Our Vestry
Class of 2025
Keith Bailey
Keith Bailey is a cradle born episcopalian, baptised and confirmed in the former Christ Church, and now Church of the Holy Spirit. He was a cub and boy scout, and acholyte. His parents were both active in the church. His mother as secratery and choir,. His father as a vestry member and lay eucharist minister. Keith's roles have been vestry, Lay Eucharistic Minister, Junior Warden, Building & Maintenance, IT, Choir, Garden of Rembrence. Keith has been employeed at a material handling equipment dealer for 34 years as a senior service technician and service trainer. He is married to his wife Christine, has 2 married daughters and an awesome grandson Giovanni.
Steven Mullins
Steven R. Mullins has been a communicant of Christ Church/Church of the Holy Spirit for thirty-four years. He was first elected to the Vestry in 1996. He later served as Junior and Senior Warden, just prior to the merger with St. John by the Sea. After completing his tenure, he served five years on the Diocesan Standing Committee under the leadership of Bishop Ordinaries Andrew Smith and Ian Douglas. He is also serves as the parish Verger and a Eucharistic Minister. Mullins is a volunteer fire firefighter in West Haven’s Allingtown District. He also serves as Justice of the Peace and is a Zoning Appellate Commissioner.Mullins is married with a college age daughter and a teenage son.
Class of 2026
Lisa Palisi
Sarah Guterman
Sarah L. Guterman is a retired music teacher who now directs our choir. She also is a lay reader and leads Morning Prayer. One of her favorite church jobs is to read the lessons. Sarah grew up in the Episcopal Church. Her father was an Episcopal minister in Mamaroneck, New York. She started singing in the choir at age seven and never stopped. Church feels like a second home to her. Sarah enjoys knitting and traveling. She loves fussing with potted plants and sitting out in her garden. Most of all she loves her kitties, her puppy and even the fish in her fish tanks. An afternoon with them seems like heaven on earth.
Class of 2027
Ralph Lawson lll
Ralph Lawson, a retired public school science teacher, has been a member of CHS for about five years, having previously been a member of another West Haven church for many years. He has served as CHS Treasurer for the past two years and as a member of the Vestry for three years before that. He continues to serve as CHS's Rentals Coordinator. A lifelong "Westie", Ralph lives in the West Shore region of West Haven with his calico cat Callie and enjoys singing in the choir, golf, early morning walks along the shoreline and a special friendship with his Lady Friend and co-choir member Marian from East Haven.
Open position on the vestry
Nancy Staniewicz
Nancy has been a member of the parish for over 30 years. Currently she is active in the Altar Guild and Outreach programs. She also serves on the ECCT Standing Committee and is a member of the South Central Regional Leadership Team. A retired state employee, she and her husband, Gary, have two grown sons and their beloved Springer Spaniel, Maggie.
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