Trinitarians elected to the Vestry Class of 2014
at the November 20^st Annual Meeting

Bob Carr

Bob is “almost” an Asheville native, having moved here when he was 6 or 7 months old. He is a cradle Episcopalian, having been brought up at All Souls, but coming to Trinity to attend Boy Scout meetings as a member of Troop 11.

He married life-long Trinitarian and third-generation native, Emily Schuber, at Trinity in 1952. Their son and daughter were raised at Trinity.

“Trinity is just the place to be to try to have a small hand in God’s work.”
 

Chris Dismukes

Chris has been a member of Trinity since she moved to Asheville in 2000 with her husband, Paul, and their two children. Her connection to Trinity goes back much further than this, however, due to her family’s longstanding ties to Western North Carolina. She and Paul were married in Trinity in 1987 and their first child, Blair, was baptized here. Their second child, Elizabeth, was baptized in Paul’s family parish, Christ Church, on St. Simon’s Island Georgia.

Because she missed her Women’s Bible study at Holy Innocents, Christ asked our then– rector, Bill Whisenhunt, to initiate one here. Their first meeting was September 11, 2001. The group has met every Tuesday morning since then. Chris has also been a delegate to Convention twice, served on the Diocesan Executive Committee for three years and worked on the Committee for Treasures for a Treasure and the Retreats for a Retreat for the past three years. (Lake Logan Episcopal Center fundraising efforts). Currently, Chris is the vice-chair for the board of Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community, a member of the Advisory Board for Lake Logan Episcopal Center and a member of Trinity’s Flower Guild. She is a past member of the Advisory Board.
 

Carole Hilderbran

When asked to consider her favorite things that she’s done at Trinity, the top of Carole Hilderbran’s list was organizing the Parish Overnights at Lake Logan. In addition, Carole has served on the Altar Guild, participated in the Tuesday morning Women’s Bible Study, led a Wine & Dine group as captain, and spent many a Sunday morning with the babies and toddlers in the church nursery.

When asked to recount important memories of Trinity, she listed the following: (1) Ernestine Tuton sending Ed Bleynat to her doorstep in 2001 to invite Carole and Greg to the first ever Young & Restless gathering. After Greg opened the door, Ed introduced himself by saying, “I’m not a Mormon, but I have come to invite you to church.” (2) Watching Augusta Anderson, with Lake Logan as the backdrop, explain to Emily Imes and Maggie Hilderbran the meaning of “sordidness” before they read James 1:21 at the Parish Overnight Worship Service.

Carole’s background is in finance and human resources. She has an MBA from Wake Forest University, and she worked as a Relationship Manager in the Private Bank at NCNB/NationsBank, then as fee-only financial planner in Charlotte. Since moving to Asheville, Carole has worked part-time at Carolina Day School as the Payroll and Benefits Manager.

She has been a parishioner at Trinity for about 10 years. She moved to Asheville in 2001 with her husband, Greg, daughter, Maggie, and son, Scott. “I am honored to be asked to be a vestry candidate and, this year, the timing felt right to say yes. I find the election process is very comforting: if God intends for me to serve in this capacity, then the election will reflect that will; if God intends for me to serve in another way, then the election will reflect that as well.”
 

Chris Kamm

Chris was raised in the Episcopal Church, beginning with St. Bartholomew’s Parish in White Plains,NY. He has lived more places than can be listed here, but it is noteworthy to observe that he has lived in Asheville longer than anywhere else. Most recently, he and his wife, Annette, relocated from San Francisco to this region in 1997. On arrival they attended services at St. James Parish, Hendersonville. When they bought their house in central Asheville in 2000, they soon looked for a church to which they could walk or ride bikes. At Chris’s first visit to the 8:00 AM service at Trinity, Mr. James Lee welcomed him. That took care of that decision.

Since 2003, Chris has involved himself as Lector and Intercessor at the early service. Additionally, he has found his own private ministry as the silent director of pew-kneeler repair and restoration, a service he has enjoyed providing to the church for eight years.

Chris owns his own business, Glarner Design, and is a member of the Southern Highlands Craft Guild. His medium is woodcraft, and he has several lines of boxes and small casework. In this capacity he maintains a wholesale studio business in Arden. (In an earlier time, he was educated as an economist, and worked in New York as such prior to a big career change in 1982.) Those that know him will now guess that all remaining time is spent riding bikes, road and track.
 

Tina McGuire

Tina is a “cradle” Episcopalian having been raised at St. Michael’s in the Hills in Toledo, Ohio. She attended an Episcopal boarding school and an Episcopal college both in New England and then married John, a Presbyterian (!), who later was confirmed at Trinity Church in Myrtle Beach. They moved to Asheville with their three sons in July 1978 where on the third day in their new house they were invited by Bob and Suzie Byron to a neighborhood gathering to meet the new rector of Trinity Church. That next Sunday they attended Trinity, sat in the first pew – always in the front pew so John, Jr. could continue to look for the Holy Ghost – and have never left!

During the past 33 years, Tina has been involved with Church activities on many levels. She served for several years as chairman of The Christian Education Committee and was extremely involved in teaching Sunday School, running Vacation Bible School and creating new curricula. She has also been a Lector for many, many years, served on the Vestry in the early 1990’s, served on many Every Member Canvas’, and was on the Capital Campaign Steering Committee back in the '90's. She has also been a long-time Altar Guild member of which she has been chairman two times. She is on the Trinity Art Guild and her most recent big accomplishment has been the genesis of the Trinity Flower Guild, of which she has been its leader for the past four years.

Tina is very active in the community. She serves on “several” boards and committees that involve the nonprofits, a state university board of trustees, a foundation and, formerly, a city council board. Many these endeavors involve the advocacy of the arts for all ages and facets of our lives both here in Asheville and across the state and a several have involved working with our community's fine organizations that serve those who are at risk. “I am humbled and flattered by the nomination to serve on the Vestry. Throughout these past 33 years in Asheville, my life has been filled with the typical busy-ness we all have and I have been thankful for all those growing experiences. But the most treasured of all is my connection with Trinity. No matter what, Trinity has always been a solid foundation for love, faith and support. I would hope that by being a member of the Vestry, I could continue to build on that foundation and preserve that faithful tradition as we go forward with these very exciting times ahead!”