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    Church Usher: Servant of God: Proven Methods for Effective Ushering
    Church Usher: Servant of God: Proven Methods for Effective Ushering
    Church Usher: Servant of God: Proven Methods for Effective Ushering
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    Church Usher: Servant of God: Proven Methods for Effective Ushering

    By David R. Enlow

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    Church Usher: Servant of God (A Concise Ministry Manual) Updated Edition by David R. Enlow is a brief concise book 68 pages in length that give the church a good look at an often overlooked vital ministry within the church.  In the past, the role of the church usher has often been underestimated by church leadership. Anyone can help do this job some say. Proven methods of effective ushering is a concept, but the ministry of ushering takes on new dignity and in this practical and biblically based study prepared in consultation with ushers from small to large churches. Church Usher: Servant of God may be used as a self-improvement study for individuals or taught in a class setting. Head ushers will find it an excellent reference tool for the execution of their duties for their team. Each short chapter ends with a summary and thought provoking questions to stir discussion and to help with further study. 
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMoody Publishers
    Release dateJan 1, 2006
    ISBN9781600669934
    Church Usher: Servant of God: Proven Methods for Effective Ushering

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      Church Usher - David R. Enlow

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      INTRODUCTION

      Many pastors are searching for such material to aid their ushers and will benefit from your work, responded Donald Wiggins, pastor of the Westmont Alliance Church, Westmont, Illinois, to a survey sent to church leaders seeking help with this manual for ushers.

      Several others echoed that view, calling this a much-needed work, a most worthwhile project. One pastor said, We can use all the help you can give us. Thanks in part to these pastors and head ushers, this manual has become a reality.

      My own years of service as a church usher, during the pastorate of Dr. A.W. Tozer at Chicago’s Southside Christian and Missionary Alliance Church and later, bring back warm memories. Not only the feeling of satisfaction in serving, but also the rewarding fellowship, stand out in my mind.

      In particular, I recall our ushers’ banquet one year at a southside restaurant—with wives as guests—featuring special music, an inspirational speaker and pertinent discussions about our duties as ushers. That kind of gathering helps to establish a camaraderie—an esprit de corps—worthy of consideration on a regular basis, whether quarterly, semiannually or once a year.

      My special thanks to these men for their invaluable help in preparation of this manual:

      Lucky Baldwin, Wheaton Bible Church, Wheaton, Ill.

      Dave Brandon, Fox Valley Bible Church, St. Charles, Ill.

      Emil Centanni, Lombard Bible Church, Lombard, Ill.

      Dr. Charles A. Epperson, The First Alliance Church, Orlando, Fla.

      Rev. Ronald B. Gifford, Blanchard Road Alliance Church, Wheaton, Ill.

      Rev. Clarence E. Hager, Lombard Bible Church, Lombard, Ill.

      Rev. Stanley J. Lemon, South Holland Alliance Church, South Holland, Ill.

      Carl Lofgren, Wheaton Bible Church, Wheaton, Ill.

      Ed Mark, South Holland Alliance Church, South Holland, Ill.

      Oscar McCullough, Moody Church, Chicago, Ill.

      Ray Munsterman, Blanchard Road Alliance Church, Wheaton, Ill.

      David Riemenschneider, Bloomingdale Alliance Church, Bloomingdale, Ill.

      Dean Sonntag, Westmont Alliance Church, Westmont, Ill.

      Rev. Howard C. Stein, Fox Valley Bible Church, St. Charles, Ill.

      Rev. Donald A. Wiggins, Westmont Alliance Church, Westmont, Ill.

      Flexibility is a key consideration as you read this manual and seek to apply its principles and suggestions to your own church situation. You must adapt the ideas presented, depending on the size of your fellowship, its flavor (formal or informal) and other factors. This book contains suggestions, not directions.

      One church surveyed, for example, likes military precision in the performance of usher duties; another leans toward informality. Who is to say one is right and the other is wrong? Another key word is balance. By not going overboard in any particular area, a church maintains a worshipful atmosphere and the ushers are instrumental in that achievement.

      Hopefully, this manual will provide a basis for study and training among your church ushers. At the very least, it should remind your ushers that theirs is a vital spiritual ministry.

      In addition to the pastors and head ushers who contributed their expertise to this manual, I am indebted to these three sources for helpful information:

      Paul H. D. Lang, Church Ushering. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1946.

      Willis O. Garrett, Church Usher’s Manual Old Tappan: Fleming H. Revell, 1924.

      Leslie Parrott. The Usher’s Manual Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1970.

      1

      THE MINISTRY OF USHERING

      Four great ministries comprise the work of the church: preaching, teaching, music and ushering. Each one is vital to the spiritual success of the church, for without any one of them the total ministry will suffer.

      First and foremost, the church usher is a servant. Too, he is one who exercises his spiritual gift, for the ministry of ushering surely must be included in the gift of helps referred to by the Apostle Paul in his letter to the Corinthians:

      And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues (1 Corinthians 12:28).

      In his role as a servant, the usher is reminded: by love serve one another (Galatians 5:13). If any man serve me, him will my Father honour (John 12:26).

      The faithful church usher finds his motto in Colossians 3:23, 24: "And whatsoever ye do, do

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