March Calendar of Events Feb 21-22, St. Bowling Tourney, Westbrook Lanes, Dinner Feb 21, 28 & 28 hosted by all three Columbus Councils Mar 1 Major Degree (1-3) hosted by St. Isidore Council #12086 Mar 2 Business Meeting, KC Hall, 7:30 pm Officer s meeting 6:30 pm Mar 7 Nocturnal Adoration Hours, 10 pm-6 am, St. Bon s Mar 8 Daylight Savings Time Mar 10 Trustee Meeting 6:00 pm KC Hall, Columbian Club 6:30 pm Columbian Village Mar 15 Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner and Raffle, KC Hall 5:30-7:00 pm Mar 17 St. Patrick s Day Mar 22 4 th degree Exemplification Mar 25 Annunciation of the Lord Mar 29 Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord GRAND KNIGHT S MESSAGE To all knights we hope you have a good lent season and don't forget what lent is about. We have a pancake breakfast coming up and a major degree in Columbus coming up. Hope to see you at our next meeting we have a lot to talk about so please make every attempt to come. Thanks and have a good day adam bixenmann G.K. 938 Knight of the Month: Al Hanus Family of the Month: DJ and Angela Smith If you are interested in receiving our monthly newsletter through e-mail, please provide your e-mail address to Ray Johnson at rayjohnson78@yahoo.com. Thank You. Congratulations to: Ray Hajek who won the February business meeting door prize. Ray Johnson who won the business meeting $25.00 jackpot prize. Sorry to: Dwayne Gross who was not in attendance at the business meeting and could not claim his $25.00 jackpot drawing prize. Thank You: To everyone who worked at the February 8 th breakfast. We served 164 meals and had net proceeds of $715 all of which will go to support youth activities.
Nocturnal Adoration Report St. Bon's Nocturnal Adoration Society yearly report showed 150 hours were given by members. Prefect attendance were given by Joe Kosch, Tom Williams and Ray Johnson. Members who missed one Saturday were Bob Voboril, Tom Laska, John Heimann, Brain Konecky, Dennis "Tex" Ritter and Larry Brezinski. This report was prepared by Ray Johnson. This past year we lost several members. We are asking any Brother Knight to help by doing an hour any time from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. on the first Saturday of each month. Come and do any hour. The prayerful hour has scheduled things to pray if your wish. You will be blessed. Bob Voboril, PGK Church Director. Just as Jesus healed Simon Peter s mother in law and all the sick that were brought to him from the city, so we can be healed. If we let him, Jesus can drive out our fear and free us from the slavery we sometimes choose in our lives. May we all find ways to go away to a quiet place, like Jesus did, and sit in silent prayer so that we can listen in the silence of our hearts to what God is saying to us. This is life giving truth, so that we can find our true selves and our way in Christ Jesus. If we listen, reflect, and then act, maybe we can hear who we truly are before God and then go and carry that Good News to others. We believe in a God who saves, a God who wants us to love each other, and a God who calls us to witness love and redemption in our lives. This is why we were created. - Mary Kalkowski Has your life become so busy and full of noise that God can t get a word in edgewise? Nocturnal Adoration is a great opportunity to quiet down and listen to God. Come and hear what He wants to say to you, first Saturdays from 10pm thru 6am. New Financial Secretary Needed for Council 938 Our council needs someone to step forward and take over the position of Financial Secretary. If you have any questions about what it takes to serve as this officer, please contact our current financial secretary, Ray Johnson, rayjohnson78@yahoo.com or any of the council s trustees. Notes from the February 2, 2015 Business Meeting 14 Knights were in attendance, plus District Deputy Ron Faltys, General Agent Kevin Pfeifer and Insurance Agent Brian Aschoff. The Council received a thank you from Amber Ewing Watson for the $50 in financial support sent to help her continue her work with FOCUS on the USD campus. Beginning balance for January was $4,220.42. Income was $5350 and expenses were $2,111.14 with an ending balance of $7,459.28. Bills for January included: $30.07 Awards and Engraving for free throw contest medals, $728.75to KC Supreme for per capita, $50 to Scotus post prom and $210 to sponsor 2 teams at the state bowling tournament. A get well card was sent to broth Knight, Bob Voboril who is recovering from knee surgery. 44 youth participated in the local free throw contest, 38 boys and 6 girls. District competition will be held in Schuyler on Feb 8 at 1:00 pm. State competition will be on March 14. State bowling will be sponsored by the three Columbus councils on Feb 21-22, 28. Steak dinners will be provided on Feb 21 and 28 for $15.00. Anyone willing to help a the Feb 8 breakfast should contact DGK DJ Smith at 402 276 6436. The corned beef and cabbage dinner and raffle will be held on March 15 th at the hall. Volunteers are needed from 5:00 to 7:30 pm. St. Bons sold all of the calendars netting $30,000 for the parish. The bells have been repaired.
