Thank you for your service to Seven Rivers and the Usher ministry!

Being a part of the usher team at Seven Rivers includes the following:

• Arrive 30 minutes before the service starts and check in with the lead usher on duty. 

• Welcome everyone with a smile and a hello.

• Be pleasant and cheerful.

• Offer to seat or find seats for individuals. Sometimes a couple of ushers will need to work together to seat large groups or when the seats are limited.

• Escort guests needing nursery location.

• Encourage seating toward the front and middle.

• One of most important “ushering” times is the first 10 minutes AFTER the service has begun. Please help people find seats during that time.

• The collection plates should be given to one of the deacons at the back of the sanctuary.

• Count the section you are assigned and report the number to the lead usher.

• Distribute the attendance pads.

• Assist the lead usher in collecting the attendance pads after the service and removing the sheets from each pad.

• Help the lead usher pickup trash in the sanctuary as you collect attendance books.

Lead Usher Responsibilities

• Primary goal of the leader is to coordinate all the ushers used in the worship service; especially for the collection of tithes, issuance of the attendance pads, and seating the congregation.

• It is the lead usher’s duty to call all ushers on their team prior to the beginning of their month to remind them they are on next month. 

• Make sure all ushers wear the “WELCOME” tag and their individual Seven Rivers Presbyterian Church name tags.

• Lead usher should arrive at church approximately 45 minutes before the service starts.

• Smile.

• Be pleasant.

• Make sure each usher knows their assignments in their assigned section. Sections are numbered west to east from one to six.

• Upon arrival the lead usher should obtain the collection plates, a cup of water to be placed at the podium, and obtain an usher attendance/assignment report. Lead usher should fill out the report as to the deacon on duty and the names of all those serving as ushers.

• After the service the report should be taken to the Information Desk and placed in the wire basket along with the attendance sheets.

• Help people feel comfortable and welcomed. You are the primary example for the other ushers.

• Help people find seats as the sanctuary fills up with people as well as after the service begins for latecomers.

• Make sure the attendance count is taken before children are dismissed for children's church.

• Lead usher should remain at the rear of the sanctuary throughout the worship service in case of emergency or other problems. Lead usher is to contact the deacon on duty if necessary.

• After the service is over, the lead usher should pick up any trash left in the sanctuary.

• It is the individual usher’s responsibility and the lead usher’s responsibility to find a substitute if he or she is unable to attend a service for which they have usher duty.

• Lead usher needs to be familiar with the location of most fire extinguishers, cleaning supplies, and first aid kits.