Staff
Rev. Walt Zelley, Supply Clergy - rector@stmichaels-litchfield.org
The Rev. E. Walton Zelley, Jr. is now serving as St. Michael’s supply priest until a full-time Priest-in-Charge is called. Father Walt will be in Litchfield on Wednesdays and Sundays, celebrating the Holy Eucharist, visiting the sick and shut-in’s, contacting new members, preparing couples for marriage and officiating at weddings, burials, baptisms and other sacramental acts.
Father Walt graduated from Trinity College–Hartford in 1961 and received his Theological Education at the Philadelphia Divinity School of the Episcopal Church. He received an S.T.M. in Pastoral Counseling from the New York Theological Seminary and in 1990, an MSW degree from the Rutgers Graduate School of Social Work. He retired in 1998 from full-time ministry after 28 years as Rector of St. Luke’s Church in Metuchen, NJ.
He and his wife Milbrey (“Mibs”) live in the hamlet of Copake Falls, NY, located at the juncture of CT, MA and NY, where every morning they pinch themselves and say, “Do we REALLY live here?” believing it to be the closest thing to paradise they’ll ever find on this earth. In two years, he will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood – an admirable record devoted to being a parish priest with special ministries in interfaith relations, pastoral counseling, social outreach and preaching.
Dr. Margeurite Mullée, Music Director - music@stmichaels-litchfield.org
A graduate of Columbia University where she earned a doctorate in Conducting and Vocal Pedagogy, Dr. Mullée is Music Director at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Litchfield CT, as well as Artistic Director of the 70-voice Naugatuck Community Choir and Le Voci, a unique ensemble of twelve auditioned singers. Under her direction, the group has maintained a busy performing schedule, including a successful singing tour of Italy in July 2008. She also serves as Music Director at Our Lady of Grace Monastery (North Guilford, CT) and teaches private lessons in voice, conducting and piano in Kent. You can find out more about Dr. Mullée here.
James F. Bush is an accomplished organist, pianist and harpsichordist. He studied organ and harpsichord as an undergraduate at The College of William & Mary in Virginia under James S. Darling, organist and choirmaster of Bruton Parish Church, the 300-year-old Episcopal church in Colonial Williamsburg.
While attending Harvard Law School, James was extensively involved in the music department of the historic Christ Church Cambridge, Massachusetts, where among other things he was a founding member of the Evensong Choir.
James has played at churches in Virginia, New York and Connecticut and has given numerous recitals, including several as part of the concert series at Bruton Parish Church.
A resident of the Milton section of Litchfield, James has been heard recently at churches throughout Litchfield County.
Karen Ackerman, Bookkeeper
Karen Ackerman has lived in Kent for 30 years, as wife and mother of 3 girls ages 20, 16 and 11. She has worked as a bookkeeper for her husband's business for over 20 years and as a Kindergarten Teacher's Assistant for 4 years. Karen is currently bookeeping for St. Michael's in Litchfield, St. John's in Washington, as well as her husband's business, and is also working as the Asst. Tax Collector for the Town of Kent.
Wardens, Officers, and Vestry
St. Michael's Executive Commitee and Vestry by Class, as of February 5, 2012:
Wardens
Peter Aziz , Senior Warden
Barbara Putnam, Junior Warden
Officers
Rob Lacy, Clerk
George Ziemba, Treasurer
Vestry Class of 2013
Perley Grimes
Sarah Melcher
Miles Borzilleri
Vestry Class of 2014
Karl Kuegler
Elaine Swanson
Dick Terhune
Vestry Class of 2015
Kris Kuegler
Nancy Lennon
Nancy Post
