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 15 elected Vestry members from the congregation. Each year in January, five new Vestry members are elected for three-year terms at our Annual Parish Meeting.
The officers include two wardens, a treasurer, and a clerk. 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
Abigail Follmar, Senior Warden (3)
Tom Van Arsdel, Junior Warden (1)
Sheeba Thomas, Clerk (1)
David Candler (3)
Margie Dieter (3)
Pam Harvey (3)
Ken Alexander (3)
Betty Key (1)
John Wallace (1)
Rosine Hall (1)
Kip Krause (2)
Jeanine Baker (2)
David Madrigal (2)
Michael Massey (2)
Dick Viebig (2)
Officers
Michael Chambers, Chancellor
Tom Van Arsdel, Vice Chancellor
Larry Wood, Treasurer
Vestry Meeting Minutes
VESTRY MINUTES - February 2024
VESTRY MINUTES - December 2023
VESTRY MINUTES - November 2023
VESTRY MINUTES - September 2023
VESTRY MINUTES - April 18, 2023
VESTRY MINUTES - March 21, 2023
VESTRY MINUTES - February 18, 2023
VESTRY MINUTES - January 17, 2023
VESTRY MINUTES - December 20, 2022
VESTRY MINUTES - November 15, 2022
VESTRY MINUTES - October 18, 2022
VESTRY MINUTES - September 20, 2022
VESTRY MINUTES - August 16, 2022
VESTRY MINUTES - June 21, 2022
VESTRY MINUTES - April 19, 2022
VESTRY MINUTES - March 29, 2022
VESTRY MINUTES - MArch 6, 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