Friday Book Club

This monthly group meets on the second Friday of the month at 1pm in the Lounge to discuss book selections chosen by participants, typically popular fiction and historical titles. New members are always welcome!

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The Rev. Noah H. Evans

Rector and Chaplain to St. Paul's Nursery School

412-531-7153 ext. 11

The Rev. Laura Di Panfilo

Associate Rector

412-531-7153 ext. 12

The Rev. Ted Babcock

Honorary Priest Associate

The Rev. Noah H. Evans

Rector and Chaplain to St. Paul's Nursery School
412-531-7153 ext. 11 |

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 Pastor of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Carnegie. Their daughter Adah was born in 2009 and their son Isaiah was born in 2007. 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 non-profits. 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 Engagment 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. Laura Di Panfilo

Associate Rector
412-531-7153 ext. 12 |

Laura started at St. Paul's in July 2019. She grew up in Massachusetts and is a graduate of Emory University where she completed a BA in Women’s Studies and Religious Studies. She earned her Master of Divinity at Princeton Theological Seminary and her Master of Arts in Ministry from General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church in New York City. She was ordained a transitional Deacon in June in New Jersey, and was ordained to the Priesthood at St. Paul’s in December 2019.

Laura worked as a chaplain at a trauma hospital in Trenton, New Jersey prior to her time at St. Paul's. Laura is a certified Kripalu yoga instructor and has taught classes in both yoga studios and churches. She lives with her husband Luke who is also a priest in the diocese, her pug and toddler. At St. Paul's she supports the Spiritual Growth Commission. Laura is also co-host of the podcast "And Also With You" - you can listen here or whenever else you download podcasts.

The Rev. Ted Babcock

Honorary Priest Associate

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.

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