Leadership

David grew up in McCook, Nebraska. He married Dawn (d.) in 2002. He graduated from UNK in 2007 and earned his M.Div from Covenant Theological Seminary in 2010. In 2011 Trinity called David to the role of associate pastor, to which he was ordained in October of that year. David and Dawn were blessed with four children: son Haven (b. 2009), daughters Evelyn (b. 2011) and Jocelyn (b. 2014), and son Peregrine (b. 2016). In 2018, Dawn began to suffer increasing physical disability which was diagnosed in August of that year as amytrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The disease took her life on January 10th, 2019. In March of 2021, David met and fell in love with Sarah Herbek. Sarah grew up on a farm in Deweese, Nebraska. She holds degrees from Southwest Baptist University and Dallas Theological Seminary. Prior to meeting David, Sarah was serving a church planting and refugee ministry in Strasbourg, France. David and Sarah were married on September 25th, 2021. At Trinity, David preaches and leads worship regularly. He also teaches Sunday School, oversees the music ministry, and many of the church’s administrative tasks.