About The SJA Men'sClub

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Parish Picnic and other Men's Club updates

Guys,

Welcome to Spring!!! We had a very successful Lenten Prayer Breakfast in March with 40 men in attendance. We also recently supported the Grace Trahan event last Friday on behalf of the Holy Family Ministry as well. Our next big event is the Parish Picnic. Details on this event, and others are listed below.

All the Best to you and your families!

Peace,
Barry

Parish Picnic

Sunday, May 23rd - After the 10:30 a.m. Mass

Volunteers are needed to help grill meat at the Parish Picnic, as well as setting up kid's games and activities. Please contact me at pachciarz@sbcglobal.net if you can assist. We will be collecting good will donations for the Graves Family Memorial Fund at the event also.

Basketball & Volleyball

Men's Club basketball has come to an end this Spring and will start back up in early October. We are coordinating with the Athletic Committee to possibly get bi-monthly volleyball dates on the calendar through the summer. More information will follow.

Annual Golf Outing

Saturday, August 7th at Saddlebrook Golf Club

Please mark your calendars for the annual Men's Club Golf Outing. There will be early tee times, and lunch/prizes will be provided. Sign-up for the event will begin in late June/early July.

Bible Study

Jonathan Ruffing has volunteered to oversee a Men's Bible Study this summer. If you are interested in joining the group or would like more information, please contact Jonathan at 354-6587 or jonathan.ruffing@att.net.

Additional Service Opportunities

SJA Community Garden Event, June 19-20, 2010

As a part of the Meridian-Kessler Neighborhood Association (MKNA) Home Tour, there will be several events in our SJA Community Garden throughout the weekend of June 19-20. Contact Joe Foster to see how you can help at josephaye77@yahoo.com.

Painting SJA Classrooms, Dates TBA

Contact Barry Pachciarz at pachciarz@sbcglobal.net if you would be willing to help paint SJA classrooms this summer.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

2010 Men's Club Lenten Prayer Breakfast on 3/13

Men,

We've had quite a busy start to the new year thus far, with good attendance at the Superbowl party up at the K of C in January, and again for Food Link at SJA last month.

As many of you are already aware, we are hosting the Men's Club Lenten Prayer Breakfast this Saturday morning, March 13th, at 8 am. Father Guy will give a talk about the spiritual challenges of Saints Peter and Paul after Mass, and we should be done with the program by 10 am. We will begin with Mass in the chapel, with breakfast and the talk following in Doyle Hall. Again, we had upwards of 30 men at the Advent Prayer Breakfast in early December, and are upt to 25 RSVPs for this one thus far! Please contact me via e-mail at pachciarz@sbcglobal.net or on my mobile at 361-9055, if you would like to attend. Feel welcome to invite a friend!

In addition, in lieu of asking for good will donations to cover expenses of the breakfast, we will be accepting donations to help the Kelly family meet their looming medical expenses due to Tim's recent battle with brain cancer. If you can not make the prayer breakfast, and would like to contribute, please contact me directly to make other arrangements.

In Christ,
Barry