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This is the online VGEC document library where we store documents supplied by our members related to the ministry of Verger. We have such broad talent in the vergers within our ranks and many of us have many documents, checklist, guidelines, customaries, and manuals available to share. This online library is available to all vergers, clergy, or lay person to provide materials and ideas for developing their own parish or diocesan documents.

Browse or search this document library for your own use. Feel free to copy any of the materials contained her for your own use. Please give credit to the VGEC and provide a link to vergers.org/resources/library in any document that uses these resources.

Bill White, Secretary of the VGEC, manages this online library for the Guild. Please submit your documents to Bill for inclusion in the library and contact him with any questions or comments.
 Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville, Tennessee
Christ-Cathedral-Nashville-TN-Acolyte-Procedures.pdf
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This is a fairly comprehensive procedures document. We used images from "A Priest's Handbook" for some of the illustrations in this document.  182k v. 10 Sep 28, 2011 10:15 AM VGEC Web Master
Christ-Cathedral-Nashville-TN-Baptism-Signs.pdf
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Signs that we use to reserve pews during baptisms.  93k v. 4 Sep 28, 2011 10:17 AM VGEC Web Master
Christ-Cathedral-Nashville-TN-Dean-Installation-Verger-Notes.pdf
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Verger notes from our Dean's installation service in December 2009.  23k v. 3 Sep 28, 2011 10:17 AM VGEC Web Master
Christ-Cathedral-Nashville-TN-Sacristan-Procedures.pdf
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Sacristan procedures. All vergers are also trained sacristans who perform duties in the chancel.  199k v. 4 Sep 28, 2011 10:20 AM VGEC Web Master
 St. Andrews Cathedral, Jackson, Mississppi
St-Andrews-Cathedral-Jackson-MS-Acolyte-First-Second-Servers.pdf
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This is a handy checklist for servers to review just prior to the service. It is printed on cardstock and cut with each server's duty on reverse sides of the card.  101k v. 3 Sep 28, 2011 10:23 AM VGEC Web Master
St-Andrews-Cathedral-Jackson-MS-VergerChecklist.pdf
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This is printed on card-stock and then cut for one checklist per service. For multiple vergers, different sections can be assigned per verger. I find this very helpful for training new vergers.   14k v. 3 Sep 28, 2011 10:22 AM VGEC Web Master
 Verger Guild Documents
VGEC-The-Emerging-Ministry-of-the-Verger.pdf
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Walk Softly and Carry a Big Stick–with Love: The Emerging Ministry of the Verger in the Late 20th Century to the Present by David S. Deutsch.  1760k v. 3 Sep 28, 2011 10:23 AM VGEC Web Master
VGEC-The-Service-of-Installation-of-a-Verger.pdf
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The Service of Installation of the Verger  78k v. 5 Sep 28, 2011 10:18 AM VGEC Web Master