Rev. Randall T Bessette was born on March 27, 1961, in Ware, Massachusetts. He attended local Holyoke schools and graduated from Holyoke High School in 1979. He attended Holyoke Community College to fulfill the requirements to enter Concordia Theological Seminary. In May 2001 he and his wife Bonnie left for Fort Wayne, Indiana. In June 2001 he started his seminary education with summer Greek. He graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary on May 20, 2005, with a Master of Divinity.

In April 2005, he received his first call to be the pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Mashpee, Massachusetts. He was ordained on June 12, 2005, at First Lutheran Church in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Bessette was then installed at Our Savior on July 10, 2005, where he served faithfully for four years. Bessette received a Call to be the Pastor of First Lutheran on June 23, 2009, and accepted the call on July 12, 2009.