2025 Vestry

The Vestry is the lay leadership body of the church. There are nine members, each serving three-year terms. Each January, three members roll off, and three members are elected for a new three-year term.

Under the photos below, each Vestry member is identified as Year 1, Year 2, or Year 3 of his or her term.

Senior Warden (Year 3)

After attending for some time, Melinda Mahoney and her husband Ryan joined All Souls in 2014. Since then, you may have noticed Melinda in children’s ministry, as a reader, crucifer, or in some other service opportunity. She is grateful for the All Souls community where their son, Ian, was baptized and continues to grow and connect on his journey towards adulthood. Melinda has worked in the insurance industry for around 20 years, but outside of work, can be found experimenting with new recipes, growing fruits and vegetables, and dreaming about the next travel adventure.

Junior Warden (Year 2)

Henny Leonard first attended All Souls in 2011 with her husband Jim.  Soon after, they were confirmed in the Anglican faith. They are house group leaders and have served in Children’s Worship. Henny has also served as a mentor, taken meals to people in need, and she volunteers in the nursery. Henny is a trained and certified spiritual director.  A former special education teacher with a grad degree in counseling, she has a special interest in those areas, and a love for connecting with and encouraging people. She loves daily walks and bike rides on the prairie paths and is always up for taking a walk with a friend. She also enjoys sewing, reading, and time with her 4 children and 15 grandchildren.

Treasurer (Year 2)

Jim Bolton has attended All Souls from the beginning of the church in 2004. All Souls has been an important community for Jim and his family, a source of fellowship and support. Recently retired from a career in publishing, Jim now has time to pursue other interests including serving at All Souls as a way of giving back to this community.

(Year 1)

Brita Beitler has been a member of All Souls church since 2013, when she and her husband, Jim, moved back to Wheaton after meeting at Wheaton College as undergrads in 2001. Brita grew up in a variety of churches and is grateful to grow in an Anglican church, learning more about the liturgy, church calendar, and collects, which have helped provide her with a rich and centering rhythm to worship. In the past twelve years, she has served as a House Group leader, on Seasons for Souls, in the Nursery and Sprouts, as a Safe Families host family, and currently as a Catechist for Children’s Worship. She is an Assistant Professor of Education at Wheaton College, where she has the privilege of teaching future teachers. Brita spends her free time reading, traveling, cooking, and spending time with her two boys, James and Arne.

(Year 1)

Adam Marshall and his wife, Heather, have been a part of the Anglican Communion spanning 3 continents over their entire married life. Adam is an anthropologist and civil engineer who happens to also have a seminary degree. He grew up in the Appalachian Mountains of north Georgia and somehow became intrigued by urban life — though, his heart remains in them thar hills. He is interested in culture, infrastructure, and the everyday (quotidian) aspects of Christian life. He, along with Heather and their 2 children, Violet and Elliott, are grateful to call All Souls home.

(Year 3)

Matthew J. Milliner visited All Souls with his wife Denise in 2011 when they moved to Wheaton and they both knew it was home. He and Denise saw both of their children, Peter and Polly, baptized under the beautiful mural of the Middle Eastern Christ under a Midwestern Tree of Life. Matt has a Seminary degree and, following Alan Jacobs, he served as Catechist at All Souls from 2013-2020. He teaches art history at Wheaton College, where, among other responsibilities, he leads morning and evening prayer services from the new ACNA prayer book in Advent and Lent. 

(Year 3)

Melody Schwarting and her husband Marcus have attended All Souls since August 2020. They co-lead a house group, and Melody serves in children’s Sunday school and Hands for Souls. A church historian by training, Melody loves learning about women writers in the Christian tradition, observing saints’ days, and translating liturgy to lifestyle. She and Marcus were confirmed together into the Anglican Communion on the feast day of Julian of Norwich in 2022. Spiritual direction and contemplative practices draw her into a deeper life of prayer. She enjoys all kinds of handicrafts, especially anything with wool, and reading avidly. 

(Year 1)

David Tollefsen landed at All Souls in 2017 after moving back to his hometown of Wheaton from Flagstaff, Arizona where he attended college and started his teaching career. He has been seen around All Souls helping in services as a crucifer, morning prayer reader, participating in choir and most recently as a Verger. He is grateful for the community for being warm, welcoming, faithful and traditional. During the week, David teaches Physics and Environmental Science at Wheaton Academy, where he graduated high school. Outside of academia, he enjoys cooking, biking, reading, the outdoors, hiking and exploring, as well as adventures downtown to the city.

(Year 2)

Adam Wood is a life-long Anglican, and has attended All Souls since 2012, when he took a job teaching philosophy at Wheaton College. Sometimes he preaches, but more often holds babies in the Nursery. He’s married to Caris, and their children are Gus, Cate, Abe and Sophie. He likes cultivating vegetables and native plants, wandering in wildernesses, flyfishing and triathlons.