Knights of Columbus

Some of the tasks we’d like to check-off  this Saturday, 11/19/2011, are listed below. There’s plenty to do.  We’re looking for volunteers so that many hands will help get the job done. Come for the social interaction, sense of accomplishment, even the food! You’re encouraged to bring one of your favorite foods to share. Joe is making ham bone/cabbage bean soup for lunch.
The parish appreciates everyone’s commitment to sharing their time, treasure and talent to show God our appreciation for His graces and blessings.
Church:

• Fill in hole by back stairs to the celler
• Replace light bulbs in the celler
• Clear cob webs and remove dirt from around furnace bases
• Change filters in the furnaces
• Secure the ductwork that has come off the main supply duct
• Lubricate all door locks with graphite
• Place salt buckets and shovels in the Bell tower.

Hall:

• Change filters in the furnaces
• Lubricate all door locks with graphite
• Place salt buckets and shovels in the hall.
• Clean trays and cook & puree pumpkins – if you want to work in the kitchen

Rectory:

• Clear out the back porch
• Move furniture off the front porch
• Lubricate all door locks with graphite
• Place salt buckets and shovels on the back porch.

Grounds:

• Throw out the dead potted plants
• Turn over the garden for next year.

Garage:

• Put stabilize in the mowers and run them
• Put mowers away for the year
• Move the snow blower out for the winter
• Put stabilizer in the snow blower and run it
• Make sure we have gas for snow blower.

Work Day Goals for November 19, 2011Read More

It is autumn and time to get ready for winter.
We will meet between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm this Saturday, 22 October 2011 and attempt to tackle the following chores:

• Lubricate all door knobs and locks with graphite
• Secure duct work under the church
• Change filters in hall and church furnaces
• Clear weeds from the church perimeter
• Cleanup the parish garden for the winter
• Clean out the garage/workshop
• Clear out the hall refrigerators and pantry
• Remove and store A/C window units from rectory

There is a good mix of inside and outside work so we can work rain or shine.
Plan on staying for lunch!
Sincerely,
Joe Kupec

Work Day – October 22, 2011Read More

Marcus Loidolt, one of the parish’s cantors, had surgery for a burst appendix on Saturday. He is listed in critical condition because of the infection. Marcus was having abdominal pain from mid-week. He and his wife Kimetha are visiting relatives in Minnesota.
Please keep Marcus and his family in your prayers. May our Lord grant swift healing to his servant, Marcus. May the Holy Spirit send down special graces upon him and his family. Let their guardian angels envelope them with spiritual armor to ward off Satan and his demons and cast out any doubts about God’s abundant healing power. Thank you Father for the healing. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, our Healer and Redeemer.

Pray for Marcus LoidoltRead More

Wow! We had a great turnout and a sizable list of accomplishments on Saturday.  This is a partial list: Broken light fixtures replaced in hall, cleaning in the church (wash pews, kneelers, baseboards, icon screen, brass candle holders, litia or artoklasia tray, censer; vacuum carpet; removed wax from various surfaces), hang icons, move stored pews into hall and back porch of rectory for use (the process included removing 40 years worth of dried chewing gum from under each pew then washing and waxing), organize items in storage building & St. Mary’s hall, cleaned & moved cooling rack for baking from storage into hall for use, sautéed onions for next week’s KofC brunch, folded Sunday’s music handout & bulletins, pull weeds around entrance of hall.
The work was performed between the morning and evening liturgies.  Most of our 19 volunteers attended the morning and/or evening Divine Liturgies too!
Thank you to those that participated in our April work day:
Kupec family – Joe, Mary, Nicholas and Thomas
Stanton family – Tom, Sonia, Cody
Anne Hamilton
Al Macek (one of the original families who started the parish in 1980)
Mike Piland and his friend Tim
Carol Lipps
Max Beaver
Paul Suvak
Kimetha Steele
Marcus Loidolt
Bill Ferguson
Richard Medwig
John Danovich
May God grant our volunteers peace, health and long life for many happy and blessed years.

Work Day Accomplishments – April 9, 2011Read More

The James J. O’Brian Council 13850 of the Knights of Columbus had their monthly brunch after Divine Liturgy Sunday, February 27, 2011. The Knights served: pirohi (potato-cheese, sauerkraut, and lekvar) with sautéed onions & sour cream, ham, kielbasi, sauerkraut, pancakes, eggs, hash browns, juice, coffee, milk & dessert.  Our next brunch is scheduled for March 27, 2011. You’re invited!
Here’s the February brunch flyer.

