February & March 2010 Events 

2/18 Council Business Meeting 7:30 PM at Monocacy Manor

                1^st degree at 7pm

2/19 District Basketball Free Throw 7:00 PM Orefield             

3/4 Council Officers’ Meeting 7:00 PM at Monocacy Manor

3/18 Council Business Meeting 7:30 PM at Monocacy Manor

3/19 St Patrick’s Day / PGK Dinner Monocacy Manor

3/20 Ecumenical Soup Kitchen

3/26 Fish Fry at St. Anne's

GRAND KNIGHT’S MESSAGE

                Our Council held our free throw contest at St. Anne’s Bethlehem on Saturday January 9^th (the same day we took down and stored our manger scene at St. Anne’s).  Free throw winners move on to the district free throw at St. Joseph the Worker (Orefield, PA) on Friday, February 19, 2010 at 7PM.

                We will have a First Degree at our February meeting (Thursday February 18, 2010, registration at 7PM, degree at 7:30PM).  Invite a Catholic gentleman to come join us.  Our next first degree after that will be at our April 15^th meeting, and we will attempt to keep to this every other month cycle.  If you know a potential brother who cannot make Thursday nights, he can take his first degree elsewhere and still join our Council.  Check our website at www.kofc313.org > calendar of events, or call one of your brother officers.              

                Every year our Council holds a dinner for all our members and friends to honor our immediate Past Grand Knight and all his predecessors.  This year we have decided to combine this event with a St. Patrick’s Day party.  We have chosen the date of Friday March 19, 2010, at Monocacy Manor.  I believe that is also St. Joseph’s Day, so we might as well include him too.  Details will follow in next month’s newsletter, but keep the date open.  And if you have never had the chance to enjoy the excellent food at Monocacy Manor functions, you should plan to attend because you’re in for a treat..

                Also stay tuned for more details about the Lenten Fish Fry we will be hosting Friday night March 26, 2010, at St. Anne’s in Bethlehem.

DUES NOTICES

Dues notices have been mailed out.  Your prompt response will be much appreciated.  Your Council knows it can depend on your continued support

WEBSITE

Don’t forget our Council Website at www.kofc313.org.  Upcoming events, directions, contact information, helpful links, past and present newsletters, history, etc.  you name it, it’s there.

LOTTERY CALENDARS

Don’t forget our Home Association daily lottery calendars for February.  Contact  President Jim Hogg at 1604 Jill St., Bethlehem, PA. 18017 or 610-866-7244.

FACTS ABOUT LIFE INSURANCE
 

To help educate consumers about the need for and value of adequate life insurance protection, the Life Insurance Market Research Association (LIMRA) has published the following five facts.  These statistics are certainly worth considering.

 Fact 1:  Nearly 75 percent of North Americans agree that life insurance is the best way to protect against premature death of the primary wage earner.

Fact 2:  Twenty-four million households have no life insurance protection at all.  Almost one third of adults have no life insurance protection.

Fact 3:  Forty-four percent of all households either don’t own life insurance and believe they should, or own life insurance and believe they need more.  Among those that already own some life insurance, 40 percent believe they don’t have enough.

Fact 4:  One-fourth of primary wage earners feel they do not have a plan in place to provide a decent standard of living for their family if they died tomorrow.  Twelve percent of families would immediately have trouble meeting everyday living expenses and another 15 percent would have difficulty keeping up after several months.

Fact 5:  People would like to discuss life insurance with a qualified professional agent.  They believe that buying life insurance is an important and complex financial decision.  Half find it difficult to decide how much to buy, and 43 percent worry about making the wrong decision.

Our Knights of Columbus regional insurance agent Brother Rick Scrak is a member of our own Council and a past Grand Knight. He would like to meet with you in your home, at your convenience.  He’ll work with you to make sure your family is protected.  And as a brother Knight you can trust, he’ll take the stress and worry out of the buying decision.

Call Brother Rick at 610-867- 8387

KNIGHTS NIGHT OUT:

We have a trip planned for Friday, June 4, 2010 @ 7:00 PM to see the Iron Pigs take on the Charlotte Knights (appropriately enough) at Coca-Cola Park. Cost for the event is $10 per person. Children under 2 are free, but must sit on a ticket holder’s lap. Post game fireworks and a group raffle are also included. Each ticket comes with a $2 return voucher that can be used to purchase food, beverages, or merchandise!

Tickets are available to members and their guests today until March 1^st; when we will open the event to the public through the church bulletins. Don’t delay, tickets will go quickly, contact Kevin Collins via email (kcollins26@verizon.net) or phone (610.974.8595) or Mark Sewell via email (mjsewell1@msn.com) or phone (610.442.8593).

Holy Father’s Prayer Intentions for February

General:  For all scholars and intellectuals, that by means of sincere search for truth they may arrive at an understanding of the one true God.

Missionary:  That the church, aware of its own missionary identity, may strive to follow Christ faithfully and to proclaim His Gospel to all peoples.