Usher Team Checklist
as of June 20, 2025
Goal: Make sure every person entering the worship center can easily find seating while reducing any distractions for others. Here’s how:
before 1st service
- Lights - Turn on sanctuary lights.
- Patio Furniture - Move patio furniture outside onto patio.
- Tissues - Check to make sure there are tissues in boxes on the platform. Refill as needed. Supplies are in kitchen.
- Chairs - Restock chair backs to include:
- Pen
- Tithing Card
- Connection Card
- 90-Day Tithing Challenge
- QR Code
- Ropes - Rope off last 3 rows in each section.
- Sign - Place sign on exterior doors that worship center opens at 8:50.
- Outreach TV - Turn on outreach monitor. Battery pack is in staff office at end of hallway.
- Clean - Inspect floors for cleanliness.
- Pulpit – This includes:
- Check in with service director to know best time to move pulpit to the platform.
- Ask someone sitting near the front of the worship center to move the pulpit.
8:50am
Open - Open the worship center doors.
During service
- Greet - Greet guests as they enter.
- Wheelchairs - Assist anyone in a wheelchair. Remove a chair at the end of a row for that person.
- Close Doors - Close worship center doors at the end of the 1st song.
- Late Arrivals - Help anyone coming in “late” find a seat. Once the sermon begins, make sure people are not walking to the front of the room. This could mean:
- Removing ropes as needed.
- Asking people to move to the end of the row to make room.
- Adding extra chairs.
- Exit Doors - Assist with the exit doors to reduce sound when closing.
- Spills - Assist with anything that might happen like spills.
Between services
- Open - Open the exit doors at the end of the response song (song immediately after sermon).
- Reset - After the majority of people have left, reset the room to include:
- Closing the exit doors
- Put the “Opens at 10:25am sign” on doors.
- Put ropes back up on last 3 rows in each section.
- Restock chair backs as needed.
- Clean up any spills or overflowing trash cans.
after 2nd service
- Open - Open the exit doors at the end of the response song (song immediately after sermon).
- Reset - After the majority of people have left, reset the room to include:
- Turn off the outreach monitor.
- Put ropes back up on last 3 rows in each section.
- Restock chair backs as needed.
- Clean up any spills or overflowing trash cans.