Documents for reference

Sacristans' checklist

Click here to download the latest version of the sacristan's checklist (Acrobat.pdf file) .

Gestures and procedures at the eucharist

The reason for adopting certain gestures and procedures is not to stifle individuality. Instead, the purposes are—

• To make certain actions sufficiently automatic that the person doing them is free to give attention to primary matters, including the needs of others.
• To avoid idiosyncrasies that tend to distract or annoy other people.
• To help ordinary people appear less awkward.
• To avoid accidents.

Some traditional gestures and practices are derived from the customs of the cultures in which Christianity first took root; some are the restult ot the historic experience of the Christian community; some are more or less arbitrary; some are simply practical common sense.
Click here for guidelines that apply to the congregation as well as readers and ministers at the eucharist.

Blessing of Marriages in The Episcopal Church

Click here for information about Blessing of Marriage in the Episcopal Diocese of New York.

Asset-based planning: charts and data

Click here to download a pdf version of the the data and the charts that were developed to show our personal and parish strengths and the needs we've identified for one another.

Children at Worship, Congregations in Bloom

Caroline S. Fairless has written a wonderful how-to book for involving children in the regular worship of the church. A pdf version of the book has been purchased for our use. Click here to download (25.3 MB).

Report to the Congregational Support Plan

On April 1st, Palm Sunday 2007, questionnaires were distributed to everyone attending church that day. Twenty-nine individuals responded. Results were collated in an Excel Spreadsheet, charts were prepared, and a brief summary was prepared. Take a look. Click here.

Ecumenical study shows why congregations grow

Analysis of participating Episcopal congregations. Click here.

Policies

• "Safe Church" policy
• Church weddings policy
• Use of church facilities policy
• Church Spending policy

CSP annual reports

• CSP annual report for 2004 - The annual report required by the diocesan Congregational Support Plan and used to evaluate progress toward self-sufficiency.
• CSP annual report for 2005 - The annual report required by the diocesan Congregational Support Plan and used to evaluate progress toward self-sufficiency.

Parish financial report

Click here to view a pdf version of the latest year-to-date prish financial report.

Christ Church bylaws

Christ Church bylaws filed with Town of Marlborough clerk September 2, 2005. (Microsoft Word.doc format)

Percept ReVision

From the Percept ReVision community and self-evaluation workshops

• Notes taken by computer in real time during the two workshop sessions. Click here.
• Summary presented to the congregation and submitted for review by the Congregational Support Plan. Click here.

Upcoming activities and programs