Assisting Ministers/Lectors

At Faith, our practice in modern liturgy is to share the leadership role of worship, as recommended in the Lutheran “Manual on the Liturgy.”

We believe that in worship, the leadership ought to be shared by several people:

The Presiding Minister, who must be ordained.
The Assisting Minister(s), who need not be ordained.

Laypeople – both men and women – are encouraged to share in the assisting roles as their abilities allow. They are not just helpers — they have their own rightful role to fulfill in the use of lay leadership.

Assisting Ministers
Assisting Ministers assist the Presiding Minister with aspects of leading worship.

Individuals who wish to serve as Assisting Ministers will receive training prior to serving.

Lectors
Lectors read the Scripture before the sermon. The readings are e-mailed to the readers ahead of time so you have the opportunity to practice and work out all the pronunciations of names and places before reading them in church on Sunday.