Contact: celebrants@ucdsm.org.
The Celebrants Team assists our Senior Minister and pulpit guests with creating and performing services for Sundays and special occasions. Celebrants serve for an open-ended period due to the training required to perform this role well. If you are interested in becoming a celebrant, please contact the Celebrants Team.
Requirements
Celebrants must be able to:
- Read at a fifth-grade level or higher
- Speak in a clear and understandable voice
- Reliably fulfill their role when scheduled for a service
- Take responsibility for immediately notifying the Senior Minister in the event they cannot be present on a scheduled Sunday
- Remain in contact with pulpit guests for the weeks they are responsible for, assuring that the guests have information they need regarding service requirements
- Using our service template, work with pulpit guests as assigned to create all aspects of a service, including the order of service, additional scripting, hymn or special music selection and any blocking/staging as needed
- Provide feedback and ideas for services
- Arrive for assigned services 30 minutes prior to the service start time
- Meet assigned pulpit guest for their scheduled service, orient them to the space or Zoom procedure, and provide hospitality as needed
- Ensure that any visiting pulpit guest receives their check
- Attend yearly celebrant training sessions
Digital literacy is an important part of being a member of the Celebrants Team. Members must be willing and able to be successful with:
- Using a range of microphones
- Producing and collaborating on scripts/orders of service using common digital tools like Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Apple Pages, etc.
- Accessing and using a shared scheduling tool on Google sheets, and shared files on One Drive
- Having reliable internet access or be willing to find such access as needed