Altar Servers
The Guild of St Stephen Prayer
O God, you accept our ministry and allow us to serve at your altar;
grant that while serving you we follow the example
of our patron, St. Stephen, the martyr, and that we may like him,
come to see Jesus standing at your right hand in the Kingdom of Heaven.
We ask this through Jesus Christ, your son.
Amen
Altar Servers help assist the priest in celebrating Mass. Our Servers are part of The Guild of St Stephen. They serve at both weekend and weekday Masses, funerals, weddings and at our Christmas and Easter Services and tend to be children and young people from our Parish Schools.
Becoming an Altar Server
The first step is to talk to the priest and agree that the individual child/ adult can take on the role
Then contact Gillian MacArthur the Parish Safeguarding representative whose contact details are on the Safeguarding Board at both St Godrics and St Josephs. Gillian will talk you through the simple application process.
The guidance is as follows
1) If a child is under 14 then a parental consent form will need to be completed. These are available in PDF and Word Document versions below.
2) If a child is 14-18 then a parental consent form will need to be completed . In addition the child will need to complete a volunteers application form . However references will NOT be required. These are available in PDF and Word Document versions below.
3) If an individual is 18 or over they will need to
a) Complete a volunteers application form including references. These are available in PDF and Word Document versions below.
b) Undertake a DBS check
c) Complete the Diocese level 3 online training
d) Sign a safeguarding agreement.
The Parish Safeguarding representative is here to help you through the process so that it can be completed in a timely way.
