The 10 CommandmentsThe 10 Commandmentsfor Altar Servers for Altar Servers

COMMANDMENT ICOMMANDMENT I

Thou shalt Thou shalt arrive 20 arrive 20

minutes earlyminutes early

COMMANDMENT IICOMMANDMENT II

Thou shalt Thou shalt wear dress wear dress

shoes, shoes, preferably preferably

blackblack

COMMANDMENT IIICOMMANDMENT III

Thou shalt Thou shalt light candles light candles before Mass before Mass

and extinguish and extinguish candles after candles after

MassMass

COMMANDMENT IVCOMMANDMENT IV

Thou shalt Thou shalt not talk, eat, not talk, eat,

chew gum, or chew gum, or fidget while fidget while altar servingaltar serving

COMMANDMENT VCOMMANDMENT V

Thou shalt put Thou shalt put hands together hands together

in steeple in steeple position unless position unless

carrying carrying somethingsomething

COMMANDMENT VICOMMANDMENT VI

Thou shalt Thou shalt work together work together as one, as if as one, as if attached as attached as

one unitone unit

COMMANDMENT VIICOMMANDMENT VII

Thou shall put Thou shall put your hands your hands together and together and wait if you wait if you forgot what to forgot what to do.do.

COMMANDMENT VIIICOMMANDMENT VIII

Thou shall be a Thou shall be a great server and great server and unobtrusive unobtrusive and not draw and not draw unnecessary unnecessary attention to the attention to the servers.servers.

COMMANDMENT IXCOMMANDMENT IX

Thou shalt Thou shalt always, always, always always

hang up albs hang up albs and cinctures and cinctures

after Massafter Mass

COMMANDMENT XCOMMANDMENT X

Thou shalt have Thou shalt have fun and fun and

remember you remember you can’t really can’t really

mess up when mess up when doing God’s doing God’s

work.work.

Which ones do you think are the Which ones do you think are the most sacred?most sacred?