Hospitality Ministry

Coffee Meets Bagel Conversation
Saturday, August 19
9:00 - 10:00 AM
Parish Hall

Ushers, greeters and others provide a vital service to the St. Thomas the Apostle community. At each weekend Mass, by creating a warm and welcoming environment, these folks help set the stage so that all parishioners may enjoy an enriching liturgical experience. This ministry is truly a blessing.

There is a desire and need to expand and grow our relatively new parish Hospitality Ministry both in numbers of volunteers interested in helping and scope and depth of the ministry’s offerings.

This short, informal August 19 get-together is geared toward those currently serving as ushers or greeters, as well as ANYONE interested in joining this ministry and serving in some capacity. Please join us; this will be a time to appreciate those who currently serve and get to know better those who wish to join our Hospitality Ministry ranks. This event is intended to recognize all and hear from each of you.

Our Hospitality Ministry ‘tag line’ is ALL ARE WELCOME. We mean it!

Launching a Brand New Parish Ministry 

The new Hospitality Ministry is guided by volunteer co-coordinators Kerry + Tita Massagli. Both may be reached at [email protected] or 520-443-1442.

Hospitality is a simple, beautiful and vital parish ministry. Hospitality ministers will find it rewarding and uplifting. Assigned to a weekend Mass you routinely attend, the role requires a welcoming attitude and smile while greeting each arriving Mass attendee.

It is an ideal ministry that family members may perform together. 

Join us in the parish mission to cultivate a more welcoming atmosphere to the entire faith community of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish as well as those visiting.

Consider becoming a welcoming face and engaging personality to fellow parishioners and visitors. Savor the enriching experience. 

Greeters and ushers are presently needed at all weekend Masses to greet parishioners and visitors, distribute bulletins, assist with directions to restrooms, special needs. 

Holy and loving God, we are called to the mission of becoming and creating disciples. We come touched and affected by our world, some of us are harried and anxious, others are lonely and sad. Joy fills some hearts while others are heavy with grief.
Come, Jesus, come and show us the power of your love.

We gather as friends, and not-yet-friends. People drawn here with a common need: to know the affection and comfort of God and each other.
Come, Jesus, come and teach us the power of your love.

We greet one another with loving-kindness, Christ’s light glowing in our eyes. We touch each other with the gentleness that comes as we bear the burdens of the other.
Come, Jesus, come and mirror in us the power of your love.

We unite as Christians, born through baptism to be the hands and feet, the heart and soul of Jesus. We see the people sitting with us as Jesus sees them, without judgement or blame.
Come, Jesus, come and lead us with the power of your love.

We forgive the sins of the past and embrace the possibilities of the future. Each person here has a place among us. All of us belong to the family of God. We are brothers and sisters in Christ.
Come, Jesus, come and fill us with the power of your love.