{"id":302,"date":"2020-03-11T09:49:32","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T13:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espiritusanto.diocesanweb.org\/church\/?page_id=302"},"modified":"2025-07-30T14:01:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T18:01:55","slug":"lectors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/espiritusanto.cc\/church\/ministry\/liturgical-ministries\/lectors\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/espiritusanto.cc\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/Reader.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1464\" style=\"width:277px;height:308px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/espiritusanto.cc\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/Reader.png 564w, https:\/\/espiritusanto.cc\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/Reader-270x300.png 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Readers are those who proclaim God\u2019s Word at weekday, weekend and at Holy Day Masses and at special services. Good public speaking skills and a passion for the Word of the Lord are required for this ministry. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><th>Volunteer Position<\/th><td><strong>Adult Readers<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Required of the Volunteer<\/th><td>Practicing Catholic, Middle School age or older. Must exhibit high quality reading skills with ability to proclaim well the Word of God. Love for Scripture and willingness to reflect on, learn and grow in its message.<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Experience Necessary<\/th><td>No<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Training Required<\/th><td>Audition required. <\/td><\/tr><tr><th>When is Training<\/th><td>Scheduled as needed.<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Time Commitment:<\/th><td>Weekend lectors read once every 3-4 weeks. Must be committed to spend needed time in preparation before each assignment.<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Contact<\/th><td><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:j&#101;&#102;&#102;&#64;&#101;s&#112;i&#114;i&#116;us&#97;n&#116;&#111;&#46;&#99;c\" target=\"_blank\">Jeffrey Fitzcharles<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Church Office, 727.726.8477 ext. 1306 or <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:jo&#104;&#110;.&#103;o&#104;&#109;&#97;n2&#64;g&#109;ai&#108;&#46;&#99;om\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:john.&#103;&#111;&#104;ma&#110;2&#64;gm&#97;il.&#99;&#111;m\" target=\"_blank\">John Gohman<\/a><\/strong>, Coordinator.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Readers are those who proclaim God\u2019s Word at weekday, weekend and at Holy Day Masses and at special services. Good public speaking skills and a passion for the Word of\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/espiritusanto.cc\/church\/ministry\/liturgical-ministries\/lectors\/\" class=\"readMoreLink\" title=\"Read More\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read More&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":295,"parent":290,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-302","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/espiritusanto.cc\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/espiritusanto.cc\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/espiritusanto.cc\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/espiritusanto.cc\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/espiritusanto.cc\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/espiritusanto.cc\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6965,"href":"https:\/\/espiritusanto.cc\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/302\/revisions\/6965"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/espiritusanto.cc\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/espiritusanto.cc\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/espiritusanto.cc\/church\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}