Vestry at St. Mark's
At St. Mark's, the vestry consists of the rector, the Reverend Robbin Clark, and tweleve members elected to staggered three year terms. These elections take place at the Annual Meeting of the parish, which is held in late January.
The vestry has four officers: a Senior Warden, who leads both the vestry and the congregation in the absence of the rector; a Junior Warden, who by tradition exercises a leadership role in property matters; a Treasurer, or Financial Warden, who is responsible for tracking parish accounts; a Clerk, who is reponsible for keeping minutes and serving as secretary of the corporation.
It is common in the Episcopal church for a vestry to serve as a sounding board for the rector and to assist the rector in ministry to the congregation. The vestry at St. Mark's follows this practice.
The vestry meets once a month. The vestry has an obligation to ensure the financial health of the congregation, and a typical meeting includes a report from the treasurer and a review ot the budgetary performance of the parish.'
The vestry members, who are leaders of the congregation, also guide, support and review the work of the committees, which include both vestry and non-vestry members and which minister directly to the parish. The vestry tries to monitor this work and to provide assistance where possible and has assigned vestry members to particular ministry areas.
Current Vestry Members and Area of Ministry Responsibility
Jerry Walker, Senior Warden, has responsibilities concerning vestry leadership and redevelopment and personnel.
Mary McWilliams, Junior Warden, has responsibilities for property matters, and for chilcfen yourth and families.
Bob Williams, Treasurer, has responsibilities for budgetary and financial matters and for redevelopment initiatives. He has additional responisbilities for pastoral care and for finance.
Nina Kelsey, Clerk, serves as the secretary of the vestry. At this time, the Clerk is not a voting member of the vestry, but she also serves on the justice and advocacy task force.
Judith Berling has responsibilities for adult education and spiritual development, and will also take the lead on transition planning.
Charlotte Blackmer has leadership responsiblilities for hospitality, for special events and for communications.
Pam Jester has leadership responsibilities for pastoral care.
Peter Laub has leadership responsibilities for new member incorporation, and for the children, youth and families ministries.
Jeff Liljegren has leadership responsibilities for facilities.
Jennifer Rice has leadership responsiblities for stewardhip and for the justice and advocacy task force.
Marcia Russell has leadership responsiblities for fellowship.
Kirsten Spalding has leadership responsiblities for social justice and outreach to the community.
Anna Weidman has leadership reponsibilities for vision implemntation, for the spoken word ministry, for children youth and families, and for communications.