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Worship Team -- Acolyte
- Please arrive at Church at least 20 minutes early. If you are not here at
least 10 minutes prior to worship, we will find a replacement.
- Please select a robe and correctly colored cincture (rope belt).
- At the beginning of the service, light the candles. If the large Paschal
candle is present up front, please light it also.
- Return to your place and participate during the worship service.
- At the time of the offering, please get the offering plates and take them
to the ushers. Wait for the ushers to gather the offering and then place them
in the cubby hole where the communion elements are stored.
- Please join the Assisting Minister and the Communion Assistants during the
consecration of the elements.
- Help distribute Holy Communion.
- If we are communing by intinction, please hold the cup (chalice) of
grape juice between the two communion assistants holding the cups of wine.
The proper response to someone dipping their bread into the cup is "This is
the blood of Christ shed for you." or "The blood of Christ that was
shed for you". The words themselves are not as important as the respectful
tone and delivery of the words.
- If we are communing at the rail, please pick up the used cups using the
lined baskets.
- After the worship service is over, please extinguish the candles and exit
the church with grace and dignity.
Please Note:
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While acolyting, you are representing the Church and giving
holy service to our Lord. Please act appropriately while acolyting. Please pay
attention to the worship service, because you are probably the first one that
the Pastor or Assisting Minister will ask if they need help during the worship
service.
- When you approach or leave the altar area, it is customary to bow slightly
to honor God. Looking someone directly in the eyes is one way of pronouncing
your equality with them. Thus bowing is a way to acknowledge that you are
someone's humble servant. You will notice that the Pastor, the Assisting
Minister and all the adults also bow when approaching or leaving the altar
area.
- As someone helping with the worship service, it would be especially
helpful if you would greet any visitors in your age bracket and invite them to
the education hour. Your being friendly and inviting them to Youth Group or
Confirmation might make all the difference in their returning to Church. YOU
are our best ambassadors and evangelists to people your age. Please keep that
in mind all the time but especially while you are acolyting.
- Lastly, enjoy acolyting. It is a privilege and an honor to serve our Lord
but it should also be a joy. The psalmist said "make a joyful noise to the
Lord" not "be a grumpy goose and look like worship is painful." So relax,
enjoy and be joyful about your service to the Lord.
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