Welcome to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church!

The Reverend Noah H. Evans, our Rector and pastor, has been with St. Paul’s since March 2017. Ordained in 2004, previously, Noah served as the Rector of Grace Episcopal Church, Medford, Massachusetts and as the Associate Rector of St. Anne’s in the Fields Episcopal Church in Lincoln Massachusetts. Noah was born and raised in East Lansing, Michigan. He is a graduate of Washington University in Saint Louis and The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church. Noah lives in Mt. Lebanon, with his wife, the Reverend Sara Irwin, an Episcopal Priest, who serves as the Rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Highland Park. Their daughter Adah attends Mt. Lebanon High School and their son Isaiah attends Denison University. They have a Golden Retriever (Blue) and two chickens (Noise and Buckbeak).

Noah loves cooking, smoking meat, local foods, current events and politics, the intersection of church and society, movies and television and teaching the bible. He was the co-founder of Life Together: the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts Young Adult Internship Program and has served on the boards of a number social-justice nonprofits. In 2016, Noah received the first Wallace H. Kountze Community Service Award by the Mystic Valley NAACP for his work on multicultural issues. Currently, Noah is the Chair of the Mt. Lebanon Municipality Civic Engagement Board and serves as the Vice President (Board Chair) of the Clergy Assurance Fund. You can find him on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/nhevans827.

The Rev. Jane Russomano-Esmonde has served as Assistant Rector at St. Paul’s since July 2026. Jane was ordained as a Deacon in June 2026, and will be ordained a Priest in early 2027. Originally hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area, Jane received her B.A. in Music with a Musicology focus in from Lewis & Clark College, and holds both an MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Certificate in Anglican Studies from Virginia Theological Seminary. Besides her ministerial training, Jane has previous experience working as both a bookseller and an organbuilder. In her role at St. Paul’s, Jane oversees the pastoral care and outreach ministries in addition to her regular liturgical duties.

Beyond church, Jane enjoys visiting museums, playing music, and going on hikes with her spouse Miranda.

During college, Guy joined ROTC, excelled, earned a scholarship, completed Airborne School, and graduated with both his degree and a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Infantry. He served fifteen years in the Army Reserves, retiring as a Captain, while building a professional career that spanned hospitality, computer science, and marketing.

Guy was ordained a Deacon on June 1,2024, and a Priest on January 7, 2025. Born in Philadelphia and baptized as an infant at House of Prayer Episcopal Church, Guy later moved with his family to Willingboro, New Jersey at age eleven. He discovered a love for cooking early in life and pursued that passion by attending the Conrad N. Hilton School of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of Houston.

Guy married Kristin L. Alexander in 2007, and together they share six daughters and one grandson. One daughter, Kerry, now rests in heaven and remains a central part of Guy’s sense of call to ministry. He answered that call in 2009. In 2014, Guy and Kristin moved their family from Waldorf, Maryland to Pittsburgh, Kristin’s hometown. Guy attended Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, graduating in 2021. During this period, he began worshiping at Holy Cross Episcopal Church, where the liturgy reconnected him to his Episcopal roots; he was confirmed there in 2019 and spent six years under the mentorship of the Rev. Jeff Murph.

Guy trained as a chaplain in the VA Healthcare System in Aspinwall, Pennsylvania, where he continues to serve. He is currently preparing for board certification, which he hopes to complete in the fall, and is discerning beginning a Doctor of Ministry program at Howard University either this fall or next spring.

Guy enjoys date nights with Kristin, watching movies with his family, and taking walks with his dog Phoebe and his grandson.

The Rev’d Ted Babcock was ordained deacon in June of 2001 and ordained priest in January 2002 by the Right Rev’d Andrew Smith, Bishop of Connecticut. Ted did his internship while at the General Theological Seminary at St. David’s in the South Bronx, NY where he was actively involved in community organizing with the IAF. He served his curacy at Christ Church, Greenwich, CT where he was responsible for pastoral care for over 500 senior citizens.

In September of 2005 he was called to St. Andrew’s Shippensburg, PA as rector. He served there until September 2010 when Bishop Nathan D. Baxter called him to be his Canon to the Ordinary, the Bishop’s Executive Officer. Ted retired at the end of 2013, and was named Canon to the Ordinary, emeritus by Bishop Baxter.

After moving to Pittsburgh, Bishop McConnell invited Ted to become Diocesan Administrator. He served in that capacity for two years while serving as the interim rector St. Stephen’s in McKeesport, and St. Brendan’s in Franklin Park. Ted re-retired December of 2017.

