April 2018
Arizona State Council
Knights of Columbus
Office of State Deputy
Worthy Grand Knights
and Brothers,
How did your March Church / Membership Drives go? Do you
have Admissions Degrees
scheduled to bring in those men
that expressed interest in joining
you in the most
significant Catholic Lay organization in the World?
If you were not able to conduct a Church Drive have you
updated your bulletin announcements to include an invitation
to join?
Many Church Bulletins
have a message from the Knights close to this. Call GK.
xxxx at (phone number)
if you want to
join the Knights of Columbus”
Not very inspiring is it? How
about changing the announcement and list
one or two reasons for
them
to join? Be
creative. Example “Wanted. Men, especially young men and married
men just starting their families. We have
programs to help you be a
better Catholic,
husband, father. Let
us tell you more. My name is
--- , my phone
number is xxx., and I am a Knight
of Columbus “
April numbers are slightly lower than
expected after our
March drives. Check with
your Financial Secretary to be
sure those Form 100s are sent
in
as soon as the
member completes his Degree.
Have guys that are interested but not
ready to fully commit?
Point them to
E-Membership (www.kofc.org/joinus). They
can
become Knights
of
Columbus members
and
learn
as
they
go.
Just
ask
them to include
your Council number
or
Parish
so
we can
get you
their information to
follow
up.
Now is the time to finish
up those programs
and begin to submit your
paperwork for Supreme and
State Awards. We still
have incentive programs going that could earn you or your
Council gifts and awards.
Busy on Tuesday
April 24th? If
you are not attending
our MPC Training
session in Green Valley
then you are free to attend the
Supreme Training Webinar, Fishing is like Recruiting. Supreme
has made it easy to sign
up. Visit www.kofc.org/webinar or use the shortened link https://conta.cc/2J07cHr. There will
be something
in this meeting that will
help you finish the year
strong. Don’t wait until next year.
Get
those members in now so they are comfortable
once your fall programs begin. Check
the State Website
for other training dates and locations.
Speaking of programs, after nearly 50 years
our
famous Surge with
Service Program model is being retired. Beginning July 1, 2018 our new program
model will be Faith in Action. The exciting news is that instead
of needing 4 programs in each
of 6 areas, for a
total of 24, you
will now need only 4 programs in the 4 new areas to earn the Columbian
Award.
More
information will follow but next years
Grand Knights will need to fill
the following positions: Faith Director, Family Director, Community
Director, and Life
Director. You will no longer
need a Council or Youth Director. These programs will
be brought
in under
one of the new groups.
I would like to close by
congratulating the winners of
our March Membership drive.
These men were drawn from among all
that recruited a member
in March
to participate on the
Arizona State Council golf team at the Golf for
Vocations event
April 12th.
Chris
Moore, Council 10799 led the way with 4 members recruited. Also selected were Len Rheaume (11738).
Raul Chavez (3855) and Thomas Pickard (9485),
and Jack Swartz (15001).
We still
have almost 2 ½
months left this year to
complete our programs and achieve our goals. Make
plans now to have a Supreme
Award presented to your
Council at a Mass in your
Parish and work toward that goal. It is a fantastic feeling to have
your fellow parishioners come up to
you after Mass and congratulate you and admit
they never realized how much the Knights do in
their church.
Vivat Jesus,
Sean Halpain State
Deputy