Greg Jochum of Council 12086 asked the council if it would sponsor a breakfast for one of the That Man is You meetings. It was suggested that the DGK contact Dick Hamling to see if he would coordinate a breakfast he did the same last year. General Insurance Agent Kevin Pfeifer introduced the new agent serving Council 938, Brian Aschoff. Brian and his family presently lives in Norfolk. KC Insurance is one of 5 insurance companies in the nation with the highest rating available for the industry. DD Ron Faltys reported that the district will hold its recruitment drive in February in advance of the Major degree hosted by Council 12086 on March 1. The council should host a recruitment Sunday during this month. State raffle tickets can now be sold. Agenda Items for March Business Meeting Feb. 8 breakfast fundraiser report One Rose One Life report State Bowling report March 1 Major Degree report Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner and Raffle KC COUNCIL 938 SEMI-ANNUAL FINANCIAL & MEMBERSHIP REPORT July 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014 Balance July 1, 2014 $ 7,397.91 Receipts: Dues $ 245.00 Activities 2,249.25 Misc. Sales 510.52 Exemplifications 0.00 Donations 75.00 Interest 0.70 Total Receipts $ 3,080.47 $10,478.38 Disbursements: Per Capita: Supreme $ 702.17 State Council 1,090.62 Salaries 306.75 Supplies & Postage 991.19 Donations 990.00 Activities 2,177.23 Total Disbursements -$ 6,257.96 Balance December 31, 2014 $ 4,220.42
Membership July 1, 2014 340 Initiations + 0 Transfer In + 0 Readmissions + 0 Suspensions - 0 Deaths - 3 Withdrawals - 0 Transfer Out - 1 Membership December 31, 2014 336 Funeral Mass Honor Guard If you attend a funeral Mass for a Brother Knight, you are encouraged to participate in the KC honor guard. Knights will usually gather in the church entrance prior to the Mass and pin on the honor guard ribbons to their coats. The honor guard processes together into the church before the family and is seated together behind the pews reserved for the pall bearers. At the conclusion of the Mass, the honor guard processes out of the church, before the family and casket are ushered out, and we stand at attention at the church entrance as the casket leaves the church. All Knights from any Council are welcome to stand honor guard. If the deceased is also a member of the Fourth Degree, a color corps of Fourth Degree Knights leads the KC honor guard. Brother Knights: Please pay your Dues: DELINQUENT 2012 DUES: Steve Hardesty and Jeff Svehla. DELINQUENT 2013 DUES: D.J. Brandenburg, Jeff Hinrichs, Wayne Jacobs, Larry Marik DELINQUENT 2014 DUES: Tim Bonk, Tobias Kiuntke, Scott Schaecher and Lazaro Spindola. 53, 51, 51, 44, 42, 38, 37 Those aren't this week's winning Powerball numbers... That isn't your high school locker combination... It's not an audible at the line of scrimmage from the football season... Give up? Answer: Those are the ages of seven Brother Knights and their family members who died last year. Look at those numbers again...53, 51, 51, 44, 42, 38, 37. Only two of the seven saw it coming in advance. And at that point, it was too late. Where do you fall? Scary, huh... Will your family be financially secure if your present age is added to the list? Be certain of your answer. Most folks will tell that 5-10x your income is what you should be covered for. Your loved ones depend on it. Call me for a FREE no-obligation consultation including a FREE Profiles+ Forecaster Analysis. Brian Aschoff 402-750-9614. E-mail me at brian.aschoff@kofc.org