The Vestry is the legal representative of the parish with regard to all matters pertaining to its corporate property. The number of Vestry members and the term of office varies from parish to parish. Palmer’s Vestry is made up of elected Vestry members from the congregation. Each year in January, four new Vestry members are elected for three-year terms at our Annual Parish Meeting.
The officers include the Rector, Senior Warden, Junior Warden, Treasurer, and Clerk. Per the canons of the Episcopal Church, the Rector is the presiding officer of the Vestry. The Senior Warden leads the parish between rectors and is a support person for the Rector. The Junior Warden shares leadership responsibilities with the Senior Warden. Neither the Treasurer nor the Clerk of the Vestry are required to be Vestry members.
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 and call the Rector in cooperation with the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, to ensure effective organization and planning, and to manage our resources and finances.
Current Vestry
The Reverend Neil Alan Willard, Rector
Tom Van Arsdel, Senior Warden (elected 2024)
John Wallace, Junior Warden (elected 2024)
Sheeba Thomas, Clerk (elected 2024)
Jackie Campbell (elected 2026)
Camille Emig (elected 2026)
Andrew Kraebel (elected 2026)
Rob Vines replaces Elizabeth Maynard (elected 2026)
Shannon Wallace (elected 2025)
Ken Alexander (elected 2025)
Sue Murphy (elected 2025)
Pam Lovett (elected 2025)
Betty Key (elected 2024)
Rosine Hall (elected 2024)
Other Vestry Officers
Shannon Wallace, Chancellor
Richard Avant, Treasurer
Vestry Meeting Minutes
special meeting Vestry Minutes - october 2026
Vestry Minutes - September 2026
SPECIAL MEETING VESTRY MINUTES - DECEMBER 2025
Vestry Minutes - November 2025
SPECIAL MEETING Vestry Minutes - October 2025
VESTRY MINUTES - September 2025
Special Meeting VESTRY MINUTES - December 2024
VESTRY MINUTES - November 2024
Special Congregational meeting MINUTES - November 2024
VESTRY MINUTES - September 2024
VESTRY MINUTES - February 2024
VESTRY MINUTES - December 2023
VESTRY MINUTES - November 2023
VESTRY MINUTES - September 2023
VESTRY MINUTES - February 2023
VESTRY MINUTES - December 2022
VESTRY MINUTES - November 2022
VESTRY MINUTES - September 2022
VESTRY MINUTES - February 2022
VESTRY MINUTES - December 2021
VESTRY MINUTES - November 2021
VESTRY MINUTES - September 2021
Special Meeting VESTRY MINUTES - JUNE 2021
VESTRY MINUTES - DECEMBER 2020
VESTRY MINUTES - NOVEMBER 2020
VESTRY MINUTES - SEPTEMBER 2020
VESTRY MINUTES - FEBRUARY 2020
VESTRY MINUTES - December 2019
VESTRY MINUTES - November 2019
VESTRY MINUTES - September 2019
VESTRY MINUTES - February 2019
VESTRY MINUTES - December 2018
VESTRY MINUTES - November 2018
VESTRY MINUTES - September 2018
VESTRY MINUTES - February 2018
VESTRY MINUTES - December 2017
VESTRY MINUTES - November 2017
VESTRY MINUTES - September 2017
VESTRY MINUTES - FebruARY 2017
VESTRY MINUTES - December 2016
VESTRY MINUTES - November 2016
Vestry Minutes (Special Meeting) - May 2016