Beginning fall, 2018, we will be launching a new ministry, The Martha Ministry.  It is a simple, beautiful, yet profound ministry that nearly everyone can be a part of.  It will require about 10 minutes of training, and you can be a part of this ministry with one other person:  spouse, child, friend, sibling, parent, grandparent, etc. 

You may recall that some of our special liturgies we have two people who “dress the altar.”  This means that two people who are attending the liturgy will bring up the altar cloth to “set the table” for Eucharist—our most important meal of the week.  We are looking to institute this at each of our Sunday liturgies. 

At the Offertory, before the gifts are brought forward, two parishioners will pick up the altar cloth which will be placed near the gifts, approach the altar, and reverently place the altar cloth on the altar.  That’s it.  The whole ministry!

We are hoping to add this ministry to the ministry schedule.  If you are interested in participating in this ministry, please notify Lynn Muniak  via email at maniaclynn@att.net.  Please indicate which liturgy you would like to be assigned, and with whom you will be ministering. We will plan a training schedule (most likely a weekend after each liturgy) once we have discerned the interest.

Please prayerfully consider this new ministry.  The simplicity of setting the table for Jesus is a beautiful expression of being a “Martha” as we prepare to be a “Mary.”