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The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
Annual Parish Meeting
November 13, 2011
The Annual Parish Meeting will be held on Sunday, November 13. The meeting will be preceded by Choral Evensong at 5:00 p.m.. The Choirs are providing a meal in the Undercroft at a cost of $10 for adults, $5 for children 12 and younger (reservations requested), the proceeds benefiting next year's tour. The Annual Meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m..
Anyone is welcome to attend the meeting. Those who are eligible to vote are confirmed communicants in good standing who are at least sixteen years of age or baptized persons who have been worshiping and contributing regularly for at least six months.
Here are the Nominees for Diocesan Convention Deputy. We will elect a total of four Deputies, one of which must be a member of the Vestry. Those who are not elected as Deputies will serve as alternates.
Kenneth Miller 
As a lifelong Christian and 40 year member of Good Shepherd, I feel called to serve the church in a meaningful way. As a Convention deputy, I hope to serve the leadership of our diocese in the selection of a new Bishop. I am a former vestry member and currently serve on an usher team. As a professional architect, I have assisted with improvements for Good Shepherd and Cathedral Domain.
I hold a B.S. Degree in Civil Engineering/architectural option and practiced with CMW, Inc., a firm I started with my partner 40 years ago. I have been retired for 11 years.
Juanita Betz Peterson
Thirty years ago, I eagerly became a member of Good Shepherd. I wholeheartedly pledged myself to worship and to serve as an active, faithful member. I have earnestly endeavored, with God's help, to do my share, serving my church, my Diocese, and my community to the best of my ability.
My Good Shepherd ministries include Lector/Intercessor, Chalice Bearer, Wedding Guild, the Food Committee, Choir Guild and past Deputy to Diocesan Conventions. At the Diocesan level, I have served on Executive Council, the Budget and Finance Committee, Justice and Peace Commission, and as a Convention Workshop Facilitator. I formerly served as Lay Deputy and member of Education Committee to the 75th and 76th General Conventions of the Episcopal Church. If elected, I will humbly serve. I promise to make informed and just decisions among other members of the Good Shepherd deputation.
I retired as Director of Staff and Community Development, University of Kentucky, Chandler Medical Center, Chancellor's Office of Minority Affairs in 2000.
Bob R. Rogers
With great love for Good Shepherd and the Episcopal Church, I am called to serve as a Convention Deputy to help sustain our Anglican traditions through the important work we face in 2012 in the election of our next Bishop as well as the ongoing affairs of the Diocese.
I have been a Good Shepherd member for 28 years. I served as the Chair of the 1993 Rector Search Committee, am a former vestry member and senior warden, a member of the Planned Giving Committee, building project planning, deputy to past Diocesan Conventions, and help with Room in the Inn. At the diocesan level, I have served as Treasurer, Diocesan Administrator, Clergy Deployment Officer, Deputy to seven General Conventions, Commission on Ministry, Executive Council and Standing Committee.
Jim Willard
I am a cradle Episcopalian who transferred my membership to Good Shepherd shortly after marrying my wife, Marian, in 1982. We have two adult children-Katherine, who recently married Peter Hilligoss and lives in Cincinnati; and Nicholas, who lives in Lexington. I have taught Christian Formation for many of the past 29 years. I have served on the vestry and am an active member of the men's group. I have served as an Acolyte Master and Eucharistic minister since 1993 and am a verger at the 9:00 service.
I feel I can fairly represent the views of the people of Good Shepherd and uphold the customs and traditions of the Episcopal Church at the Diocesan Convention in February and during the election of the seventh Bishop of Lexington in August 2012.
Shirley McVay Wiseman
After many years in the pew, I feel God is calling me to be a deputy to Diocesan Convention where I can use the leadership and organizational gifts He has given me to serve the wider church. This is a new venture for me, but one where I feel I can put my gifts to God's purpose and represent a segment of the congregation that deserves a voice.
For many years I have been a homebuilder and realtor in Lexington, having the distinction of serving as the first woman President of the National Association of Homebuilders and also Assistant Secretary of Housing in the Reagan Administration. While in Washington, I attended St. Monica's of Capitol Hill where I served on the vestry as well as many committees.
Upon returning to Lexington in 2000, I became a member of Good Shepherd. Here I have been active in Supper Groups, Women's Bible Study, Wednesday night study groups, and helped organize the 50s group gatherings, many of which I hosted.
Nominees from the Vestry
Graeme Lang
I have attended Good Shepherd since about 1990 and have been a member since 2004. I currently serve as a vestry member, Good Shepherd Day School board member and teller.
I am employed as the Chief Fixed Wing pilot for the Kentucky Department of Aviation. I graduated from Transylvania University in 1992 with a BA in Finance. I left Lexington in 1993 to pursue professional studies, career-building employment and what I thought to be proper enrichment. However, it was not until I returned to Lexington and started attending Good Shepherd again on a regular basis that I learned I had accomplished nothing towards the knowledge and speaking of God's word. Good Shepherd welcomed me with open arms and hearts; it was then I knew I had found a long-term church home. The Day School is an amazing outreach ministry that brings folks into our church and shows them and their children what we are all about.
Sarah Charles Wright
I am a native of Lexington and practicing attorney. I was baptized at Good Shepherd and grew up at the Cathedral. As a teen, I participated in Diocesan youth activities and attended camp at the Cathedral Domain where I was blessed to form lifelong friendships throughout the Diocese. I joined Good Shepherd in 1996 and served on the Vestry from 2000 to 2003. I am finishing the first year of my second Vestry term. I am a member of the Parish Choir; have served on a clergy discernment committee, and participated in selecting our Rector Nominating Committee. I am familiar with the Diocesan/PECUSA Constitution and Canons. I truly appreciate the important role Good Shepherd has in Diocesan ministry and governance. I have received many gifts from Good Shepherd and the Diocese and would be honored to share my experience and love for both as a Convention deputy.
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