Brother Knights,

We've had a busy few weeks -- and very productive -- now it's time to relax.   Join us next Wednesday evening, Oct 15, in the Upper Room at 7:30 for some relaxation, a cold drink, and some snacks.   Get to know your brothers a bit more, brag about your latest golf score, and just put your feet up.   

See ya next week,

SK Mark Peterson
Grand Knight
Bishop

Brother Knights,

Our next community work day will be Saturday, Oct 18.   As usual, we'll meet for coffee and donuts at 7:30 a.m. in the social hall and then begin work about 8:00.    We schedule ourselves until 12 Noon but we often finish by 11:00.     Please join us for coffee and donuts and some 'fun' work helping out around the parish and in the community.  

We are still finalizing our tasks for that morning but I'm sure we'll have enough work to keep several of us busy.    We'll advise you in advance if we need any tools or equipment.    

Please email me if you can participate.    Thanks in advance and God bless. 

SK Mark Peterson
Grand Knight

Brother Knights,

1) A quick recap from our pancake breakfast last Sunday:

    Gross receipts.........................$1,476 (a record)

    Expenses.......................................205.76

    Net.............................................1,270.24

    10% tithe to our parish................127.02

Net to Council (Scholarships)....$1,143.22

Brothers -- be sure to thank Brian McDermott from The Original Pancake House, and Nicole Wright from the Fishers store for their support and donations of batter and syrup.   Better yet, stop in and patronize their two restaurants!   And, lest I forget, thanks to all the good Knights who helped on Sunday.   You're the best!!!

2) Our next Blood Drive is this coming Sunday, October 5th from 8:30 - 1:30 in the Social Hall.   Two ways you can support this event:

        -- be a blood donor

        -- help out as a volunteer in the Social Hall, or the table in the Commons.   This will be the easiest duty you'll ever have, all for a very good cause.  

3) We welcome seven new Knights to our Council, via our First Degree ceremony Monday night. 

            Peter Nalin

            Joe Heinzmann

            Don Sinclair

            Bob Peters

            Steve Delaney

            Walt Justus

            Michael Gabrick

Welcome to our Council - we're thrilled you became Knights!

SK Mark Peterson
Grand Knight

Brother Knights,

Our October business meeting will be this coming Wednesday, October 1st at 7:30 in the Upper Room.   All Knights are encouraged to attend. 

Rosary will be led by the Knights at 7:00 in the Day Chapel.    (Any volunteers to lead the Rosary?   Let me know.)  

Two other reminders:

    -- tomorrow night, Sept 29th, our First Degree ceremony will be at 7:30 in the Day Chapel.   We hope to see you there.   We have at least 5 candidates wishing to become Knights.  

    -- our next Blood Drive is next Sunday, October 5th -- 8:30 to 1:30 in the Social Hall.   Please consider being a donor.  

Thanks and Peace,

SK Mark Peterson
Grand Knight

Brother Knights,

This month -- September 2008 -- has become one of the best months ever for our Council.    Let me briefly recap the highlights:

1) Our annual Charity Golf Outing reached record highs this year:

        Gross revenues        $26,800   (last year about $16K)

        Paid players                    100    (last year about 60)

        Actual players                   91

Net income $17,918.45    (last year $8,900)

2) One of our brother Knights, Bill Reid, was ordained as a Deacon last Saturday at the Cathedral in Lafayette.   Many of us were there, some of us in the Fourth Degree Color Guard.    Congratulations Bill!   We are very proud of you and you have been a spiritual inspiration to all of us.  

3) We had a successful Fall Membership Open House last Wednesday, 9/17 and we look forward to having several new Knights join our ranks.  

4) Our first, live First Degree ceremony will be next Monday, Sept 29th at 7:30 p.m. in the Day Chapel.   This will be the crowning moment for many of us who have worked for over a year putting this together.    We hope you'll be able to join us next Monday evening.  

5) Our first ever Soccer Challenge was held last Saturday on the Seton ball fields.   This is a nationwide K of C activity but the first time we have conducted it in our Council.    Thank you, Tom Beck, for a great job and a lot of work.    While participation was slight, we now have the infrastructure in place to build on this for the future.  

6) Our next Pancake Breakfast will be next Sunday, 9/28.     Thank you to those who will be working in the kitchen next Sunday -- and the rest of you can bring your families and come eat!  

7) We also kicked off our "Baby Bank" campaign to generate funds for K of C pro-life activities.    Keep dropping those coins in those banks and we'll collect them in a few weeks.   

What an awesome group of Knights you are!    Thank you all for making September such a great month.  

SK Mark Peterson
Grand Knight