February 12, 2026
Happy Valentine’s Week!
We’ve been quite busy at All Saints and want to provide you with follow-up to the elections of our new parish leaders and other new people in various capacities and duties. You can also find our members and their contact information listed on our All-Saints website at https://allsaintsfl.org/leadership/
I also wanted to provide answers to the questions asked at our recent Annual meeting, and a reminder to enroll in our new parish software Realm. Additional Realm updates will be coming out as we add additional functionality.
- List of 2026 leaders
ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH NEW VESTRY 2026
Rich Markiewicz (2 years) Senior Warden
Heather Glenn, (2 years) Junior Warden
Rich Clarke (2 years)
Paddy Drives (2 years)
Jon Floria (1 year)
Gerry Iacullo (3 years)
Maggie Kepler (3 years)
Sarah Stack (3 years)
Skip Schlafer (1 year)
Jacki Smith (3 years)
AJ Van Etten (1 year)
Marge McClain (1 year)
Finance Team
Bruce Rector, Finance Director
Cathy Lucas, Assistant Finance
Diocesan Convention Delegates
Joseph Staiano
Cookie Proveaux
Michael Lee, Alternate
Endowment Committee
Frank Helsom, Chair
Thys DeYoung
Dave Ehret
Ex Officio Members:
Richard Markiewicz, Sr. Warden
Bruce Rector, Treasurer
Michael Lee, Administrator
Building & Grounds Team
We have changed the structure of the Building & Grounds team so that it will allow additional overall expertise to us in this very important area. The Building & Grounds team, along with the wardens, anticipate working closely with the diocese in the coming year at it conducts its parish property assessment process.
Ginny Foerster, Team Lead
Mark Sommerfield
AJ Van Etten
New Advisory Council to the Wardens
This year begins with the creation of a new Advisory Council to the Wardens. After consultation with Bishop Greg Rickel, Rich Markiewicz decided that having a group of people who truly loved All Saints, with a multitude of talents and various interests in the success of the parish, might be willing to serve as advisors to the Wardens. This council will enable us to have new eyes and ears at what is going on in the parish, and suggestions that we might not hear otherwise. For our first group, Rich engaged members who had reached out to him after he came on board in July offering help. While not interested in serving on the vestry this year, they did want to serve in some capacity to help the parish. Going forward, all interested parishioners are invited and encouraged to discuss their interest in serving on the team with either of the wardens.
Requirements for advisory council members:
- Willing to meet via 90-minute Zoom meeting with the Wardens on a quarterly basis.
- Following vestry meetings, the council will be provided with an agenda of items we are working on so that they might then provide advice and counsel on those, or other areas.
- Advisors will be asked to serve for a 1-year period and may choose to reapply in the new year.
- There are no further requirements unless a member chooses to get more involved in a project or other ministries.
The Advisory Council members for 2026 are:
Frank Asterita
Kathy Friend
Gregg Geenty-Prudhomme
Larry Jackson
Mukudzei Murenga
Paul Odom
Mark Olson
Julie Price
Janet Wincko
- Organ question
A question was raised at annual meeting about what was done with contributions to the organ fund. I reviewed past documents and found that there were quite a few discussions in vestry and the parish about renovating or purchasing a new organ. Over the past 10 years, there were also several fund raisers to explore those possibilities. In the 2016 capital campaign, there was an assessment proposed which included exploring options for 1) upgrading our current organ console, 2) replacing the console,) replacing the entire organ. A music worship committee was formed to evaluate our music needs and obtain proposals. Ultimately, some repairs were made, and the decision was made to not pursue a new organ. Again in 2019, an organ committee formed and there was a proposal made by the Ruffatti organ company which did not materialize and ultimately ended in 2020 following the onset of Covid and the subsequent Arson and Vandalism event. At that time, the vestry voted to hold all donated funds in a separate account until such time further conversations could be held. In addition, in 2020, the parish received insurance funds from the Arson and Vandalism event. The organ committee continued discussions which evaluated what needed to be done with all our instruments due to the smoke damage from fires. Ultimately, the committee recommended extensive cleaning and minor repairs made to the organs various components. The vestry voted to accept those recommendations and that information was shared with parishioners at various zoom meetings that were held to update everyone during the time we were closed. Several repairs and major cleaning were done to all components.
Rich Clarke has provided me with an update of the actual number in the Organ accounts as of 12/31/25. They currently total $305,609 and include more than $5,000 of accumulated interest. The fund is separated into two accounts. The first, for $71,909, is restricted by donors to be used specifically for repairs or replacement of the Organ. The second, which amounts to $233,700, represents the remaining money from insurance claims that we received for the arson and vandalism. Those funds were designated by the vestry to be used for the organ but could be used for another purpose if the Vestry deems that is necessary. Rich is happy to provide more details if needed.
Currently, the music team is bringing in an organ consultant to review our current organ(s) and make recommendations. Once that is completed, the finance and vestry teams will review the options and make recommendations to the parish.
- Finance question
There was another question re: details of the Profit & Loss Statements. The finance team is working on a final package of all financial details for year end. They and the vestry are also working on finalizing the budget for this year. We will include the details online and in an upcoming bulletin once finalized. We will also set up a Zoom meeting next month to review the documents and allow time for questions.
- Realm
On Sunday, February 8th, Paul Odom and I introduced the upgrades to the Realm software package that is used by the church for membership and contribution tracking. As explained in that meeting, we are using only a small portion of the capabilities of that software package. We introduced our plans to implement several new features that will greatly improve our ability to keep you better informed and make participation in the church activities more readily accessible to you. To find out more about this, please see the information sheet posted on the website at: https://allsaintsfl.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/FINAL-Realm-flyer-Sunday-2-8.pdf
Please reach out to me anytime if you have any questions at 772-239-1668 or srwarden@allsaintsfl.org.
Yours together in our faith,
Rich
Richard J. Markiewicz
Senior Warden
All Saints Episcopal Church