Vestry
The Vestry is the legal governing and decision-making group in the church. There are currently six vestry members at St. James who serve a three-year rotating term.
The Rector chooses the Senior Warden from the Vestry. He or she is the Rector’s close adviser and functions as the parish leader in the absence of the Rector. The Vestry elects a Junior Warden from its membership whose responsibility is maintaining the buildings and grounds.
The Vestry’s main responsibility is the fiduciary trust and policy making of the parish. They are also responsible for extending a call to a new rector, and then partnering with that priest as a leadership team for the spiritual well-being of the parish. The vestry approves the budget, makes policy decisions and makes funds available for the church’s ministry expenses. Each member has an area of responsibility as liaison between various church ministries and the Vestry.
The Rector is the ex-officio chairperson of the vestry and all other ministries and guilds of the parish. The spiritual responsibility belongs primarily to the Rector and the business responsibility primarily to the vestry, although there is some overlap in those areas, which are not mutually exclusive of one another.
The Rector chooses the Senior Warden from the Vestry. He or she is the Rector’s close adviser and functions as the parish leader in the absence of the Rector. The Vestry elects a Junior Warden from its membership whose responsibility is maintaining the buildings and grounds.
The Vestry’s main responsibility is the fiduciary trust and policy making of the parish. They are also responsible for extending a call to a new rector, and then partnering with that priest as a leadership team for the spiritual well-being of the parish. The vestry approves the budget, makes policy decisions and makes funds available for the church’s ministry expenses. Each member has an area of responsibility as liaison between various church ministries and the Vestry.
The Rector is the ex-officio chairperson of the vestry and all other ministries and guilds of the parish. The spiritual responsibility belongs primarily to the Rector and the business responsibility primarily to the vestry, although there is some overlap in those areas, which are not mutually exclusive of one another.
