The Annual Parish Meeting and Vestry Elections will take place Sunday, January 26, 2025, at 9:15 a.m. in the sanctuary (and will be live-streamed on Facebook Live and YouTube*). (A nursery / childcare for children 5th grade and under will be available.) Reports from parish leaders will be offered, and the 2024 ministry funding budget will be presented. As vestry nominations are closed, we will vote by acclamation for our slate of three candidates: Lynn Adams, Fred Brown, and Mike Wallace. We will return to our usual Sunday morning schedule on Sunday, February 2, 2025.

*If you are attending the Annual Meeting on Facebook Live and YouTube, please make sure to comment telling us all who are watching (first and last names, please!) so that we can verify a quorum. 

Fred H. Brown, Jr.

I was born and raised in the Episcopal church: baptized in Salem, Massachusetts; confirmed at St. Anne’s in Lowell, Massachusetts and in the military, was a member of parishes in the US and Germany. My mom was the church secretary for many years and my dad served as treasurer and on the vestry during my childhood. My wife, Dolores, and I met in our youth group in the 1970s. Over the years I have been fortunate to serve on the vestry, diocesan committees, building committee, in the choir and as a lay reader, lay eucharistic minister and visitor, and adult formation facilitator. I even played Jesus in an amateur production of Godspell in the 1990s, which was quite a stretch for me. My Masters in Divinity (Duke, 2012) helped deepen my faith and understanding. Taking part in a pilgrimage to Turkey and Greece last year grounded my faith in ways I am still discovering but ultimately, my faith is rooted in worship and especially, the Eucharist. I pray that these experiences continue to equip me to serve this little part of the body of Christ we call St. Philip’s.

Michael Wallace

Michael Wallace is a retired certified golf course superintendent. He and his wife Josephine (Jo) purchased property in Brevard in 2016 and retired there in 2020. Mike has a degree in Turf Management from the University of Massachusetts and has maintained golf courses in Connecticut for 50 years. A golf superintendent wears many hats: managing and training staff; operating heavy equipment to remodel course features; obtaining permits and overseeing contractors; drainage installation; the preparation and implementation of million-dollar budgets. In retirement Mike enjoys volunteering for Habitat for Humanity and is now working his tenth home build. He supervised the building of ramps for the Towel Ministry, works with the Tuesday Morning Volunteer Group which completed the playground and installation of drainage. He served as your Junior Warden for 2024 and currently is upgrading the HVAC systems of St. Philip’s. He thanks all volunteers who’ve helped, and God for the talents he has been given—which he tries to use in service to others. Mike and Jo enjoy giving back and their philosophy is, “we intend to wear out, not rust out.” 

Lynn Adams

St. Philip’s has been a very important part of our family’s life sine 1990. We’ve celebrated baptisms, confirmations, weddings and said goodbye to loved ones with our church family. I have been involved in many ministries and committees over these thirty-four years and was a member of the vestry class of 2020. Professionally, I’ve been a social worker, managing programs for people with disabilities for twenty-five years and have owned and operated several businesses. I believe these experiences have created a firm background for contributing to the “business” of running our church while keeping the mission thriving.