Greetings to all of you!
As you know, we are continuing to prepare for the Capital Campaign to build a new Church in the winter of 2011. We are continuing to set in place all the specific items we need to accomplish before the Capital Campaign begins in January of 2011. We've had a couple of meetings with the Campaign Cabinet Committee, and we are working closely with Tom Hanrahan from Southeast Advancement Services which is our Fund Raising Consultants, and our architect Alberto Portella. I have also been visiting with potential donors, some who are already part of the campaign strategy, and others that may have the capability to give a large gift. I'm happy to say that we already have over $385,000 cash in our account thus far, and although we have a long way to go to reach $10 million, it certainly is a great start! Continue to pray as we head towards a new chapter in our short history.
Also,this past week some of our young men and women have started school, which is always a hectic time getting back on schedules and all. For the first time, I will be having two of my nieces in Tampa going to college, so it looks like they will be spying on me and reporting back to my brother! However, I'm sure with their schedules, they are going to be extremely busy and won't have the time to spy on Uncle Dave! Let's keep all the school kids in prayer as they start another year and even more for the teachers to be remembered also!
Well, that is all for now. Continue to enjoy the gift that God has given in each other.
Peace,
Fr. David
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
St. Jude Award
Greetings to all of you!
Well, it has been awhile since I have been able to write this column mostly due to the summer doldrums I guess, but also the hectic pace this summer has been here at St. Mark. I am pleased to announce that the recipients of the Jude Award Medal for St. Mark the Evangelist Church this year are Nancy and Rich Larson! Nancy and Rich have been outstanding stewards from the very beginning of our parish and we are so blessed to have had this wonderful couple serving us at St. Mark for these many years. Many of you most likely know them or, at least, have seen their faces on many committees and leadership positions, so I know you will agree that they are very deserving of this outstanding award. Now if only we can get Rich to fix that loop in his golf swing, he would be an even more perfect candidate! Anyway, offer them your congratulations and thanks for all they have accomplished here. They will be receiving the award from Bishop Lynch on the Feast of Christ the King in November. Ad Multos Annos to the Larsons!
This year’s Vacation Bible School was once again a HUGE success as children experienced a "road tour" of various ways of life in our country. It was so successful that some moms asked me if we could do it for two weeks next year! I'm not sure if we have the energy to make that happen, but I'm glad to hear that the kids loved it. I would like to thank Sandra Bonilla, Claudia Garcia, and all those volunteers who made this such a successful event. Hopefully, when we get our new Church, we will have much more room to accommodate those children who were not able to attend due to space limitations. I'm looking forward to next year already!
Finally, I did get a chance to play golf with my three brothers this past week at a club called Golden Ocala. What a wonderful course to play in which some of the holes are replicas of holes from Augusta National and St. Andrews, among others. I didn't play real well on the front nine (51), but I regrouped and played the back nine in three over 38! What's really amazing is that the 5 or 6 replica holes on the back nine I played in even par. Go figure! Playing with my brothers is always a treat since nothing is ever left unsaid and one needs a pretty thick skin to endure a round with them! My brother Joe, whom we affectionately call "Bulldozer" doesn't let us get away with anything. When my brother Phil, whom we call the "stargazer" told Joe he had a "9 or 10" on a hole, Bulldozer promptly put down 10 on the score card! No mercy there I guess! All in all, it was a great day (although a hot one, I almost wilted on the 17th) and we may play again somewhere this week. Pray for me!
Well that is all for now. Continue to enjoy the gift that God has given in each other!
Peace,
Fr. David
Well, it has been awhile since I have been able to write this column mostly due to the summer doldrums I guess, but also the hectic pace this summer has been here at St. Mark. I am pleased to announce that the recipients of the Jude Award Medal for St. Mark the Evangelist Church this year are Nancy and Rich Larson! Nancy and Rich have been outstanding stewards from the very beginning of our parish and we are so blessed to have had this wonderful couple serving us at St. Mark for these many years. Many of you most likely know them or, at least, have seen their faces on many committees and leadership positions, so I know you will agree that they are very deserving of this outstanding award. Now if only we can get Rich to fix that loop in his golf swing, he would be an even more perfect candidate! Anyway, offer them your congratulations and thanks for all they have accomplished here. They will be receiving the award from Bishop Lynch on the Feast of Christ the King in November. Ad Multos Annos to the Larsons!
This year’s Vacation Bible School was once again a HUGE success as children experienced a "road tour" of various ways of life in our country. It was so successful that some moms asked me if we could do it for two weeks next year! I'm not sure if we have the energy to make that happen, but I'm glad to hear that the kids loved it. I would like to thank Sandra Bonilla, Claudia Garcia, and all those volunteers who made this such a successful event. Hopefully, when we get our new Church, we will have much more room to accommodate those children who were not able to attend due to space limitations. I'm looking forward to next year already!
Finally, I did get a chance to play golf with my three brothers this past week at a club called Golden Ocala. What a wonderful course to play in which some of the holes are replicas of holes from Augusta National and St. Andrews, among others. I didn't play real well on the front nine (51), but I regrouped and played the back nine in three over 38! What's really amazing is that the 5 or 6 replica holes on the back nine I played in even par. Go figure! Playing with my brothers is always a treat since nothing is ever left unsaid and one needs a pretty thick skin to endure a round with them! My brother Joe, whom we affectionately call "Bulldozer" doesn't let us get away with anything. When my brother Phil, whom we call the "stargazer" told Joe he had a "9 or 10" on a hole, Bulldozer promptly put down 10 on the score card! No mercy there I guess! All in all, it was a great day (although a hot one, I almost wilted on the 17th) and we may play again somewhere this week. Pray for me!
Well that is all for now. Continue to enjoy the gift that God has given in each other!
Peace,
Fr. David
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