Vestry Nominee Information

Each nominee for vestry election was asked to answer the following questions. Answers are referenced by question numbers. Vestry elections will take place following each of the regularly scheduled services on Sunday March 14, with a run-off election (if necessary) on Sunday March 21.

1. When did you become a member of the Chapel of the Cross?

2. Have you ever been on the vestry, either at this or any other parish? (If yes, please note dates, parishes, and positions held.)

3. What are your current activities (groups, committees, etc.) within the parish?

4. In what activities have you been involved in the past at the Chapel of the Cross?

5. In what activities are you involved in the greater community outside the parish?

Christine Bowes

1. 1982

2. No

3. ABC Sale Room Chairman (French Room)

4. Church School teacher, ABC Sale volunteer

5. Nursing School faculty - UNC

Jim Crow

1. Attended occasionally when a student, beginning in 1965; regular attendance began upon returning to the Triangle in 1978; transferred membership in 1990

2. No

3. Johnson Intern Exploratory Committee, Long-Range Planning Committee and Worship Sub-committee, Liturgical Advisory Committee, 5:15 Service Coordinator

4. Lay Eucharistic Minister (2000-2003), Coordinator for Every Member Canvass (2 years)

5. People of Faith Against the Death Penalty (assisted in integrating PFADP into the Johnson Intern Program; secured funding for PFADP to support a Johnson Intern); Project/Fund for Human Possibility (supplies funds to purchase computers, books, and educational supplies and to pay tuition costs and living expenses for African-American students in a four-year college program); Augustine Project (supplies educational support for students with compromised potential due to an impaired ability to read); American Civil Liberties Union member.

Emilie Patton deLuca

1. 1948

2. No

3. Choir, Liturgical Advisory Committee, 250th Anniversary Committee

4. Lay Reader, Liturgical Advisory Committee (70s), Junior Choir Director

5. [No response submitted]

Christopher FitzSimons, IV

1. My family and I moved to Chapel Hill in late 1995 and became members of the Chapel of the Cross in early 1996. We liked the emphasis on Sunday school and the music program.

2. I served terms on vestries at Calvary Episcopal Church in Louisville, KY, about 1980, and at St. Peter's on the Green in Monroe, CT, about 1991. I was the chairman of the Budget and Finance sub-committee at both parishes. I also served on the Department of Missions for the Diocese of Kentucky.

3. I am a member of the Finance Committee and the chair of the Audit sub-committee. I am interested in the financial health of the parish.

4. I was the Treasurer from 1998 to 2001. I served on the Finance Committee of the vestry from 1996 until 2001 and again starting in 2002. I have also served on the Stewardship Committee.

5. Currently, I am an Assistant Webelos leader for Cub Scout Pack 39; I was the Pack Committee Chairman last year. Previously, I was Assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 39.

Jonathan Hiam

1. I have been singing in the choir since 2000 and officially transferred my membership in 2003. Also in 2003 my wife, Karah, and I were married at the Chapel of the Cross

2. I have never served on the vestry here or elsewhere.

3. My main activity at the Chapel of the Cross has been singing in the Senior Choir.

4. I have attended church functions, but have not served on committees or participated in special groups.

5. I am a full time graduate student in musicology.

Steve Lackey

1. My family and I became members of the Chapel of the Cross in 1988. My children were baptized and confirmed here, and my wife, Liska, was confirmed here as an adult inquirer. I grew up and was confirmed at Christ Church in Charlotte, NC, and I can not honestly remember when I transferred out of that parish and into the Chapel of the Cross, but I believe it was in 1988 or 1989.

2. I have never been on the vestry at this or any other parish. I have been on the ballot at the Chapel of the Cross twice before, and there have been years when I have been asked to run but have declined.

3. I have served on the Personnel Committee for 3½ years. I was scheduled to rotate off last June but agreed to remain on for an additional year to facilitate a gradual rotation of old committee members off and new committee members on. I have served as a leader in the Cross of Nails since the spring of 2002. I think I am on my 14th straight year as a Sunday school teacher, having taught kindergarten, high school, and most levels in between. For the past several years I have been on the team teaching the youth inquirers' class. I also help out with Loaves and Fishes functions and am quite familiar with our dishroom and kitchen. Most recently, I have begun to serve as a Lay Eucharistic Minister.

4. I served several years as the cook team coordinator for EYC, and I served on the Parish Education Committee for three years. Like almost all parishioners, I have worked at several ABC Sales in various capacities.

5. I have served on the board of the Public School Foundation for three years and served as Guardian ad Litem volunteer advocate for youth on several cases. I currently volunteer with the United Way on the Senior's Issues team for Orange County, the Orange County Community Care Cabinet, and the Triangle Community Care Cabinet.

Mary Schoenfeld

1. April 1986

2. Yes, Chapel of the Cross, 1993-96

3. Mary Harris Bible Class, Prayer Chain, Lay Reader, Greeter

4. Area Coordinator, Parishcare Coordinator, vestry, Stephen Ministry Leader, Mary Harris Bible Class, Prayer Chain, Greeter, Lay Reader

5. Pianist - teacher and performer, performances at area retirement and nursing homes, upcoming benefit piano recital for the Public School Foundation (March 2004), currently teaching advanced piano students also.

Michael Stafford

1. My wife, Margaret, and I joined the Chapel of the Cross during the fall of 2001, when we moved here from Massachusetts.

2. I have never served on a vestry, although I was on the Board of Governors and the Congregational Council of the Episcopal Church at Yale in 1999 and 2000.

3. I serve as treasurer of the University Ministry Committee and am an usher (9:00 a.m. service mainly). I also help lead/participate in CrossTies.

4. I started serving on the University Ministry Committee in February 2002 and have been there ever since. My wife and I have been CrossTies regulars since our arrival, and we sang with the Senior Choir for a year. I have been an usher for about six months.

5. I am a teacher at Culbreth Middle School here in Chapel Hill. At Culbreth I coordinate the Communities in Schools program, which provides academic and emotional support to at-risk students. I have participated in events like the CROP Walk, and I have been known to frequent Carrboro Park to play ultimate Frisbee. In addition to those, I am working toward my M.Ed. in Social Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Lynn Wilson

1. I've attended regularly since 1985. We had some difficulty getting my membership transferred from my former parish in Asheville. I cannot remember exactly when that happened - my guess is 1986 or 1987.

2. I have not.

3. Worshipping. I've just transitioned out of EYC Cook Team coordinator position. This past fall I was privileged to be asked to join the Duke Chapel Choir, but decided I would continue to worship on Sunday mornings in my church, with my children. I am enjoying Sunday worship with no other obligations, but seriously - and prayerfully - wondering where the Lord will lead me next.

4. I sang in the Senior Choir for approximately 15 years. (My daughters sang in the Junior Choir.) I was a founding member of the Loaves and Fishes Guild. I taught Sunday school. I served as the Parent Coordinator for the EYC cook teams. I have assisted with clothing drives for Thompson Children's Home and served on the Parish Education Committee.

5. I am a certified public accountant, and am manager of the Trust and Estate Division of William H. Bunch CPA, P.A. I concentrate in estate, trust, gift, and individual tax preparation and planning. I sing with the Choral Society of Durham and Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham, and serve as Treasurer for both groups. I am a member of AICPA and NCACPA, and the Durham Orange Estate Planning Council, and a former member of the Mebane City Council and the Orange County Economic Development Commission. I am the mother of two wonderful daughters, Kathryn and Rachel, and an occasional school volunteer.