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Members of the 2020 Vestry
Senior Warden
Donna Blackburn
Junior Warden
Eric Turnquest
2021 Class
Tonya Eisenberg
​Mike Madden
Rob McManamy
2022 Class
Laura Brady
Bill Moser
​Chris Pfeifer
2023 Class
Candice Barrera
Kathy Basil
​Noboru Nakamura
Youth Representative
Ethan Eisenberg
Clerk of the Vestry
Tracie Moxley
Treasurers
Laura Brady
What is the Vestry?

In England the annual election of churchwardens took place in Easter week. The parishioners gathered at the church to hear the outgoing Wardens render their accounts and elect their successors. The parishioners assembled in the vestry, the room off the chancel where the clergy vested. The assembled parishioners came to be known as the Vestry. These were open vestries in that all adult male parishioners could participate. It was like a modern annual congregational meeting. In Virginia the parishes were very large and it was difficult to get all the male parishioners together. So they would meet only once and elect twelve of their number to serve for life. This was known as a closed vestry. The transition to a closed vestry was completed by 1633 or 1634, when a Vestry Act was passed. It provided that "there be a vestrie held in each parish." Today's vestry evolved from this colonial pattern.

The Vestry of St. John the Evangelist is composed of nine members, each serving a three year term.  Each year, at the Annual Parish Meeting held in January, we elect three new members to the Vestry. The Vestry is the legal representative of the parish with regard to all matters pertaining to its corporate property. The Rector serves as the presiding officer of the vestry.  One Warden is elected each year to a two-year term.  The Senior Warden (the Warden serving his or her second year) leads the parish between Rectors and is a support person for the Rector. The Junior Warden (the Warden serving his or her first year) typically has responsibility for church property and buildings. The members of the Vestry select two officers, a treasurer and a clerk who may or may not be elected members of the Vestry. The basic responsibilities of the vestry are to help define and articulate the mission of the congregation; to support the church's mission by word and deed, to select the Rector, to ensure effective organization and planning, and to manage the resources and finances of the Parish.
Parish By-Laws (Rev. 2019)
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Vestry Minutes

July 2020 Vestry Minutes
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June 2020 Vestry Minutes
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May 2020 Vestry Minutes
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April 2020 Vestry Minutes
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March 2020 Vestry Minutes
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February 2020 Vestry Minutes
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January 2020 Budget Meeting
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December 2019 Vestry Minutes
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November 2019 Vestry Minutes
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October 2019 Vestry Minutes
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September 2019 Vestry Minutes
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August 2019 Vestry Minutes
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July 2019 Vestry Minutes
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June 2019 Vestry Minutes
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Vestry Resolutions​

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St. John the Evangelist

2640 Park Drive
P.O. Box 25
Flossmoor, Illinois 60422
(708) 798-4150
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The Rev'd. Jeremy C. Froyen, CFC
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    • Scrip
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    • Capital Campaign
    • Budget
  • Ministries
    • Altar Guild
    • LGBTQ+ Ministry
    • Music Ministry
    • PADS
    • Recovery Ministry
    • SWIFT
    • Youth & Children
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    • Calendar
    • St. John's in the News
  • Photo Galleries
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