Becoming a Religious Assistant in Queensland

About this role

Religious Assistants support Ministers of Religion or religious communities in performing a variety of religious functions associated with the practise of a religion, including worship, spiritual guidance, and pastoral care and teaching.

What you might do day-to-day in this job

Typical tasks for a Religious Assistant include:

• conducts services of worship and acknowledgment of faith
• delivers sermons, homilies, special talks, and plans music for services
• participates in activities of communities, encourages people to be aware of their responsibilities, and organises community projects
• conducts classes of religious instruction, and supervises prayer and discussion groups, retreats and seminars
• conducts premarital and family counselling and refers people to professional service agencies where necessary
• assists with performance of marriages, funerals and special memorial services according to tradition and ecclesiastical and civil law
• visits members of the community in their homes, hospitals and other institutions to provide advice and religious comfort
• keeps records as required by the church and civil law.