Acolyte Schedule 2009 – 10
September 27, 2009
Acolyte Guidelines
All 7-8th grade youth participate in Sunday worship by serving as an acolyte at designated months of the year. Key Notes:
Acolyte parents/families are to sit together in the front transepts during the worship service. It will be the parents’ responsibilities to coach your youth on the HOW of being an acolyte. This allows you, the parents to guide and be faithful in your child’s Baptismal promise!
A reminder note will be sent to you at the beginning of the month in which you are serving as an acolyte. Please review the following instruction sheet prior to arriving for the worship service.
An Acolyte is a very important part of our worship service. Therefore it is very important that you are here on the designated date. If you are unable to serve as acolyte on the date scheduled, you must find a substitute. Then you must call the church office with that substitute’s name. You are important to our Worship service!
- Acolytes must be at the church 20 minutes prior to the beginning of the service. Ask Pastors if there is any special instructions for the service.
- You have a leadership position in worship, follow along with the liturgy and music
- Dress appropriately (no T-shirts or shorts).
- Young men be gentlemen. Allow the girls to walk in front of you.
Each confirmation youth serving as an acolyte will receive worship credit for their participation. To receive worship points you must record your service on the “Worship Response Sheet” found on the back table in the narthex (back of sanctuary). The worship response Sheets need to be returned to the basket in the back of the narthex enabling someone to record your worship credit. There will be a updated worship credit tabulation displayed on the bulletin board each month.
You will have one worship credit taken away if you do not show or have a sub for your Sunday.
Acolyte Responsibilities
Acolytes, you are very important to the worship service. By creating an atmosphere
of hospitality and peace, church members should feel the hope, grace and the love of God when entering our church.
Preparation
1. In order to create that atmosphere, we ask that you arrive at the church by 7:55 for the first worship service and 10:25 for the second service. This will allow you to prepare yourself for the service. Review the bulletin for special events, find hymns and worship service program in your hymnals along with getting a worship credit form and pencil in your seating place.
Lighting the candles
2. Light the candles, at the front of the Sanctuary, 10 minutes before the worship service begins. Entering together from opposite sides, go to the front of the altar and light the candelabra from the Eternal candle on the altar. Light the Christ candle if needed. Light the candles on the wall, from the outside to center symbolizing the coming together of the Christ and his people. Try to light your candles simultaneously. After lighting your candles, return to your seats and place your candelabra under the seat.
3. For special services such as communion Sundays (1st and 3rd Sunday of each month)
Baptisms, Advent season, Christmas season and Easter services or as directed by the pastors the Christ Candle (located next to the altar) should be lit.
4. Participate in the worship service. Do not be talking or fooling around with friends.
Stand when the congregation stands and join in the responses and songs.
Offering:
5. Each Sunday offering is taken. Your responsibilities are to greet the ushers at the bottom of the steps at the beginning of the offertory song (“Create in Me…” or “Let the Vineyards…”) (NOT BEFORE).
Place the offering plates on the altar.
Communion:
6. The first and third Sundays are communion Sundays. Join the other communion assistants at the front of the altar. After receiving communion from the pastors, you will take a basket and follow one of the communion servers to collect the wine cups.
Give the baskets full of cups to the server collecting the communion vessels.
Baptism:
7. You are an important part of a baptismal service. You are the pastor’s assistant. They will instruct you as to their needs prior to the service.
Dismissal
8. When the service is over, at the last verse of the closing hymn join each other at the front of the altar. If the Christ Candle is lit, extinguish the flame. Walk simultaneously together to the candles on the wall. Extinguish the flames from center to the outside. Then waiting until you are both finished extinguishing, depart through the side doors. Do not return to the front of the church. Exit through the basement.
Acolyte Schedule for 2008-2009
7th and 8th grade youth
8:15 Worship 10:45 Worship
September Cole Walgrave Sydney Thielbar
Gunnar Olson Savanna Thielbar
October Joe Sommers Austin Fick
Hailey Sommers Cole Walgrave
November Allison Schandelmeir Alexis Hiller
Amanda Barnhart Chris Hoogland
December Kira Graber Brady Hudson
Tessa Gyberg Mitchell Leuthold
January Hailey Hamman Monaya Hustoft
Sara Kanninen Erica DeBoer
February Spencer Schacht Chris Hoogland
Paige Adams Casey Klosterbuer
March Samantha Kramer Tanner Kurasch Austin Fick Mitchell Leuthold
April Hailey Sommers Zane Hiller
Joe Sommers Brenton Thompson
May Kendall Meyer Nicole Severson Ashley Olson Anna Tofteland
June Kira Graber Brooke Nattress
Cody Rofshus Jada Hoven
July Paige Adams Trenton Rops
Amanda Barnhart Tanner Kurasch
August Kendall Meyer Colton Arends
Gunnar Olson Tyler Kurasch
Crucifers
Crucifers are used in very special worship services: They are the cross bearers. You will lead the processionals at the beginning of the service carrying the cross. You will place the cross in a stand and be seated in the front pew on the left side of the narthex.
You will wear an acolyte robe.
Meet the pastors in the chapel 15 minutes prior to worship service
Reformation/Confirmation Sunday, October 25:
8:15 worship – Amanda Barnhart
10:30 worship – Paige Adams
Christmas Eve
5:30 PM - Erica DeBoer
Easter:
7:00 worship – Hailey Hamman
10:00 worship – Anna Tofteland
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