At Light of the Cross Lutheran church, we believe that a person may find their experience at Worship
to be heightened if they can contribute by assisting in some capacity with the service.
You are invited to indicate your interests on a Time and Talent Offering card. It
can be turned in to the church office, or put into the marked box on the narthex counter.
If you are unable to serve after you have been scheduled, we ask that you please find a substitute.
If you are unable to find a substitute, please call the Church office (425-485-8974) as soon as possible.
The ushers distribute bulletins; assist worshippers to seats; assist the congregation to to the altar rail for communion, as needed, and straighten the pews, hymnals and narthex counter after worship.
The lector is responsible for reading the scripture lessons (except the Gospel)
during worship. Lessons are provided by mail prior to the service so you may practice if you wish.
The office will provide a pronunciation guide for challenging biblical names.
In this role you set the opening note for a visitor's experience at LOTC. You are in a position to make them feel
welcome and comfortable as they have decided to worship with us this week.
Stand next to the outside narthex door and greet all people coming in.
It is preferable to stand outside the door on nice days. If you believe they may be new to the church, ask them if they would
like to know anything, such as the location of the nursery or restrooms. Invite them to stay after the service for cookies and coffee. Give new people visitor packets.
It will not be necessary to introduce the new visitors during the service.
After the service, make sure the visitors are talking with someone and do so yourself
if no one else is. As much as you feel comfortable, also look to see if anyone else is by themselves and talk with them.
Adjust the above guidelines to fit your comfort level, but remember that when you are
greeter your first job is to make everyone feel welcome. This may mean that you won't be talking to the people you normally talk with.
The assisting ministers assist the pastor during worship and leads the congregation at various times throughout the service. [ability to sing nice, but not required]
Acolytes are responsible for lighting the candles prior to the service & extinguishing at the end, distribution and collection of the offering plates from the ushers. The acolyte will also assist with communion. Suitable for those grade 3-adult.
These attendants staff our nursery during worship for children under age 5. Our Education and Child Safety Committee runs a State background check on anyone who will be working with our children.
You can sign up on the calendar in the hallway to be responsible for the altar flowers for a particular day.
This can be annotated with a note that this is a gift in observance of a special occasion
(anniversary, family member birthday, in memory of a departed loved one. etc.)
If you wish, you may bring the flowers in a vase of your own, or you may find vases in the church kitchen
or you may use the brass vases that match the other altar furniture. The
brass insets can be taken home so you can arrange the flowers ahead of time to bring in on Sunday morning.
Prepare the altar by removing spent flowers, filling candles and changing of the paraments as the season dictates.
The Children's sermon is a respected segment of each Sunday's worship service.
A person with no other prerequisite than a willingness to relate to our young people is given five to eight minutes to
talk with them about the Gospel or other scriptures for the week, read a book to them,
or talk about what you feel compelled by the Spirit.
You don't need to worry about speaking loud for the congregation, or about approval from the congregation.
The primary object is your conversation with God's children.