Acolytes Gather for the Procession at the Festival!
Acolyte Festival 2019
August 24-25, 2019
Church of the Good Shepherd, Augusta GA
Grades 3-12
Cost: $50 ($60 after August 12)
Acolytes from across the Diocese will gather at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Augusta for the Acolyte Festival on Saturday, August 24 through services on Sunday, August 25. The time together will be framed by formation, music, and play. A highlight this year will be Acolyte Lead Training and workshops for Acolyte Masters presented by Roger Speer, Good Shepherd’s Director of Student Ministries and the co-author and illustrator of “I Serve at God’s Altar,” the new Acolyte Training manual by Church Publishing. Participating churches will each receive a copy of “I serve at God’s Altar” for their libraries.
There will be multiple workshops led by local leaders for acolytes of every age from grade three through 12. Workshops take place Saturday in the early afternoon and include instructions on how to swing a thurible, how to serve at the altar, what all the different vestments are and mean, and lots more! A highlight will be a late afternoon fun activity, and joining the Church of the Good Shepherd’s worship service on Sunday, August 25.
Participants arrive on Saturday morning, August 24 from 9-10:30 AM. Bring your vestments for Sunday and a congregational banner for Sunday’s festival procession. Come prepared to sleep on the floor Saturday night by bringing a camp mattress or an inflatable mattress, sleeping bag, toiletries, and clothes to change into for Sunday morning.
Congregations who send a group of acolytes also register and send adults who are willing to engage with the activities and with the acolytes throughout the weekend!
Please contact Canon Joshua Varner at jvarner@gaepiscopal.org for more information, or to request scholarship assistance. Click this link to register now at http://bit.ly/AcFest2019