duties The vestry of any Episcopal parish has four (4) primary responsibilities.  It serves as the legislative authority for the parish and shall transact all of the temporal business of the parish.  The primary responsibilities are:

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• Parish finances

• Care and maintain parish facilities

• Choose parish leadership;

  • Interview and call a Rector

  • Elect delegates to the Annual Diocesan Convention

  • Establish parish committees/task forces

  • Appoint representatives to parish school board and/or community boards

  • Assist the Rector in the nurture and extension of Christ’s Church

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The legal standing of the Parish Vestry is drawn from three sources:

Constitution and Cannons of the Episcopal Church, Charter and Canons of the Diocese of Alabama, and Parish Customs & Publish Vestry Policies.​