Pastor Dominic grew up locally and in the spring of 1991, at the age of 22, while in Virginia with a friend, accepted Jesus as his savior. He attended Calvary Chapel of Albany where he came on board in a staff position for several years before starting his own business. In 1994 he started a maintenance/construction company that focused on servicing local businesses and on shopping mall remodeling. He continued to serve at his church (which later became Reach Out Fellowship) in various ministry positions over the years as the Lord gave opportunity: Assistant Head Usher, Head Usher, head of the Food Pantry, serving communion to shut-ins, Assistant Worship Team Leader, Youth Worship Leader, head of the Young Adult Fellowship, head of the Altar Team, Sunday School Teacher, Bible Institute Instructor, and through his business, the overseer of the church building maintenance and operations.
In 2001 his company had 9 employees and serviced over 100 major stores from Newburgh to Glens Falls. Recently married and with a burgeoning company he began to seek the Lord’s direction for his life and business. On a Friday night while at his computer he received an answer—God was calling him to be a pastor. God clearly gave him a vision and direction. On Sunday night he shared with his family that he felt God had been calling him and his wife Jen to leave the fellowship where he had served for 8 years. On Tuesday of that week he met with the senior and associate pastor and shared the vision. They concurred and brought ordination before the Board of Elders which met that Thursday. They unanimously agreed to ordain Pastor Dominic and he was ordained the following Sunday; Trinity Worship Christian Fellowship was born. The following Wednesday he led his first bible study as a pastor, and Trinity Worship has met every Wednesday and Sunday since. Just 10 days earlier he had been considering further business expansion, bringing on a foreman so that he might free up his time to expand his business, and pursuing more real estate interests. However, the Lord had a greater plan for his life. He was able to sell his business and continue to invest in real estate in order to support his family during the transition.
He currently serves full-time as Senior Pastor. He has two children, Mary Rose and Sophia Grace. Jen serves as the church bookkeeper and is able to stay at home with the girls. When asked about his preparation and training Pastor Dominic says, “I never planned on full-time ministry. Everything I did at my last church I did because I loved the Lord. Those many years of service gave me the opportunity to be mentored by my pastor and to serve the Lord by serving him. I learned submission and had a great many opportunities to see God work first-hand. I thank God that he led me to a home church where the pastor had the foresight to record all of his verse-by-verse teachings from Genesis to Revelation. After 5 solid years of listening to hundreds of tapes, after 8 years of service, and through many challenges God brought me to a place where I could be used. To Him be the glory.”
