ST. BRIDGET CATHOLIC CHURCHALTAR SERVER TRAINING – Part 1

JULY 2018

Here I am Lord; to serve you is

the sole delight in my heart.

AGENDA

▪ Introduction

▪Responsibilities

▪Appropriate Postures/Gestures

▪Preparation for Mass

▪Sacred Vessels and Items commonly used at Mass

▪Parts of the church

▪ Terminology of Church Items

INTRODUCTION

▪Welcome

▪Thank You

▪What is the Mass

▪A call to service

▪Serving as a Prayer Leader

(role model)

RESPONSIBILITIES

▪ “A good server keeps things going smoothly and

prayerfully.”

▪Attendance – Time Management

▪Dress Code

▪Reverent and Respectful

▪Everyone is counting on you

GESTURES AND POSTURES

▪Gesture - a movement of part of the body,

especially a hand or the head, to express an

idea or meaning.

▪Posture - the position in which someone holds

their whole body when standing or sitting.

•Gestures✓Sign of the Cross

✓Small Sign of the Cross (at the

Gospel)

• Folded Hands

• Carrying the Cross

• Carrying the Candles

•Postures✓Walking

• Standing

• Sitting

• Kneeling

• Genuflection and Double Genuflection

• Simple Bow

• Profound Bow

FOLDED HANDS

CARRYING THE CROSS

CARRYING THE CANDLES

STANDING

KNEELING

Psalm 95:6

“Enter, let us bow down and

worship let us kneel before

the Lord who made us”

SITTING

BOWS – SIMPLE AND PROFOUND

GENUFLECTING

PREPARATION FOR MASS

▪Self Preparation

▪Duties during Mass

▪Silence at Mass

▪Appropriate Responses (verbal and singing)

▪You’re not a waiter – you’re a prayer leader

VESSELS AND ITEMS COMMONLY USED AT MASS

FULLY PREPARED CREDENCE TABLE(BEFORE MASS)

OFFERTORY TABLE (BREAD AND WINE)

PARTS OF THE CHURCH

▪Sanctuary

▪Narthex

▪Nave

▪Ambo

▪Sacristy

TERMINOLOGY OF CHURCH ITEMS

▪Please find time to read the glossary in your Altar Server

Manual

▪Refer to the manual periodically during the year

▪Ask questions if in doubt

“STRONG LIONS MAY GO HUNGRY OR EVEN STARVE, BUT THOSE WHO SERVE THE LORD LACK NO BLESSING” (PSALM 34:10)