Editing Verger (section)

==Duties==
During the service itself, a verger's main duty is ceremonially to precede the religious participants as they move about the church; they do not typically take any speaking part in the service itself.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bates |first=J. Barrington |date=2019 |title=Consecration and Ascension: A Double Celebration at Trinity Church, Wall Street |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26747940 |journal=Anglican and Episcopal History |volume=88 |issue=2 |pages=180–183 |jstor=26747940 |issn=0896-8039}}</ref> It could be argued that a verger's main pride during a service lies in their inconspicuousness; vergers often play a very prominent role "behind the scenes"—helping to plan the logistical details of service and discreetly shepherding the clergy through it (in some churches these latter duties are handled by a [[Master of Ceremonies]], while the verger functions as a sort of marshal in the procession).