RESPONSIBILITIES of a GREETER during COVID-19 (updated 6.4.2020)
A Greeter is the first and last face a parishioner or visitor sees.  His/her positive first impression can’t be under-estimated, because it sets the tone for participants’ celebration of Mass.  Continue to thank people for coming when greeting them, and thank them for coming as they leave Mass!  
  • In general…:
  1. You will NOT sign in, as has been the custom for years!
  2. Make sure that you bring your own mask, and make sure that all parishioners entering the chapel have a mask. We have extras at the doors!
  3. There will be no paper worship aids available, but worshipers can access digital versions on the parish homepage.
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  • Plan to meet at the Main Street/Parking Lot Entrance 20 minutes before Mass begins in order to determine roles:
  1. One greeter will check off parishioners as they enter the building.  
  2. One greeter will direct parishioners into the chapel (left, then right).
  3. Two or three greeters will seat parishioners in pew sections (A, B, & C), as well as facilitate an orderly procession from the chapel.
 
  • Seat parishioners in the nave of the church, only.  (The balcony and gathering space are off-limits.)  
  1. The four sections of pews in the main body of the chapel will be assigned as A (Ambo Section), B (Bluff-Side Section), and C (Center Sections).
  2. One greeter will stand in front (between the center pew sections) and seat the C sections, making sure that parishioners are safely spaced and seated in every other pew.  Start in front and move back toward the State Street doors.
  3. Two other greeters will seat parishioners in the A & B sections, starting in front and moving toward the back of the chapel.
  4. Parishioners who are quarantining together can be seated together.
 
  • Think of exiting the church as a procession out of the church, similar to some weddings. 
  1. When the priest leaves the building A & B greeters will immediately dismiss the A & B sections from back to front, out the Main Street/Parking Lot Entrance. 
  2. C greeters will dismiss the C sections from back to front, out the State Street Entrance.
 
Thank you for this very important ministry!!