Pastor Patrick was born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware. He is a graduate of St. Elizabeth High School, the University of Delaware, Widener University School of Law, and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. Patrick was ordained in 2002 and has served at St. Philip's as Senior Pastor since 2002. In the community he has served on the founding board of directors of Family Promise® of Northern New Castle County and is passionate about outreach to impoverished areas and peoples both in the United States and Internationally. In his spare time, he coaches baseball and soccer in local leagues and rides his motorcycle. Patrick lives in Wilmington with his wife, Dawn, and their three children.