BEFORE THE SERIVCE
ARRIVE: Be ready at the rear of the Sanctuary by 8:45
COFFEE: If
necessary, make coffee in Upper Room and place pots on
hotplates in
Narthex.
CANDLES: If there is no acolyte (check
with Pastor), light
both altar candles when the service music starts.
GREET
WORSHIPPERS:
With a
smile and by name, if you can, and hand them a service bulletin. Watch for late
arrivals after the service
starts.
DURING THE SERIVCE
SANTUARY DOORS: Close rear and side doors when service music starts.
SANCTUARY
LIGHTS: (Press
remote buttons for no more than ONE second at a time) If Pastor uses projector, dim lights
with remote control (Press
‘PROJ’ button).
COMMUNION: (continuous): Start a line at each side. Do not wait - Keep lines full. If one side of pews finishes first, invite remaining persons to commune at other side. Ushers commune last.
OFFERING: When the offering song starts, come forward and gather the offerings with the wooden plates from usher’s closet. Keep plates at rear until after the service ends.
FELLOWSHIP FOLDERS: Be ready to pass them out front to back, from the side aisles when Pastor’s homily (sermon) begins.
WORSHIP
ATTENDANCE
COUNT: Count
every breathing soul before the Sunday School children go down for
Sunday School.
Enter the count in red book kept in the usher’s closet.
REAR
& SIDE
SANCTUARY DOORS: Latch them open as the pastor comes
to the rear of the
sanctuary at the end of the service.
AFTER THE SERVICE – Before Leaving
PEWS AND HYMNAL RACKS: Check & straighten hymnal racks, remove trash from pews & floor. Remove the Fellowship folders & replace them in the usher’s closet.
OFFERING SECURITY: Place offerings into the marked bag in the Sacristy & place it in the lock box in the Sacristy. Return wooden offering plates to the Ushers closet.
CANDLES: If there is no acolyte,
extinguish only the altar
candles after the service. Leave
the
center Pascal candle lit.
Revised
September, 2008
