Many who come to Sunday Mass or other liturgical celebrations are not one of the formal ministers (presider, greeters, acolytes, lectors, etc.). This book is about helpingeveryoneat liturgy understand thatbeing thereand serving one another so that liturgy is fruitful for all is a ministry. This is what we may call the ministry of the assembly.In some respects the ministry of the assembly is the most important ministry of all because it makes visible the church, the Body of Christ, by its very gathering together as one Body. Asliturgicalassembly, it makes present the celebration of the paschal mystery and Christ's ongoing mystery of salvation. Being a liturgical assembly is a privilege of our baptismal identity and the first way we live it out.The Ministry of the Assemblyis a new book in the Collegeville Ministry series. Its five chapters address thebeingof the liturgical assembly, what the assemblydoesduring liturgy,whybeing a liturgical assembly is so important, the configuration of the liturgical assembly in its ownplace, and aspiritualityof the liturgical assembly.Joyce Ann Zimmerman, CPPS, is the director of the Institute for Liturgical Ministry in Dayton, Ohio and is an adjunct professor of liturgy, liturgical consultant, and frequent facilitator of workshops. She has published numerous scholarly and pastoral liturgical works. She holds civil and pontifical doctorates of theology.ISBN:9780814648568, 4856Details:80pgs,5 3/8 X 8 1/4Publication Date:01/19/2016