Dear Redeemer Family,
Our annual Vestry election is taking place online now and in-person this Sunday. We have five excellent candidates and must elect two of them to serve a three year term.
Who are our candidates?
Trey Arnold
My family and I have been blessed to worship at Redeemer since we moved to Richmond in 2016. I am committed to serving the Lord and loving our neighbors in this parish. It would be an honor to serve again as a faithful steward on the vestry.
Alex Burlingame
When Emily and I joined Redeemer 5 years ago, we developed a deep commitment to the Anglican tradition and this parish in particular. It would be an honor to apply my personal mission of creating order, clarity, and excellence in the world to this context.
Matt Harper
Vestry service is one of the best ways I can serve and add value to Redeemer, while helping to safeguard its vision and carry out its values. As a career-long HR professional and with prior vestry service at other churches, I would join the Vestry with energy, experience and drive to prayerfully help move us forward in the future.
Lisa Yancey
I desire to serve on Vestry because I love Jesus Christ and I want to serve him obediently and faithfully. I’ve covered the decision in prayer and wise counsel and would be honored to serve the parish in this way. I’m enthusiastic about supporting Redeemer’s vision; Gospel Formation through Missional Presence and trust the Lord to guide this process.
Rachel Yowell
I would like to serve on Vestry because of the immense respect I have for our leadership and the structure of our leadership. It would be an honor to serve our parish alongside such great leaders. I would like to spend my time, energy, and attention on being thoughtful and wise about our resources, and ask good questions as we discern and make decisions that I hope would allow our parish to sustainably flourish.
Who Votes?
Voting is for confirmed members only. If you have completed our Foundations Class, been confirmed by our Bishop by the laying on of hands, and signed our Membership Covenant & Commitments then you are a member here at Redeemer and should participate in this election by prayerfully voting.
How & When to Vote?
You may vote online this week using this link, or you may vote in-person at one of our worship services on Sunday morning. The ballots close Sunday evening.
Remember that the vestry election is not a popularity contest, but rather a matter of careful, prayerful, strategic discernment. The Vestry shoulders the enormous responsibility of stewarding all the financial resources of the parish. We need wise, virtuous, mature followers of Jesus to step into this role.
In the Father’s love,
