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Vestry
The Vestry is responsible for enhancing both the spiritual and organizational life of the parish. It manages all church property and assets, approves the budget, and authorizes major expenditures. All Souls has senior and junior wardens, a treasurer, clerk, and ten additional members. Keep these Vestry members in your prayers — they have many responsibilities, and they are much appreciated!
MEETINGS
Meetings of the Vestry are held the 3rd Monday of every month at 6:00 p.m. and are open to all members of the Cathedral. Copies of the minutes can be obtained through the Cathedral office.
MEMBERS
Each year the Nominating Committee considers proposed
vestry members and recommends a slate of candidates. This slate is then approved by the Vestry. Elections are held each year at the Annual Meeting, where nominations are also accepted from the floor. Four positions are filled each year, for three year terms.
Officers
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Senior Warden: Lewis Sorrells (2008-2010)
Lewis, a native of Haywood County, lives in East Asheville
with his wife Mary, a member of the Cathedral choir, whom he met and
married at All Souls in 1978. Initially attracted by the music, Lewis
fell in love with the liturgy and with the All Souls community, and has
remained active in the life of the parish. He has served previous terms
on the Vestry, and has worked on the Adult Education, Outreach and
Stewardship Commissions. He currently serves on the Altar
Guild. Lewis and Mary have two children, Rachel and
Franklin, who grew up at All Souls. Franklin lives in
Asheville and Rachel lives with her husband and three children in
Bakersville. He is a co-owner of Accent On
Books in North Asheville.
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Junior Warden: John Johnson (2009-2011) John and Margie lived part time in Montreat, NC, for 15 years and then, since retirement, have permanently moved here. They joined the Cathedral of All Souls in 2007. Both grew up in
Morristown, TN, where he was the president of a petroleum
distribution company and also was elected Mayor for 18 years. He is a
graduate of Davidson College. John held a variety of
positions at All Saints' Church in Morristown where Margie was Organist and Choirmaster. At All
Souls, John currently serves on the Finance Committee and is a Teller. He has done volunteer work for many agencies. Margie and John have two children, five granddaughters and one
grandson.
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Treasurer: Jack Parsons
Jack has called All Souls home since 1986 and has served in a number of
ways. In addition to being Treasurer since 2008, he sings tenor in the
Cathedral Choir and serves on the Capital Campaign Building Committee.
He has served as an elected member of the vestry including a term as
Junior Warden, previously served as Treasurer from 1997 to 2000 and was a
member of the Dean's Search Committee in 1996-1997. After 20 years as
CFO for the Blue Ridge (now Western Highlands) Mental Health Authority,
he nows works for several different agencies through his own Business
Consulting firm, specializing in healthcare budgeting, billing and
planning. He holds degrees from Wake Forest and Rollins (MBA)
and lives in North Asheville with his partner Leland, a dog Stout and a
cat named Wonka.
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Clerk: Jeanne Cagle
Jeanne Middleton Cagle has
been an active parishioner, along with her husband, Tommy, for around 20
years. She has been a Sunday School teacher, Vestry Member, Liturgical
Minister, member of the 9:00 choir, and chair of the Food Booth
Committee. She was a founding member of All Souls Counseling Center and
remains a huge cheerleader for that organization. In her daily work,
Jeanne is the director of Mountain Area Residential Facilities, Inc., a
small nonprofit serving adults with developmental challenges. Jeanne
enjoys baking and reading in her off time. This is her first year as
Clerk of the Vestry, following Bev Gaines, who indeed has been a hard
act to follow.
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2008-2010 members
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Bill Doyle
Bill has been an active member at
All Souls for over ten years. He and his wife, Amy Congdon were married
here in
1997. Over the years he has been involved in softball, EfM, DOCC,
teaching
Sunday school, coordinating All Souls volunteers for the last two
Episcopal
houses and working with All Souls ministry to New
Orleans after hurricane Katrina. Bill has been powerfully motivated by All
Souls to work in community outreach and to seek to serve Christ in all
persons. He is an acolyte and an usher at the 11:15
service. Bill enjoys reading, stargazing, making
beer, gardening and playing with his dogs.
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Nancy Marlowe
Nancy Marlowe is a writer and editor
who retired as columnist and features editor of The
Asheville-CitizenTimes newspaper. She is a member of the
ethics committees of Mission Hospital and of Care Partners. She is
community representative on the Cancer Institutional Review Board of
Mission Hospital. She is a member of the board of
directors of the Buncombe Country Library System.
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Eric Ordnung
Eric and his wife Lynn have been members at All Souls for 14 years and
have taught Sunday school for 11 years. Eric has also been a member of
the Properties Commission for a number of years and is a team leader for
Mike's Mowers, the volunteer group that takes care of the grounds.
