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Welcome to the National Altar Guild Association Website
  

 
The purpose of the National Altar Guild Association (NAGA) is to assist parish, diocesan, and provincial altar guilds through information, resources, and communication including a quarterly newsletter—the Epistle.

By making itself aware of the great diversity among us Episcopalians, by staying abreast of liturgical changes not only in ceremony but also in the furnishings of worship, by helping solve contemporary altar guild problems, by spreading the word about who knows what "in altar guild country," NAGA is the center of the altar guild network.

The altar guilds "out there" assist NAGA with its on-going projects such as making stoles and chasubles for the chaplains of the armed forces and rounding up articles for its regular gift to General Convention — an outstanding Ecclesiastical Art Collection. †

Friend, with a warm smile you greeted me
    And invited me through the Sacristy door;
Sacred vessels you placed in my hands
    And bid me cupboards and drawers to explore.
To care for linens you patiently taught,
    With loving hands to iron and fold.
Vestments and hangings you showed me, too,
    And helped me polish the silver and gold.
In awe I wondered would I ever learn
    Chasubles were worn, ciboriums held bread.
Your gentle encouragement kept me afloat.
    Thank you dear friend for I have been led
Into a deeper spirituality, endowed by you!

We all have that special someone who mentored us in the ways of ministry through altar guild service. They “endowed” us with their knowledge, nurtured us, and became a friend. Give a gift to the Endowment Fund in their name.
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