Meditations for Lay Eucharistic Ministers (Faithful Servant)
Meditations for Lay Eucharistic Ministers, one of the Faithful Servant Series, explores the joys and challenges of this particular mininstry. Topics explored include: gleaning insights from Scripture, serving at the altar, issues around community and collegiality, visiting others in their homes or hospitals, and integrating the ministry into the rest of a LEM's life.The Faithful Servant Series was created to meet the needs of pastors and church staff seeking gifts to give to church members such as LEMs, Lay Ministers, choir and vestry members and others.  Each volume in this series offers support, guidance and education  geared specifically to one particular group or ministry within the church. The individual meditations are based on quotations from the Bible, the Book of Common Prayer, or hymns from the 1982 Hymnal, and prayers specific to the needs of each audience close each book. Designed with the church budget in mind, these affordable books acknowledge important passages and ministries in the life of the people of God.Beth Maynard is an Episcopal priest in the Diocese of Massachusetts. Before entering the ordained ministry, she served as a Lay Eucharistic Minister for her parish. She lives with her husband in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.