Procedures for lectors #2
Lector Procedures Preparation The Week Before: Please use your lector workbook to prepare for your ministry. When you use the reading for your daily prayer it supports your good preparation. If you cannot serve as scheduled, please request a substitute before Friday at noon on the scheduling program. Also notify Shari@staparish.net or text/call 515-509-6851, especially if you discover you need a substitute after noon on Friday. Thanks! Preparation Just Before Mass: Please come early. Fifteen minutes before Mass, each lector checks in with the Mass coordinator. Lector #1 verifies that the book stand is on the altar. It may be in the credence cabinet. Lector #1 brings the Book of the Gospels from the sacristy to the gathering space for the procession. Lector #2 brings the Lectionary to the ambo before Mass. (The Lectionary is in the bookcase in the sacristy.) Lectors #1 and #2 should look at the Lectionary before Mass. Know exactly where your reading is in the book, so that if somebo