I was born and raised in the tiny south-central town of Fairfield, Pennsylvania, located a stone's throw from the Mason-Dixon Line and just a few miles away from the famous Civil War battlefields of Gettysburg. I grew up in a place where everybody knew my name (cue music from Cheers), and my faith was nurtured greatly by the encouraging love of my family and the faithful community of my childhood church.
I've had a wide variety of experiences in my life, having worked as a restaurant server, a graphics lab assistant, a job hazard analyst, a theatre stagehand, and a public school teacher. Still, my greatest passion and joy in life has been service to Christ's church; I've led an ecumenical campus ministry, worked as an audio/visual technician in worship, volunteered as a hospital chaplain in a trauma hospital, and worked in middle school youth ministry. Currently, I'm serving as the Associate Pastor for Family Ministry at Faith Presbyterian Church in Cape Coral, FL. Previously, I served from 2014-2019 as the Associate Pastor for Family Ministry & Discipleship at St. Giles Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC.
I married my high school sweetheart, Megan, in October 2010, one month after moving to Richmond for seminary. Megan and I love spending time with family and friends, exploring the local (and national!) theatre scene, frequenting local coffee shops, discovering new foods, cooking and baking, and playing with our two rascally cats Amos and Fiyero. In April 2017, Megan and I welcomed Layton, our first child, into the world - yet another example of God's incredible graces in my life.
I've had a wide variety of experiences in my life, having worked as a restaurant server, a graphics lab assistant, a job hazard analyst, a theatre stagehand, and a public school teacher. Still, my greatest passion and joy in life has been service to Christ's church; I've led an ecumenical campus ministry, worked as an audio/visual technician in worship, volunteered as a hospital chaplain in a trauma hospital, and worked in middle school youth ministry. Currently, I'm serving as the Associate Pastor for Family Ministry at Faith Presbyterian Church in Cape Coral, FL. Previously, I served from 2014-2019 as the Associate Pastor for Family Ministry & Discipleship at St. Giles Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC.
I married my high school sweetheart, Megan, in October 2010, one month after moving to Richmond for seminary. Megan and I love spending time with family and friends, exploring the local (and national!) theatre scene, frequenting local coffee shops, discovering new foods, cooking and baking, and playing with our two rascally cats Amos and Fiyero. In April 2017, Megan and I welcomed Layton, our first child, into the world - yet another example of God's incredible graces in my life.