St. George's Vestry

Vestry

The Vestry is the “board” of the Episcopal church, which has material responsibility for the parish within a commission/committee structure. Our Vestry is comprised of eighteen laypersons; six vestry members are elected annually by parishioners to serve three-year terms.

2007 Vestry Members
The current members of our Vestry and their areas of responsibility are:
Don Shriver, Senior Warden
Calvin Lewis, Junior Warden
Pete Lutz, Treasurer
Katharine Schull, clerk
Rich Maradik, Worship Commission Chair
Bryan Essary, Mission Commission Chair
Amy Norton, Parish Life Commission Chair
Jean Hastings, Ministry of Caring Chair, Children’s Christian Formation, & Bookstore
George Mabry, Finance Committee, Stewardship Committee
Anne Nesbitt, Youth Christian Formation
Brad Thomason, Newcomers Committee Chair, Adult Christian Formation
Rich Maradik, Outreach Committee Chair
Bob Kinard, Stewardship Committee Vice-Chair, Children's Christian Formation
Claudia Lyday, Music Committee Chair
Sally Smallwood, Highlands of St. Luke's Chair
Greer Cummings
Karlen Garrard
Joe King
Rowanne McKnight
Frank Puryear

Commission Structure

Executive Commission

Don Shriver, Senior Warden
Calvin Lewis, Junior Warden
Pete Lutz, Treasurer
Katharine Schull, Clerk, ex officio
Rich Maradik, Worship Commission Chair
Amy Norton, Parish Life Commission Chair
Bryan Essary, Mission Commission Chair
The Rev. R. Leigh Spruill, ex officio
Joy Burns, Parish Administrative Officer, ex officio


Worship Commission
Rich Maradik, Chair
Claudia Lyday, Music Committee Chair
Steve Taylor, Friends of St. George's Music Chair
Lynn Terry, Altar Guild Chair
Jack Cate, LEM Chair
Brent Neal, Usher Chair
Frank Puryear, Acolyte Master
Ann Brothers, Columbarium
Brad Thomason, Adult Christian Formation
Elizabeth Adams, Adult Christian Formation
Anne Nesbitt, Youth Christian Formation
Bob Kinard, Children's Christian Formation


Mission Commission
Bryan Essary, Chair
George Mabry, Jr., Outreach Committee Chair
Zee Pendleton, Kindergarten Director
Lyn Downey, Kindergarten Board Chair
Rowanne McKnight, Kindergarten Vestry Liason
Brad Thomason, Evangelism Chair
Bryan Essary, Growth Outcome Chair
West Nashville Initiative, Larry Trabue, Chair


Parish Life Commission
Amy Norton, Chair, Belonging and Community
Anne Nesbitt, Belonging and Community
Rowanne McKnight, Belonging and Community
Jean Hastings, Ministry of Caring and Healing
Claudia Lyday, Ministry of Caring and Healing
Mike McConnell, Men of the Church
Sally Graham, Episcopal Church Women Chair
Seawell and Marcy Brandau, Prime Time