Our Vestry
Dr. Jeremiah Regan, Senior WardenJeremiah Regan is Senior Warden for Holy Trinity Parish. He is a graduate of Hillsdale College, where he earned a BS in History, and MA and Ph.D. in Politics. Jeremiah, his wife Brianna (also a Hillsdale College graduate), and their five children have lived in Hillsdale since 2018. They began attending Holy Trinity in 2019.
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Mr. John Novak, IV, Junior WardenJohn Novak was born in Roanoke, Virginia, to John and Ginger Novak. John moved to Hillsdale to attend Hillsdale College and began attending Holy Trinity Parish in 2001. John enlisted in the Marines and shortly thereafter, married his wife Leah in 2004 at Holy Trinity Parish. The Novaks deployed multiple times with the Marines before having two daughters, Natalia and Adrianna. John was honorably discharged in 2016 and completed his bachelor’s degree at Hillsdale College. Their son Jack was born shortly after. John is attaining his master’s degree in 2024 and manages transportation for Hillsdale College. John serves on the vestry and fills his spare time with photography, renovating their home, and working on the family garden.
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Mrs. Renee Young, TreasurerRenee Young is a relatively recent transplant to Hillsdale, having moved here from North Carolina in 2017 for her husband’s job at Hillsdale College. A librarian by profession, Renee works remotely for a company based in NC. It was there that Renee and her husband, Tripp, were first introduced to the Anglican church. Raised Lutheran and Methodist respectively, they had been attending Methodist churches since their marriage and had had difficulty finding the right church while in graduate school. A visit from Renee’s Anglican Godmother prompted them to visit the (only) Anglican church in Durham and the rest is history.
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Mrs. Pai RingenbergPrapai Ringenberg came to the USA from Bangkok, Thailand in 1969. She was baptized and confirmed into the Catholic faith in St. Louis in Bangkok. Prapai went to High School in Va beach, Va.; got married and moved to Detroit area in 1972, raised three sons: Kevin, Kirk, and Kent Eshelman. Kent Eshelman (Kent passed away in 2009). She purchased a Diner in downtown Hillsdale in 1999. Prapai moved to Hillsdale in 2002 from Irish Hills area. Prapai met the founding Rector Father Beauchamp and visited Holy Trinity Parish. She has been attending services regularly since 2005, was confirmed into Anglican faith at Holy Trinity by Bishop David Bena in 2016. Prapai remarried to Alan Ringenberg (2006), Alan deceased in 2021. Prapai worked in hospitality most of her life and retired from restaurant business in 2019.
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Dr. Miles Smith, IVMiles Smith IV serves as a vestrymen at Holy Trinity Parish. He has attended there since 2014. He is Assistant Professor of History at Hillsdale College. Miles grew up in the Presbyterian church, but began attending Anglican services in college at the Cathedral Church of St Luke and St Paul in Charleston, South Carolina. He is from Salisbury, North Carolina.
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Dr. Jon GreggJonathan Gregg has lived in Hillsdale for two stints, the first from 2007 – 2011 as a student at Hillsdale College, and the second since 2015, as a professor in the education department at the college. Originally from Minnesota, Jonathan grew up in the Baptist church, but has been attending an Anglican parish since 2012 and was confirmed into the Anglican communion in 2016. He is married to Casey, and they have three children, Eliana, Simeon, and Mattia.
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David Bassett, Secretary to the VestryDavid Bassett moved with his family back to Hillsdale in the fall of 2022. They started attending Holy Trinity at the same time. He is married to Tatyana and they have three children. He and Tatyana were confirmed in the fall of 2022. David received his BA in History from Hillsdale College and now works there with alumni.
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