Pastor

Dale Parker
Pastor
dparker@halifaxumc.com
(717) 896-8092


Pastor Dale is a 1975 graduate of Middletown High School and a graduate of Harrisburg Community College, where he received an associate degree in Business Administration.  He received a Behavioral Science degree from Messiah College and earned a Master of Divinity Degree from Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky.  In 1996, Pastor Dale was honored with a New Pastor’s Mentor Certificate from Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist Schools University, Dallas, Texas.

He was a counselor at Bethesda Mission, Harrisburg, a social worker in Anderson, S.C. and a youth director at Chambers Hill UMC.  As an ordained elder he served as an associate pastor at Aldersgate UMC, York, a lead pastor at Bald Eagle Parish, Tyrone, lead pastor at Fishburn UMC, Hershey and lead pastor at Aldersgate UMC, Mechanicsburg. 

His greatest asset is his loving family.  He has been married 24 years to Tami.  Together they have two  children. A daughter, 20, is attending Messiah College pursuing a degree in Psychology.  A son, 18, a power-lifting champ, has just graduated from high school and will be attending the University of New Orleans majoring in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in the fall. 

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