Saturdays @ 4 pm
Sundays @ 8 am, 10:30 am, 12:30 pm (Spanish), & 5 pm
St. Joseph's Conway
Looking for a way to serve and connect even more to the Mass?
Then Liturgical Ministries might just be what you are looking for! Our CCM Mass on Sundays is your Mass, where students serve in all of the liturgical ministries every Mass! We are currently looking for lectors, ushers, gift bearers, and tech ministers.
Of course, we are happy to train anyone who would like to serve or wants a refresher. Contact Luke Hoelzeman to set something up.
We are working on scheduling an EMC (Extraordinary Ministers of Communion) training through St. Joseph's soon, so stay tuned for that announcement!!
Lectors proclaim the scripture readings each week, helping to bring them alive by doing more than just reading. They recite it as if reciting poetry, pausing, emphasizing, and making eye contact.
Ushers are the welcoming hello at the church's doors and the helpful hands to make Mass take place with ease. They arrive early to welcome and greet everyone joining us for Mass each week. They help answer visitors' questions or get them to ministry staff for assistance. And they help ensure the church is properly closed up after Mass.
Gift Bearers Take up the hosts after the Prayers of the Faithful.
Tech Ministers help our Campus Ministers with the sound system. This minister arrives early to assist the Mass Music Ministry in soundcheck. They remain in the booth throughout the Mass to make adjustments.
Music plays a vital role in the Mass. It helps us to connect to God, to each other, and to what's happening right in front of us. And at CCM Conway our Mass Music is lead by students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
Our Music Directors prayerfully select music based on the readings and the liturgical season while incorporating both beautiful traditional hymns with moving contemporary worship songs. Then they gather members of the CCM Conway community together to practice and pray to prepare for our weekly Mass. Music Ministry members take care of all the music needs from playing instruments, singing with the choir, cantoring the Psalms, setting up equipment, and creating worship aids.
Music Ministry members can participate as much or as little as their schedule allows. So it is a great way to serve if you have a particularly busy semester. If you are interested in learning more or to join, email on of our Music Directors.
RCIA – Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults – is the process to learn more about faith, the Catholic Church, and what it means to be a part of the Catholic community.
Each cohort is usually a mixture of Catholics seeking to complete their religious education/Sacraments, Christians seeking to join the Catholic church from another denomination, people embracing faith for the first time, and people just curious about the Catholic faith.
RCIA is completed through St. Joseph Catholic Church in Conway. Click the button to learn more.