Volunteers Needed For St. Luke's Lay Ministries
Calling the saints of St. Luke's. As we enter this fall in pandemic, our ministries look different, but they are still active and vital. We are finding many ways to stay connected in community, deepen in prayer, share in the sacraments and follow in the Way of Jesus' love while expressing our love by staying safe. One of the important parts of our expression of faith is the belief that we are each the body of Christ and we are all called.
Now that we know more of what church and ministry looks like in pandemic, we know more about volunteer ministry needs in our parish. Some are brand new ministries, some are long time ministries that look different in pandemic. All of them are vitally important.
Please take a look at this list of volunteer opportunities and pray over them. If you feel moved to serve in any of these volunteer positions, sign up below. Let Mother Krista know if you have any questions by emailing her at motherkrista@stlukesfc.org or by calling her at 917-363-4011.
Sunday In-Person Usher at the 11:30am service
As our outdoor/drive-in Sunday services grow we are finding that we need help with ushers. Ushers for this service should arrive 45 minutes early to help set-up, check people in when they park, help people find distanced spots on the lawn and help people park their cars. With a few teams of two people, ushers would serve every 2-3 weeks.
Needed - 6 people
Sunday Digital Usher
Do you primarily worship online? Consider serving as a digital usher. Digital ushers would greet people using the chat function on Facebook or on YouTube. You would also paste the links to our bulletin and digital coffee hour in the chat.
Sunday In-Person Reader During the 11:30am service
Would you like to join our rotation of lectors who read the scripture on Sundays in-person? You would attend the in-person outdoor services and do a reading. You are welcome to join this ministry whether you have been a lector before or not.
Sunday Eucharistic Minister for In-Person 11:30am service
This lay minister stands in prayer during the Eucharistic prayer, helps to bring people to the altar one household at a time and represents the ministry of all people.
Weekday Liturgical Assistants in the Church Building, Mondays at 4pm
In order to get communion to people who are worshipping from home, we are recording the Eucharist ahead of time during the week. Beginning Monday November 9th we will record the Eucharist on Mondays at 4pm. No more than three people will be in the sanctuary at a time (that's the number of people we have calculated are safe in the room at the same time using CO2 tests with our current HVAC system) and we will not be in there for longer than a half hour per public health guidelines. Liturgical assistants will stand near the high altar (while masked and at a distance) for the Eucharistic prayer, representing the body of Christ. You may also read a prayer or two.