Lloyd and I are on the altar guild. (We wanted to be on the wizards’ guild, but apparently our church doesn’t have one.) We set up about once a month, and while it’s not hard at all, there are some differences between 8:30 service and 11:00 service, and usually enough weeks have gone by between doing them that I forget something or other. It’s a little embarrassing.
This past Sunday we hemmed and hawed over how many trays to set up. It was a holiday weekend (need fewer?) but Concordia is back in session (need more?). We wound up making less, and as I looked around at the full church, I hightailed it downstairs and met one of the pastors who came down to retrieve something I had forgotten. (Dang it.) I asked if I should make more trays and he said, “Yep.”
After church I apologized to the pastors and then said I’d like to make a chart so I don’t forget things again. (Apparently there is a chart, but it’s in a closet and is outdated.) I asked how they’d prefer things set up, then set it up and took some photos.
So! If you’d like to be on the altar guild at St. John (remember, it’s not the wizards’ guild), here are some handy-dandy diagrams!