Getting Involved

All Saints Church provides many ways to get involved and make a difference.
Here are some of the ways you can participate:

Altar Guild
Lectors
Lay Eucharistic Ministers
Acolytes
Ushers
Offering Stewards 		Coffee Hour Hosts
Childcare
Godly Play Team
Property Committee
Bristol Lodge
Mission Projects 		To volunteer for any of these activities
please contact the Co-Rectors

Worship Volunteers


Altar Guild
The Altar Guild is a group of women and men who prepare the altar for communion each week. This includes setting out the communion vessels, bread, wine, cleaning everything at the close of worship, and changing the altar hangings seasonally. This group also gathers before Feast Days to make our worship space glad with flowers and more! The group self-schedules, letting the Altar Guild leadership know when they are available to help.

Lectors
Lectors are parishioners who read the lessons and lead the prayers at all our public services.

Lay Eucharistic Ministers
Lay Eucharistic ministers assist with the celebration of the Eucharist and particularly with serving the chalice at the altar rail. Training is provided. Upon completion of the training lay Eucharistic ministers are licensed by the bishop.

Acolytes
Youth 4th grade and up serve as acolytes every Sunday during the school year at the 10:00 a.m. service. Acolytes carry the cross in the processions, light and extinguish the candles, ring the Sanctus Bell, and assist the priest at the altar. Training is provided.

Ushers
All Saints ushers are responsible each Sunday for posting service hymn numbers on the four wall displays, handing out service leaflets, directing parishioners to pews, recording attendance, collecting the offering, and coordinating the flow of traffic during communion. After the service, ushers make sure that the sanctuary is left in good order by returning kneelers to the upright position, picking up any loose paper or artifacts, returning hymn numbers to the storage caddy, turning off lights, closing windows, and locking doors.


Offering Stewards
The Offering Stewards play a vital role in our finances by counting, recording and depositing the offering collected at each 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Sunday service, special services, and all other revenues.

Coffee Hour Hosts
Every Sunday a person or family volunteers to prepare the coffee, tea, and refreshments (these are provided) for the parish family to share after the Sunday services. Detailed instructions are provided.

Church School and Childcare Volunteers

Childcare
All Saints has an all volunteer staff in our Nursery for ages 0-3.

Godly Play Team
Every year we need 16 volunteers to staff our Godly Play program. The team meets the second Thursday of each month for planning and training. Our Safe Church Policy states that only those members who have been at All Saints for one full year are eligible to work with children. Juniors and Seniors in high school are also welcome on the team.

Families are invited to help make the Godly Play program successful by signing up to bring the feast (a simple snack) on a monthly basis. Sign-up sheets are located on the outside of each classroom.

Other Volunteer Opportunities

Property Committee
The Property Committee meets regularly to plan for regular maintenance of our buildings and grounds, to prepare an annual budget, and plan for capital improvements. In addition they sponsor several work days each year to help off-set landscaping costs.

Bristol Lodge Soup Kitchen Ministry
On the second Sunday of each month parishioners gather in the kitchen after the 10:00 a.m. service to prepare a meal for approximately 50-60 clients at the Bristol Lodge Soup Kitchen in Waltham. Later in the afternoon volunteers re-gather to deliver and serve the meal. Volunteers are needed to plan the menu, shop, prepare the meal, and deliver the meal each month.

Short-Term Mission Projects
Over the past several years All Saints has sponsored several short-term mission projects. All involved have found their lives greatly enriched.

Becoming a Member

All Saints' welcomes everyone to a community of worship, fellowship, and service. All baptized Christians can become members of All Saints' Church. Voting members worship with us regularly, make a financial commitment, and are formally welcomed by the congregation.  For further information, please contact the parish office at 617-484-2228.