This enables us to be as inconspicuous as possible. A verger only needs to be recognized as such in order to help visitors, and sometimes regulars, who have questions about the church in general or worship in particular. One of the many duties of the verger is the "Ministry of Welcome".
However, not all vergers wear black cassocks, those in cathedrals normally were purple.
Okay, so we need to be both inconspicuous but recognizable. This begs the question, "If you need to work quietly in the background, why did you start this blog"? This ministry is a calling that can benefit most parishes and their clergy. We are not a secret society and I wanted to explain what we do. It is often said that all churches have a verger, but some don't know it. For example, there is usually someone who does all or perhaps some of the work of a verger but wouldn't call her/himself by that name. The Vergers' Guild is running a campaign to recruit vergers to this wonderful ministry - Got Vergers?
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