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GOLF TOURNAMENT

Altar Guild

• Altar Guild
• Flower Guild
• Mississippi Diocesan Altar Guild
• National Altar Guild Association (NAGA)

Altar Guild
The Altar Guild members (men and women) prepare the Chapel for worship services by making sure the linens are kept clean, the silver and brass is polished, the candles are filled, the wine and bread are always in supply, and the church is neat. Before each service, the members place the proper linens and service vessels in the Chapel at their appointed places, mark the Bible for the readings, arrange the hymnal numbers in the holder and set out the appropriate bulletins. The Guild also takes care of cleaning and stocking the Home Communion box. The Altar Guild operates by teams who serve the same Sunday each month. ALTAR GUILD TRAINING is being planned for October. If you wish to join a team, let us know.

A Tip to Help the Altar Guild - All parishioners can assist the Altar Guild in its work by picking up everything from the pews when you leave church including bulletins, used tissue, children's toys. Also, cleaning the silver and pottery is made much easier if the ladies will blot their lipsticks before partaking of the wine.

Province IV Altar Guild welcomes noted church leader at its annual conference in June. Click here for:

• Details of the meeting
• Registration Form
• Housing Form

Flower Guild
The flowers for all the services in the Chapel and Parish Hall, including weddings and funerals, are arranged by members of the Flower Guild. If you are interested in this Guild, contact Irene Crowder at 856-9812. Training will be provided.

View more photos ...

• Click here to see some of
  the beautiful arrangements created by our Chapel Flower Guild.
• Click here for the November 20, 2005 arrangements.
• Click here for the Pentecost 2006 arrangements.
• Click here for Palm Sunday 2007 arrangements.
• Click here for Easter Sunday 2007 flowers.

The Flower Guild now has a Web Blog. Check it out at www.theflowerguild.blogspot.com

Flower Guild Fees

The suggested minimum cost for flowers provided by the guild is as follows:

Weddings:
Altar and Narthex - $500.00 (3 arrangements and 2 pew markers)
Back of Church - $100.00 (Additional arrangement)
Windows (for weddings after sunset only) - $400.00

Baptisms:
Altar - $150.00
Font - $100.00
Narthex - $75.00

Funerals:
Altar and Narthex -$200.00

Flower Gifts:
Flowers maybe given for any Sunday as a gift of celebration, Thanksgiving or memory. Suggested minimum cost for Sunday flowers in $60.00. An individual wishing to give flowers should do so by contacting the church office to schedule flowers at least two weeks in advance.

Mississippi Diocesan Altar Guild
Chapel Altar Guild members have long been prominently involved in Diocesan and Province Altar Guild Associations. Jan Smith has been President of the Province IV Altar Guild and a member of the National Altar Guild Board. Judy McLarty has served as National Altar Guild President.

National Altar Guild Association (NAGA)
The purpose ofthe National Altar Guild Association (NAGA) is to assist parish, diocesan, and provincial Altar Guilds through information, resources, and communication including a quarterly newsletter - The Epistle. By making itself aware of the great diversity among Episcopalians, by staying abreast of liturgical changes not only in ceremony but also in the furnishings of worship, by helping solve contemporary Altar Guild problems, by spreading the word about who knows what "in Altar Guild country," NAGA is the center of the Altar Guild network. The Altar Guilds "out there" assist NAGA with its on-going projects such as making stoles and chasubles for the chaplains of the armed forces and rounding up articles for its regular gift to General Convention - an outstanding Ecclesiastical Art Collection.