigua voted to hold their meetings in the village of Medina. In the winter of 1836- 1837 and the summer of 1837 meetings were held in the home of Cook Hotchkiss who served as Deacon at the time.
1837 On May 30th the name of the church was changed to The Medina Baptist Church.
1839 The Medina Baptist Church began meeting in the Medina school-house
1844 A Methodist class was organized and a building was built. This became known as the Medina Methodist Church.
1846 A new Baptist Church building was built. This is the building currently in use.
1875 A remodel of the church was completed.
1911 June 30 The 75th Anniversary of Medina Baptist was celebrated.
1930 Due to the Depression, the Baptist Church and the Methodist Church could no longer function independently. Together they formed the Medina Federated Church and began to meet in the Baptist Church building.
1936 100th Anniversary Celebration was hosted.
1961 The basement of the church was completed and dedicated.
1964 The land for the parsonage was donated by Sylvester Huff .
1966 The construction on the parsonage was completed .
1972 On April 16th a remodel of the sanctuary was completed.
1986 The church celebrated its 150th Anniversary.
1988 The new building addition was completed. This building includes the Fellowship Hall, the Pastor’s Study, Sunday School Office and six classrooms.
2003 An addition and remodel of the parsonage was completed.
November 2007 Ground was broke to expand building. The Fellowship Hall was enlarged and the gymnasium was added.
June 2009 Building Expansion was dedicate

April 18, 2010 A Special Congregational Meeting was called. The members unanimously voted to expand the sanctuary to the west. It was agreed upon that we will build as funds are available and not go into to debt to complete the project.

June 1, 2010 ground was broke to expand the sanctuary.

During the first 50 years, the church had twenty pastors. Incomplete records show thirty-one up to the time of the federation. Following is a partial list of the pastors who have served at Medina Baptist and Medina Federated Church.

Rev. Edward Hodge	1836-1838
Rev. Lauren Hotchkiss	1838-1840
Rev. Charles Bacon	1840-1842
Rev. John I. Fulton	1842-1843
Rev. A.S. Ames	1845-1849
Peter VanWinkle	1850
Rev. U.B. Miller	1850-1853
Rev. H.P. Stillwell	1853-1857
Rev. William Pack	1857-1859
Rev S. Morland	1859
Rev. Philo Forbes	1860-1865
Rev. B.J. Boynton	1866-1869
Rev. C.P. Fesseden	1869
Rev. H.P. Eldridge	1870-1878
Rev R.S. James	1878-1881
Rev. Issac Horton	1881
Rev. M.E. Hayne	1881-1884
Rev. A. H. Jessup	1885-1887
Rev. C.C. Willett	1887-?
Rev. Hamilton Fraser	1905-1915
Rev. R.O. Thompson	1920
Rev Essex	1923
Joseph Richman	1924
Verle J. Carson	1936-38
Nihl Johnson	1938-1941
Walter Saxman	1941-1944
Harry Harfst	1944-1949
Dr. R.D. Leonard	1949-1951
Robert Florean (student pastor)	1949-1951
James Simons	1951-1952
Miles Peele	1952-1954
Ralph Cheeseborough (student pastor)	1954-1956
Larry Bentley	1956-1958
Rev. Howard Yatzek Sr.	1958-1962
Rev. Morgan Reese	1963-1964
Charles Huber	Interim
Rev. Gerald French	Interim
Rev. Burt Brooks	Interim
Rev. Howard Yatzek Sr.	1967-1982
Rev. Ronald Watterly	1982-1984
Rev. David Leman	1985-1993
Rev. George Hall	1993-1998
Darren Lemmon	1999-Present