Dear Parents/Guardians of Saint Joseph Parish,

Each year we invite young people in grades 5 – 8 and our high school students to become servers for Sunday Mass. Their part in this ministry cannot happen without the cooperation and support of parents and guardians willing to bring their children to Church, commit to keeping the appointed Mass time for serving, and ask for a substitute when needed.

Please encourage your child to consider ministry as a server. Our servers these last couple of years have been doing a wonderful job at Mass, and it would be a gift to our parish to have more young people in this role. High School servers bring their experience to the Mass and offer a tremendous witness. Serving at God’s altar is not just a grade school ministry! 

God bless you for your willingness to bring your grade or high school students into the service of the Church and the liturgy. 

Bob Valle 
Director of Liturgy and Music
 

• Training for Saint Joseph School students occurs during the school day. 

• Training for Grade School Students who attend public schools and for all High School Students will be scheduled with small groupings of servers as needed.

Parents, there are two ways to complete the new altar server application.

• The online form is below. Complete and submit.
• For mail in, there is a printable form above. Click on the link, complete the form and return it via email (bvalle@sjpdg.org.), land mail, or by dropping it off at the parish center, to the attention of Bob Valle, Director of Liturgy and Music.
• Please complete registration by Thursday, September 7.

You will receive an email from Ministry Scheduler Pro with a link to access the site so you can provide your Mass preferences and days you will not be available during that time period. Please  access promptly as we are just rolling out this updated program and there may be some unforeseen gliches.

Your child will be scheduled to serve for Sunday Masses beginning with the next schedule (October 7/8 - November 25/26).  Per request from our pastor, Father Al, we ask that you be open to being scheduled at a Mass other than your preferred times. Please consider serving at 5:00pm Mass on Sunday so we can bring full ministry back to this Mass.