Methodist ministries who have served Yale have quite the history.  Earliest records show Brockway Circuit.  Port Huron District Methodist Episcopal Church with Rev. Morey Herrington organizing the Mill Creek Circuit in 1857.  Brockway Centre which is now Yale was ministered by the "Elk Creek Circuit Riders," "The Mill Creek Circuit Riders" and "The Brockway Circuit Riders".

The list starts with J.H. Camburn in 1858 and Thomas Nichols in 1862 through the Methodist-Episcopal Church. A small log room was built on the present site of the McMillin Furniture store.  It served as a meeting place for business and church services. It was too small to accommodate all the children.  A new larger building was put up on the present site of the McMillan home in 1867.  The old Cottage School as it was called was not built to handle such large crowds and the floor soon gave way. The building was shared alternately by the Methodist-Protestant and the Methodist-Episcopal Congregations. Services were then held in a barn nearby.

In 1871, the Methodist-Episcopals erected a new church just north of the current post office on Jones Street, but after a few years it burned.

The Methodist-Protestant congregation purchased property on Park Avenue and built another church in 1872 which still stands today. It was sold to the United Missionary Church and now belongs to the Church of Believers.

The current Methodist Church site was purchased from the estate of James Brown, through Henry Ohmer the Administrator.  The building was finally completed in 1917 and still stands today.  It was dedicated on December 2, 1917 as the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. Waldren Geach was the pastor. 

In 1945, the congregations of the Methodist-Protestant and the Methodist-Episcopal became one. They were then known as the Central United Methodist Church.

In 1968, it became the Yale United Methodist Church.  It has a rich history from the early logging and farming days of Brockway Centre to its Current Standing in the community today.