Meet the Rector

​  It is with great joy that we announce the  calling of our new Rector, Rev. Leigh Ellen  Hall. Upon her arrival on June 1, she will  become the second Rector in our parish’s  history. Her calling was made in a  unanimous vote of the Vestry, following a  unanimous recommendation of the nine  member Search Committee. We can’t wait  for the entire congregation to get to know  Leigh and concur with our conviction that  our parish will flourish under our new  Rector. As we said to the congregation when we started this transition last May - the Church of St Nicholas on the Hudson has a bright future! Leigh is a native of Georgia who graduated from the University of Georgia and Virginia Theological Seminary. She was ordained in 2009 and has served in various clergy positions since then focusing on pastoral care and educational ministries.

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Meet the Organist and Choir Director

​Dan Fannon is a very recent transplant (summer 2015) to New Hamburg from New York City, where he served as organist and choir director in several Episcopal churches, including St. Mary-the-Virgin Manhattan, St. Paul's Staten Island, and Grace Church Nyack. He has completed graduate studies in orchestral conducting at the Guildhall School of Music, London, and the Akadamie fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna, and holds a Master's degree in conducting from the Mozartuem, Salzburg. 

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​Meet the Parish Administrator

Dana Rowinski has been Parish Administrator at St. Nick's since fall 2014. Dana is a long-time Wappingers (and Beacon) resident, with a background in bookkeeping and administration. She comes to us most recently from the Martin Luther King Center in Beacon, where she oversaw their payroll and bookkeeping systems. At St. Nick's, she is in charge of all the day-to-day operations of the office, from website maintenance to organizing readers and servers for Sunday services. Dana can be reached during the week at: stnicholasnewhamburg@gmail.com or 845-297-2010.

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Additional Staff
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Carolyn Mangini, bookkeeper

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The Vestry
The St. Nick's Vestry is its Board, and is responsible for the finances and physical plant.  The vestry meets every second Wednesday of the month, 7:30 - 9 pm.

Wardens (Chairs)
Paul Curran (Senior Warden)
Greg Freeman (Junior Warden)
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Class of 2018
Mary Hornbeck
Paul Curran
Janine Gauzza

Class of 2019
Ed Sayago
Sue Blodgett
Greg Freeman

Class of 2020
Christine Ackerly
Jack Parry
Debra Evans