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A '''sidesperson''', also known as a '''sidesman''', '''usher''', or '''assistant churchwarden''',<ref name="Canon E2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchofengland.org/more/policy-and-thinking/canons-church-england/section-e|title=Canon E2 Of sidesmen or assistants to the churchwardens|accessdate=2019-02-18|publisher=Church of England|year=2019}}</ref> in [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] churches is responsible for greeting members of the [[Wiktionary:congregation|congregation]], overseeing seating arrangements in church, making the congregation queue for [[Eucharist|communion]] at the altar in an orderly way, and for taking the [[Collection plate|collection]].<ref name="Clements2018">{{cite book |last= Clements|first= Matthew |title= Rotas, Rules and Rectors - How to Thrive being a Churchwarden|year= 2018|publisher= Matador|location= London|isbn=978-1-78901-631-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GH51DwAAQBAJ}}</ref> In England they are usually appointed by the parochial church council and receive guidance in their duties from the [[churchwarden]]s.<ref name="Canon E2" /><br />
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In the [[Anglican Church of Southern Africa]] "Sidesmen may be appointed in any Parish to perform such duties as the Parish Council shall determine."<ref name="Canon29">{{Cite web|url=http://anglicanchurchsa.org/view_caod.asp?pg=caod_item&caod_opt=item&ItemID=29|title=Canon 29 Of Churchwardens and Chapelwardens|accessdate=2013-10-23|publisher=Anglican Church of Southern Africa|year=2013}}</ref><br />
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