Membership – Council 10910 Knights of Columbus

Membership in the Knights is Now Open

Brother Knights of Council 10910, Knights of Columbus Supreme Headquarters is offering a limited one year membership opportunity for new members to join the Knights of Columbus. Please see the attached message for details:

SPECIAL LIMITED TIME MEMBERSHIP PROMOTIONAL OFFER:

For a 2-week period commencing Wednesday, July 22 and continuing through 11:59 p.m. ET on August 5^th, new members are being offered FREE ONLINE MEMBERSHIP for their first year. The Supreme Council will pay the first-year dues for every man who joins online between now and August 5. Prospects simply need to visit kofc.org/joinus and enter the code MCGIVNEY2020 to take advantage of this special offer. This is a $25 offer to join. It just does not get better than this!

Help the men of the Catholic Community of Saint Thomas More join Chapel Hill Knights in service to our church, parish, and community. We are called to serve. It is our mission.

Father McGivney was faced with a pandemic in the 1880s, as we are today. And in the face of that pandemic, he persevered in his efforts to evangelize those in his community, to form his parishioners in their Catholic faith, and to grow the Knights of Columbus. As his spiritual heirs, we can do nothing less.

Our pastors need the Knights of Columbus. Our fellow parishioners need the Knights of Columbus. Those impacted by COVID-19 need the Knights of Columbus. Just as our holy founder surely would, let us resolve to Leave No Neighbor Behind, and to offer every Catholic man the opportunity to join the Order that he founded some 138 years ago.

Council 10910 would like to take advantage of this offer and is offering a drawing for a $50 gift card to those Knights that sign up a new member. Each Knight who signs up a new member during this promotion will receive a ticket for the drawing to be held on August 6, 2020.

If candidates wish to find out more about the Knights or the Council please have them contact:

William Jackson at GK10910koc@gmail.com or

James Davisson at FS10910koc@gmail.com

There’s Work To Be Done

It’s July and we have already passed the July 4th Holiday and all of the family excitement. However, our Catholic Family needs our attention. The new “council year” starts with our July 17th meeting. You are encouraged to attend,

It’s July and we have already passed the July 4th Holiday and all of the family excitement. However, our Catholic Family needs our attention.

The new “council year” starts with our July 17th meeting. You are encouraged to attend, especially if you do not attend on a regular basis. We often talk about “the ten percent.” That’s the ten percent of any group that can be counted on to make the group work. But, just imagine if we could get 25% or 50% of our members to step up and make things possible for members of our parish.

What’s needed? Well there are over 100 ministries in our parish. There are also outside services agencies (non-Catholic community groups that we support) depended upon their Catholic neighbors. This includes Porch and the IFC…among others.

Why not attend our council meeting tonight and see your friends and neighbors at work. They will be happy to see you and look forward to working with you on a parish or Knights of Columbus program or project.

Oh, I forgot… We have new officers. They are the core of our Council. Many have served before and some have served as a Grand Knight or Faithful Navigator. You might think that they would take a break. Nope. Most will keep on giving because it is what needs to be done. But, I digress. I promised a list of Council Officers. Just click on this link or select “Officers” in the banner above: https://kofc10910.org/officers/

See you tonight.

Joe Acciarito

p.s. If you are looking for information about the Knights of Columbus, you are welcome to call one of us. In fact, why not give a call to Joe Acciarito at 919-428-3620. Joe is quite active in our Council and has served in our Membership Committee. He’s one of the smiling faces that are our “greeters” at the 9:15 Sunday mass.

Member Training

You may have felt lost when council members talk about recruiting, membership, and council growth. It sounds like we are just about membership and recruiting new members and that is not entirely correct.

Knights Recruiting You may have felt lost when council members talk about recruiting, membership, and council growth. It sounds like we are just about membership and recruiting new members and that is not entirely correct.

We are about family and helping our church growth through coordinated actions in support of our parish priests. Our church has experienced rapid growth during the last ten years and it is only beginning. We are a vibrant church and welcome families every month. In addition, we are expanding our facilities, ministries, child care, and support of our neighbors and the elderly and home-bound through Meals on Wheels. We are now working on the acquisition of Aldersgate United Methodist Church to form St. Thomas More Church South Campus.

But, it takes people–men of the parish–to provide the experience, support and services needed. We also need to renew our officer pool of Third Degree Knights. We grow our own and that means we need to gain new members. How can you help? You can attend Membership Training hosted by Supreme and it is all on-line as a webinar. Best of all, it is a night time webinar presented at 8 p.m. on August 30, 2017.

Join Fraternal Mission presenters for a training webinar identifying the best ways to recruit new members for our council and get them engaged in charitable activity.

The one-hour webinar will provide a detailed look at the how, what and why of recruiting new members. We will explore:

Recruitment Skills Training
Best Practices in running effective Church Recruitment Drives
Setting goals and Earning the Star Council Award

Register today. You will fill out a brief form and then access a link to test your portal and Flash player. All webinars are recorded and available on demand.

