Vestry
  Robert Cummings, Senior Warden

Robert Cummings is a college counselor with Dunbar Educational Consultants in New Canaan. Robert serves as an usher and is Co-Chair of the Stewardship commission with responsibility for the Every Member Canvass.

  Missy Renwick, Junior Warden

A member of the Vestry since 2001, Missy Renwick has been Junior Warden since 2003. She served on the Rector Search Committee eleven years ago, and on the Bedell Fund Committee, and the Christian Education Commission. In 2004 she was a delegate to the General Convention and in 2005 she attended the Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes.

Mike Chace

Mike Chace lives in Bedford and joined St. Matthew's as a parishioner in 1969 when he moved here. He and his wife, Helen Clay, have been married for 43 years and have two children and 4 young grand children who live regionally. Mike retired as a consultant to small businesses two years ago and has devoted much of his time to St. Matthew's since. He was elected to the Vestry in 2005. He is Co-Chair of the Music Committee which puts on seven chamber concerts annually, is a member of the Choir, and is a member and former Chair of the Woodlands Commission which oversees the 70 acres of woodlands owned by the church. Mike is a former delegate to the Diocesan Convention and is a licensed Lay Reader who made his Cursillo in May of 2007. Mike is  also President Emeritus of Westmoreland Sanctuary, a nature preserve in Bedford, and in addition to music, might be found with his family skiing, sailing or playing tennis in his spare time.

   
   Dan deMenocal

A member of Saint Matthew's since 1987, Dan de Menocal is an Usher, Chair of Project SMILE (St. Matthew's Involved to Lessen Expenses), and currently serves as a member of the Property Commission and the Bedell Committee. Dan is also a member and Treasurer of the Bedford Village Chowder and Marching Club. Dan and his wife Linda live in Bedford Village and have three children.

   Mary Farley

Mary Farley is Chief Financial Officer at Kunhardt Productions in Chappaqua. She has served on the board of the Women of St. Matthew's, the Christian Education Commission, Coffee hour, and is vestry treasurer.  St. Matthew's business manager for three years, she is on the board of Mount Kisco Day Care Center.

   Sally Farrell

A member of St Matthew's since 1995, Sally Farrell is a pre- kindergarten teacher at Bedford Village Nursery School. Sally and her husband Chris have three boys. She has been a church schoolteacher in the fourth grade and in kindergarten. Sally is one of the Youth Group leaders and also a lay reader. She and Chris are members of the Bedford Village Chowder and Marching Club. Sally also serves as a trustee on the Bedford Free Library board.

   Tina Foster

Christine Foster (Tina) is a real estate associate with Renwick & Winterling in Bedford Village. A church member since 1978, she is co-chairmen of Lay Readers and serves on the Worship Commis-sion. She is also a member of the Bedford Hills Fire Department and of the Katonah-Bedford Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps.

   Kurt Harrison

Kurt Harrison is a Managing Director in charge of Interest Rate Sales at Nomura Securities in NY. A member of St. Matthew's since 1994, he and his wife Linda have had all three of their children baptized at St. Matthew's by Terry Elsberry. Kurt was a member of the Property Commission for ten years, the last three of which he served as a co-head with Joe DiMicco. He is currently active as an usher and has been on the Vestry since 2003.

   AJ Heath

AJ Heath is a lawyer and a consultant on law and business in the republics of the former Soviet Union. He joined St. Matthew’s in 1997 and was elected to the Vestry in 2007. He has been a confirmation class instructor, an usher, a lector, and a member of the Saturday Men’s Fellowship. AJ was a delegate to the New York Diocesan Convention in 2006 and is Co-Chairman of the Every Member Canvass. AJ is also an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School and together with his wife Susan is Co-Chairman of the Parent Advisory Council of the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC.

   Kelley Johnston

Kelley Johnston became a member of St. Matthew's in 1998 and joined the Vestry in 2005. She is on the Christian Education commission and has served as President of the Women of St. Matthew's and Chairman of Art Show Bedford. She is a member of the Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering and the mother of three young children.

   Jack Lange

Jack Lange is Office Practice Leader for property tax services for Deloitte & Touche, in Stamford, Ct. Jack and his wife Kathleen have been members of St. Matthew's since 1983, and all six of their children have been baptized at St. Matthew's. Currently a Vestry representative on the Christian Education Committee, Jack has served as an usher for many years and also as a Sunday school teacher. Jack is also a Bedford Hills Fire District Commissioner and is Chairman of the Town of Bedford Board of Assessment Review.

Connie M. Lindsay-Stewart

Connie M. Lindsay-Stewart joined St. Matthew's in 1994 and was elected to the Vestry last year. She organizes volunteers for the Reception Desk in the Parish House, is head of the Flower Committee of the Altar Guild and a member of the Corps of Ushers. For the past five years, Connie and her husband, Michael, have been the Volunteer Coordinators.

Laurie Sturz

Laurie Sturz has been a member of St. Matthew's since 1975, and of the Vestry for six years. Very active in the Women of St. Matthew's, she has been on the Outreach Commission for four years, a Sunday School teacher for five years and was head of the Youth Group for two years.

SERVICES at ST. MATTHEW'S:

Sunday, 8 a.m.           Holy Eucharist

Sunday, 10 a.m.         Holy Eucharist or Morning Prayer

Wednesday, 10 a.m.  Holy Eucharist and Bible Study     


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