Vestry
The Vestry is charged with the responsibility for conducting the temporal affairs of the church. As such, they help discern, establish, implement, and evaluate policies and procedures whereby the governing of the church is effected.
The Vestry is made up of twelve lay people elected to three-year terms (on rotation) from among the members of St. Martin’s Church. The elections take place at the annual parish meeting in January. Officers include the Senior Warden (appointed by the Rector), Junior Warden (elected by the Vestry), Secretary (Clerk), and Treasurer.
The Clergy and staff of St. Martin’s Church are ex officio members but clergy of the Church have canonical responsibilities with and through the vestries of congregations they serve. Each vestry member serves as a liaison for an area of parish life or ministry.
Regularly scheduled meetings of the Vestry are on the fourth Sunday of the month at 12:00 pm. The meetings are open to members of the congregation. However, on occasion, sensitive pastoral or ecclesiastical matters may dictate that portions of the meeting be with and among the Vestry Members. The approved minutes and financial statements of the vestry meetings are posted for public view on the bulletin board. The approved vestry minutes are also posted online.
Here is a list of our current vestry members (click on the name for e-mail), their position or responsibility for 2012 and when their terms expire:
- Ralph Trieschmann – Senior Warden – 2014
- Clem Brooke – Junior Warden – 2015
- Larry Cornelius – Evangelism Liaison – 2014
- Jane Klieve – Strategic Planning – 2014
- Greg Andersen – Children and Youth Ministries – 2016
- Stewart Wiles – Packwood Trust – 2016
- Kay Fletcher – Stewardship, Mary & Martha Guild and Lunch Bunch Liaison – 2016
- Tom Baranowski – Legacy Liaison – 2014
- Judy Harbaugh, Senior Ministry Liaison – 2016
- Lynn Corning – Outreach Liaison – 2015
- Loretta Go – Asst. Treasurer, ECW, Bishop’s Visit and Book Club – 2015
- Mike Reeves -Clerk and Men’s Group Liaison – 2015