Our parish Churches, St George’s and St Wilfrid’s, are places where we come together as a community to praise and worship God, to thank Him for his blessings, to ask pardon and forgiveness for our sins, and to offer our lives and petitions on the altar. It is our duty to make our Churches even more holy by adding our prayers and songs to our worship and by giving our time and talents and treasure in the various ministries. I am appealing this week for you to volunteer your services as welcomers, readers, ministers of holy communion, altar servers and writing the bidding prayers for use at Mass. None of these take up much time. Help and guidance are available if needed. They are all really needed in the current time and the more volunteers who come forward the lighter the burden on those already helping. Please speak to Fr Rory or any of those already helping if you are willing to help in any way. I have always said the personal approach is the best method of finding volunteers so don’t be surprised if you are asked if you would be willing to help in some way. Unfortunately there is not enough time after Mass as you leave church for us to ask everyone personally. I have never managed to ask more than two on any one Sunday. I became a deacon some 4/5 years after I was asked one day by my Parish priest if I had ever thought about becoming a deacon. My immediate response was “No Father, what is that?” His question led me to eventually say “I will” after training and preparation. The various ministries that I mentioned earlier require nothing like the preparation to become a deacon. You see them in action each week in our churches, so you already know what they do. These ministries are really rewarding in that one gains a lot by doing one or more of them – so please help us all by volunteering, preferably before Fr Rory, myself or someone else asks you if you would volunteer!
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