2007 VESTRY NOMINATIONS
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
Jane Kathryn Albertson
Occupation: Student
Current and Previous Church Committees and Related
Activities: Sunday School,
Senior High EYC.
Community Patricipation: Captain of South County Secondary School’s varsity
dance team.
Teacher assistant at Buffa’s dance studio.
Personal Ministry: Representing the needs, ideas and opinions of the youth of
our church.
Richard L. Heintze, Sr.
Occupation: Retired.
Current and Previous Church Committees and Related Activities: Current
member and past Director
of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. Chair for the annual Pohick Crab Feast. Co-chair
for the Brotherhood food operation at the annual Pohick Country Fair. Have
been a Lay Reader for two terms, presently on a two year sabbatical. Graduate
of the Education for Ministry program.
Community Participation: Past President of the Southgate Woods Home Owners
Association. Currently the
Chairman of the Architecture committee for the Southgate Woods Home Owners
Association. A past
member of the VFW and the American Legion.
Personal Ministry: I see my personal ministry to be an active member of the
Pohick Vestry to serve God
and Pohick Church in any way possible and to provide assistance and support
to the outreach programs of Pohick Church.
Dana Phillips Hutson
Occupation: Genentech, Inc./BioOncology sales
Current and Previous Church Committees and Related Activities: Kindergarten
Sunday School, Pohick,
Fair Garden Tent, Christmas Mart/Luncheon server, Women’s bible study.
Community Participation: Hallowing Point Citizen’s Association President,
Hallowing Point Citizen’s
Association board member, Gunston Elementary School PTA board member, Leukemia
and Lymphoma,
Society Man/Woman of the Year participant.
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society/Patient Services Committee.
Personal Ministry: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived
what God has prepared for
those who love him.” I will faithfully serve from a biblical perspective
with a special interest in the
children’s ministry.
Cynthia Lewis Jacobus
Occupation: Retired Fairfax Co. Public School Librarian.
Current and Previous Church Committees and Related Activities: Bible
Study, game table operator at
Pohick Country Fair, Anglican history studies group, Foyers.
Community Participation: Mainly involved in Fairfax County Public School activities
until retiring.
Secretary of Riverside Estates, President of Associated School Librarians of
Fairfax County, current
member of Retired School Librarians of FCPS, Water Aerobics classes at George
Washington Rec Center
and Fort Beloir.
Personal Ministry: I am working to direct my life by the line from the prayer
book .... that we may delight in thy will.
David Jon Lehner
Occupation: Deputy Business Exec, Analysis & Production/National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency.
Current and Previous Church Committees and Related Activities: Former 3-year
Vestry member at Pohick,
served as Worship Commission Co-Chair for 3 years, member of the Finance and
Policy Committees, Lay
Eucharist Minister, Usher, Pohick Fair Games Chair.
Community Participation: Coach and Board member for Virginia Boomerangs select
travel baseball team,
former Coach and Board member for the South County Hawks select travel baseball
team, Woodlawn Little League Coach, fund raiser for Children’s Hospital/Children’s
National Medical Center, Mount Vernon High School Crew Booster, Purdue University
Alumni Association, Our Lady of the Lake University Alumni Association, Mount
Vernon Civic Association, Neighborhood Friends of Mount Vernon member, retired
Air Force Officer.
Personal Ministry: To do God’s will and to help Pohick Church in its
mission to spread the Gospel and the
message of salvation offered by our Lord. Ensure that the quality of worship
and the historical aspects of
Pohick Church are respected. Ensure that the Church has a sound strategic vision
that supports the Gospel
and our mission, cares for our staff and infrastructure, and to be accountable
for prudent resource decisions.
Susanne Jones Leon
Occupation: Busy
Current and Previous Church Committees and Related Activities: Adult advisor
for the Senior youth group,
Visitation Committee, Sunday School teacher, Ann Mason Guild, previous coordinator
for Jackson-Feild
girls, Guild of the Christ Child, Vacation Church School.
