About

 David is married to Colleen Dolan who is the pastor of Smith Valley Community Methodist Church. In their combined famiy they have three children, three grandchildren and one great-grand child.

David relates that his call to the ministry came when he was just 19 years old, but life kept him from answering the call for many years. David was lay preacher for twenty years before his first appointment in our Conference.

In 2023 David was appointed to St. Paul’s UMC, Reno. David’s focus was the Recovery Ministry of St. Paul’s. On July 1st, 2025, David began his appointment at Yerington Community United Methodist Church.

David’s recent employment background has been in substance abuse treatment with Reno’s Ridge House and Catholic Charities’ Crossroads and Battle Born Housing Plus programs. David has also worked in grant compliance with Catholic Charities. 

David relates that his most important education years were those studying under Sister Sylvia of the Episcopal Church Convent of the Holy Nativity in the early 1980’s and the years  spent studying under the renowned theologian Harvey D. Egan of Boston College (now retired). David advocates viewing the Old Testament as telling of the coming of Christ and the New Testament as sharing the ministry of Jesus the Christ and the birth of the Church.

David is a strong advocate for recovery and restorative ministries. When asked to sum up his view of the goal for the Believer’s life he wrote:

“To thirst unceasingly for grace, to be formed into Christ’s likeness and to proclaim His risen life in every work and deed, till all hearts burn with divine fire.”