Family Brunch – February 27, 2011Read More

Work Day Goals – Saturday, February 26, 2011Read More

• Finish caulking windows – done
• Trim the North sacristy closet door – done
• Repair hinges on the North door to the deck – done
• Cut sheeting to line the closet in the bell tower
• Install the sheeting in the closet
• Install a new mortised lock and handle on the bell tower door – done
• Remove the rotted sill wood between the bell tower and the church entrance – done
• Install new wood and a drip edge – done
• Organized extra Icons to be hung in the church
• Clear out the snow shovels and salt buckets and stow the snow blower for next season

• Check furnace filters in the church and hall furnaces.
• Cut and install sheeting  for crawl space  above hall ceiling
• Measure bell tower windows
• Measure sacristy windows
• Prep the sacristy closet walls for painting
• Install wiring and fixture to light the wood loft above St. Josephs Shop
• Run electrical wire to the bell tower for power
• Rewire the garage door opener in the garage

All volunteers (parishioners, friends, neighbors) are welcome to share their talent with us.

Work Day Goals/Accomplishments – Saturday, February 19, 2011Read More

Knights of Columbus Brunch
The James J. O’Brian Council 13850 of the Knights of Columbus will be having their monthly brunch after Divine Liturgy Sunday, January 23rd, 2011. The Knights will be serving: pirohi (potato-cheese, sauerkraut, levar) with sautéed onions & sour cream, ham, kielbasi, sauerkraut, pancakes, eggs, hash browns, juice, coffee, milk & dessert. A free will offering is encouraged.

Family Brunch – January 23, 2011Read More

Glory to Jesus Christ!
Glory Forever!
Happy New Year!
I would like to begin by thanking everyone who supported the 2010 work days. The list of accomplishments posted on the St. Mary’s Hall Bulletin board or here is sufficient proof of your stewardship here at St. Athanasius.
2011 has opportunities in front of us for many projects. Before we start any new projects we have to work on closing out left over projects from 2010. Here is what we hope to complete on the last Saturday of the January 2011:

• Move all coolers, tables stools and canopy’s into the hall annex loft.
• Cut and install sheeting for the bell tower closet.
• Trim the North Sacristy (Server) closet door.
• Clean the bell tower stairs to prep for painting
• Install lock hardware on the bell tower hatch
• Install weather striping on the bell tower and choir loft doors
• Replace the ballasts in the hall lights
• Sort servers vestments and identify those that can be mended

For 2011 I would like to invite members of the Maintenance department to support the noon meal by seeking people to bring one of the following:

• Breakfast: Bagels/Donuts
• Lunch: Soup/Entree/Salad/Dessert

I look forward to seeing you at any work day in 2011.
Sincerely,
Joe Kupec

Work Day – Saturday 29 January 2011Read More

Christ is Born!
Glorify Him!
I am sending out this email on behalf of the St. Athanasius Maintenance Department and would like to thank our volunteers for the weekends and evenings that you were so generous to donate in 2010.
At first glance it appears that our parish is small and has limited resources. If we take to heart the words of Fr. Sid, our humble parish priest, with prayer and power of the Holy Spirit we can move mountains. Just a few of the projects completed this year:

• Substantial garage clean-out
• Repaint the mens bathroom in St. Mary’s Hall
• Strip and wax the floors in St. Mary’s Hall
• Bakery storage annex and loft completed and operational
• New Stairs built for the bell tower
• Storage loft completed over the St. Joseph Shop
• New Door installed on the St Mary’s Hall
• Holes behind the garage filled in, trees trimmed and garbage cleaned out
• School windows sealed (several times)
• Two new ovens , triple bowl sink, and institutional refrigerator delivered for the bakery expansion
• Bell tower clean-out and organization that included upgrading storage
• New shelves in the server sacristy
• Acquisition of 32 tons of lumber that can be used for capital projects in 2011

 
There are many people who took the time to do the cleaning, mowing and general upkeep in this vineyard called St. Athanasius. Without their quiet efforts so many things would still be waiting for attention.
2011 promises to be a challenging year. We have windows and buttresses to rebuild, drains and downspouts that need to be repaired/replaced and buried and there is a real possibility that we may have enough material to build a proper vestibule. All of this can only happen with God’s grace and your help.
In the next few weeks we will be working up a calender to coordinate the Maintenance Department projects with the liturgical and baking schedules. We hope to have one project a month that we can come together as a community in service and fellowship.
First, I humbly ask for your prayers as we begin planning projects for 2011. Without God’s help we can accomplish nothing.
Second I request your feedback. Please list things that need done on the lists posted on the bulletin boards in the hall.
Finally, I ask for your help on any workday that falls on an open spot on your calender. Many hands make light work.
Together we can lift our hands to build up God’s house here at St. Athanasius in Indianapolis.
Keeping you in my Christmas, New Years and Theophany Prayers!
Sincerely,
Joe Kupec

2010 Maintenance SuccessesRead More