PASTOR DENNIS HODULICK: A BIOGRAPHY

Pastor Dennis Hodulick was born in Brooklyn, New York, December 25, 1946. His family which included his father and mother moved out of the city in 1952 to Nassau County. In 1961 his family which now included a brother and sister (twins) moved to Brentwood.

In Brentwood, Pastor Hodulick attended the South Junior High and went on to high school. However, due to the desertion of his father and the breakdown of his family life he dropped out of high school just prior to completion in 1964. From 1964 to 1969 he experienced much trouble and chaos in his life and grew accustomed to abusing drugs and alcohol, as was the custom of his peers. At the age of eighteen Pastor Hodulick left home to live in several rooming houses in Bay Shore. He even spent some time on the streets of Bay Shore--homeless. After his marriage to Edna Ostrander, whom he met in a Bay Shore disco, on June 7th, 1969, they moved to Sayville where they resided the next fourteen years.

In the first five years of Pastor Hodulick's marriage his life stabilized into a middle-class existence that included holding the same job over those five years, purchasing a home, and raising their daughter, Sarah. Throughout this period he continued to abuse drugs and alcohol.

On September 29, 1974 Pastor Hodulick accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. This experience radically changed his life. In 1976 and 1979 two sons were born into the family, Gideon and Joshua. After his conversion his job potential rose dramatically. He went from being employed as a sheet metal mechanic to supervising an engineering department in less than seven years, nearly tripling his salary.

After obtaining his GED (high school equivalency diploma), Pastor Hodulick went on to finish Bible school (LIBERTY HOME BIBLE INSTITUTE, Lynchburg, Virginia). Upon completion of Bible school he went on to complete college and holds a bachelor's degree in psychology (SUNY, EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE, Old Westbury). Pastor Hodulick is presently within twelve credits of completing his master's degree in Biblical Studies (LOGOS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE & GRADUATE SCHOOL.)

Pastor Hodulick has been a member of the AMERICAN BOARD OF CHRISTIAN PSYCHOLOGY and Professional Associate Member of the NATIONAL CHRISTIAN COUNSELOR'S ASSOCIATION. He is presently an active member in the AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN COUNSELORS.

Pastor Hodulick is a member for the last eighteen years in the FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLIES in which he has held an elected national level office for more than 10 years.

In 1991, Pastor Hodulick was awarded the 1991 INSPIRATION AWARD by a local newspaper, THE ISLIP BULLETIN for his leadership in the local community. In addition for eight years he has been a board member of Long Island Teen Challenge, a local drug rehabilitation program where he held the office of Treasurer.

Pastor Hodulick was ordained by GOSPEL COMMUNITY CHURCH, West Sayville, Pastor Al Isaksen in 1983. This ordination was in recognition of adequate education and tangible proof of God's call to ministry. This call was manifest in the establishment of a permanent Christian fellowship in the Brentwood/Bay Shore area.

It is in this area that the Hodulick family has resided for the last twenty-five years. Pastor Hodulick's wife of more than thirty-eight years is a graduate of LIBERTY UNIVERSITY, Lynchburg, Virginia with a bachelor's degree in psychology. She along with her husband is a Bible school graduate of LIBERTY HOME BIBLE INSTITUTE, Lynchburg, Virginia.

In 1998 Pastor Hodulick took up again his interest in photography (which he laid down at the Lord's prompting 20 years ago.) He is an active (not all that active) member of the Nature and Wildlife Photographers of Long Island (NWPLI), and maintains his own personal and family photo-websites.

Pastor Hodulick's daughter, Sarah is a graduate of NYACK COLLEGE, Nyack, New York and holds a teaching certificate for the state of New York. Sarah is teaching full-time at SMITHTOWN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, Smithtown, New York. Sarah is married to Vincent Syrek and both are committed youth leaders here at ALCF. Together they have a son, Andrew and daughter, Cheyenne. His oldest son, Gideon, is a graduate of BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, a local businessman and ower of GIDCH Construction Inc a home improvement company and is married to the girl of his dreams Kristin Hinde. Together they have two sons, Gregory and Jack and daughter, Keren. His youngest son, Joshua is a graduate of BRENTWOOD HIGH SCHOOL and is a computer network engineer (Microsoft Certified Professional and CNE.) Joshua is married to Christine Flammer, who has been his one and only —seemly forever. Together they have a daughter, Cara and son, Ryan. Joshua also is owner of his business, Lake Hills Networking.

Pastor Hodulick is an able preacher and conference speaker and has ministered in many places throughout the United States and Canada including: Israel, Guatemala, Mexico, Russia, Ukraine, Jamaica, India, Australia, China and Cambodia.

Pastor Hodulick's life experience, academic accomplishments, and calling make him uniquely qualified to understand and minister to the needs of the people of this area. It is to this task that he has been found faithful the last twenty-three years here at ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. 

For additional information please contact: Pastor Dennis Hodulick at josiah@alcf.com