Happy New Year!!! I hope 2011 was very kind to you and that 2012 will be even better! With the New Year comes new experiences and new responsibilities. In these tough economic times facing our nation, there are a lot of people with needs in our society and we need not look very far from home to find them. Our membership in the Knights of Columbus is a great way to see that these needs are being met. To him to whom much is given, much is expected in return. This should be the foundation of our work in the Knights of Columbus. We all have a great deal to be thankful for and we have all been given a tremendous amount of talents and treasures by our Lord. Now is the time to use those talents to better the lives of those in need around us. Challenge your councils to find these needs and then do your best to see that these needs are fulfilled. By truly trying to live by this year’s theme “I am My Brother’s Keeper” let us renew that spirit that brought us to the Knights of Columbus by seeking out ways in which to help our fellow man.
Membership recruitment must also continue to be a high priority as we try to accomplish the work the Lord has set before us. With a larger and stronger membership, the programs our councils conduct will be better and farther reaching, and greater will be the number of lives who are touched by our charitable acts. Now is the time to reevaluate your game plan and your goals that were set six months ago. If the goals have already been met, set them higher to challenge your council(s) to accomplish, not what is easily accomplished, but to accomplish what is possible.
In reviewing the major degree schedule, I am please in the number of scheduled degrees; however there are certain areas of the state that need to schedule one. State Membership Director Jim Gerber will be working with District Deputies to make sure all areas of the state are covered. Make sure that you are part of the contagious momentum sweeping across Kansas and schedule those first degrees and major degrees and then get your recruitment team into action. As we progress into the New Year of 2012, please remember to be charitable in your works, united in your programming and recruitment efforts and fraternal toward your brother knights.
Vivat Jesus.
Mark W. Roth
State Deputy
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