Pastor Dillon is a Schulkill County native and a graduate of Tamaqua Area High School. 

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Legal Studies with a concentration in Political Science from Central Penn College. He holds his Unit I CPE-Chaplaincy Certificate from Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and a Master of Divinity from United Lutheran Seminary at Gettysburg. 

Pastor Dillon is ordained to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament in the ELCA and is a rostered minister in the Northeastern PA Synod of the ELCA. 

Pastor Dillon was installed as Pastor of St. John's Church in January 2024. 

He is married to his wife, Samantha who together have two daughters, Tabitha and Sophia, and a lovable dog, Magdalene--a black-and-white cocker spaniel. 

Pastor Dillon loves reading, cooking, and hosting people for meals. He also loves fishing, tennis, walking rail-trails, experiencing the beauty of of nature offered by Pennsylvania's State Park system, and spending time with family and friends over good humor and laughs.