My name is Jim Allen, and I am honored to be nominated to run for a Vestry position. My wife Kris and I joined SItL last year. We relocated to Richmond from Northern Virginia a few years ago, and after visiting several churches in the metro area we were happy to find SItL. We felt welcomed and were made comfortable, by both the congregation and the clergy, from our very first Sunday here. We look forward to meeting more of the family and becoming more involved at SJtL.

We were members of St. David's Episcopal Church in Ashburn, VA for over 20 years, and there I served on the Vestry (including terms as both Jr. and Sr. Warden), chaired a Rector Search Committee, served as a delegate to the Diocesan Convention, served as an usher captain, was a founding member of their chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, served on a lay committee for a summer Seminarian, served on a discernment committee for a Seminarian-to-be, and filled numerous other roles.

Kris and I currently live in Mechanicsville. I am an attorney for a crane rental company that is headquartered in Richmond. Our three grown children were raised in the Episcopal Church to which we belonged before moving to Richmond and are now spread out across Central Virginia. Kris is a middle school math teacher for HCPS and has volunteered to serve SJtL as an offering counter. I would say that we are enjoying being empty nesters, but my wife would point out that I forgot the dogs.