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LITURGICAL MINISTRIES
Our Liturgical Ministries include:
Youth Altar Server Ministry
All youth parishioners, 6th grade and older, of St. Paul Catholic Church are invited and encouraged to participate as altar servers at all Sunday Masses. Call John Bernatchy 916-681-1088 for more information regarding training and scheduling. or en español, Jose Delgadillo 916-689-5204 o Francisca Martinez 916-681-4081. The Adult altar servers liturgical ministry of St. Paul Catholic Church is designed to serve God first, and our priests, during the 4:00 p.m. Saturday Masses at our Parish. Two ministers are assigned to serve at each Mass. Current members of this ministry are mostly married couples, although individuals are highly encouraged to join. Ministers scheduled to serve arrive at least 20 minutes before Mass to prepare the altar. This preparation involves setting the credence table with everything that is needed for Mass. Members of this ministry serve at least once a month, and once or twice on Friday evening Masses during the Lenten season. Ministers find spiritual fulfillment, as well as a strong sense of community belonging, knowing that they are serving God,. For more information out the Adult Servers Liturgical Ministry please call John Bernatchy 916-681-1088 or the rectory at 916-381-5200. Training will be provided and you will be fully prepared before you are scheduled to serve. Liturgical Environment Ministry This ministry prepares the physical environment of the Church in accordance with the religious theme of the season or specific religious theme of the Mass or religious observance. If you would like to help prepare and decorate the church or if you'd like more information about this ministry, call Becky Sliwa at 688-447. Eucharistic Ministers of St. Paul Catholic Church assist the Priest in the distribution of the Body of Christ and the Precious Blood of Christ after the consecration of the Mass. Mass Guidelines for Servers contains important information for Eucharistic Ministers. Ministers are scheduled to serve once or twice a month and will be fully trained and prepared before being scheduled. For more information, or to volunteer as an Eucharistic Minister please call John Bernatchy at 916-681-1088, or en español: Josefina Costilla 916-688-1722. Any adult parishioner of St. Paul Catholic Church may participate in the Liturgy of the Word by volunteering as a Lector at any of the Masses. Two lectors will be scheduled for each Mass. The first lector will present the first reading and the responsorial psalm, and the second lector will present the second reading and the general intercessions (Prayers of the Faithful). Lectors will be scheduled about once a month and will be fully trained before being scheduled. Mass Guidelines for Servers contains important information for Lectors. If you wish to share in this most meaningful right and privilege of the laity, call Shirley Brown at 916-381-5200 or 916-682-3508 for more information and to volunteer, or en español, Maria Consuelo Gutierrez 916-395-7219.. This ministry provides for religious services for those parishioners whose first language is Spanish. If you are interested in assisting in this ministry please call Maria Consuelo Gutierrez, 916-395-7219 o Ramona Cervantes, 916-549-8114.
Hospitality Ministers serve at all Masses at St. Paul. They are the people who greet you as you enter church, perform as ushers, take the collections, and offer their welcome and friendship to all parishioners. Guidelines for Hospitality Ministers. If you would like to serve as a Hospitality Minister at St. Paul, please call the rectory at 916-381-5200 or en español Francisco Armenta 916-689-8146 o Jose Delgadillo 916-689-5204 for more information or to volunteer . Ministry to the Sick and Homebound St. Paul Parish Ministry to the Sick and Homebound takes the faith of our Church to parishioners who are unable, because of illness, to attend Mass at the Church. We ensure the ill of our Parish are able to participate as fully as possible in our worship and activities. We listen with all of our senses to them and bring their concerns to the attention of our Parish leaders while respecting and keeping sacred confidentiality. We learn to ask and anticipate their spiritual needs and ensure they are fulfilled. There are currently 32 active ministers to the sick and homebound in St. Paul Parish who visit more than 26 separate homes. Would you care to join us? We would love to have you share this loving Ministry with us. Volunteers will be fully trained and prepared before being scheduled for visitation. For more information or to volunteer for this Ministry call Karen Hurskainen 916-688-0332. The Music Ministry of St. Paul provides instrumental and choir services for all our regularly scheduled Masses. Our choirs always have need of more talent and welcome all from age 13 and older. The only requirements are that you have a good singing voice and/or have experience playing an instrument. You do not have to know how to read music, nor do you have to have an operatic voice, but you do have to love the Mass and its music. Call any choir director to learn more and to volunteer, stay and talk with any choir director or member after Mass, or call the rectory at 916-381-5200. This page last updated on Saturday, March 20, 2010
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