Your Women Ministries
Leadership Team
These women volunteer many hours to meet needs of women in the East Coast Conference and would love to hear from you.
NAN LINGENFELTER
PRESIDENT
Wilbraham, MA
Nan grew up in South Jersey. She became a believer when she was 20 years old. After graduating from the University of Maryland she worked for Campus Crusade for Christ, American Cancer Society, her church, Vision New England, and a private Christian school using her skills as an administrator, speaker, and conference coordinator. She has been married to Mike since 1980 and has three married sons. For over 15 years Nan has taught high school history at an alternative high school. She coordinates the Women’s Ministries at ECC Springfield.
Life Verse
Isa. 37:31 “take root downward; bear fruit upward.”
Contact her at: nlingenfelter@charter.net
KATHY SODERHOLM
TREASURER
North Haven, CT & Polk City, FL
Kathy was born and raised in Connecticut and lived there until 2022 when she and her husband Brian sold their home and moved to Florida in their class A RV. They now live a nomadic lifestyle, going wherever the road takes them. She is a long-time member of the Covenant Church of Easton in Easton, Connecticut. Kathy and Brian have three married children and two grandsons with another on the way in 2023. She is the founder of The Good Bookkeeper, a full-service bookkeeping firm specializing in religious and non-profit organizations.
Contact her at: thegoodbookkeeper1@gmail.com
MARILYN MEARS
SECRETARY
Sharon, MA
Marilyn is a new to the Covenant church, having learned about the church from her husband, Gordon. She and Gordon married in 2012 and are now members of the Covenant Congregational Church in North Easton, MA. Marilyn grew up a Baptist in Springfield, MA. She taught visually impaired students for 44 years, both in Cincinnati Public Schools and at Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, MA. Marilyn loves to sing, play hand bells, and play with her four year-old grandson, Elliott. She believes that the Covenant church should be a place where everyone can feel they belong and can grow in faith and action. With the East Coast Conference Women’s Ministries, we can work to ensure that no women are left out or marginalized.
Contact her at: mwalpole9@comcast.net
CATHY ZELINSKI
Retreat Assistant
Norton, MA
Cathy grew up in a Covenant church in Laurence Harbor, NJ. She worships at the Covenant church in North Easton, MA. Cathy and her husband Nick raised their three children and have served this congregation for the last 25 years. Cathy was active in children’s ministry until God called her to chaperone a trip to TN for CHIC, where He changed her life. God gave Cathy no choice but to serve in the Senior High after that trip. She organizes fundraisers for CHIC (now UNITE), retreats, and camp. She has taught Sunday School, VBS, and confirmation classes. Cathy is a trained Stephens Minister. Cathy has spent her life working as a court stenographer. Currently she uses her stenography skills to help those with hearing loss in Boston colleges. She enjoys the outdoors, reading, spending time with her adult children, crafts & scrapbooking.
Contact her at: CALZelinski28@gmail.com
ANN QUINN
Cromwell, CT
Ann is living in her fifth state and works as an information architect for Travelers Insurance. She has taught Sunday school for over 30 years and is currently teaching confirmation along with the senior pastor. She studies voice and sings with a small group at church. She is a member of the Women’s Book Club, authors the Vacation Bible Camp newsletter, and has run the bake sale at the yearly Smorgasbord for 24 years. After majoring in accounting for a couple of years in college, she never thought those skills would come in handy, but God had other plans for her love of numbers! Ann serves at Bethany Covenant Church in Berlin, CT.
Contact her at: aquinn6347@comcast.net