1793 – Jesse Lee was assigned to organize Methodist Societies in the Province of Maine (still part of the State of Massachusetts) 
 

1795 – Jesse Lee preached in Machias 
 

1830 – Rev. J. Hall preached a sermon at East Machias 
 

1832 – Rev. Moses P. Hill preached in East Machias 
 

1836 – Rev. H.M. Macomber formed a Methodist class in Jacksonville (also called Upper Mills) 
 

1837 – the Jacksonville class and the East Machias class became a “station”, supplied by Rev. Charles C. Cone 
 

1848 – Machias andEast Machias made a “mission” 
 

1849 – Machias “Society” begins to build a “meeting house” 
 

1858 – land was given to the “station” to build a chapel 
 

1859 – Jacksonville chapel was completed and dedicated 
 

1860-1861 – a parsonage and stable were built; Rev. Caleb Ellis left to serve in the Civil War 
 

1895 – the building was remodeled; a steeple, a belfry, and a new entrance were added 
 

1897 – the church bell was rung from the belfry for the first time 
 

1900-1935 – electric lights were installed and a furnace was put in 
 

1924 – Jacksonville chapel joined with the Court Street Methodist Church to form a “charge” 
 

1943 – the original seats were replaced by pews and a classroom was added 
 

1946 – the first wedding ceremony performed at the Jacksonville chapel 
 

1957 – an electric organ was purchased 
 

1961 – Court Street Methodist Church destroyed by fire

 

1965 - property sold to build a new U.S. Post Office, and Machias parsonage deeded over to Jacksonville Methodist Church 
 

1966– Jacksonville became part of a 3-point charge with Cutler and West Lubec; the first pastor of the new charge was Rev. Charles Dorchester. 
 

1968 – The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church unite to form the United Methodist Church 
 

1999 – parking lot constructed at JUMC 
 

2004 – kitchen, bathroom and fellowship hall added on at JUMC 
 

2004 – West Lubec leaves the Downeast Charge 
 

2005 – Cutler leaves the Downeast Charge; Jacksonville now a single church appointment 
 

2006 – floor replaced in the sanctuary at UMC 
 

2007 – Jacksonville UMC reduced to ¼ time appointment