J. Blake Brown, Pastor

 Don Jenkins, Elder

 Henry Chung, Elder
 Elaine Jenkins, Music Director

 Dori Williams, Office Manager
 Anna Hanson, Director of Youth and Children's Ministries
 

Our Staff

Our Staff works very hard in the fields of our Lord.  They endeavor to serve Him using the gifts, abilities and desires He has given us with the goals of serving, leading and teaching God's people in order that we may bring more glory to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

J. Blake Brown, Pastor         

Blake has been pastor of Southwest Harbor Congregational Church since 2003. He and his family moved from Boston’s North Shore where Blake completed his Masters of Divinity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.  Blake was called to the ministry from a secular business career that included Pitney Bowes, Taco Bell, and Human Resources and Management consulting for Genesis Solutions.  He loves biking, boating, reading, and spending time with his family Carrie, Avonlea, Jack and Finnegan.

Don Jenkins, Elder

Don spent three years in this congregation in the early 1980’s while stationed here with the U.S. Coast Guard.  He and his wife, Elaine (Music Director), returned to Southwest Harbor and the Southwest Harbor Congregational Church in 1994 when he retired from the Coast Guard after 30 years of service.  He has previously served this congregation as Trustee and Deacon.  He has been Treasurer or Asst. Treasurer since 1995 and was elected an Elder in 2005.  Since 1995, he has worked for the Acadia National Park at Seawall Campground from May to October. 

Henry was born and raised in Hong Kong and came to the States for College in August 1988. He went to Ohio State University and received 3 degrees there: BA in Sociology, BS in Psychology and MBA. He then worked for The American Chemical Society in Columbus, Ohio for seven years before moving to Maine in September 2000. He currently works for the Human Resources Department at The Jackson Laboratory. Henry is married with no children and met his wife Teresa (who is also from Hong Kong) at Ohio State . He likes singing and playing bridge.
 

Elaine Jenkins grew up in Chattanooga Tennessee with one sister, a piano playing mother and a father who enjoyed singing gospel-style hymns. She has been married for over 40 years to husband Don who retired after 30 years from the U. S. Coast Guard in 1994.  That year they returned to Mount Desert Island, having been stationed there from 1980-83, and she became the music director for SWHCC. Our worship services are blended using some contemporary praise music and a deliberate reliance on the old traditional hymns. The church choir has joined with others from several churches  for the past few years to sing God's praises in a Christmas and Easter Cantata.

Dori was born in Portland, Maine and grew up in Freeport, Maine.  She has one sister and two brothers all living out of state.  She attended Barrington College in RI and graduated with a B.S. in Elementary Education. Her husband was in the U.S. Coast Guard and they purchased land while stationed in Southwest Harbor in the 1980s returning to the area in 1989 to settle.  She has worked as the Office Manager for the church. 

Anna Hanson, Director of Youth and Children's Ministries
 

Anna Hanson was born and raised in the great state of Maine.  She graduated from University of Maine at Orono in 2004 with a B.A. in Human Development and Family Relations and Dallas Theological Seminary in 2009 with a M.A in Biblical Studies.  She has worked at Kidspeace, at the YMCA as a camp counselor, and as a nanny.  She enjoys running, hiking, dancing, hockey, sewing and spending time with her husband Aaron and their daughter Noelle.
 

 

Southwest Harbor Congregational Church

29 High Road PO Box 727

Southwest Harbor, ME 04679

office@swhcc.com

207-244-5487