As NAGA members, we are responsible for serving the altar and upholding the National Altar Guild’s traditions and mission through leadership. Serving on the NAGA Board is a meaningful way to deepen your service and strengthen our community and help shape the future of altar guild ministry across the Episcopal church. […]
When I think about Judy McLarty, I think about the current and Past Presidents who have taught me so much about how we can best serve our Lord as members of the altar guild […]
There is a name known in altar guild circles all over the United States and that is Peggy Curlin. Her death on May 8, 2025 leaves a big hole in many lives […]
We are pleased to share newsletters from altar guilds around the country […]
On May 24, 2023, J. Wippell & Co., Ltd. announced it will be closing its doors at year end, after 234 years in business […]
A coincidence might seem random…I think a coincidence is a God Wink — a sign of hope placed along your path to let you know that God is thinking of you […]
Elected via a Zoom Triennial meeting in the summer of 2021, the NAGA board recently met face-to-face for the first time at the Franciscan Retreats and Spirituality Center, in Prior Lake, Minnesota […]
This story begins with gratitude. St. Mary of the Angels was blessed with a vibrant and dedicated altar guild for many decades. The last five years we gradually experienced a loss of membership […]
If there’s one thing that 2020 and 2021 have taught us, it is that we are not doing things “as usual.” From Zoom meetings and YouTube services to serving the Eucharist in a safe and secure manner, from practicing social distancing to wearing gloves and masks[…]
In 2006 Barbara Gent researched and wrote a book spanning 73 years of NAGA’s history. Now, a second volume of NAGA history and the future of altar guild is in its infancy [..]
This year has been unlike any other in the Cathedral’s history. As the COVID-19 pandemic intensified, many aspects of Cathedral life were cancelled or postponed, one was not: worship[…]
The oldest church in continuous operation in any diocese is considered the “Mother Church.” In the Diocese of Oregon, Trinity Cathedral in Portland resoundingly meets that qualification […]
Information on upcoming altar guild meetings around the country […]
The leadership of Province VIII altar guild met to develop a strategic plan to carry us forward into the new decade […]
“Heavenly Father, you have entrusted us with the vessels and adornments of your house. Of your mercy, grant that we may ever hold them in reverence and respect[…]”
Altar guild members from across the Diocese of Colorado gathered together in what was the first-in-a-very-long-time, if not the first-ever, gathering of altar guilds in this Diocese […]