Additional Liturgical Ministers Needed as we Restart Our Masses
Sunday Lectors & Weekday Lectors
Eucharistic Ministers
Sacristans
Ushers
Welcomers
Church Environment
Funeral Ministry
Adult Altar Servers
We are very excited about being able to start Masses again—even with a maximum of 100 people at each Mass. However, the reality is that gathering a group of even 100 people in an enclosed place for 1 hour is the most at-risk thing any of us have done in the last 2 months AND the pandemic is not over. The reports of the spread of the virus and deaths continue each day.
There are many in the parish who are At-Risk people, either by age or health concerns who are choosing not be so socially active. The Archbishop is continuing his dispensation from attending Sunday Mass indefinitely so that we can do everything we need to do to keep safe.
We need to start 2 new ministries to enable us to gather. We need a ‘Safety Committee” of volunteers to be at each door of the church for each Mass to make sure each person entering is wearing a face mask, uses the hand sanitizer and that proper distancing is maintained (our new way of life). We also need a “Sanitizing” Committee to make sure that the church is properly sanitized after each Mass. (See Safety Ministry article on the parish website. https://saintjames.church/safety )
Many of our current ministers are At-Risk people and are choosing to stay Safer at Home. We need additional Sunday and Weekday Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Sacristans, Ushers, Welcomers, Church Environment, Funeral Ministry and Adult Altar Servers (our school children will not be serving at this time) We will rely on the generosity of many NEW people to join our current ministers in service to the church. Our volunteers will need to come from our younger families, young adults and teens. The work is simple, but the gift to the community is invaluable.
Training will be provided for each of these ministries.
You can register on our parish website, https://saintjames.church/new , or call the parish office at 310.372.5228 to volunteer so we can train you for the ministry and gather again as a community of faith. You may register for more than one ministry.