Chapel Sacristans Handbook 2019

A s C hapel S acristans , you get an opportunity to be involved in : Although the majority of the role of a Chapel Sacristans is at formal occasions when saying prayers and readings, they also get the opportunity to have a say in the chapels throughout the year, especially in terms of the themes and the readings. Within this, it also gives you the opportunity to set certain goals for what you want the chapels to be like. This year, we focused primarily on diversifying the religious aspects in the Chapels. Instead of using only Christian readings and prayers, we decided to use other religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Judaism. We believed this was important as with an increasingly multi- cultural school, it is vital that everyone during the chapels feels included and as though they can relate with the themes. It also creates an opportunity for those who normally are not involved in house chapels to take part as they no longer feel excluded. As Chapel Sacristans, you can create your own goals for the year for example, increasing participation in service within the College. Highlight of our Captaincy My main highlight of the year was definitely being able to diversify the Chapels by including readings, prayers and themes from other religions. I thoroughly enjoyed the idea of having a Chapel meant for everyone. Another enjoyable aspect of the Captaincy was having the opportunity to produce and say the Graces for the year 12 ceremonies as it was great to have a prominent involvement in our senior dinners. Unexpected things that happened during our Captaincy There was nothing extremely unexpected throughout my Captaincy. However, there was that one moment when Mrs Roberts yelled at me for saying ‘lettuce’ instead of ‘let us’ when rehearsing a prayer for Founder’s day. That was some bad English on my behalf. L ooking B ack

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