First United Methodist Church of Devils Lake
Our Pastor
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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Rev. Dayne Zachrison was appointed to First UMC in July, 2023. Previously, he served as Pastor at Epworth UMC in Valley City from 2012 to 2022, at Clark and Garden City UMCs from 2010 to 2012, as the Associate Pastor at Watertown First UMC from 2004 to 2010, as Associate Pastor at Yankton First UMC from 2001 to 2004, and as a Student Pastor at Ceresco and Valparaiso UMC in Nebraska from 1997 to 2001.
Pastor Dayne graduated from Saint Paul School of Theology in 2002.
Dayne and his wife, Aimee, met at Jamestown College (now University of Jamestown), and married in 1995. Aimee is a career educator, teaching and leading schools in the communities where they have resided, most recently as Academic Dean at Oak Grove Lutheran Schools in Fargo. Aimee is currently the Superintendent at NorthStar Public School in Cando, where the family currently resides.
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Their daughter, Camille, is a student at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, SD, where she is active in Campus Ministry, Wesleyan Bells, and the Highlanders.
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