Can you hear your inner voice calling you to service?

Defending our Religion

Are you proud of your family? Your Catholic family? Are you an advocate? An apostle? Do you share your faith with others?

We are all missionaries. We, the Knights of Columbus, are very proud of our church and we seek to share our love for our church and community by serving others.

Share the joy with others!

Take time out each day for prayer. Be thankful for your blessings and ask for help in serving others. Read a passage from the bible and think about it. Share the good news with others. Talk to other men of the church and ask them to join you in the Knights. Encourage others to join the patriotic Fourth Degree.

How do we build our church? One act at a time. Brick by brick we add structure to our parish and make it a welcoming home for non-Catholics and returning Catholics. Evangelize.

Need help? Want to learn more? Why not check out what others are saying as they defend our religion. Learn more. Visit Defenders of the Catholic Faith.

Mortality – Tempus Fugit, Memento Mori

No, this is not a message from your insurance agent. It is a message received this weekend by your news anchor when least expected. It is a message to be shared. You walk up to someone, shake their hand or wave as you hustle by. You see them often and they are a fixture. It […]

No, this is not a message from your insurance agent. It is a message received this weekend by your news anchor when least expected. It is a message to be shared.

You walk up to someone, shake their hand or wave as you hustle by. You see them often and they are a fixture. It could be a friend, a coworker, a buddy, a son, a grandchild, or any person we come into contact with. We race on by and sometimes pass on the greeting. We race about for there is always tomorrow.

This weekend, for this writer, there was to be no tomorrow for a close friend. He was an elderly pastor living in a small town with a big heart. He was a quiet man. His voice was raspy like George “Gabby” Hayes. He even resembled Gabby, “a little bit.”

I often reminded him of Gabby and the similarity. In fact, on Friday night last, I said “George Hayes,” not Gabby Hayes, and he told me that he never new Gabby’s real name was George. For you young “whippersnappers,” Gabby starred with a very young John Wayne back in the ’30’s and 40’s. He also served as the sidekick of Hopalong Cassidy, Roy Rogers, and Gene Autry at Republic and Paramount Pictures. They were my heroes at the nine-cent Saturday double-feature matinee.

I did not know that our bit of evening bantering was to be our final goodbye. We had fun and laughed at ourselves, as friends do.

Reverend A. G. Parker also had a signature statement that he was well known by. After each prayer that opened or closed a meeting, he would say with a drawl, “I love you all – just a little.” He said it thousands of times at Veterans of Foreign Wars posts throughout the states of North and South Carolina, at official events and meetings, and at monthly veterans memorial services at the National Cemetery in Salisbury, North Carolina.

No one expected him to be called home while he was with us. But, as we all arose for a day of meetings, he just couldn’t get going and died of heart failure. We gathered for our formal session meeting and saw an empty chair.

Tempus fugit, Memento Mori

We all need to remind ourselves that none of us, nor anyone in our realm of family and friends, know when Our Lord will call us home.

So, here is my challenge to you, Brother Knights. Take time, slow down, and maybe even smell the sweet morning air. Compliment a co-worker, child, or even “Fido.” Ask questions, share, care, reward, give, help, hold a hand, and say a kind word.

Don’t worry about your mortality. Consider life without someone you know and have worked or played with for years. Go give them a hug. Treat each encounter as a final one. Time flies, remember death.

New Member Orientation and Open House – Nov 13th

Laney Rollins has been hard at work pulling a team of dedicated knights together just for you. If you are a new knight this event is for you. It is also a great event for our long-standing knights. What better way to get caught up with what is going on with the council than to […]

It is this Thursday, November 13th, at 7 p.m. in the Multi-purpose Room. Here is Laney’s announcement:

Our council will have one of the most important gatherings of the year, a chance to welcome prospective members into our organization. I have sent out 27 invitations, and we need a good showing from our membership. We have had a very active and successful year, and we have accomplished much for our faith and our community. There are many demands on your time, but please remember that this is something we do for ourselves. New members are the lifeblood of any organization. We are no different. Our leadership is the best in the state. Here’s what they say about Chapel Hill, “They’ve got it!” Short, sweet and to the point, but we need to build the council membership so we we can continue to be successful in our mission.

Our mission is to build our church and support our priests. Let’s give this project 100% support.

Exemplification Rooms Running Low

District Master Bob Singer just reported that we only have 27 rooms (all doubles) left for Saturday night lodging. King-equipped rooms are now gone for Saturday. This means that if you have not reserved a room, you need to get on the phone to the Durham Sheraton!
Hotel information:
Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center
4700 Emperor Blvd
Durham, NC 27703
(919) 941-5050
The hotel still has rooms for Friday night. Friday is a great opportunity to join with your brothers for dinner and social events with other Assemblies.