During the week he is a physical therapist assistant at Aston Park
Health Care Center. Eric is an avid gardener, landscaper and
photographer. He and Lynn live in West Asheville with their dachshunds,
Emma and Darcy. He and Lynn have both fallen in love with Italy and
travel there whenever possible!
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2009-2011 members
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Ted Ahl
Dr. Ernest Theodor Ahl, Jr. (Ted) was born in
Atlanta. He is a practicing pathologist at the Asheville VA Hospital. While in Boston, Ted became an Episcopalian, and was confirmed at The
Cathedral of St. Paul. He first came to All Souls with his late partner
Carroll Ensley, who had grown up at All Souls. Ted's service to All
Souls over the last ten years has been great and varied, from serving on the Vestry to chairing the Organist/Choirmaster search committee, to singing with the Adult Choir for 10 years. His adored English Cocker
Spaniels—Madison, Jefferson and Adams—virtually guarantee that his
life remains complicated!
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Ellison Smith Ellison, his
wife
Electa, and their two
children
Brooke and Matt, have been members of All Souls since moving to
Asheville in 1999.
Ellison was born in western North Carolina,
but grew up in Goldsboro, N.C. He attended Furman
University, UNC
Chapel Hill Medical
School and completed his medical
training in Boston.
He and his family have enjoyed participating in many All Souls
opportunities
and activities. Ellison practices rheumatology at Asheville Arthritis
and Osteoporosis Center. He is an outdoorsman and enjoys
running, biking, climbing and paddling.
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Susie Stokes
Suzanne (Susie) Prior
Stokes grew up in Elba, Alabama. She has been at All
Souls since moving to Asheville in 2006 to live in the
mountains and be closer to her
two children, their spouses, and three grandchildren. Her work at All
Souls
includes being a facilitator for the Newcomers Class led by Brian, preparing the Table for
the Wednesday noon Healing Service
and Eucharist, and working in the “brownies, cookies, & bread” area
of Food
Booth. Susie attends the 9 o’clock service. She is a
die-hard fan of The University of Alabama,
is a retired college professor at Troy University, and enjoys trying to
become reasonably good in creating
stained and fused glass art.
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2010-2012 members
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AK Benninghoffen
AK and her husband Jeff have two
young children, Dottie and Bert. They moved here in October of 2005
from
California where they were members of All Saints in Pasadena. Their rector,
Ed Bacon, had worked with Todd in Jackson, MS so, happily, they came
straight to All Souls on his recommendation. AK taught the
kindergarten Sunday School class for one year and currently teaches the
Middle Schoolers. Together, Jeff and AK have directed the Epiphany Service for the last couple of years. She enjoys participating
in
the All Souls Book Group when time permits, and loves attending the
Kanuga Family weekend.
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Kay Mantiply-Clark
Kay and Blair Clark and their son, Macon, claimed All Souls as their church
home in 1991 upon being invited to visit. Their attachment to and reliance on the
family of All Souls has grown and Kay is deeply grateful for the
opportunity to serve on the vestry. Kay is a Geriatric Nurse
Practitioner currently working for CarePartners in the community,
serving persons with life limiting, chronic illnesses for whom the dying
time of life is more certain than for others of us. She is grateful
that she can find nourishment and healing through her work and certainly
through her life at All Souls. "Being a healing intercessor brings
healing to me that extends to my work as a nurse and being a part of the
All Souls family is a gift not unlike the gift of each morning's light
and each night's darkness."
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Ken Dotson
Ken is a human resource officer at Volvo. He and
his
wife, Melissa, have been active participants at All Souls for over five
years. They have two children. Ken has been an active member of the
Altar Guild for several years and has been Chairman of his Altar Guild for
most of that time. His is a familiar face at the annual Porch Sale and
at Room
in the Inn. He has been involved in the Youth Group and has a real
interest in
and talent for extending hospitality to members of our church family as
well as
visitors.
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Brenda Lilly Although Brenda Lunsford Lilly is a native of
Asheville, she spent 27 years in Los Angeles
working as a
television writer and producer for a variety of ‘family- friendly’
programs. Her work has been acknowledged with several awards, and she has served on professional boards and as a literacy program mentor. In 2005
Brenda
moved back to Asheville with her husband, Michael, and continues to work
as a
writer, college professor and arts volunteer. Since joining the All
Souls
family, Brenda has worked with Room in the Inn, assisted Todd Donatelli
with
his sabbatical grant, and served as a volunteer for other parish
programs and
events.
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