Outreach opportunities

There are many way to become more involved at CGS.  Call the church office (617) 924 9420 or contact our rector, Ann Franklin for more information.

Stewardship

Join the altar guild

Work behind the scenes on Saturdays and/or Sundays preparing the church for the services -- polishing brass and silver; setting up appropriate vessels, books, hangings, and vestments for the services; cleaning up on Sundays.

Work with our hospitality group

Coffee Hour Host:  Bring goodies to enrich a coffee hour.

Become a LEM

Become licensed as a LEM to bring Communion to someone unable to attend church because of illness or other infirmity or to help serve communion during Sunday services. To become a Lay Eucharistic Minister, contact Ann Franklin.  She help you get the training you'll need for this important ministry.

Greet people as they arrive for Sunday worship.  Be among the first faces we present to newcomers.  Collect the offerings and present them at the altar.  Regulate the flow of communicants to the altar rail and assist them as necessary. 

Work in the garden or grounds

Become a member

How To Become a Member of the Episcopal Church

THE ANSWER depends on what one means by the phrase "become a member." It can mean to different people:

1) "to become a Christian" in a publiclicly recognized way.

2) "to belong " to the Episcopal Church in a general sense,

3) "to join" a local congregation, or even

4) in a legal sense, to obtain the rights and privileges of a communicant (a contributing and voting member).

All membership rests finally on a public affirmation of faith by you, or, in the case of small children, by Godparents, and incorporation into the church through the sacrament of Baptism.

1. The Episcopal Church recognizes as Christians all persons who have been baptized with water in the name of the Holy Trinity. They are members of the universal Body of Christ, as arms and organs are "members" of a physical body.

2. There are two ways to become a member of the Episcopal Church: by Baptism in an Episcopal congregation or by reception or transfer as a baptized person from another communion.

3. If the Baptism takes place in an Episcopal church, the person is a member of that particular parish until death or until his or her records are transferred to another parish. If Baptism took place elsewhere and the person arranges for the fact to be recorded in an Episcopal church register, that person is thereby a member of our church.

The requirements for the meaning of Baptism are contained in the words of the liturgy for Holy Baptism found on pages 298-314 of the Book of Common Prayer.

If you'd like to become a member or transfer your membership, please call (617) 924 9420 or contact our rector, Ann Franklin  

Join a fellowship group