Suggestion for Vestry Nominee To serve from May 16, 2021 through the annual parish meeting 2024
Please read the criteria on the next page. Please submit this form no later than Thursday, March 19, 2021.
Name of Nominee Phone Email Occupation Member since Current involvement at St. Stephen’s
Past involvement (it is not necessary to list the dates)
I have obtained permission from this parishioner to suggest him/her for vestry service.
Signed______Date ______
Your phone______Email address______
I agree to be considered for vestry service.
Signed______Date ______PHOTO: If you are included on the committee’s final slate, you’ll be asked to provide a clear head-and- shoulders photo to Sarah Bartenstein at [email protected]. If you do not have a jpg to email, you may drop a photo print by the parish office to her attention. She will scan the photo and return the original to you. If you had your photo taken for the parish directory and you’d like to use that picture (cropped so that only you are shown), just indicate that in an email to Sarah.
Submitting this form: Save or scan and send by email to Becky Boyers, [email protected], or place in a sealed envelope addressed to the nominating committee, and drop it off outside the parish house (the office is closed to the public at this time), or mail to: St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, attn.: Nominating Committee, 6000 Grove Avenue, Richmond, VA 23226. The nomination and election process Thank you for submitting the name of this parishioner for consideration by the nominating committee. The nominating committee will make selections based on the criteria listed below, and with a view to a representing the diversity of our parish—age, involvement, skills, and gender—on the full vestry.
Those nominated for vestry service: should be qualified according to the Canons (a confirmed member who is known to the treasurer); should have demonstrated a level of commitment to St. Stephen’s which is appropriate to vestry service, including giving a tithe (10 percent of income) or working meaningfully toward the tithe; attending worship weekly; and engaging in the ministries of St. Stephen’s; should have the ability to be a constructive and unifying influence even when working with those of different viewpoints; and should not be the spouse, sibling, parent or child of a member of the nominating committee, nor have served on St. Stephen’s vestry for at least three years.
Before submitting your suggestion, please ensure that the parishioner you suggest is willing to be considered.
Timetable Suggestions due to nominating committee by Thursday, March 18, 2021. Nominating committee presents a slate to the full vestry on April 20, and slate is announced in the eSpirit and on the parish website April 21. Annual meeting and vestry election takes place virtually on May 16.
There will be no nominations from the floor during this virtual annual parish meeting. If a confirmed member wishes to nominate someone not on the slate chosen by the nominating committee and announced on April 21, they may submit the name to the senior warden or the nominating committee chairperson by April 23.
Vestry nominating committee Nominating committee members include five vestry members concluding their service in 2021, and six at-large members elected by the full vestry. The chairperson is Becky Boyers.
Retiring vestry serving on the committee: Mary Bacon, Robert Dibble, Mollie Mitchell, Alston Williams, Wesley Wright At-large committee members: Becky Boyers, chair; Marie Carter, Allen Goolsby, Chip Tompkins, Sue Wootton, Robbie Westermann
Current vestry members Serving until 2022 Serving until 2023 Bobby Fauntleroy, treasurer Bill Armstrong LH Ginn Alison Fauls Alice Goodwin Barbara Massey Lynn Ivey, junior warden Benita Miller Allison Koschak, senior warden Blair Nelsen Shelley Spalding Jim Price, register