Ministry Leader:  Kenith Bartz at 254.760.3141

DUTIES:

• Greeting parishioners and guests as they enter for worship
• Assisting in the seating of parishioners and guests
• Selecting a family to bring up the gifts
• Climate control during Mass
• Collecting the offering and placing in sacristy safeR
• Providing weekly bulletins at the end of Mass
• Wishing everyone a good day as they leave the Mass
• Cleaning up the church after Mass, collecting items left behind in the pews
• Handling emergency situations

TIME COMMITMENT:

• Completion of the Ethics and Integrity in Ministry (EIM) workshop provided by the Diocese of Austin
• 1 ½ hours per Mass, arriving 15 minutes prior to Mass and remaining 5-10 minutes after to distribute bulletins and clean-up. 

TRAINING:
 “On the job training” is provided by experienced ushers.
             
QUALITIES OF AN USHER
This ministry is open to all parishioners; men, women, parents and teenagers.  Ushers are friendly people with a friendly smile and welcoming handshake. Their faith enables them to see Christ’s presence in individuals and in the gathered community of believers.  Ushers are honest and dependable.  They can handle emergency situations with courage and composure.  They carry a dignity about themselves even when performing menial tasks.                                                   

OUR MISSION:
 Hospitality - Our service is making parishioners and guests feel welcome and comfortable as we gather for our Eucharistic celebration.     

The ministry of ushers is the oldest lay ministry in the Catholic Church.  The ushers of today have descended from a long line of people of God who have gone before them.  During the time of Christ, the doorkeepers of the Temple numbered in the hundreds and were the forerunners of today’s ushers.