Leaders are needed for Sunday Masses (9:00 a.m. at St. Albert the Great and 10:30 a.m. at OLR and St. Thomas Aquinas)
During our Children’s Liturgy Of the Word (CLOW) at our Sunday morning Masses, children ages 4 and up are sent out from the assembly right after the Collect to gather in another near-by space so that they may hear and talk about the scripture readings at their level of understanding and pray with the other children gathered. CLOW is offered most weeks from September through May. CLOW is not offered on Family Mass weekends (usually the 4th Sunday of the month) or on holidays.
In order for us to offer this meaningful experience for our children, we need adults who are willing to lead them. As a Children’s Liturgy of the Word (CLOW) leader, you would serve in rotation with others in the ministry. Frequency of service depends on the number of people we have willing to serve. Ideally we would have sufficient ministers to have each person (or team) serve only once a month or once every other month.
Materials to assist the leader to break open the Word for the children and lead them in prayer are provided for each week. The materials will be available in plenty of time for each leader to become familiar with them and prepare for this session. There are also materials for the children to take with them to further enrich their experience of the Liturgy of the Word.
We are in need of people to help with this ministry at all sites. Training will be provided to all who accept a role in this ministry. We would like to begin offering CLOW on September 8.