Community Participation: Volunteer for 3 ½ years for the National Cathedral’s
School programs, past
President and Treasurer historical organization, member/volunteer for health
support group.
Personal Ministry: To continue to be a participant in my church and community,
to encourage the closeness that we all share through our belief in God, and
our commonality with our fellow man.
Thomas Sidwell Mayberry, Jr.
Occupation: Federal government employee, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
(NGA)
Current and Previous Church Committees and Related Activities: Brotherhood
of St. Andrew member/
Director, Vestry/Senior Warden, Pohick Fair Food Concession, Fair Chair, Rector’s
Support Group, Shrine Mont Parish Retreat Coordinator, Vestry Planning and
Policy Commission, Apple Butter, Operation Friends and Community Lodgings food
runs, usher, teller, lay reader (Memorial Chapel/Ft. Leavenworth KS, St. Boniface/Church
of England, JHQ Rheindahlen/Germany).
Community Participation: Vice President for Logistics, Woodbridge
Senior High School Crew Assn.
Personal Ministry: To assist in maintaining our Pohick Church community during
these turbulent times for
the Episcopal Church. Am not at all pleased with the present azimuth The Episcopal
Church (TEC) is taking. I feel strongly that Pohick should remain a member
of the greater Anglican Communion. I think we
must maintain our full engagement with the Diocese of Virginia and also establish/sustain
a dialogue with
other parishes in northern Virginia. Any actions we take should not put at
risk our church property or the
future role of our rector and staff at Pohick. As a member of the vestry, I
would also like to focus my
energy on bringing in new members and more importantly, keeping existing members
so that all can share
in our vibrant, rich, spiritual life at Pohick Church.
John Alan Pasour
Occupation: Physicist, Naval Research Lab
Current and Previous Church Committees and Related Activities: Historic Church
Foundation - Treasurer; member-Finance, Property, and Stewardship Committees;
Pohick Church Trustee; teller; Brotherhood of
St. Andrew - regional president; delegate to Diocesan Council; usher; Gunston
tutor. Previous Vestry, Sr. Warden, Treasurer, LEM, EFM, Personnel Committee,
Strategic Planning, seminarian lay committees.
Community Participation: Operation
Friends -- food delivery to needy, various support activities for the
homeless. Previously served on Homeowners’ Assoc. Board of Directors
7 yrs, assis’t coach SYC soccer.
Personal Ministry: As a member of Pohick Church for 25 years,
I am very sensitive to the unique, historic treasure that we as current members
are charged to preserve and maintain. But more importantly, I see Pohick
as a family of believers, whose strength is in the mutual support, love,
caring, and respect that we each provide as we strive to strengthen our individual
spiritual lives and minister to those around us. I see
my role as working to foster this feeling of family within the parish, helping
us to focus on positive goals
and accomplishments that can make a lasting impact on the rich history of
this church and on the community around us. That includes making the most
efficient use of resources available to us, welcoming
newcomers, and encouraging a spirit of volunteerism and active involvement
by all in the life of the parish.
Kelley Elizabeth Perconti
Occupation: Homemaker.
Current and Previous Church Committees and Related Activities: Sunday School
Superintendent, Nursery
Coordinator, Flower Guild, Coffee Hour Hostess, Christmas Mart, Fair Worker,
Search Committee, Guild of the Christ Child, EYC Dinner Co-coordinator, Vacation
Bible School.
Community Participation: Cub Scout Den Leader, Boy Scout Committee Member & Merit
Badge
Counselor, Waynewood Elementary Halloween Fun Night Coordinator, Scholastic
Book Club Room Mom,
Homeowners Association President, Cub Scout Day Camp Director and Staff, Cub
Scout Advancement
Chair, Room Mother, Mexican Fiesta Coordinator.