Ted earned his BA with Highest Honors from the University of Michigan 1973, and his MA from the University of Virginia in 1974 in American Southern History (Slavery) where he was a Thomas Jefferson Fellow. In 1982 he earned his MBA from Harvard Business School.
After 26 years in the business world he attended and graduated from The General Theological Seminary in 2001. In 2009 He received his ThD from the Graduate Theological Foundation/Oxford University for his work in liturgy and history. In 2013 he was named an Oxford Foundation Fellow and continued his study of Baptism in the early church (40-200CE) at Oxford University in Oxford, UK.

I was born in Detroit, and raised in Livonia MI. I am the daughter of a theatrical scenic artist and a stay at home mother. Following High School, I was an exchange student in a remote village in Finland for a year. Received my BS from Northern Michigan University, and my MDiv. from the General Theological Seminary.

I have been married to Bill Phelps for 41 years and we have two sons, Clifton, married to Alicia, and father to two of the most adorable grand daughters God has ever created; And our other son Devon.
In my youth I was basically unchurched, but somehow knew from a very young age that I was called to serve God. I worked in the travel industry for several years before attending seminary. I really enjoyed my travel work, the skills I acquired have served me well in my life and in the priest hood. When the boys were young we heard a life changing sermon based on Matt 19:21, to sell what we had to follow Jesus. My travel benefits allowed me to visit several seminaries to find a good fit. We left our jobs, sold our home and cars, and moved to NYC so that I could attend seminary.

After seminary graduation, I served a parish in Royal Oak, MI., for 4+ years. We left Royal Oak to come to Pittsburgh where I was the rector of St. Brendan’s in the North Hills. After 10+ years in the Diocese of Pittsburgh, I was called to Northampton, MA. to be the rector of St. John’s. Last February after 10.5 years, I officially retired from full time parish ministry. We moved back to Pittsburgh to be near our kids and those adorable grandchildren. Now days my time is taken up starting my own travel company called Free Goose, taking care of the “adorables”, traveling, and genealogy.

Jean began assisting Laura with the ‘No Contact’ Eucharistic Visitor program in the Spring of 2020 and now serves as a deacon supporting ministries related to pastoral care. She grew up in Mt. Lebanon attending St. Paul’s and after college moved to the East End of Pittsburgh for her work as a computer engineer. Jean joined Calvary Church where ministry as a Lay Eucharistic Visitor led her to discern a call to the vocational diaconate. Upon completion of the diocesan training program and an internship at Canterbury Place, she was ordained deacon in June of 2000.In December of 2001. Jean was assigned to St. Andrew’s in Highland Park where she was the parish deacon until February of 2020.

She has served as a volunteer chaplain in hospital, hospice and nursing home settings and especially enjoyed a ministry where a monthly Godly Play based service was offered to residents of a Memory Care unit. Jean moved back to the South Hills in 2012 and was elected to the board of Old St. Luke’s in 2019.

Jean holds an undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Education and a Master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. She retired from her full-time career as an engineer in 2017 and in her spare time enjoys playing golf and being a member of Steel City Ukuleles.

Rebecca started working at St. Paul’s in May 2021. As Director of Operations, she is in charge of a wide variety of areas: administration, communication, and the facility and the facilities staff.

She has lived in Dormont for many years- she raised her family there and loves the South Hills and its strong communities. She lived in Poland for 5 years, teaching at a university there, but eventually returned home to Pittsburgh, where she was the Associate Director of a language and cross-cultural center for international graduate students at Carnegie Mellon University. Her great passion is learning, and she is an avid reader and podcast-listener.

Alexis was born and raised here in Pittsburgh, PA and her family was actively involved at St. Winifred’s in Castle Shannon. She discovered the Episcopal Church in 2006 and was an active member of St. David’s and Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, both in Austin, Texas, prior to moving back to Pittsburgh in 2015 and joining St. Paul’s. She and her husband John live in Mt. Lebanon with their three children. Alexis enjoys traveling, spending time with friends and family, and hiking with her dog, Ripley. Favorite Sheehan family activities include traveling to cabins in the tri-state region, puzzling, reading, swimming, watching movies, being silly and getting together with friends and family. She majored in Psychology at Boston University and obtained her Master of Science in Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin.

Prior to becoming a stay at home parent, Alexis worked as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and behavioral health therapist at multiple clinical settings in Austin, TX and Pittsburgh, PA. She is currently studying Bowen Family Systems Theory and the Parent Hope Project, two related approaches to life and relationships that dovetail nicely with spiritual growth and reconciliation models. She loves learning and has been a part of many book clubs, retreats and activities at St. Paul’s. She has been involved with Godly Play for 7 years and has taught preschool and kindergarten Sunday School at St. Paul’s since 2016.