Staff
Senior Pastor
Pastor Deano Pulice
"...my passion in ministry is to preach the Word, win the lost, train the believers, and help one another become fully devoted followers of Christ."
parkridgefmc.orgMy name is Deano Pulice and I was born February 11, 1957. I grew up in a small town in southwest Pennsylvania called Fairchance and was the youngest of 6 children. Even though my parents were not churchgoers, a neighbor invited me when I was seven years old to attend the Free Methodist Sunday School with his son and took me almost every Sunday during my childhood.
It was in 1978, while attending a summer camp, the evangelist spoke of God’s love and how God loved me just the way I was and stretched out His arms to show me the full extent of His love. That evening I gave my life to Christ and have been a believer ever since.
On August 15, 1981 I married my wife Darlene. She grew up in Uniontown, Pa and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in Dental Hygiene. Since that time God has blessed us with 4 beautiful children: Deanna (married to Chris Abram), Christopher, Janelle, and Bethany.
I graduated from Roberts Wesleyan College in 1986 with a major in Music and a minor in Biblical Studies. During that time, I received a call to become a minister of Jesus Christ. Over the years I have served in a variety of ways: a youth pastor for two years and an associate pastor for five years at the Brockport Free Methodist Church, a church planter in Bridgeport, WV for three years, a senior pastor in Monaca, PA for eleven years, and an interim pastor in New Castle, PA for two and a half years. In June of 1991, I was ordained as an elder in the Free Methodist Church.
The Lord has blessed me with a love to sing and play the piano, but my passion in ministry is to preach the Word, win the lost, train the believers, and help one another become fully devoted followers of Christ.
Children's Ministries Director
Mary "Michelle" Trost
Michelle and her husband, Matthew, enjoy raising their two boys, biking on the canal and spending time with friends in Brockport, NY. Isaac (4) and Connor (2) keep their parents busy, teaching them the importance of cars, rocks, dirt and sand. Matt and Michelle are both graduates of Roberts Wesleyan College and SUNY Brockport. Until recently, Michelle worked as a music teacher in the Rochester City School District where she began teaching in 1997. During that time she has taught each grade from K-12 at some point, spending the last 7 years at Wilson Magnet High School, grades 9-12. She has directed music for several Vacation Bible Schools and at Lighthouse Christian Camp, as well as assisting with Children's Church and Children's Christmas programs. She brings years of experience in working with children as well as a passion and desire to reach them for Jesus and teach them how to become a child of the King. She also has a desire to teach, resource, and encourage those who have been a vital part of our church's ongoing ministries to children as well as identify prospective workers. When Michelle was asked to share a small bit of her heart, here is what she said:
"I believe we as adults will learn much more about joy and sorrow, patience and compassion from children than they will learn from the 'lessons' we teach them. What will stick with them is the lives we model and the relationships we build with them while we are teaching. I look forward to building relationships with the children and people of Park Ridge Free Methodist Church and together sharing the joy of Jesus with those children who have yet to hear."