Dear Saints,
It is my great joy to announce that we are welcoming Mr. Tyronn Wilkins to All Saints as our facilities manager beginning August 1st. Some of you may already know Tyronn, as he has worked with us at All Saints during the last couple of years as weekend sexton and all around helper when he could find the time between his work with both St. Stephen’s and St. Mary’s.
For the last year, staff and vestry have been discussing the urgent need to have an on-site facilities manager for our very large campus. A couple of years ago All Saints contracted with Bruce Partridge, the facilities director at Roslyn (and who lives on the Roslyn campus) for a few hours a week to manage the various contractors we use to service our various systems. That situation was meant to be an interim solution, and as we all have emerged from the COVID restrictions, Bruce’s work at Roslyn has increased while our need for a sexton and facilities person has also increased, and we mutually agreed that it was time for All Saints to hire someone to be able to be on site regularly and to perform many of the sexton duties that have been ignored as well as to help the building and grounds committee manage the various facilities projects and issues that are inherent in being good stewards of a building and grounds campus the size of All Saints. Tyronn will be working 25 hours a week and while his schedule will be somewhat flexible, he will be with us for some hours Tuesday through Saturday each week.
I want to commend Bruce Partridge for his work with us during that interim - we had many large facilities projects going on that needed to be dealt with and Bruce carved out time from his otherwise busy schedule at Roslyn to help us deal with HVAC, sewer, lighting, plumbing, and general construction work, often at night or early in the mornings. And since he lives next door, Bruce has graciously offered to help out if needed on occasion. So while we are saying goodbye to Bruce as a staff member, he won’t be a stranger.
I know you will all join me in welcoming Tyronn, who has resigned from his position on the facilities staff at St. Stephen’s to be able to come on board with us at All Saints, and I am sure you will be easily won over by his friendliness and can-do helpful attitude. He has a great affection for All Saints and the staff from his earlier time with us and we are delighted that he will be managing our facilities.
Please keep reading to learn more about Tyronn.
Tyronn's first job was a Church Sexton and he was employed by the now defunct Leigh Street Baptist Church (1854-2021) currently Church Hill Presbyterian. Tyronn started with them in June of 1996 and stayed until Jan 2021 their last official service before closing. In April of 2019, St Mary's Episcopal Church took notice and was impressed at Tyronn and his Twin brothers Tyrell's extensive Church history, and welcomed them both into their Parish. In September of 2019, several members of the St Stephen’s vestry, decided to bring Tyronn on board full time. St Mary's gave him their full blessings and Tyronn agreed to stay on board with them in a very limited role, (which will continue during his role here at All Saints). Six months later, as we are all aware, the world changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the world seemingly shutting down. Due to panic, and the reality of severely reduced hours, Tyronn applied as the Weekend Sexton at All Saints in June of 2020. His twin Tyrell was also later employed by All Saints during the COVID-19 lockdown. Eventually as the threat of covid subsided, Tyronn went back to his full time church St Stephens. All Saints and Tyronn maintained a good relationship and he has helped us with many projects and renovation work in the past few months.
We are happy to have Tyronn join our staff as our Facilities Manager. His first day on campus will be August 2nd, 2022. Please be sure to say hello and introduce yourself to him next time you see him at church!
