LEADERSHIP AND STAFF
WARDENS & VESTRYREST IN PEACE Dearest Pat!
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Father Tom Malionek, the 23rd Rector of Saint Paul’s retired December 31, 2024. The Churchwardens, together with the Vestry, have primary responsibility for leadership and for the ongoing spiritual and temporal affairs of the parish. We trust in our Lord Jesus Christ that He will present Saint Paul's with the 24th Rector as the search committee continues the process with deep prayer and guidance from the Diocese of Albany. For more information, click here. 
To contact the Churchwardens: Leave a message at 518-758-6271
or send an e-mail to [email protected]. SENIOR WARDEN - REST IN PEACE IN THE LOVING ARMS OF OUR LORD.
We lost Pat, our beloved member, on May 24, 2025. She is in God's Hands and Forever in our Hearts. PAT ARMSTRONG has attended Saint Paul's since age 12. She graduated from Ichabod Crane's first joint graduating class when the Valatie and Kinderhook high schools combined. She then graduated from Saint Luke's Hospital school of nursing in New York City. She sang in the choir for forty years and has been an altar guild member for over thirty years, has belonged to the Episcopal Church Women (ECW), and has served in many capacities during her tenure in this parish. After having worked in a pediatrician's office for many years, she retired from Barnwell Nursing Home. Pat loves reading and traveling (favorites: Australia, Alaska). SENIOR WARDEN
WENDY BOPP is a long-time parishioner. She also coordinates the Altar Guild, serves on the Columbarium Committee, and participates actively in parish life, outreach, and stewardship activities of the parish. VESTRY
DAVID MALSAN has been a member of Saint Paul's for almost 40 years. In his time here he has served on many committees, such as Strawberry Festival and Budget & Finance, Buildings & Grounds, as gravedigger, and has been a member of the Vestry for most of his time among us. He coordinates the Brotherhood of Bacon and records and edits the videos of our Sunday Mass. Retired from NYS, his career included managing group homes, driving limousines and trucks, computer programming, policy analysis and project management, and employee labor relations. Dave has also served with the Diocese as a member of the Standing Committee and Diocesan Council, and has previously been President of the Disciplinary Board of the Diocese and Deputy to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church. Dave is married to Bonnie; they have three grown children and two grandchildren. VESTRY
JENNIFER MOORE has been a member of Saint Paul's since 2009. She participates in the the Sisterhood of Serenity woman's group. After an early career as a professor of philosophy and religion, she has been practicing law since 1993. VESTRY & TREASURER
KARYN WATT has lived in Kinderhook with her husband and two children since 1986. They have been members of Saint Paul's since about 1996. Karyn taught Sunday school for 12 years, directed the annual Christmas pageant, headed the Strawberry Festival, and now coordinates a number of fundraisers. She shares her gifts of organization and wisdom with us with an abundance of energy and good humor. VESTRY
STEVEN J MATHEKE is a retired teacher and coach from the East Greenbush Central School. He has lived in Valatie for 51 years and is still active in the community, Adjutant of the American Legion Post, County Boys State Chairman and an active Red Cross Volunteer. This is his second stint as a Vestry Member. His home church as a boy was Trinity Cathedral, Newark, NJ where he served as an acolyte, crucifer and after college a youth leader. He spent several summers with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes working with high school youth. He is married for 52 years to his wife Carol, has two grown children and 4 grandchildren. VESTRY
Shirley Kelly has been attending St. Paul’s Kinderhook since the 1970’s when she moved to Kinderhook. As a paid vocalist, she sang in several professional Episcopal choirs in the Capital District. In the late 80’s, she switched to becoming a substitute organist and served as Organist and Choirmaster at St. Paul’s for 7 months in 1991-92. Since that time, she has served as Lector, chaired the HAWS mission, and helped with dinners and fundraisers while maintaining a full- time job. Now retired, she enjoys volunteer work, serving on the Vestry and on the Board of Trustees for the Valatie Free Library. MUSIC DIRECTOR
VACANT If you or someone you know enjoys religious music and plays piano/organ for 10:00 services and would like to put your musical skills to work on a part-time basis, please contact the Churchwardens at 518-758-6271 or [email protected]. OFFICE COORDINATOR
VACANT. If you or someone you know would like to put general clerical and computer skills to work on a part-time basis, please contact the Churchwardens at 518-758-6271 or [email protected]. | ||||