The Altar Guild is a dedicated group of volunteers who manage the visual aspects of our worship services. Routinely, they manage the seasonal paraments, minister’s stoles, and flowers for Sunday worship services. For All-Saints Sunday and Pentecost Sunday they display the "Cloud of Witnesses" banners from the balcony’s edge. During Advent they decorate the church with the Advent wreath, Chrismon trees, Chrismon banners, garlands, candles, and poinsettias. On Good Friday the guild prepares our worship space for the Tenebrae service by stripping all paraments, flags, pulpit, altar cross and candles and placing three wooden crosses draped in black fabric, a candelabra and Christ candle in the front of the church. For Easter they place lilies along the communion rail and throughout the church, display the Chrismon banners and produce the traditional Easter banner procession.

Fourteen needlepoint kneelers for the Sanctuary communion rail were dedicated on Sunday, April 13, 2008 during 11:00 worship. The ceremony marked the culmination of the three year project and honored the twenty-six needlepointers from our congregation who stitched the designs handcrafted by artist Sheilah Oscher. The unique work of art incorporates both our color scheme and symbolic grapevine amidst a series of crosses and Christian symbols.

The Altar Guild is a very active “hands on” group of individuals who have a powerful ministry in the life of this great congregation. If you feel called to serve the church by helping with the creation, care and preservation of the visual aspects of our worship, please contact Chairperson, Cindy Booker, or Dana Effler, Director of Music and Arts. They will be anxious to greet you and give you more information about how you can become involved.

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