Before the 8:30 a.m. service
1.  Arrive no later than 7:15 a.m.
2.  Get the folded white tablecloth from the choir room located to the left side of the choir robes.  Place the unfolded white tablecloth on the communion table platform.  It will be used to cover the communion table in the sanctuary prior to placing the trays on the tablecloth.  Ensure that two pastor chairs are placed behind and to either side of the communion table for the Senior Pastor and his assistant.
3.  Get 19 silver plates, 19 trays (for the communion cup holders), and the silver communion chalice and cup from inside the communion table and take them to the upstairs kitchen.
4.  First wash hands and then start by filling each cup with grape juice level with the holder (approximately half full or to the fill marker).
5.  Fill the communion chalice quarter full with grape juice.
6.  Place 40 broken pieces of mahtza bread on each plate (without crumbs).
7.  Place the plates and trays in the following configuration (see diagrams):
-  One stack of 4 plates and trays on the left side of the sanctuary platform and one stack of 4 plates and trays on the right side of the sanctuary platform.
-  Two stacks of 4 plates and trays on the communion table.  Put the plates on the outside edge of the table.  Put the trays centered in the middle of the table.
-  Place a whole piece on mahtza bread on the top plate on the right side of the cojmmunion table with the plate covered.
- Place the communion chalice and cup behind the stack of trays with chalice handle facing to the right (in order to be griped by the right hand).
-  Place one stack of 3 plates under one of the mirrors in the narthex and one stack of 3 trays under the other mirror in the narthex (see diagrams).

After the 8:30 a.m. service
1.  Retrieve all the plates and trays from the sanctuary and narthex and bring to the upstairs kitchen for the late service preparation team.

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