![]() ![]() In our church, an usher is really part of the host/greeter team. I would probably ask or only volunteer if women can usher. Perhaps on Sundays when a husband and wife served, they would simply need to ask someone else to help one of them count the money. Women sometimes count the money, but I cannot recall ever seeing two related people counting. While I trust everyone in our church, I think it is best to avoid ANY possible impression of impropriety when it comes to money. While I REALLY like the idea of asking husband-and-wife teams to be ushers, I'm a little concerned about having husband-and-wife teams counting the money. I sometimes "ush" and I do not view it as a leadership role in our church. ![]() Yes, I can probably get this changed if I simply say: "Sure, I'll take this role if you will allow me to also ask women to serve as ushers." We have several very large men who are likely packing in attendance. I don't think anyone would want to make the mistake of disrupting our church. Communion is served by the male head of the household to the family members or alternatively by the pastor or an elder if preferred. We have separate greeters, usually a husband and wife, that pass out bulletins and greet people before church. ![]() Ushers have two roles: pass the plate and count the money. We go to a non-denominational, conservative, but not traditional church. Here are some particulars about our church: Yes, I think defining the usher's purposes would be helpful.īased on the GREAT discussion here, I agree that is important. Other Resources for Learning Challenges.Resources (and Curricula) for Processing Difficulties.Science Courses: Text/Online Support Packages.Apps, Learning Games, and Online Enrichment Activities.Getting Started: Beginning the Home Education Adventure.Stories and Tales From Around the World.Catharine’s ushers occasionally ring bells or open the church, but their primary duties and responsibilities include greeting and welcoming parishioners as they enter the church, help them to find seats, assisting those with special needs, taking up the collection, distributing the Bulletin and wishing everyone a good day at the conclusion of the Eucharistic Celebration. The porter duties were so important that they came to be included in the rite of ordination, where they were specified as: “to ring the bells, open the church and sacristy, to open the book for the preacher.” In 1972 Pope Paul VI abolished the order of porter and this important task was given over to the laity. During those times it was the duty of the porters or ushers to guard the door of the church against any intruders who might disturb the service. The more immediate predecessor of today’s usher can be found in the clerical order of ostiary (porter), instituted in the 3rd Century A.D. During the time of Christ, the doorkeepers of the temple numbered in the hundreds and were the forerunner’s of today’s ushers. The ushers of today have descended from a long line of people of God who have gone before them. The ministry of ushers is the oldest lay ministry in the Church. ![]()
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