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Rosters for most of the following ministries are posted on the bulletin board next to the Lounge/Choir room.
Choir
Organist and Choir Director: Frank Iacini
The choir provides musical leadership at the 10:30 a.m. service and on special occasions at the 9:00 a.m. service. Practices are held every Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Altar Guild
Contact: Fran Boyd
Responsible for preparing the bread, wine, Chalices, and linen for all worship services.
Altar Flowers
Contact: Lynne Jackson
This team arranges the flowers for Sunday worship and special occasions such as weddings, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
Chalice Bearers
9 a.m. Contact: Diane Huba
10:30 a.m. Contact: Margo Brickell
Assist the clergy during Communion by administering the Chalice.
Lectors
9 a.m. Contact: Joan Pollard
10:30 a.m. Contact: Clarence Williams
Participate in proclaiming the scriptures through the reading of the first and second lessons at the 9:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. services
Sidespeople
9 a.m. Contact: office
10:30 a.m. Contact: Phillip Brown
Welcome people to the services, take up the offering, and guide people to Communion
Servers Guild
Contact: Jim Woolley
Young people, 12 years and older, lead the choir procession, act as candle bearers and assist the clergy in preparing the bread and wine for Communion.
Prayers of the People
9 a.m. Contact: Kevin Meaney
10:30 a.m. Contact: Yvonne Baxter
Lay people lead the intercessory prayers during Sunday services.
Prayer Chain
Contacts: Joyce Gunter, Joan Pollard
Functions as a means of supporting and upholding in prayer those identified on the prayer list each Sunday. The Prayer Chain members may be contacted for prayers of concerns or thanksgiving to be included in the member's daily prayers.
Greeters
10:30 a.m. Contact: Joan Nicholson
Welcome all who enter, especially newcomers, and try to be of help providing information and direction.
Sunday Coffee
Contact: Cathy Woolley
Volunteers set up and serve refreshments for our time of fellowship following the 10:30 a.m. service.
Seniors' Communion
Contact: Jim Woolley
Holy Baptism
Baptismal dates are set to coincide with major Christian festivals:
The Baptism of Jesus (January)
The Easter Season
John the Baptist Sunday (June)
St. Matthew the Apostle (September)
All Saints (November)
Workshops outlining some basic meanings of Holy Baptism take place a week before each Baptism. The expectation is that the candidate (or for infant Baptism, at least one parent) is a worshipping participant in the St. Thomas à Becket Christian community. Holy Baptism takes place within the context of public worship.
"If the parents of a child do not honestly intend to continue to worship regularly with the child, they are most strongly urged to postpone baptism until the child makes his or her own decision." - excerpt from a Diocesan brochure
Other Sacraments, such as Confirmation and Marriage, may be arranged by speaking to the Rector.