Reminder: Membership Meetings
This is a reminder to attend our upcoming Membership Meeting on Tuesday evening, December 10th at 7:00 PM at the St. Peter’s Residence House in Suquamish. Our meeting next month will be held on Tuesday, January 14th.
We will discuss upcoming events and activities for the upcoming months. Thanks to everyone for all your support.
Our officers:
Chaplain – Father Albert Arulappan
Grand Knight – David Meier
Deputy Grand Knight – Vacant
Chancellor – Vacant
Advocate – John Rebar
Recorder – David Graves
Financial Secretary – Larry Devlin
Treasurer – Roy Behling
Warden – Leo Beer
Inside Guard- Vacant
Outside Guard – Vacant
Trustee 3 Year – John Wahlfors
Trustee 2 Year – Mark Maruda
Trustee 1 Year – Gary Fahey
Lecturer- Gary Fahey
As you can see, we have several spots where there are no nominees. This is another area where we could use your help, specifically in filling one of these roles and more generally to come to the meeting and join us in electing our new officers.
Many thanks to Mark Maruda for accepting a nomination as Deputy Grand Knight and for Alan Arnesen for accepting a nomination as Trustee 2nd Year. Both will be voted upon during the upcoming December Membership Meeting on December 10.
Pancake Breakfast
On Sunday, December 1st, we held our monthly pancake breakfast with much success. We thank those who were able to help out during this event. Our next breakfast will be on Sunday, January 5th, which will be our first that will encompass both the 8:00 Mass and the 10:30 AM Mass. We will need extra help for setup that will begin at 6:30 AM, with serving at 9:00 AM, cleaning and re-setup at 10:30 AM, and serving and clean up at 11:30 AM. With sufficient help, we should be able to be finished with cleanup by about 1:30 PM. So, set your DVDs to record the Seahawks game and come join us during some or all of those phases. We need you!
Christmas Food Drive
We will be hosting a Christmas Food Drive at the Kingston Safeway on Saturday, December 14th, from 9:30 AM until 4:00 PM, benefiting our own St. Vincent de Paul organization at St. Olaf’s. They will use the proceeds for their Christmas Food Baskets. Any food that they are not able to use will be provided to Fishline.
We were a little short-handed in our food drive for ShareNet and could have used a bit more help. Please consider joining us for some or all of one of the two shifts on December 14th by signing up at https://signup.com/go/KkwThZX.
Membership
We are planning a Charity, Unity, and Fraternity Exemplification for two new members who would like to join our Council on January 28th. Location is yet to be determined but it will be at either St. Peter’s or St. Olaf’s and will plan to gather at 6:30 PM and start the ceremony at 7:00 PM, followed by a short reception afterward. Stay tuned on location details as we get closer to the scheduled date.
Reminder: Dues and Donations
As you may know, this is the time of the year when our Council collects our Membership dues. We ask you to consider making voluntary donations to our Washington State Council programs and our Council, regardless of your dues status.
For your convenience, we have several payment options:
- By check, made out to Knights of Columbus Council 8279 and either mailed to Larry Devlin at 15975 Lindsey Lane NE, Poulsbo, WA 98370 or personally delivered, e.g., at church or a Council meeting.
- By credit card using our form at https://bit.ly/8297dues or by via QR Code.
- By going to our Council’s website at www.kofc8297.org and clicking on the “Pay Your Council Dues” link on the right side of the page.
- By calling me at 360-981-3179 and providing your credit card info for Larry Devlin to input the payment information.
Pennies for Heaven is a fund that supports our Seminarians and encourages vocations. The goal is to give “a penny a day, a prayer a day” for this purpose. Our Council has contributed at least $3.65 per member each year for the past several years to this fund and we appreciate your generosity that allows us to continue to do so. Last year, our members contributed almost $500 toward the support of seminarians. Well done!
LAMB is a program that assists organizations in our local communities that serve those who are most in need, such as the homeless, the hungry, the disabled, the uneducated, and for pro-life. The State Council’s goal is that every member donate $18.82 per year for LAMB, commemorating the year 1882 when the Knights of Columbus was founded. We have rounded that up to $20. Last year, our members contributed almost $1,000 to this important fund and we thank you for that!
On behalf of the Council Officers, we would like to express our appreciation for your continued and timely payment of dues last year! As you know, your very nominal dues are needed for the Council to be able to in turn, pay our per capita obligations to both the Supreme Council and the Washington State Council. This keeps both you and the Council in “good standing” which means that all of our fraternal benefits remain in effect. Your dues are also important and essential contributions to the production of Columbia Magazine, which you receive each month, Catholic advertising, and for Culture of Life causes.
We also ask you to update your contact information and your next-of-kin details. You can do this online using this link https://bit.ly/8297updatecontact
If you are a 4th Degree Member, you may also pay you Assembly dues online at https://bit.ly/2433dues.
KC HELP
Our Brother Knight volunteers work tirelessly every day to assist people in need of specialized equipment as they deal with the physical effects of aging or recovery from surgeries or accidents. It’s difficult to adequately express the immense gratitude that we see day in and day out and to imagine how these people might have dealt with their difficult circumstances had KC HELP not been available to assist them. If this is something you would like to be involved in, please contact us at 360-981-3179 to join our other Brother Knights in this valuable work.
In the last 12 Months KC HELP has provided 4,165 items to 2,204 people totaling $1,316,590 in value, $1,651,623 when including hours and mileage.
Inception to date KC HELP has provided 11,255 items to 6,033 people totaling $3,403,860 in value, $3,857,139 when including hours and mileage.
Veterans Day
Our Assembly 2433 joined other Assemblies in the area to commemorate Veterans Day at the Kitsap Pavilion where we presented the U.S. Flag to open the ceremony. One of the audience members happened to capture a video of the flag presentation. Use the QR Code below to view the video:
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Good of the Order
Pray for the health of all our Council’s Brother Knights as our members’ age demographic continues to increase. Specific prayer recipients are our new Parish Family Priests Fr Mark Kiszelewski and Fr Albert Arulappan,
Pray for the repose of the soul of Tom Musha, and deceased Priests.
Pray for the health of John Ogilvie, Ellen Strickland, Mary Therese Bartlett, Leigh Bartlett, Julie Beer, Karen Behling, Tony DeCarlo, Larry Devlin’s sister-in-law Gloria Devlin, Gary Fahey, Jerry Goodwin, Steve Murray, Emmanual Rivas, Storm Smole, Nancy Rogers, Theresa Spiess, Bob Tomas, Glennyce Thomas, friend (fighting cancer) of John Rebar.
Please pray for our service men (particularly council members) and service women and our many KC HELP clients.
We also would like to keep Christina Lara and Gabby McCracken in our prayers as they fulfill their FOCUS missions.
Handy Council-Related Links
If you would like a handy set of Council-related links that you can add to your phone’s home page, try this: bit.ly/m/8297
