Our Family Ministries
Our Church Family Ministries
The actual administration and governance of an Episcopal Church is in accordance with the National Canons of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America. In local churches, specific plans are directed and carried out by an elected group of members known as a Vestry or Bishop's Committee. Among that group is an/are elected Senior Warden(s), who preside(s) over the group and, with the clergy, look(s) after the general well-being of the church; the Junior Warden(s), who assist(s) the Senior Warden(s) and is particularly responsible for the building and grounds, and who may be assisted by an Assistant Junior Warden; the Treasurer, who oversees the church finances; and a Clerk, a position which is filled in our congregation by three members on a rotating basis. We also have Senior Wardens Elect for the year 2008.
Mr. Alex Glavin and Mrs. Susie Glavin
Co-Senior Wardens		 Mr. Tom DeVore
Junior Warden		 Ray and Marie Langerstrom
Senior Wardens Elect
Mr. Bill Grosser
Treasurer		 Mrs. Sherry Denton
Member
Mrs. Nancy Hampton
Member		 Ms. Karen Emery
Member		 Mrs. Karen Marchand
Assistant Treasurer
Much of our fellowship is in the hands of two groups of parishioners called Family Groups. All members belong to one or other of the groups, and are invited to attend a monthly meeting, as their schedules allow, at the home of their family group leaders.

As well as being a time for fellowship, fun, and food, volunteers for coffee hour and to serve as oblationers (those who bring up the bread and the wine for Communion during the service) are scheduled at these gatherings. If there are needs among us such as meals following surgery or during illness, they may be coordinated at this time.

Our Family Group Leaders, Alex and Susie Glavin; Nick and Karen Marchand

In addition to visits, phone calls, cards, and food, The Church of the Incarnation has a very active group of Lay Eucharistic Visitors. This group of people has been trained by the clergy and licensed by the Bishop of the Diocese to take Communion directly from our Sunday Service to any member who is unable to attend church, temporarily or permanently, due to illness or infirmity. Our goal in this ministry is to make it possible for those who are shut in to continue to receive Holy Communion weekly. Lay Eucharistic Ministers are sent out from the altar with the following commission:
In the name of this congregation, I send you forth bearing these precious gifts to________ , that those to whom you go may share with us in the Communion of Christ's Body and Blood. We who are many are one Body because we all share one loaf, one cup. Amen.

The Sacrament of Communion in the Episcopal Church is open to all baptized Christians of any denomination, and our need for the grace it brings us never ceases.

The Liturgy for our services is planned by the clergy and a group of interested lay people who comprise the Liturgy Committee. This group is open to any who would like to participate and meets seasonally to discuss ways of making our worship rich and meaningful. Our Episcopal heritage and resources provide many service options, and a variety of hymns and special observances.
Many people help plan our worship.

Music is an important part of our worship service!

The church is blessed to have both a Wicks pipe organ and a piano. At appropriate times, a keyboard, guitar, flute, recorders, and other instruments add thoughtful variety to our worship music. Our church organist, Mrs. Kathy Gordon, has her Master’s of Arts in Music from The University of Oklahoma. She has returned to the Salina area to be nearer family.  We are very grateful for the beauty her playing and her understanding of liturgy add to our worship experience.  All our special services are open to visitors, as well as our Sunday services.  Our annual Advent Festival of Lessons and Music, which will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 2, has become a favorite with community members, and all are most cordially invited to attend the service and the reception following it.
Mrs. Kathy Gordon

Our Altar Guild is responsible for preparing the vestments, books, vessels, and others items used in our services. They generally serve on a rotating basis but come together periodically, especially to prepare for Christmas, Easter, and other major times of celebration.
Our Altar Guild Members care for our vestments and vessels.

It is characteristic of many Episcopal Churches, including The Church of the Incarnation, to maximize the participation of lay people in liturgy. This calls to mind the "priesthood of all believers." In addition to congregational singing and responses throughout the service, we incorporate many trained Lay Ministers.

Lay Readers and Chalice Bearers are licensed by the Bishop of the Diocese to read Scripture, conduct services of Morning and Evening Prayer, and to distribute the consecrated wine at services of Holy Communion. A Lay Chalice Bearer remains at the altar with the priest who is celebrating to visually symbolize the participation of all people present in the prayers of this Sacrament.

Incarnation Lay Readers, Chalice Bearers and Lectors

Lectors read Scripture and lead the congregation in chanting or saying the Psalm of the day. A typical Sunday service in the Episcopal Church incorporates the reading of two passages from the Old Testament, one of those being from the Psalms, and two passages from the New Testament, one from one of the four Gospels, and another from one of the Epistles.
Acolytes bear the Processional Cross, the Processional Torches, and the Gospel Book, and serve at the altar. In our congregation, both young people and adults participate in this ministry.
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