Vote During the Vestry Approval Meeting
If you are an adult who has been confirmed or received into membership at Resurrection, please vote to approve vestry candidates here. Your vote will be tallied in real-time during the meeting.
New Vestry Members
Our vestry is an elected leadership team of church members who provide direction and accountability for our resources. The vestry is comprised of three classes of two members each, who serve three-year terms.
At our annual business meeting on Wednesday, May 28, church members voted to approve a new class of vestry members to replace the two members who are completing their terms, Aaron Cox and Ashley Condra. We welcomed Julie Davis and Clare VanderWeele as new vestry members. Learn more about the vestry here.
Julie Davis
Julie has worked in Christian higher education at Wheaton College for over 20 years. Most of that time she served in athletics and spent over a decade as the athletics director. She now works in gift planning and helps people create a lasting legacy. She has attended Rez since 2006 and served most recently as a listening group leader for Transformation Intensive. In her free time, she and her husband Don love to camp in their travel trailer and play quaint public golf courses along the way.
Clare VanderWeele
Clare lives in Wheaton with her husband Mike and their three children, Nick, Isaac, and Maddie. She is currently the VP of Marketing Operations at a digital marketing agency, and she is also training to become a doula. Clare has been an active member of Rez for 11 years, where over the years she has served in Alpha, Comm Team, RezKids, Welcome Team, Healing Prayer Ministry, Transformation Intensive, and the Women's Retreat Team, while also writing articles for the Diocese. In her spare moments, she loves writing, reading, hiking, and being outside.
Junior and Senior Wardens
The Junior Warden serves in a leadership position for the Vestry under the Senior Warden. The wardens run monthly Vestry meetings. They, along with the Bishop and the Dean, comprise the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee sets agendas for the Vestry, and the wardens provide additional counsel and accountability for the Dean in Executive Committee meetings. The Senior Warden is selected by the Dean, and the Junior Warden is appointed by a majority vote of the Vestry. They both serve one-year terms that can be renewed. Andrew and Amy have generously agreed to a one year renewal of their terms through June 2026. Although the congregation does not vote on the warden positions, feedback is still a valued part of the process. No Vestry member can serve more than five consecutive years.
Junior Warden - Andrew Merrick
Andrew and his wife Rhonda live in Lombard where they raised their five kids who range in age from 26 to 15. This October, they will have the joy of meeting their first grandchild! They joined Church of the Resurrection in 2007. Andrew came to Christ in his last year of engineering school in 1986 and came to the Anglican church through marriage to Rhonda. Rez has been the most transformational experience in his life. He and Rhonda went through the second ever Transformational Intensive, and Andrew have served as a small group leader in each one offered since. They are part of a RezGroup that meets in Lombard. Last year, Andrew helped start a board game night at Rez to enjoy games and meet new people. He has served on Vestry before and looks forward to serving again in this next season as we search for a new Rector.
Senior Warden - Amy Patton
We have been blessed by Amy Patton's many leadership gifts on staff at Resurrection over the years. Amy laid the foundations for RezKids as our former Children's Pastor more than a decade ago. She has also served as former Executive Pastor of Staff and as Executive Director of Gregory House, the diocesan training school for future leaders. Amy and Ryan have been at Rez for over 15 years. They have four young boys, and they love raising them in the beautiful, loving community of Rez. Amy is now at home with her boys. She loves reading, coffee, and going on adventures.
