St. John | Liturgical Ministries

Please look over the various Liturgical Ministries available at St. John the Evangelist and prayerfully consider serving. If you would like to get involved, please contact the Ministries Coordinator in Yuma, Glenda Escobar, at 970-584-6575.

The primary duties and responsibilities include greeting and welcoming parishioners as they enter the church, help them find seats, take up the collection and wish everyone a good day at the conclusion of the Eucharistic Celebration.

The Gift Bearers present gifts at the altar during Mass.

Lectors must love the Scriptures and be competent readers to effectively proclaim God’s word, the word of salvation for all people.

Altar Servers are young ministers who serve at the altar during Mass.  It requires a basic understanding of the Mass and the common prayers included within the Mass.  Altars servers are expected to serve at least 1 or 2 times a month including time before Mass to set up and time after Mass to clean up, but are scheduled according to the server’s availability.  This ministry can also include serving at special events such as weddings and funerals on a volunteer basis.

Qualifications

Children from 4th grade to 12th grade who have received First Holy Communion.

It is the Sacristan’s role to see to the consistent and proper handling of certain aspects of parish liturgy. In so doing, the Sacristan helps to create a prayerful liturgy for the community, and frees the priest to give his attention to the prayer and to the pastoral care of the people.

The Sacristan arranges the books needed for the celebration, marking all of the divisions. He or she lays out the vestments and anything else needed for the celebration, such as cruets, chalices, ciboria, linens, oils, processional crosses, candles, etc.

This ministry is open to adults who have celebrated Confirmation, and who are free of any impediments to participating in the sacramental life of the Church.

As an extraordinary minister of the Eucharist, commonly referred to as a Eucharistic minister or EM, lay people can serve the Catholic Church by distributing Holy Communion during Mass. An EM must be a fully initiated member of the Church (having received the Sacraments of Baptism, First Communion and Confirmation). Eucharistic Ministers serve the Body and Blood of Christ during Mass or Communion Services.

This ministry is extremely spiritual and personally fulfilling.