Personal Ministry: I feel that my personal ministry would be to make sure that
the children’s programs
that first drew us here continue to serve our youth. I’d also like to
help other families searching for a church home feel as welcomed as we did
ten years ago when we came to Pohick. When we were searching
for a church, we were impressed by all the programs Pohick had to offer. As
a family with young children,
a strong children’s program was our first concern. We were pleasantly
surprised to find that Pohick had
programs for the whole family and we were able to easily become involved in
the life of the church. This
was not the case at some of the other churches we visited. I want to make sure
that Pohick continues to be
a welcoming church and that others have the opportunity to grow here as we
have.
John C. Springer
Occupation: Legal Administrator, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP.
Current and Previous Church Committees and Related Activities: Past Vestry
Member, Stewardship Commissioner, Stewardship Committee Chair and member of
committee, Director of the Brotherhood of
St. Andrew Pohick Chapter, Treasurer of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew Pohick
Chapter, Brotherhood
Legion Award, Cursillo, Pohick Neighborhood Lay Minister, Usher, New Rector
Search Committee,
Homeless Picnic Lead, Annual Country Fair Food Concession Lead, Annual country
Fair Pig Roast Boss.
Community Participation: Association Retarded Citizens and Association of Legal
Administrators.
Personal Ministry: I want to do as much as I can to foster the traditions of
the Pohick Church Community
of love, fellowship and spiritual growth. I also want to continue to learn
about the Bible in hope that I may
bring others to Christ through His Word.
Neil Charles Sunderland
Occupation: Professional Cartographer and Geodesist.
Current and Previous Church Committees and Related Activities: Founder Member
All Saints’/Dale City,
Vestry Member All Saints’/Dale City and Pohick, served on 8 Seminarian
Lay Committees, appointed the
the Convener for 3, Building and Grounds Committee, Life Member Brotherhood
of St. Andrew and 16
year participant in its activities at Pohick, Pohick Capital Campaign Committee,
Interim Rector Search
Committee, Bishop’s Commission on Lay Ministry, Graduate Education for
Ministry (EFM), Conducted
and wrote the Pohick facility use assessment study currently being used by
the building committee in the
design of the new addition, Shrine Mont Maintenance Volunteer, Lay Eucharist
Minister (LEM)/Lay
Reader, Civil War living history and encampment organizer for Church Fair.
Community Participation: Served on Prince William County commissions as a Girl
Scout Leader, held all elected positions in the Dale City Lions Club, been
a girls soccer coach, organized Boy Scout troop at All
Saints’. Currently I am concentrating my time and talents helping to
raise a granddaughter, be an active
member of our church congregation, engage in the hobby of Civil War Reenacting.
As a reenactor I
actively engage in and support the reservation of civil war battlefields and
structures.
Personal Ministry: Would like to work with the Clergy and
vestry commissions on a ministry to enhance
the vitality in our congregation through commitment to the belief that the
ministry of the church is a
shared ministry and a responsibility we must all recognize, accept and take
part in. By emphasizing and
empowering the ministry of all baptized members we have the opportunity at
Pohick for an elevated sense
of ownership of our mission and promote the renewal and revitalization of our
congregational life. I
believe all of us are called to serve God and God’s people; all are called
to be ministers working to achieve
the purposes of God. I feel called to assist in discovering God given unique
gifts and talents that will allow
us to develop our own ministries.
Robin Kay Teale
Occupation: Senior Business Analyst.
Current and Previous Church Committees and Related Activities: Member of Vestry
and Registrar - 1 year; Children’s Chapel - 3 years; Sunday School -
7 years; Altar Guild - 1 ½ years;.
Community Participation: Alexandria Knolls West Condominium Associated Handbook
Committee; Habitat for Humanity; Christmas/Holiday Adopt-a-Family program (Fannie
Mae Foundation).
Personal Ministry: I believe that my personal ministry is to participate in
the life of our parish and
assist in the management of our resources. In addition, I receive so much from
my involvement with the
Education Ministry and the preschool class and would like to give back a small
part of what I receive.