David and his wife Angela live just outside Silverton and Mt Angel and have 6 children aged 4 to 23.  They are members of St Mary Parish in Mt Angel.  He has spent several years in junior high and high school youth ministry, so the obvious next step was to become a board member for FBYC. 
 
I feel the need to do what I can to ensure that kids and their parents know the importance of a relationship with Christ and His Church.   I believe that the Fr Bernard Youth and Retreat Center is a vital and necessary part of our culture that can provide a place for Youth and their loved ones to encounter Christ and to know Him and to nurture that relationship that is so important, especially these days.