Trinity's Vestry

Every Episcopal parish has a Vestry, which is an elected leadership board. Members of the parish may be elected to three year terms, and meet monthly to discuss the direction of the parish and its programs, the allocation of budget, and the stewardship of the resources entrusted to the parish by generations of faithful members.

How the Vestry works

Every Vestry meeting begins with Evening Prayer, and then with some sort of formation. Typically this takes the form of a prayerful group Scripture listening practice. This helps connect our business meeting to our bigger Christian calling to worship and pray, and to be anchored always in the living word of God as found in the Scriptures.

​Trinity's Vestry is divided up into three subcommittees, or working teams:
  • The Admin Team (Tami Goodwin, Stephanie Rogers) is responsible for all areas of administration, finance, personnel, policies, procedures, and support systems.
  • The Property Team (Paul Wagner, Christine Roth) is responsible for buildings, grounds, property, landscape, and major capital expenditures.
  • The Ministry and Mission Team (Karen Jacobs, Cathy Cowling, Natalie Johnson) is responsible for most areas of the parish life that don't fall under the other two areas. 
Each month, the working teams present to the whole Vestry any new work, any ongoing work, and any work that is ready for the Vestry to vote upon. Each team develops its work independently, and only when something is ready for a vote does the whole Vestry discuss it. This saves an immense amount of time which is typically taken up by the whole Vestry discussing every item on the agenda. 

After our formal business is done, the Vestry discusses other matters in a free-form way. Plans come up, questions are asked and (maybe) answered, and we conclude our time with prayer.

2019 Vestry

  • Fr. Chris Arnold, Rector
  • Dr. Christine Roth, Senior Warden
  • Ms. Karen Jacobs, Junior Warden
  • Ms. Tami Goodwin, Treasurer
  • Ms. Stephanie Rogers, Clerk
  • Ms. Cathy Cowling
  • ​Ms. Natalie Johnson
  • Mr. Paul Wagner