Diocesan Altar Guild
The Diocesan Altar Guild is an organization serving all the altar guilds of all the churches within the Diocese of Southwest Florida. Membership dues are $20 per year for a Parish and $10 per year for a Mission.
Membership in the DAG includes a subscription to our quarterly newsletter, the Altargram. The DAG's annual meeting in March of each year always includes a short business meeting, a program of interest to altar guild members, Eucharist, and lunch.
- Our work begins with supporting the Bishop and providing for Diocesan Eucharists.
- The DAG provides weekly altar guild service to St. Thomas Chapel at Day Spring, and assists with the purchase of supplies and/or improvements to its sacristy.
- We are also available to any church to work with your rector and altar guild to help you develop ways to enhance your worship.
- If you need to order new vestments or paraments for your sanctuary, we can help you find good sources.
- If you need altar linens, such as purificators, corporals, fair linens, etc., we know lots of resources.
- Should you want to make any of these special pieces yourself, we can help you locate fabrics and patterns.
- Representatives from the DAG can come to you and do a workshop in your church or sacristy -- anything from care of linens to proper candle care or basic altar guild techniques.
- If your sacristy needs a good housecleaning of old things, we can help you find new homes for some, or provide information on how to restore or refinish others.
- We sponsor the "Free Market" at Diocesan Convention to find a new home for gently used items you no longer use but that someone else needs.
- We have lots of practical suggestions for laundry and ironing of linens, and for polishing brass and silver.
- We can help arrange for Flower Guild workshops within the Diocese.
- Most of all, we love to share this most special ministry that is all done to the glory of God.
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Altar Guild News
Altar Guild Volunteers Sought for DaySpring
January 30, 2020
PARRISH - The need for formal Altar Guild coverage at DaySpring Episcopal Center has grown over the past few years. The Diocesan Altar Guild is looking for volunteers to help as needed during the year, especially over the summer months.
Digital Instructed Eucharist Film at Altar Guild Annual Meeting
January 25, 2019
ST. PETERSBURG - The Diocesan Altar Guild Annual Meeting is Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 and features the new How2charist Digital Instructed Eucharist film and presentation.
Province IV Altar Guild Newsletter Features Art, Special Services
October 31, 2017
CHARLOTTE - A new edition of the Fall 2017 Province IV Altar Guild newsletter is out.
New AltarGram Features History of St. Thomas Chapel, DaySpring
February 01, 2016
PARRISH - The new edition of Altargram, the quarterly publication of Altar Guild features the upcoming yearly meeting of Diocesan Altar Guild and the history of St. Thomas Chapel at DaySpring.
