Meet our Vestry
The Vestry
O Eternal God, the foundation of all wisdom and the source of all courage, enlighten with your grace the Wardens and Vestry of this congregation, and so rule their minds, and guide their counsels, that in all things they may seek your glory and promote the mission of your Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rebecca O’Bryan
I am a lifelong resident of Owensboro, Kentucky. I am an alumnus of Western Kentucky University and the University of Louisville, where I completed my graduate coursework in vocational counseling. I worked for the Commonwealth of Kentucky for 33 years, retiring as a Workforce Development Manager.
Throughout the years, my late husband Bill and I were blessed with opportunities to give back to our community through volunteer service. Some of my past involvement includes serving on the Board of the American Red Cross, the Board of the Owensboro Museum of Science and History, membership of the Rotary Club, graduating from Leadership Owensboro, and serving as President of the Owensboro Chapter of SHRM.
The greatest joy in my life is my family, especially my two adult children, Katie and John. With gratitutde and excitement, I look forward to serving on the Vestry for Trinity Episcopal Church and contributing to the life and ministry of our parish.
For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life. - Ephesians 2:10
Luke Skeens
I am a lifelong member of Trinity Episcopal Church and I welcome the opportunity to become more involved in the life of the parish. I served four years in the United States Marine Corps as a Military Policeman. I am a certified Harley Davidson technician and I am currently working on an Industrial Maintenance degree from Owensboro Community & Technical College.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. - Galatians 5:22-23
Beth Whitmer
Fellowship
I am the daughter of Barbara Hanselman. I have lived almost all my life in Owensboro and I grew up as a Lutheran. My late husband and I started attending Trinity Church in 2010. We felt the warmth and welcoming of Trinity Church and continued attending. The church helped us so much as my husband went through his journey to the end. I have been a member since 2013. I have three grown sons and ten grandkids with two great grandkids. I had been involved when my mother needed help with coffee hour fellowship. In the last few years, I have not been involved and now I feel it is time to get involved. I am a quiet person, but I will warm up once I get to know you. I am honored that you asked me to be on the vestry.
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Hallelujah! - Psalm 150:6
Laurie Monarch
Secretary
My husband Bob and I have been members of Trinity Church since 2016, a couple of years after we moved to Hardinsburg, Kentucky following Bob’s retirement from the U.S. Air Force. I was raised in the Episcopal Church until my family moved from New York to Maine, where we were unable to find a local parish. Many years later, I found my way back to the church in my late 20s. Bob and I were so happy to be confirmed by the Rt. Rev. Terry Allen White, the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky’s eighth bishop. I welcome the opportunity to serve on the vestry and become more involved in the life and work of parish, where we have felt a wonderful sense of welcome and belonging from the very first day we walked through the doors of Trinity Church.
Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing. - 1 Thessalonians 5:11
Bob Meacham
Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing. - 1 Thessalonians 5:11
Wah Moo
I am a Karen by birth and an American by choice. I was living in Thailand in a refugee camp in 2007 when a notice came from the UN that I could come to the USA. I arrived on September 6, 2007. I live in a lovely house with my husband, Maung Nya. I have three children, Aimee and Jaden who live at home with us, and a daughter who lives out-of-state. We have three grandchildren. My husband and I are caretakers for Leeke, Mar, and Hser, our nephews and niece. All the children that live with us are acolytes at Trinity Church. We found Trinity Church and love the parish. I am very happy to serve on the vestry.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction. - Proverbs 1:7
Sheila Webster
Senior Warden
On a warm August morning in 1950, far up in the Appalachian Mountains, I was born in our small house at 5:02 AM. At 5:03 AM, my Daddy gave me my first bath in the kitchen sink. I lived up a holler where my father worked as an underground coal miner. During my early years, my brothers and sisters and I were sent to a Baptist church. My mother and father did not agree on religion. My mother grew up Baptist and my father’s only experience with church was going to the tent meetings which were common in Eastern Kentucky.
We lived in the mountains until I was 15, then we moved to Madisonville, Kentucky. After moving, I started looking for a church to attend. Dragging my younger sister along, I visited several churches but did not settle on one in particular.
Many years later, while working at Texas Gas, I was transferred to Owensboro and found Trinity Episcopal Church. I felt welcomed and accepted as I was. I left church each week feeling happy and filled with the Holy Spirit. Contrast that with the Baptist church, where I would leave feeling guilty, sinful, and unworthy. The difference was significant. I was confirmed in 1996 and knew I had found my church home.
At Trinity Church, I taught Sunday School for several years, helped my husband Doug with the acolytes, and worked with Doug on remodeling the chapel. Here I have found a place that soothes my soul, made me understand the meaning of love and compassion, and makes me want to strive to become a better follower of Jesus.
Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it. - Proverbs 22:6