Vestry
Class of 2010		James Bolton Paul Horn Alice Van Tuyl
Class of 2011		Lonnie Fisher Jessica Hoagland Kate Williams
Class of 2012		Greg Buckles Robert Ruggiero Barb Wood

 

Ministries
The Wardens		Paul Horn James Bolton
Officers of the Vestry		Paul Horn, Senior Warden Jim Bolton, Junior Warden Beth Davis, Treasurer Elizabeth Allison, Clerk
Organist & Choir Director		Dr. Charles Callahan
Choir of St. Stephen's		John Egner Ellen Fenn Nance Hardwick Jessica Hoagland Barney Hodges Sandy Ketcham Tom Klemmer Ceil Murdoch Mary Williams Tom Turley Cathy Walsh
Parish Administrator		Beth Stanway
Outreach/Sheldon Graves		Sharon Tierra
Coordinator of Eucharistic Visitors		Ann Cooper
Children’s Christian Formation		Connie Saeger-Proctor
Eucharistic Minister Coordinator		Elizabeth Allison
Acolyte Coordinator		Elizabeth Allison
Adult Education		The Rev. Terence P. Gleeson
Altar Guild Chair		Barbara Wood
Flowers		Marge Drexler
Weddings		Cathy Smid
Ordinary Times		Bonnie Solomon
Supplies		Ethel Killingbeck
Finance		Krissa Bolton
Sexton		Peter Dempewolff
Parishscope Editors		Jessica Hoagland Holly Stabler Bill Huntington Sandy Ketcham
Copy Editors		Tana Scott, Judy Nelson
Production		Beth Stanway
Loaves and Fishes		Tom Turley Beth Stanway
Nursing Home Services		The Reverend Lucy C.B. Pellegrini Ceil Murdoch
Peasant Market '10 Co-Chairs		Kate Williams Tom Turley
Verger		Elizabeth Allison
Ark Angel Coordinator		Amy Beaupré
Child Care		Ashley Gowen
Coffee Hour Coordinator		Beth Stanway
Foyer Coordinator		Ceil Murdoch
Columbarium Coodinator		Dan Beaupré
Librarian		Marjorie Lamberti
Head Usher		Steve Sontum
Episcopal Relief & Development		Alice Van Tuyl
Diocesan Convention Representatives		Barb Wood Susan Anderson-Ray Beth Stanway
Alternates		Ben Anderson-Ray
Deanery Delegate		Elizabeth Allison

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t Stephen’s in the community

St. Stephen’s has a strong and extensive outreach program. Outreach Funds are raised principally through our annual Peasant Market, and distributed by the Outreach Committee as grants in support of local, national and international causes. For many years the parish has honored a commitment to tithing its operating expenses.

Local outreach covers on-going commitments to several summer camps for children, including Kids4Peace and Camp Agape; the creation and sponsorship of the Addison County Back-to-School Shop, providing school supplies at minimal cost to children from low-income families; support for a number of community service agencies for persons who are homeless, elderly, mentally ill, intellectually disabled, or otherwise disadvantaged. Twenty five percent of our annual Outreach budget is committed to international projects which have included substantial assistance to Haiti, support for the LAMB Institute in Honduras and Iambi Hospital and Hospice in Tanzania.

The parish community is also committed to hands-on community work. In recent years we have conducted a free weekly community lunch program, and participated in programs such as Habitat for Humanity, gathering and assembling newborn baby kits for Zambia, renovating a local house for use by a homeless family, and a mission trip to Honduras. Parishioners contributed over three thousand pounds of food in response to the financial crisis, gathered over the Sundays of Lent and distributed through local agencies.

A number of community organizations and diocesan committees use church space for their meetings, usually free of charge. The church also serves as headquarters to the staff of the annual Festival on-the-Green, the town’s week-long program of free entertainment for all ages the week after Peasant Market. The centrality of outreach to all we do at St. Stephen’s is unquestioned.