Rev. Daniel Barr marks ten years in the ministry
Sergeant Barr (left) with comrades on a training exercise in Germany in the late 1980s.
ATIKOKAN, Ont. – Rev. Dan Barr was born in Ogallala, Nebraska, on December 29, 1962, the youngest of three boys. His family immigrated to Holden, Alberta in 1967, and settled in Barrhead the following year, where he graduated from high school in 1980.
He pursued post-secondary schooling at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology before enlisting in the U.S. Army and serving in the 3rd Infantry Division from 1986-90 in Schweinfurt, Germany.
When his military service was complete, Barr settled in Grande Prairie, Alberta, working in the emerging personal computer business until 1995, then working in the lumber industry for nine years, where he earned his journeyman millwright ticket.
Rev. Dan Barr celebrates 10 years in the ministry.
In 2002, people began urging Barr to consider attending seminary.
His mom developed dementia the same year, and by 2004, he moved back to Barrhead. He began working on the application requirements for Concordia Lutheran Seminary (Edmonton), and extended his Master of Divinity program over five years to ensure he had time to care for his own family, his mom, and meet seminary expectations.
Rev. Barr graduated from Concordia Lutheran Seminary in May 2010, and was ordained at and served Immanuel Lutheran, Tomahawk, from 2010-2015. He completed service at St. Luke/Zion Lutheran, Eganville, in February 2019, when Christ directed him to Faith Lutheran in Atikokan.
Rev. Barr had proposed to Connie over the phone while he was in basing training at Ft. Benning, Georgia) in 1986; they married that summer, and have two sons and two grandchildren. He enjoys fishing, hunting, reading, woodwork, the fine art of cooking shishka-weenies over a campfire, and brewing his not- so-famous Preachers’ Ale.
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Submitted by a member of Faith Lutheran
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