Improving Our Skills

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Improving Our Skills

• Training for Lay Ministers
• Church of the Resurrection

May 1, 2008
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Why do we do this?

• To offer worship to God
• To build up the Body of Christ
• The liturgy is Christian training
• Our service supports the clergy
• To further personal growth

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What is Anglo-Catholic?

• Anglican worship based on the traditions of the
  Church of England (CoE)
• Governed by apostolic leadership
• Catholic means according to the whole
• Catholic implies connectedness to the greater
  body of Christ
• Liturgical worship in the CoE started before
  unification with Rome, and continues after it

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What are the goals of this training?

• Improve technique
• Learn liturgical terminology
• Renew our passion for ministry
• Appreciate the roles others play

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Understanding the Eucharist

• Anglicans believe in the Real Presence
• The Eucharist is a sacrament
• The Eucharist must be received in faith
• The Eucharist transports us into heaven
• The Reserved Sacrament is treated with great
  respect

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Areas of Lay Ministry

• The Vergers
• Acolytes
• Altar Guild
• Lay Eucharistic Ministers / Visitors (LEM/LEV)
• Lectors

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Terminology

• Purificator
• Chalice
• Flagon
• Cruet
• Lavabo
• Burse
• Veil
• Pall

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The Anatomy of Worship

• The Liturgy of the Word
• Concerns the reading of Scripture
• Gospel reading is the high point
• The Liturgy of the Altar
• Concerns the sacrifice of Christ
• The bread and wine become the Body and Blood of
  Christ

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The Anatomy of Worship (Cont)

• Opening and Collect
• Readings
• Sermon
• Creed
• Prayers of the People
• Offering
• Confession
• Canon of the Mass
• Dismissal

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Canon of the Mass

• Sursum Corda
• Preface
• Gloria
• Words of institution
• Anamnesis
• Epiclesis
• Lords prayer
• Fraction
• Words of humble access
• Communion
• Post communion prayer

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Communication

• Email
• Primary tool
• Phone if needed
• Single distribution list (litugry-l_at_Christislife.o
  rg)
• Communicate with team lead
• Schedules
• Substitutions
• Parish Life Web Site
• Latest schedule
• Training materials

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Verger

• Organizes and schedules ministries
• Assists the clergy
• Acts as a back stop
• Leads the procession

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Acolytes

• Carry in procession
• Cross, Torches, and Altar book
• Assist with the offering
• Assist deacon in setup and clearing of the altar
• Wash the celebrant's hands
• Ring the bell
• Assist with occasional activities
• Incense, Holy Water, Palms

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Altar Guild

• Before the Worship
• Prepare the elements and equipment
• Light the candles
• After Worship
• Extinguish the candles
• Clean and store the equipment
• At other times
• Clean linens
• Clean sanctuary
• Maintain equipment

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Lay Eucharistic Ministers / Visitors (LEM/LEV)

• Process after the acolytes
• Distribute elements (usually wine) during
  communion
• Maintain respect for the sacrament
• Bring communion to the homebound

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Lectors

• Arrive early and check readings
• Read the first or second lesson
• Use the BCP lectionary
• Optional parts are your discretion (unless
  directed otherwise)
• First reader prays the Psalm (unless done by
  music team)

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Resources

• Parish Life Website
• Link on main page of COTR Website
  (WWW.Christislife.org)
• Contains COTR manuals and training material
• D. Brookman, A Study in the Eucharist
• Books
• B. Don Taylor, The Complete Training Course for
  Altar Guilds
• Dennis G. Michno and Richard E. Mayberry, Manual
  for Acolytes The Duties of the Server at
  Liturgical Celebrations
• BCP 1979
• Anglican Missal