• Acolytes

Acolytes perform such jobs as lighting candles, carrying the cross in processions, and assisting the priest at Communion. St. George’s has an active acolyte ministry for anyone 11 years old and up. As an acolyte, you work with other acolytes on your team. About once per month, your team serves at the 10 a.m. Sunday service (9 a.m. during the summer). Acolytes also serve at special Christmas and Easter services.
 

• Altar & Flower Guild
 

• Choir
 

• Coffee Hosts

Coffee hours following Sunday services are a tradition at St. George’s and are a time for fellowship among parishioners, an opportunity to welcome newcomers and guests and to maintain a strong church community. From September to mid-June, hosts provide refreshments and coffee following the 8:00 a.m. service. After the 10:00 a.m. services, snacks and juice for the children are served in addition to coffee and refreshments. During the summer months when there is one service at 9:00 a.m., cool drinks such as lemonade or iced tea are served, along with coffee and baked goods.
 

• Lectors & LEM’s

A Lector is a person who reads the Bible lessons at the Sunday worship services and at other various occasions. While no formal training is required to become a Lector, a person wishing to do so should be a proficient and confident public speaker.

A Lay Eucharistic Minister, frequently referred to as a “LEM”, is a member of the congregation who assists in the principal worship services of the parish, and who bears the chalice and occasionally the paten during Holy Communion. The LEM frequently vests in a cassock and surplice for the worship services on Sundays and other formal occasions, and is usually responsible for reading the Epistle and the Prayers of the People.

A Lay Eucharistic Visitor or “LEV” is someone who takes communion to shut-ins and those unable to attend services at St. George’s, after the principal Sunday worship service and at other times required by the clergy. Because taking communion to people outside the parish campus involves more autonomy on the part of the LEM or LEV, the Diocese requires additional training in the manner in which the lay minister relates to the congregant being visited, and the proprieties involved. Sexual harassment awareness training is absolutely required for those wishing to serve in this capacity.

These rewarding ministries are open to any member of the parish, subject to the approval of the clergy, and licensing, if required.
 

• Sunday School

At this point we are combining all ages into one large group Sunday mornings in Lower Softley Hall. We have two dedicated instructors and usually 1 to 2 “teacher’s helpers”. Our instructors are Caroline Broes (who plans the lessons for the younger students), and Tassie Russell (who plans them for the older youth).

For three Sundays in a row, the focus for Sunday School is the upcoming Family Sunday (first Sunday of each month). The lessons are studied in-depth, and related to children in a number of ways, and some form of creative response – dance, skit, song, story, etc. – is prepared and rehearsed, to be presented during the 10:00 service.

Anyone who would be interested in helping our dedicated instructors is welcome. Just let me know and I will add them to the list. The rotation is usually (depending on teacher’s helpers) once a month to every other month.
 

• Ushers & Greeters
 

 

More About Worship

Episcopal Worship Style
Sunday Services (Holy Eucharist, Music, Lessons & Sermons)
Sunday Morning Ministries
Seasons of the Church Year
Sacraments (Baptism, Confirmation, Confession, Ministry to the Sick, [Ministry to the Dying], Ordination of Clergy, Weddings)