Pastor

David Haase

Pastor David Haase is the  pastor at the United Methodist Church at Berlin.  Pastor Haase will also continue at Niverville-Chatham Center UMC, where he has served since October of 2022. 

David is a long-time preacher, having served both as Pastor and Lay Leader at other rural churches, and in the Albany Hilltowns, as well as a large downtown church. He received his early seminary training from New Brunswick Theological Seminary and New York Theological Seminary. He is working towards completing his M. Divinity with a long-term goal of ordination as an Elder.

Pastor David comes to us from Schodack, where he lives with his school-age children, John, Faiel, and Charlotte; his wife Valerie Glasheen; his dog Marigold, his tortoise Athena, and his two cats.  His eldest daughter Eleanor is in graduate school in Baltimore.

In addition to his calling as a Licensed Local Pastor, he works for New York State Office of Children and Family Services