Six women and men elected to vestry
New Vestry Members
This year, for the first time, St. Stephen’s Church had a “virtual” annual meeting, held on Zoom on Sunday, May 16. The business included the election of six new members to the vestry: Dick Hamrick is a pulmonary critical medicine physician and healthcare consultant who has been active at St. Stephen’s since 1996. He is a member of St. Stephen’s Choir and a devoted supporter of the music program, and has served as a Sunday school teacher and annual giving campaign volunteer. He has also consulted extensively with the leadership and staff of St. Stephen’s on issues related to health and safety during the pandemic.
Dick Hamrick
David Hodge, a member of St. Stephen’s Church since 2017, is a project manager with eTech Mechanical Group. He has served at St. Stephen’s as a lay reader and greeter, and as a member of the advisory group for St. Stephen’s Preschool. He and his wife have three young sons and David has been a participant in the parent groups and the parish weekend at Shrine Mont. Anne McElroy is a retired physician who has been a member of St. Stephen’s since 2003. As the mother of three children, she was active in children’s and youth activities; more recently, she has served as a greeter. She has extensive community and board experience, including service on the boards of the Medarva Foundation, Richmond Eye & Ear Hospital, Princeton Association of Virginia, and St. Catherine’s School. She participated in several trips to the Middle East with the Center for Interfaith Reconciliation, a ministry founded by St. Stephen’s Church. She co-chaired the search committee for the Head of School at St. Catherine’s. Penn Rogers is an attorney who has been attending St. Stephen’s since 2008, eventually transferring his membership from another Episcopal church in 2011. He serves as a verger, lay reader and lay Eucharistic visitor, and has represented St. Stephen’s as a delegate to the diocesan convention. He previously served on the vestry nominating committee at St. Stephen’s. He has taken part in Disciples of Christ in Community (DOCC) and Education for Ministry (EFM), and was treasurer of the vestry, chair of the finance committee, and a founding trustee of the preschool at his former parish. Martha Sherman has been a member of St. Stephen’s since 2007. She co-chaired the grounds committee of our centennial capital campaign, and is a member of the flower guild, a food pantry volunteer, and a member of the committee planning a meditation garden outside our café. She is a past participant in the prayer shawl ministry. She’s also a graduate of the Education for Ministry (EFM) program, and took part in the Disciple Bible Study group. In North Carolina, she served as president of the diocesan Episcopal Church Women, as a member of her parish vestry, and was on the Commission on Ministry for the Diocese of East Carolina for six years.
David Hodge
Anne McElroy
Penn Rogers
Nancy Thompson is a lifelong member of St. Stephen’s Church, where she has been active in volunteer and leadership roles in our outreach ministries. She currently chairs the local outreach committee, and serves on the grants committee that makes recommendations to St. Stephen’s vestry for outreach grant funding. She has participated in mission trips to the Dominican Republic, and has helped coordinate our sheltering of those experiencing homelessness through the Caritas program. She’s participated in our jail ministry and in an Emmaus group. In our partnership with Fairfield Court Elementary School, Nancy has been a classroom assistant and coordinated the 2020 Christmas shop at the school with donations from St. Stephen’s parishioners.
Martha Sherman
Many thanks to the six members of the vestry who completed their three-year terms in 2021: Mary Bacon, who also served as treasurer; Orran Brown, Bob Dibble, Mollie Mitchell, Alston Williams, and Wesley Wright. The officers of the vestry, who also constitute an executive committee, are Allison Koschak, senior warden; Lynn Ivey, junior warden; Bobby Fauntleroy, treasurer; and Jim Price, register. ✤
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Nancy Thompson
SEASONS OF THE SPIRIT
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