Church usher duties checklist portable#

Thank you for your contribution of flowers/plants for the chancel area (please note ‘flowers’ on your $30 check). We would like to know you by name.” Flowers It’s OK to say something authentic like – “We’ve met… but I’m sorry I don’t recall your name” or “Have we met before?” or “If you don’t have a nametag on the cabinet over by the office, please make yourself one here. *Some people are hard pressed to discern a visitor from a member. The idea is to do whatever we can to make our visitors feel comfortable and at home in our sacred space and faith family. Please identify visitors* and ask them to fill out nametags and then ‘pass them along’ to someone else in the Gathering Space who can help them get acclimated - so you are available to greet the next folks. Give a friendly smile and handshake to people upon their arrival. Familiarize yourself with what is on the table and literature rack adjacent to the table. Please arrive at the Hospitality Table (just inside the main doors) at 9:40am. Thank you very much for agreeing to welcome members, friends and visitors on Sunday mornings.

Come up to the front as the music starts and the ushers begin their walk down the center aisle returning with the offering plates … stand there on the floor with Kevin at the base of the steps and when the singing has ceased, simply say something like: “Please join us in our Prayer of Dedication.

Church usher duties checklist portable#

At the conclusion of the final reading, pause, then say “May God help us to find truth and guidance in these words.” (This is on a plaque on both the pulpit/ambo and the portable podium we use from time to time.) We also appreciate your leading the prayer after the offering – ‘Prayer of Dedication’. Please come up to the pulpit/ambo to share the reading(s). Feel free to sit wherever you would like during the service. Please check in with Kevin just before the service starts so he knows you are here.