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Vestry News
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2008 Vestry Nominations (Jan. 2008)
The Wardens and Vestry of Christ Church
In the
Episcopal Church, a group of lay people have responsibility and authority for
the buildings, governance and finance of a parish church. This group is known as
the Wardens and Vestry. At Christ
Church there are two Wardens, designated Senior Warden and Junior Warden, and
ten additional members of the Vestry.
The Wardens and Vestry, along with the Rector, meet together on the third Monday
of each month at 7:45 p.m. to discuss
important matters about the Parish of Christ Church. Each year the Wardens and
Vestry, along with the Rector, have a formal meeting with all members of the
Christ Church Parish. This is known as the Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting of
the Christ Church Parish takes place on the first Sunday in the month of
February. In addition, the Rector, Wardens and Vestry have informal sessions
with interested members of the parish at least twice a year to share information
about the work of the Vestry and to hear about the aspirations and concerns of
members of the parish. These meetings generally take place directly after the 10
a.m. service on
Sunday mornings.
All
Vestry meetings are open to all members of the parish, and members of the parish
are warmly welcome at the meetings. Each year the Vestry nominates new members
for the Vestry and all members of Christ
Church are urged to make themselves available to serve the parish and this
important function. At present Mr. Andrew Phillips is Senior Warden of the Vestry
of Christ Church and Mr. Peter Andel is
Junior Warden.
In addition to the monthly meetings of the Vestry, the parish family is divided
up into many working groups under the direction of the Vestry to look after the
important functions of Christ Church. These Vestry committees include ...
Finance and Audit, which has
subcommittees dealing with Financial
Planning, Stewardship and Accounting and Audit;
Parish
Life Committee, which concerns itself with
Liturgy and Worship,
Christian Education and Christian Formation,
Fellowship, Outreach,
Parish Growth
Special Committees looking at the long term use of
the Christ Church
campus and the parish hall. These are pressing issues
that the Christ
Church Parish Family must effectively address in the
short term future.
Many members of the parish have already agreed to serve on these committees, but
there is always room for additional people to share their talents and interests
as part of the Vestry committee structure of
Christ
Church.
Wardens and Vestry of Christ Church, Manhasset, NY
February 5, 2006
Church Wardens
Class of 2007 Andrew Phillips
Class of 2008 Peter Andel
Vestry Persons
Class of 2007 Heather Bennett
William Riggin
Linda Imperatore
Class of 2008 Tim Carr
Penelope Tadler
Jeff Lightcap
Class of 2009 Michael Courts
Oriana Cyprus
Scott Ivers
