Map for Passing the Sacrament

We have recently had a big turnover in Aaronic priesthood and we had been taking for granted that everyone knew how to pass the sacrament. After a couple of weeks with a bit of a mess on our hands the new deacons quorum president asked me as an adviser to help them with a training and map. I put this together and wanted to share as googling didn't find me much.

Excel version so you can adapt and change for your ward and a PDF so it can just be printed.

I remember making one of these maps back when I was deacons quorum president!

I remember ours fit on a 3x5 index card.

Here is another map for passing the sacrament. This includes a 9 person map with 8 normal routes and one Gluten Free route. It is recommended for larger wards with members who are Gluten Intolerant/Have Celiac Disease. Click on the link below
https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/17K2 ... YVpes/edit

If you have a google account and you would like to make a copy to delete the gluten free route or adjust it to your wards needs, click on the link below:
https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/17K2 ... YVpes/copy

When the excel spreadsheet just isn't enough... Here is an upgraded version of the sacrament routes.

I have attached both the hard copy (PDF) and soft copy (PPT) so that you can edit and modify. We have a unique 50-year-old chapel, but the concept remains the same and the same routes could be used even if the chapel layout has some small variations.

Enjoy!

James

P.S. In addition to the routes, I have provided two additional pages that contain the majority of the instructions from Handbook 2 on the sacrament (I just removed some specific direction to the bishop like don't have a solo for the sacrament song.) I purposely separated these last two pages out so that they will be on their page (front/back.)

ben2004 wrote:Here is another map for passing the sacrament. This includes a 9 person map with 8 normal routes and one Gluten Free route. It is recommended for larger wards with members who are Gluten Intolerant/Have Celiac Disease. Click on the link below
https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/17K2 ... YVpes/edit

This link is faulty, instead, use this one:
https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/17K2 ... YVpes/view

This is a 6 person map for a smaller ward.

I can open this docx file with Word, but I cannot edit or ungroup the pictures. I guess I will just create my own from scratch.

drepouille wrote:I can open this docx file with Word, but I cannot edit or ungroup the pictures. I guess I will just create my own from scratch.

You can't ungroup or edit because the author insert pictures instead of graphics in a word document.

here is my version!!!

For a larger ward, I've included a 10 person passing route map

Here is a handy route map for 6 deacons/ AP holders passing sacrament.
Our chapel is rather new, built in 2019.
The spreadsheet is easy to modify for your own ward.

PS - It is a modified version of David Bowman Jr.'s "deaconsmap.xlsx". Thanks!

Harold Toomey
Deacon's Quorum Activities Specialist
McKinney 3rd Ward
McKinney Texas Stake

Updated by our Deacons for efficiency.

Updated sacrament route maps for 6 deacons. 3+3 and 2+4.

Do you have an editable version of this map?

jsamundson wrote: Sat Dec 31, 2022 2:34 pm Do you have an editable version of this map?

I haven't downloaded the map, but the .docx and .xlsx versions offered are Microsoft Office editable files. If you don't have MSWord or Excel, there are other apps that will read these files (some free) and they usually work fine as long as there is not MS-specific formulas or features incorporated. I have used both Open Office and Libra Office in the past and both work quite well for free options.

Here is a map for 10 deacons to pass in a traditional seating arrangement for most chapels.
Numbers 5 and 10 start in the foyers and move up the outer benches.

If the deacons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10 finish early, they can move down to meet deacons 6, 7, 8, and 9 until everyone has been served.