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Allie AllemandBishop's Warden | warden@isidores.orgAllie has been a member of St. Isidore Episcopal Church since November 2019. She and her husband moved to Spring from Corpus Christi, where she spent five years serving on staff as the Youth and Young Adult Minister at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. Currently working as a Licensed Specialist in School Psychology for Humble ISD, she holds a Master of Arts Degree in Clinical Psychology and loves engaging people from all walks of life. Allie is a cradle Episcopalian who has always loved being a part of the church. Having grown up in the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, she has a deep sense of gratitude and love for Camp Allen, where she attended as a camper, worked as a counselor and senior staff member, as well as served as a director. She proudly has not missed a summer since she was in the 3rd grade. Allie loves connecting with people, hearing their stories of life and faith, being physically active, writing and reading, and volunteering at St. Isidore. Her sincerest hope for her time as Bishop’s Warden is that those at St. Isidore may feel seen, supported, and strengthened in their faith.
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Debbie MilnerBishop's Committee MemberDebbie has been a member of St Isidore Episcopal Church since 2018. She loves to worship in song (she has sung in church choirs and singing groups nearly all her life) and serve others through the gift of hospitality and care. Debbie holds a BS in Nursing and has used her skills in long-term care, community and home health, and school settings. She also received Community Wellness Advocate training from The Living Compass Wellness Initiative. Now retired, Debbie focuses on promoting all forms of wellness. Debbie, a native Houstonian, has lived in Texas for most of her life. She lives in The Woodlands with Tom, her husband of 36+ years. They are the parents of two adult children, Lauren and Brian, and grand-pets Anna (Beagle-Boxer) and a ginger cat named Rickety Cricket. Debbie’s interests include history, listening to family stories, and her own genealogical research. She also loves traveling, camping and communing with nature. A bit of an Anglophile, Debbie likes to watch Masterpiece Theater and working the daily crossword puzzle with Tom.
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Manuel (Manny) VazquezBishop's Committee MemberManny is a member of the Grogan’s Mill House Church community. He and his wife Mary joined St Isidore in 2020 when they transferred their membership from St James in Conroe. Both were active volunteers on the Abundant Harvest food truck and at Laundry Love before joining St Isidore and have continued their work at the Kitchen since. A refugee from Cuba, Manny joined the Episcopal Church over 40 years ago after being received by the then Bishop of Texas, Maurice Manuel Benitez; and he retired from Texaco, Inc. Information Technology Department after 30 years of service. Since joining the Episcopal church, Manny has helped form and lead many Latino Episcopal churches including Santa Maria Virgen in Houston and Iglesias San Mateo in Bellaire as well as serving 14 years at Omega House, an AIDS hospice in downtown Houston. A graduate of Education for Ministry (EFM) at the Seminary of the South in Sewanee, TN, Manny was elected to the Bishop’s Committee of St Isidore in 2021. His goal on the Committee is to promote the “servant church” model for St Isidore, increase opportunities to serve and volunteer at the church and to adapt the church’s mission and vision as circumstances change. Manny and Mary have lived in Magnolia, TX for the past 21 years.
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John Ward
Bishop's Committee Member
John is a Bishop Committee member at St. Isidore. He is also responsible for HR. He has been a member of St. Isidore since 2018. John is a small business owner. He is married to his wife Amy and they have 3 children. His interest are birdwatching, hiking and spending time with his family.
Leslie Morrison
Bishop's Committee Member
Leslie Morrison is the mother of three grown children and the grandmother of 8. She was received into the Episcopal Church in 2014 at Trinity Episcopal in Manassas Virginia after having been affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church since childhood. Prior to joining the Episcopal Church, Leslie had been a Religious Education Director in two parishes when she lived in Oklahoma and completed a Lay Ministry Formation Program in the Catholic Diocese of Tulsa. She has been a Eucharistic Minister and lector (reader). Now widowed, Leslie is a member of St. Isidore’s Episcopal in Spring, TX and has served as the clerk on the Bishop’s Committee for three years, and on the Sabbatical Committee prior to Fr. Sean Steele’s Sabbatical during the summer of 2021. She is actively involved in three small group communities at St. Isidore. Leslie is currently a third-year student of the FIND program of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas preparing to become a Spiritual Director.