St Lukes Vestry

St. Luke's of the Mountains Vestry is comprised of 12 members who elected by the parish to work with the clergy in managing the temporal affairs of the church. Vestry members generally serve three-year terms, with four members rotating off each year. The 2009 Vestry include:


	Gail Abrahamson	Gail and her husband Eric have been attending St. Luke's since 1998, and became members shortly after. They have two children, Jocelyn and Cameron. Both Gail and Eric serve as Ushers, and Gail has been a reader for several years. Gail graduated from UCLA with an MA in Dance/Movement Therapy. In addition to running her dance program business at many schools, she is blessed to be able to act and sing with...
	Bob Berta	St. Luke's member since 1983, has seen three rectors at St Luke's and one interim (wonderful now-Bishop Frank Lyons). He is currently involved in a LifeShapes group, but previously has served two times on the Vestry of St. Luke’s, and happened to chair the Search Committee that called the former rector. Bob has also served in Sunday school, for the youth, was an Evangelism Explosion training...
	Kathy Cavander	Kathy is happy married to Steve. They began attending St. Luke’s in 1998 and became member soon after. Kathy works in Neurodiagnostics and Sleep at Glendale Adventist Medical Center. Kathy loves being a teacher of our pre-school/kindergarten children in Little Church. She is Clerk of the Vestry, on the Stewardship Committee, Co-Leader of the Prayer Partners and is active in various other...
	Don Duquette	Don Duquette and his wife, Sue, were both born and raised in La Crescenta, and in 1989 along with sons Marc and John (in-the-oven) began attending St. Luke’s. Don and Sue have been continually active in “small group” fellowship and bible study. He has personally benefited from intercessory prayer and miraculous healing through St. Luke’s and found the congregation to be a great...
	David Fernandez	David has been attending St. Luke's since Fall 2003. He is a native Californian and has graduated from Occidental College with an A.B. in Politics and earned a J.D. from Quinnipiac University School of Law. He currently is on the Rector Search Committee and has been involved in both teaching Jr. High Sunday School and volunteering with Slym(e)-the St. Luke's youth group. David has been a member of the...
	Dorothy Geronimi	Dorothy is a single parent blessed with two amazing children, Sean (18) and Erin (14). She’s worked in the insurance industry virtually all of her adult life and currently is a Long Term Care insurance underwriter. She has served on the Vestry on two other occasions in her almost 15 year membership at St. Luke’s. In the past, she has served on the Wedding Guild, in Children’s Ministry...
	David Grecu	David has been a part of the St. Luke’s congregation for almost six years. In that time he has served on the worship and media teams as well as the rector search committee. He has been an editor in film and television for over 15 years currently working on a show called Psych. David would be honored to serve St. Luke’s as a member of the Vestry. He resides in Pasadena with his wife Beth and...
	Donald Gunn	Don has been a member of St Luke’s for over seven years. He, along with his wife Stephanie, are the Directors of Alpha and have led various bible studies. He has previously served on the vestry as well as serving in the role of Junior Warden. Previously, he served as the Treasurer of the AAC-LA and currently represents St Luke’s as a lay delegate and the Treasurer for the Western Anglicans....
	Debbie Kollgaard Senior Warden	Debbie is currently St. Luke's Senior Warden. A member of St. Luke’s since 1997, Debbie has been an active participant in the life of the church, playing cello with the worship team, being on the Stewardship Committee, and having served on Vestry once before. Debbie has been active with the American Anglican Council and works hard to keep parishioners up-to-date on current developments in the worldwide Anglican Communion. Debbie is married to Chris and they have two...
	Kathy Putman	Kathy started attending St. Luke’s in Fall 2003 and is grateful she got to know her husband, Keith, as writer/director, through the parish; they were married in the church in June 2005. They enjoy being members of a Life Shapes group, and Kathy has served on the Altar Guild. Kathy received her doctorate in clinical psychology and Master’s in Theology in 2003 from Wheaton College, where she...
	John Richardson	John and his wife, Dianne, live in La Canada and have been members of St. Luke’s for two years. Their daughter and son-in-law, Sara and Jimmy Stueve, live in Simi Valley. John and Dianne regularly attend the 8:30 service, and John is active in the Wednesday morning men’s group at St. Luke’s. He is a graduate of USC and Fuller Seminary, and is a professor in the Graziadio School of...
	Fred Riddle	Fred Riddle and his wife Sammie have been a part of the St. Luke’s family since 1970. Since acknowledging Jesus as his savior in 1939 he got involved with Youth for Christ, Billy Graham Crusades and mostly Baptist churches. He has served St. Luke’s as an Usher, Vestry member, Junior Warden, Convention Delegate, Search Committee(s) member, Treasurer, Prayer Minister, Chimes fixer, etc. He is...