Our Leadership
St. Peter's Vestry
The vestry at St. Peter's consists of 9 members elected to 3-year terms. The basic responsibilities of the Episcopal vestry, as explained on The Episcopal Church website, are "to help define and articulate the mission of the congregation; to support the church's mission by word and deed, to select the rector, to ensure effective organization and planning, and to manage resources and finances".
Below lists the current St. Peter's vestry members with term expiration dates:
Senior Warden: Brent Jones (12/31/2023)
Junior Warden: John Hopkins (12/31/2022)
Register: Jane Tyler Coates (12/31/2023)
Julie Hynson (12/31/2022)
Mary Berry (12/31/2023)
Alec Westall (12/31/2023)
Tom Smallwood (12/31/2022)
Laura Coates (12/31/2024)
Johnny Jenkins (12/31/2024)
Church Leadership Positions
For the church to fulfill its mission, there are many areas of church operation that must be managed, most by volunteer parishioners.
Cemetery Manager: Jimmy Coates
Cemetery Fund Treasurer: Cathy Jones
Music Director: TBD
Sunday School Teacher: Debbie Travis
Treasurer: Wanda Mason
Treasurer of Endowment Fund: Mary Anne Hopkins
Trustees: Fletch Flemer, Wanda Mason, John Hopkins
Church Committees
Acolyte Leader: Roberta Kulina
Altar Guild: Mary Beth Carter, Wanda Mason
Building & Grounds: Dee Carter, Mary Beth Carter, John Hopkins (Jr. Warden/Chair), Johnny Jenkins, Roberta Kulina, Tom Smallwood
Care Committee: Mary Berry (Chair), Cathy Jones, Julie Hynson, Mary Anne Hopkins, Cathy Perry, Paula Stepp, Roberta Kulina
Cemetery Committee: Cathy Jones, Jimmy Coates, Doug Flemer
Christian Education: Fr. Rod Gordon (Chair), Christina Gruszecki, Julie Hynson
Community Meal: Cathy Jones (Chair), Dee Carter, Mary Berry
Endowment Fund: Brent Jones, Mary Anne Hopkins, Jane Tyler Coates
Finance and Audit: Roberta Kulina (Chair), Mary Beth Carter, Fletch Flemer
Kitchen Coordinators: TBD
Lay Readers: Mary Anne Hopkins
Outreach Committee: Julie Hynson (Chair), Mary Berry, Cathy Perry, Betty Currey, Cathy Jones
Social Media Committee: Diane Doumas (Chair), Jessie Smallwood, Christina Gruszecki
Stewardship: Wanda Mason, Cathy Jones, Cy Murphy (Chair), Roberta Kulina
Taylor House Committee: Fr. Rod Gordon, Dee Carter, John Hopkins (Jr. Warden), Peter Fahrney, Fletch Flemer (Chair), Mary Beth Carter, Christina Gruszecki, Cathy Jones
Ushers/Church Security Chair: Scott Mitchell
Diocesan Convention and Regional Committees
Diocesan Convention Delegate: Cy Murphy; Alternate: Tom Smallwood
Northern Neck Region Delegate: Cy Murphy; Alternate: Tom Smallwood