Members of the congregation take part in our services in many different ways. View the Assistant's Calendar.
Worship Assistants
Worship Assistants are the people who help the pastor during the service. They offer prayers, carry the cross, accept the communion bread and wine from the ushers, and assist in the serving of communion. After the elements are blessed, the pastor gives the chalice of wine to one assistant and the grape juice to the other. They then follow him around the altar, filling the cups of the communicants with the “blood of Christ, shed for thee.”
Additionally, these Lay Ministers of the congregation assist with baptisms, as a representative of the congregation welcoming the newly baptized into the church family. They may also assist at funerals, if needed.
Worship assistants wear albs (a symbol of baptism), cinctures, and a pendant cross or other appropriate symbol around the neck. Training is provided for this service and a schedule is posted on the bulletin board across from the mailboxes. Also, copies of the schedule are e-mailed or placed in the server’s mailbox.
Worship Assistants are the people who help the pastor during the service. They offer prayers, carry the cross, accept the communion bread and wine from the ushers, and assist in the serving of communion. After the elements are blessed, the pastor gives the chalice of wine to one assistant and the grape juice to the other. They then follow him around the altar, filling the cups of the communicants with the “blood of Christ, shed for thee.”
Additionally, these Lay Ministers of the congregation assist with baptisms, as a representative of the congregation welcoming the newly baptized into the church family. They may also assist at funerals, if needed.
Worship assistants wear albs (a symbol of baptism), cinctures, and a pendant cross or other appropriate symbol around the neck. Training is provided for this service and a schedule is posted on the bulletin board across from the mailboxes. Also, copies of the schedule are e-mailed or placed in the server’s mailbox.
Please see Lily Fainter (252-258-3343 or worship@ourredeemerelca.org)
or any of the other assistants to join this group.
or any of the other assistants to join this group.
Lectors
An important part of every service at ORLC is the reading of the lessons (from the Old and New Testaments), psalm and Gospel. In the Lutheran tradition, Bible readings are appointed for each Sunday and trace the life of Jesus, from his birth in a manger through his ministry on earth, to his death and resurrection.
These readings, along with the epistles (or letters) written to the early churches form the backbone of our service. They change according to a three-year cycle and are printed on the back page of our bulletin.
The lectors (there are usually two) share the reading of the lessons and announce the psalm. This ministry requires only that you like to read God’s word aloud. The ‘audience’ is always receptive. These volunteers are also scheduled and the schedule appears via e-mail or a list in your mailbox and is posted on the bulletin board across the mailboxes.
An important part of every service at ORLC is the reading of the lessons (from the Old and New Testaments), psalm and Gospel. In the Lutheran tradition, Bible readings are appointed for each Sunday and trace the life of Jesus, from his birth in a manger through his ministry on earth, to his death and resurrection.
These readings, along with the epistles (or letters) written to the early churches form the backbone of our service. They change according to a three-year cycle and are printed on the back page of our bulletin.
The lectors (there are usually two) share the reading of the lessons and announce the psalm. This ministry requires only that you like to read God’s word aloud. The ‘audience’ is always receptive. These volunteers are also scheduled and the schedule appears via e-mail or a list in your mailbox and is posted on the bulletin board across the mailboxes.
Volunteering is simple: Give your name to Bob Fainter (worship@ourredeemerelca.org) and he’ll put you on the list.
Ushers
Our ushers greet folks as they enter the church, hand out bulletins, cue the acolytes, take up the offering and bring offering and communion elements to the front at the appropriate time in the service. Also, they straighten up the sanctuary after the service.
They are under the overall direction of Roy Berbert. Usually two ushers serve at a time. Training is provided.
Our ushers greet folks as they enter the church, hand out bulletins, cue the acolytes, take up the offering and bring offering and communion elements to the front at the appropriate time in the service. Also, they straighten up the sanctuary after the service.
They are under the overall direction of Roy Berbert. Usually two ushers serve at a time. Training is provided.
Acolytes
Acolytes are the young people in the church whose duties are to light and extinguish the Pascal and altar candles. They also serve as an assistant to the pastor by holding the pyx (or box of wafers) when we commune by intinction, so that he always has a ready supply. View the Acolyte Schedule
Training is provided. Please see Lily Fainter to volunteer for this ministry.
Acolytes are the young people in the church whose duties are to light and extinguish the Pascal and altar candles. They also serve as an assistant to the pastor by holding the pyx (or box of wafers) when we commune by intinction, so that he always has a ready supply. View the Acolyte Schedule
Training is provided. Please see Lily Fainter to volunteer for this ministry.