Church

  1. Remove “sticks” from stands in the Sanctuary.
  2. Put thicker sticks together and in the same wrapper. (Found in left closet on top in the Usher’s Room.)
  3. Put each set into a separate wrapper.
  4. Store sticks in left closet on the top in the Usher’s Room.
  5. Leave buckets of sand in the stands.
  6. Take an artificial bush of palms and place one in each stand. (“Fluff”)

 

Outside the Divine Mercy Room Door

  1. If not already done so, cut the spikes off the palms that are setting outside the Divine Mercy exit door. Pull off all the strands/strings from the palms.
  2. Place plastic coke containers in each of the tall stands. (1/2 full of water). Cut off tall palms to fit into the stands. (3 or more palms)
  3. Arrange smaller palms in front of the altar, ambo and at the tabernacle .

 

Church Altar and Chapel Altar

  1. Remove purple Altar cloth, Ambo banner and Tabernacle banner.
  2. Replace with red.
  3. Put red banners on the wall.
  4. Steam Altar cloth. (Use extension cord. Do not plug it into the plug under the Altar.
  5. Place Passion binders on the Altar.  Narrator on the side for the Ambo, Presiders’s in the middle, and Voice on the cantor stand side. Ina should do this.

 

Set Up Outside the Parish Center

  1. Take a table from the Parish Center (6 foot one).
  2. Place red tablecloth on it. (Tablecloths are stored in a closet in the Parish Center.)
  3. Place 1 bag of palms on the table.
  4. Matt to bring podium, speakers, mic, extension cord from the School.
  5. Try tape or CD in player using portable mic system from Sr. Yvonne’s office.
  6. Place red folder for Presider’s Outside Service on the podium.

 

Narthex and Sticks in front of main Altar.

  1. Remove the purple tablecloths from the tables.
  2. Put on red tablecloths to create a “box” (They are in the Sacristy cupboard)
  3. If there are not enough palms for in front of the Altar, put pussy willows in the 2 plastic containers by the main Altar. (Remove some of the black sticks, if necessary.) Pussy willows are in a plastic bin in the Bride’s room.
  4. Get the podium in the chapel and place it on side closest to chapel near the table.
  5. Place the red banner on the podium.

Narthex and Church side doors

  1. Cut bags of palms open so they are open and won’t mold until they are needed.
  2. Put 2 terracotta stands by the side doors.
  3. Place the 2 tall black stands (found in the Mary & Joseph storage room) in the middle of the Narthex.
  4. Place a larger plastic bag in each of the pots.
  5. Fill pots with palms on Saturday/Sunday morning.
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