Readers, Ushers & Eucharistic Ministers of St Winefride’s ...

1 MINUTES OF MEETING Readers, Ushers & Eucharistic Ministers of St winefride s Parish Held on Thursday 29th November 2012 in our church hall 1. Welcome from Fr Ravi & introductions given by all present. 2. In his introduction Fr Ravi spoke of 3 aspects of Christian life in our parish: faith formation, faith celebration and faith action; each flowing from one to the other with the role of Special Ministers of the Eucharist and Readers being faith celebration. 3. Parishioners present volunteering: Week end Masses READERS: M Slater, M Green, M Unsworth, S McGlynn, A Flanagan Eucharistic Ministers : S McGlynn, A Harrison 4. Recent & New READERS workshop: Possible date is Tuesday 15 Jan 2013 in church: please advise Joe Tunstall if and when you know this is an appropriate date & time, thank you; workshop for Eucharistic Ministers to be arranged by Fr Ravi in the New Year. 5. Parishioner nominated by T Topping to receive Holy Communion (BC in Weatherstones) M Davies has most kindly offered to be minister .

2 6. R Jones volunteered to accompany J Tunstall to Hinderton Mount in taking Holy Communion at weekends. 7. Volunteer Readers for our Christmas Masses 2012 are:- Vigil Mass: D Davies; Midnight Mass: M Unsworth; Mass: A-M Miller; am: T Topping. Christmas Mass please note that the bulletin copy of readings is only headlined for Midnight Mass the Midnight Mass is the only one with readings printed in full on our bulletin for Christmas 2012. 8. Issues raised under AOB include the following:- a. New readers rota to include mobile phone numbers where possible b. Eucharistic Ministers list also to carry phone numbers c. Both rotas to be included on our parish website with initials only of Ministers concerned d. Refreshments at next meeting: this one ran from to 9:00pm e. From Monday 18th March to Thursday 21st March, Bishop Mark is to lead a parish mission. All Ministers are encouraged to participate. f. Welcome Ministry needed in our parish g. M Davies is to order a new handbook for our Eucharist Ministers h.

3 Re: Holy Communion under both kinds at week end Masses: Ushers will need to be involved and be familiar with any different ways of facilitating this. i. One option strongly suggested is for our congregation to begin going to Holy Communion from the back centre of the church with all receiving the Host from our celebrant before queuing to receive from the chalice from at least 2 celebrants in other locations. j. A committee of volunteers kindly offered to investigate the possibility of agreeing the best way of introducing Holy Communion under both kinds: D Barber, A-M Miller, G Davies & M Slater. Also the committee is to suggest, in consultation with Fr Chris & Fr Denis, a suitable badge/garment to be worn by the special Ministers of the Eucharist when giving out Holy Communion. k. On Maundy Thursday recommissioning for the Eucharistic Ministers will involve receiving a certificate to denote their role as minister for the coming year. l. 13th Feb 2013 was suggested as a possible start date to trial Holy Communion under both kinds at our weekend Masses.

4 One possible solution is to create a right hand aisle by exchanging short benches for the long ones at present used on the front right side of the centre of church. m. Four meetings a year were agreed and the next meeting is fixed for the beginning of Lent 2013 during the week beginning the 18th February. Fr Ravi suggested we meet not only to for organising our ministries but also to have some input to support and develop our ministry and spirituality. n. Many, many thanks to H Jones for volunteering to take the next meeting s minutes. Thanks to all who attended.