OUR VESTRY

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The vestry is the legal representative of the parish with regard to all  matters pertaining to its corporate property. There are 12 vestry  members at St. Mark's who serve a three-year term of office. Members are elected at the annual parish meeting each January. The presiding  officer of the vestry is the rector. There are two wardens. The senior warden leads the parish between rectors and is a support person for the rector. The junior warden often has responsibility for church  property and buildings. A treasurer and a secretary or clerk may be  chosen. These officers may or may not 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 the rector, to ensure effective organization and  planning, and to manage resources and finances.