The Methodist Church gave up its denominational affiliation at a meeting in September 1900, giving its reason as the fact that it was the only Protestant church in Beacon Falls and wished to serve all. It became a member of the Naugatuck Valley Conference of Congregational Churches in 1920, and has maintained its Congregational connections since that time.

GREAT HILL METHODIST SOCIETY

    The Great Hill Methodist Church is one of the oldest Methodist societies in Connecticut and was once the largest in this area. When Great Hill was a bustling center of population, this church thrived and overtook the established church in that area. The earliest official record of the Methodist society is that of a quarterly conference in 1803, but it appears that Methodist classes were held in homes prior to that date. Both Jesse Lee and Freeborn Garretson held the first quarterly meeting in 1803 in the old Congregational meeting house, where many of the early Methodist meetings were held. When the Congregational clergyman "Priest" Abner Smith left the parish to spend his last years with his family in the west, no further clergy were called for the Congregational church, and the building was used exclusively by the Methodists. However, in cold weather they met in the Great Hill Schoolhouse or homes, as the old church was not heated.
    The first class leader of the Great Hill Society was Anson Gillette.
    The present church was built in 1853 and 1854, and the dedication was held on Wednesday, October 25, 1854 with the Rev. J. B. Wakeley of Ansonia giving the dedicatory sermon.
    For many years the Methodist Society maintained a close pastoral connection with the other Methodist Society at Humphreysville. When the churches were served by itinerants, both were on the same circuit and had the same clergy. Later the two churches had settled clergy, and they often shared their minister, with the pastor sometimes living at Great Hill and sometimes at Humphreysville. The two societies have never held an official connection, but throughout the majority of their history have shared their clergy. The present system of a full time minister for each church was begun in 1963.