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Christian congregation. Things that get done before everyone shows up

things that are attended to after everyone has gone home one of those unsung tasks

falls to the altar guild. Usually a group of Christians sometimes in our

congregation, its families, who come on a voluntary basis and they make ready

for worship and they attend to the altar.

Welcome back to issues, et cetera.

I'm Todd Wilkin.

Joining us to talk about Church Altar Guilds,

Pastor Larry Peters, Senior Pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in Clarksville, Tennessee, and author of a recent column titled,

Ode to the Altar Guild.

Larry, welcome back.

How you doing, Todd?

I'm doing well.

What is an altered guild?

Well, the altered guild are basically those folks who take care of everything in the

Chancellor and any other appointments such as the baptismal font that may be outside the

chancel. Those appointments that are used within the divine service for the word and

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