The vestry of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Elizabeth City Parish, was called to order on June 20, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. Present were: Senior Warden Bill Beach, Junior Warden Jay Hogg, Registrar Lynn Kirkland, Anne Abraham, Darden Barrett, Ron Kindley, Brad Norris, Elizabeth Zimmerman, and The Reverend Samantha Vincent-Alexander. Absent: Treasurer Linda Curtis, Jim Klotz, The Reverend Mark Riley
The meeting opened at 6:30 p.m. with a report from Jim Shoemaker on the Mary Williams Trust and Charlie Edmonson with an update on the Archeological Dig.
A reading from Romans 6:1b-11 was read and discussed.
Treasurer’s Report, Linda Curtis
Linda was absent but a copy of the budget was provided.
Approval of Minutes
The minutes of the May meeting were approved.
Rector’s Report, The Reverend Samantha Vincent-Alexander
- Safe Church Approval – An electronic copy of the Safe Church Report was provided to everyone for approval.
- Racial Healing Workshop – A Zoom workshop will be held on July 7, 2023.
- Permanent Name Tags – There was discussion on permanent vs paper stick-on name tags. We will continue to use the paper stick-on style.
- No July Vestry Meeting – Next meeting will be August 15, 2023
- Summer Service Hours – Beginning July 2, 2023 there will be one service at 9:00 AM. September 10, 2023 will be Kick-Off Sunday with The Dixieland Band. We will return to two services at 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM on September 17, 2023.
Associate Rector’s Report, The Reverend Mark Riley
Mark is in Israel – No report
Warden Reports
Senior Warden, Bill Beach
- Perpetual Honer & Memorial Fund – Bill and Elizabeth Boyer started this fund and Bill would like to reinstate it. Bill Beach and Bill Boyer are writing an article to go in the epistle advertising the fund. This fund has no restrictions and can be used at the discretion of the rector.
Junior Warden, Jay Hogg
- Kneelers – It will take approximately 2 weeks to complete the kneelers.
- Signage – The new signs are up and look great.
- Floors – The time to complete the floors is about 12 weeks. That means no organ for 3 months and we would have to meet in the parish hall. Jay will look for other companies that may be able to complete the job in a more timely manner but will have a discussion with Smith Brothers to see if they could expedite the process.
Committee Reports
Invite, Welcome, Connect: Yard Signs and Business Cards – Darden spoke with Image 360 and received a quote of $486.00 for 30 signs and $737.82 for 50 signs. There is a one time fee of $40.00 for the set-up of the image that will go on the signs. A motion was made by Ron Kindley to purchase 50 yard signs from Image 360 and was seconded by Anne Abraham. The motion was approved unanimously. Five hundred business cards have been made and are ready to be handed out to parishioners and businesses.
The meeting concluded with a prayer and adjourned at 7:39 p.m.