Vestry

Upcoming Vestry Elections


Our next Vestry election is Fall 2025.

Our next Vestry nominee is Bryan Friesen. We will officially vote Bryan onto our Vestry at our annual meeting on October 19 after our worship service. Per our bylaws, the time prior to our meeting marks the start of a 30-day review period.

If you have any concerns regarding a vestry nominee, email Michael+. Our new vestry member will begin his term starting in November as Amy G. and Chris S. rotate off of our Vestry. Get to know Bryan below.

Bryan Friesen
Bryan Friesen

Bryan was born in Japan and grew up there until he graduated from high school. For 17 years, he and his wife Felicia served in church planting and mission mobilization in the Philippines with SEND International. They returned to the States in 2006 with an assignment under Wycliffe Bible Translators where he was the training director for JAARS in Waxhaw, NC. In June 2024, the Friesens moved to western NC. Bryan is retired while Felicia still works part time as a mental health therapist. In this season of life, Bryan seeks to focus less on his own performance and activity and more on being part of the beloved family of God and experiencing life as it flows out of Jesus' performance (John 15:4, 5).

Our Current Vestry

Our church is transitioning into a three-year service commitment for those who serve on our Vestry. 

Amy Grady 
Amy Grady 

 

Chris Sequenzia
Chris Sequenzia

 

Claire Andrews 
Claire Andrews 
Clark Williams
Clark Williams

 

Dwayne Odvody
Dwayne Odvody

Senior Warden

Michael King
Michael King

Rector

Vestry Qualifications

 
During Vestry nomination periods, we ask you to notice lay leaders at The Vine and nominate them for consideration for our next Vestry election. Confidentially nominate your prayerful suggestion at any point.

We look for vestry candidates who have the following qualities:

  • Confirmed Member of The Vine (or pursuing it).
  • Active in worship and service.
  • Leadership gift in one way or another.
  • Lives a life practicing the gift of wisdom.
  • Life is currently stable enough to allow for this commitment.
  • Mature and committed to growing closer to Jesus.
  • A non-anxious presence, especially when there is disagreement.
  • Not staff nor spouse of current vestry or staff.
  • Giver of record (any amount) in past 12 months (or will become such). 
The Vestry Member's Declaration:

“I do believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the Word of God and to contain all things necessary for salvation through Our Lord Jesus Christ and I do yield my hearty consent to the fundamental declarations set forth in Article I of the Constitution, and to the discipline and forms of worship of the Anglican Church in North America. I promise that I will faithfully execute the duties of the office of Vestry member of this Congregation to the best of my ability.” 

Anglican Diocese of the Carolinas (ADOC) 
Canon 6, Section 3e 

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