Meet Ken Parker

Education & Job History

* 1976 Kansas Wesleyan University ~ Salina, KS - Bachelor’s degree in Business / Computer Science
* 1976 - 1983 ~ Insurance Adjuster with G.A.B. Services Inc.
* 1988 Phillips Graduate Seminary ~ Enid, OK - Masters of Divinity

Appointments with the United Methodist Church

* Student Local Pastor, Kansas West Conference - May 1983
* Ordained Elder, Kansas West Conference - May 1990

Appointments

* Arkansas City First (Kansas West) Associate Pastor (2 years)
* Oxford First & Geuda Springs (Kansas West) – 2 pt. Charge (5 years)
* Salina First (Kansas West) Associate Pastor (3 years)
* Concordia First (Kansas West) (8 years)
* Beloit First (Kansas West) (7 years)
* Stilwell (Kansas East) (1 July 2008)

Overseas Mission Trips

* Alajuela, Costa Rica – Marion Woods, United Methodist Mission Project
* Juarez, Mexico – Operacion Hogar
* Panama – Rotary 5670 fact finding and aid distribution

Volunteer work

* Cloud County Community Resource Council
* Co-founded Concordia’s 2nd Street Park & Summer Lunch program
* Pawnee Mental Health
* Pawnee Mental Health Endowment Board - President
* Bishop’s Task Force on Children and Families in Poverty
* Kansas West Board of Diaconal Ministry
* Kansas West Board of Ordained Ministry
* Concordia & Salina District’s Committees on Ordained Ministry
* Kansas West Council on Ministries
* Winfield & Salina District’s Council on Ministries
* Salvation Army - Red Kettle Assistance program Chairperson (Beloit)
* Ministerial Associations and Food Banks<
* Kansas East Committee on New Church Development
* Kansas Area Wellness Committee
* Rotary District 5670 - Assistant District Governor
* Rotary Club of Concordia - Club President
* Rotary Club of Beloit - Club President
* Westport UMC Meal Program with Sarai’s Circle of Stilwell United Methodist