Ushers
Ushers are selected in pairs in advance and are responsible for the smooth flow of worshippers during the course of the service. Below is an itemized list, in order, of the duties they are expected to perform.
- Verify lectors are present, if not find substitutes prior to the start of the service
- Distribute bulletins to parishioners as they pass through the Narthex
- Empty the Prayer slips box in the Narthex and give them to the intercessor
- Pick out a couple to act as oblation bearers
- Select a child to bring up the little red wagon
- Assist infirm parishioners to their pews as needed
- During the Sermon, take a head count and record numbers on slips in Narthex desk
- After the peace is given and all announcements are complete cue the Oblation bearers and the child with the red wagon to go up
- Start taking collection once they return
- Bring the offertory up after anthem finishes
- Slide priests' chairs back to make room to pass
- Check sacristy/chapel doors are open
- Once Eucharist starts, follow choir up nave
- Meter congregants so a scrum doesn't form on altar steps
- Assist infirm parishioners up the altar steps if needed
- After Recessional, clean up pews
- If this is the last service place the headcount slip in the administrator's mailbox
Acolytes
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Lay Eucharistic Ministers (LEM)
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Lectors
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