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Do you feel called to serve at Mass? We ​are always looking for Altar Servers, Lectors, Ministers of Holy Communion, and Ushers. If you are interested, please contact Terri Huseman at the Parish ​Office (806-655-3302) or email [email protected].

We are ​always in need of eager and reverent young people to be trained ​as Altar Servers. ​For new Altar Servers, training sessions will be held on Saturday, September 14, from 10 a.m.-noon in the church, and Wednesday, September 18 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the church. Boys and girls must have received the First Communion and be actively participating the the Catholic fundamentals of ​Mass on Sundays and Holy Days and Faith Formation classes. (Parents of potential new servers should sign ​up their child near the Good Shepherd statue in the narthex and take an Altar Server ​handbook for their child to study BEFORE they come to training.)

We welcome children who have received First Communion to come and learn to serve in the Mass. Please join us on Sunday, December 3, between the Masses in the church if your child is interested.

All current Altar Servers need to come to the church during the Faith Formation hour on Sunday, January 22, for important updates.

We welcome all children who have received their First Communion to come and learn to serve in the Mass. Our training will be held in the church between the Masses on Sunday, October 16. Please sign up in the narthex to get trained!

All heads of each liturgical ministry will gather on Thursday, August 12, at 7:00 p.m. in Meeting Room C to discuss with Fr. Scott plans and protocols for the training of new liturgical ministers.

We invite those who have signed up to become new Altar Servers to begin your training on one of the following two Sundays: Sunday, August 22, from 10:15 a.m-11:15 a.m. in the church, or Sunday, August 29, from 10:15 a.m-11:15 a.m. in the church. Thanks to our great young people as they prepare to serve at the altar!

f you are interested in becoming an Usher, Lector, and/or Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, please find signup sheets in the narthex in June for each ministry. Training sessions will be scheduled according to the number and availability of the trainees. Altar Servers -- If you or your young person are interested in becoming a part of our wonderful crew of altar servers, please remain in the church after the Masses on June 26-27 to sign up. Training sessions will be held in July and August. Candidates must have made their First Communion. Thank you!

Liturgical ministers, please stop by the glass table in the narthex and sign up if you are an Altar Server, Lector, Communion Minister, or Usher and will be in town for either Christmas Eve/Christmas Day and/or New Year's Eve/New Year's Day. We especially need ministers for Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Thanks!

Offering one's gifts as a liturgical minister is a singularly excellent way to give of oneself to the parish family. If you currently are or want to become an Altar Server or Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, you must attend one of the corresponding update/training sessions. All sessions will be held in the church. Altar Servers:  Sunday, Feb. 9, 4-5 p.m. Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Please remember that liturgical ministers must be registered members of St. Ann's, active and participating Catholics, and living according to the moral teachings of the Church, including the marriage and intimacy teachings of the Church.

Please top by the glass table in the narthex and sign up if you are an altar server, lector, Communion minister, or usher and will be in town for either Christmas Eve/Day and/or New Year's Eve/Day. We especially need ministers for Christmas Day and New Year's Day, so if you are available for those liturgies, please be sure to indicate that. Thanks!

Holy Week is now just one week away! If you are a liturgical minister (lector, Communion minister, altar server, or usher) and have not yet indicated your availability to serve at one or more of our Holy Week liturgies, please do so by singing one of the sheets on the glass table in the narthex after Mass this weekend.

Please stop by the table in the narthex and sign up if you are an altar server, lector, Communion minister, or usher and will be in town for either Christmas Eve/Day and/or New Year's Eve/Day. Place your name on the list, which ministry (or ministries) you are available for and then check all the Masses at which you might be able to serve. We especially need ministers for Christmas Day and New Year's Day, so if you are available for those liturgies, please be sure to indicate that. Thanks!

A training session for altar servers will take place this Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the church. If you are entering grades 4-12, please consider participating in this important ministry. We need to add several more altar servers to our roster, so we're counting on your help! The training session should last about 90 minutes.

The altar server training session scheduled for this morning (Thursday) will be postponed. If you are entering grades 4-12 and would like to be trained as an altar server, please call the parish office ASAP and give Stefani a list of possible dates and times you would be able to attend a training session. We will then try to schedule the training for a time when everyone can attend. Thank you!

If you are an altar server, lector, Communion minister, or usher, please take a moment to add your name to the sign-up sheets on the table in the narthex and indicate your availability for our Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil, and Easter Sunday liturgies. We need "all hands on deck" during this busy week, so please sign up today so that our office staff can prepare the schedule for liturgical ministers for Holy Week ASAP.

If you are available to serve as a lector, Communion minister, altar server, or usher at one of our Christmas liturgies, please place your name on the sheet that can be found on the glass table in the narthex and check the Mass(es) for which you are willing to be scheduled.

Don't forget to stop by the parish hall after Mass today for our annual parish ministry fair. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the many organizations, activities, and ministries of our parish and to consider participating in one or more of these ministries. Refreshments will be served at the fair!

The second training session for parishioners entering grades 4 through 12 who are interested n becoming altar servers will be on Friday, July 7 at 2 p.m. If you did not attend the first training session a couple of weeks ago, you may still participate in the July training session. Current altar servers are also invited to attend as a "refresher course" (particularly if you are still not quite sure how to use the processional candles).

Please see the list of assignments printed on the insert in this weekend's bulletin. If you are not able to fulfill your assignment, please call the parish office as soon as possible. Please do not find your own substitute this week ... we will find one for you, but please let us know that you need a substitute ASAP. The Holy Week Liturgical Ministry Schedule is also available online at: http://stannsofcanyon.org/documents/2017/4/Easter%20Triduum%20Schedule%20-%202017.pdf