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How to Usher
1. Sign Up!
- Invite friends or family members to usher with you.
- Pick a Sunday that you’d like to usher.
- Sign up by email, or put your name(s) on the sign-up sheet on the vestry bulletin board nearest the kitchen.
2. Arrive at about 10:00 on the morning that you are to usher.
- Find and put on your name tag.
- Get comfortably present.
- Find copies of the Order of Service on one of the chairs by the door.
- Make sure enough name tags are out on the table at the back of the sanctuary
3. Before the Service
- Stand at the rear of the sanctuary.
- Welcome people as they come in — look out for people you don't recognize, and make their greeting extra warm (it may be a newcomer's first impression of our community).
- Give everyone an Order of Service.
- Remind people to wear their name tags, and suggest to newcomers that they can make a name tag, if they wish, on the table inside.
- Discourage people from using the balcony (the rail height is not in compliance with state codes), unless the sanctuary is very full.
4. During the Service
A) Ring the Bell:
- After the Words of Welcome, listen for words to the effect of"Let our bell be rung and our service begun!"
- The bell rope is to the left of the front doors of the church — it takes a few pulls to get the bell to ring.
- Ring the bell for as long as it feels right to you.
B) Help latecomers find a seat Encourage latecomers to wait until appropriate moments during the service to come in and find a seat, so that the noise of the entrance won't disrupt the service
C) Pass the collection plates
- About midway through the service, someone leading the service will ask you to come forward to get the plates for the collection.
- Go down each aisle, and pass the plate down each row of pews.
- Put the full plates in the cabinet to the left of the doors (under the painting); the Collector will pick them up after the service.
5. After the Service
- Pick up Orders of Service that have been left behind in the pews.
- Straighten the hymnals in the pews.
- Make sure the sanctuary is left neat.
Thank you for thinking about volunteering as an usher. You can do it for one or as many Sundays as you like.
To sign up, please email the church office.
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