Leadership

Rector

Fr. Van Culin was installed as the 10th Rector of Christ Church on May 14, 2013.  As the Rector, Fr. Drew serves as the chief priest, pastor, teacher, and host of the Christ Church community, is the chief custodian and advocate of the vision of Christ Church, is entrusted with the administration, execution, and oversight of the programs and assets of Christ Church, and provides leadership, direction, and supervision to the Christ Church staff.

Associate for Worship and Liturgy
Director of Music and Organist

Scott Hanoian joined Christ Church as the 8th Director of Music and Organist in 2007 and is responsible for continuing the tradition of musical excellence at Christ Church Grosse Pointe.  As the Director of Music, Mr. Hanoian directs the church's three liturgical choirs, the Choir of Men and Boys, the Choir of Men and Girls, the Christ Church Schola, as well as the Christ Church Chorale, and oversees the yearly concert series.  Mr. Hanoian is also an active organist, accompanist, continuo artist, conductor, choral adjudicator, and guest clinician.

Director, Parent's Day Out

Leah Mannino is the Director at Parents Day Out Christ Church. Leah has lived in Grosse Pointe her entire life. After high school graduation, she played soccer at Oakland University, earning a Bachelors in Education from  with a Major in Reading Development and Minor in Political Science. She later received an Associates in Administration.
After graduation, Leah worked at Grosse Pointe Public Schools in the Kindergarten Program before transferring to Detroit Merit Charter Academy into their Early Educational Department. She has been working with kids for over 16 years and has focused her work with children in the Grosse Pointe community for the past 10. She is the former co-chair of Grosse Pointe MOPS (for 3 years). She is actively involved in volunteer work throughout Grosse Pointe while she enjoys her 2 children, Gabriella and Salvatore, along with her husband, Matthew and a Labrador, Lady. When not at work, Leah enjoys boating with her family, going for walks and skiing in the winter.

Associate for Finance and Administration

Diane Ward joined Christ Church as the Associate to the Rector for Finance and Administration in August 2014. Prior to joining the staff of Christ Church, Diane spent over 25 years working in many capacities with the American Red Cross Biomedical Services (Southeast Michigan Region), the last 10 as Chief Executive Officer.  In addition to years of exceptional experience in all aspects of administration from executive leadership, board development, financial management and development, organizational administration, and human resources management, Diane earned her Masters of Business Administration from Wayne State University.

 Assistant Director of Music and Organist

Jackson is a graduate student in organ performance at the University of Michigan, where he was awarded the Marilyn Mason Scholarship, the Patricia Barret Ludlow Memorial Scholarship in Organ, and the Chris Schroeder Graduate Fellowship. He came to Michigan from Hartford, Connecticut where he was Organist and Director of Music Ministries at Trinity Church, Music Director for The Choir School of Hartford, and Choral Director of Trinity Academy. He holds the Bachelor of Music degree from Jacksonville University where he was awarded such honors as the Harvey Scholl Prize in Piano and the Excellence in Performance Award. Recently, Jackson was honored by The Diapason (a publication designed for organists and organ builders) as a member of their "20 under 30 Class of 2021" which "recognizes young talents in the fields of organ and harpsichord performance, organ and harpsichord building, carillon, and church music.”