jeff noel Lector.
Doing the first reading this morning at Mass. May God’s Holy Spirit fill me with the wisdom to read in such a way, that the parishioners will feel like God is speaking to them and not me.
Blessed beyond measure we are. Aren’t we?
Tag: Lector
Volunteering – Involving Your Family?
Yesterday a fellow public speaker asked an excellent question. By the way, great professional speakers ask great questions.
“What about volunteering with your family”? It was not clear in yesterday’s post, so here it is now.
All our volunteer efforts start with, “Can we do this as a Family”?
Not only is being visible important to setting a good example, but so is involvement.
My wife serves as a Minister of Holy Communion on the days I Lector. Afterwards, our son helps me carry the Gospel (a very large, heavy book) back to the Sacristy. Been doing this since he could walk.
It was cute the first few years because it was only symbolic. He was not strong enough to actually help. But children don’t care. He actually believed he was lifting it.
You know, in a weird sort of way, he actually was. Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂
Volunteering Is A Lifestyle
Didn’t consciously think about this until our son was born in 2000.
In studying human nature, I concluded there were several choices:
- Volunteering for things that take you away from your Family
- Volunteering for things that do not take you away from your Family
- Volunteering for a little of both
- Not volunteering
This morning, I’m a Lector at our Church. Once or twice a month I have the privilege to read from the Old Testament or the New Testament.
The (two) Lectors act as God’s voice, and read critical pieces of scripture to the congregation.
Our son sees this every time I volunteer. Visible is good. Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