Welcome to Sunday Ministry

This is the place for EM's, Lectors, and Ushers to find schedules, contacts, and guidelines.  Thank you ministers for all you do! If you are not a Sunday minister, but would like to be, please scroll down to the bottom and fill out the form or let the office know.

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Ministry Notes and Reminders
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Usher's Tasks

• Arrive at least 20 min. early.
• Be welcoming to parishioner's by greeting them.
• Hand sanitizer should be offered to people.  Tracking and registration of parishioners is no longer required
• Parishioners may be offered a mask, but is not required.
• People may seat themselves where they like. Any one sitting on the right side of the church is asked to wear a mask.
• Be courteous to people and avoid policing, aggressiveness, or confrontations.
• Ushers will continue to take up the collections and bring the baskets to the sanctuary. 
• At the time of the prayers of the faithful, please x off any seats that are occupied on the seating charts. This will allow you to sanitize the upholstery after mass.
• Bulletins will be passed out in the Narthex after mass.
• People may exit from all doors.
• Ushers will assist with sanitizing the upholstery seats and door handles after people have left. Bathrooms are to be left alone.

Lectors' Tasks

• Arrive at least 20 min. early.
• Let farther know you are here and you will be the lector for this mass.
• Lectors should remain in the chair, we have specially placed near the ambo, unless they wish to sit with a family member in the body of the church. 
• Please remember to look over the pre and post mass announcements and the prayers of the faithful before mass. If you are unfamiliar with a word, please speak to the pastor.
• Lectors should receive communion  before the congregation.
• They are responsible for helping to bag the collection after mass, always accompanies by the EM or another minister.

Eucharistic Ministers' Tasks

• Arrive at least 20 min. early.
• Let farther know you are here and you will be the EM for this mass.
• The washing station is now located in the choir area, to make it less obvious. It is used if you touch the tongue, lips, or hands of a communicant. Stop if they contaminate your fingers and wash up before continuing to give out communion.
• Masks should be worn while distributing communion.
• Communion is permitted either permitted on the tongue or in the hand. Don't discourage people from communion in any way or make them wait till the end.
• Communion is permitted only in the form of the host, not the chalice.
• Make sure that the communicant consumes the host and doesn't carry it away. 
• Please clean up washing station as usual.
• Please assist the lector with the bagging of the collection. Always two people!​