Grand Knight’s Message
Brother Knights,
At the time of my writing this, Thanksgiving is only four days away, and next weekend is the first Sunday of Advent. Our Christmas party is also coming up on December 18th. I hope to see you all there.

Vivat Jesus!
Matthew J Bliss
Grand Knight
grandknight@kc5141.org

Auxiliary News
Ciao (Hello) Ladies,

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our November meeting on Thursday. It was great to see everyone. I also want to extend my warmest welcome to our new members, Carol Johnson and Carrie Myhrer. Thank you, Carol, and Carrie, for being patient with us last month as we had so much to go through. I am excited to work with you two!

This month, we discussed how turkey BINGO went, shopping for our adopted families for Christmas, what we are doing for our “Respect for Life” project in February, and our upcoming party in December.

For turkey BINGO, we were able to award 43 players with turkeys and one lucky person with $100. Approximately 130 people attended our event, and we sold 241 bingo cards. Overall, we had a net income of $1,532.49 from this event! I want to extend my sincerest thanks to all who helped, whether that was with setup, passing out food, or simply buying a turkey. We received so many compliments from our community that make me so proud of what we accomplished.

For this Christmas season, we have adopted two families from the church with a total of seven people to shop for. Elyssa Bliss, Sandy Resler, and I will go out shopping for these families in hopes of helping to ease some of the holiday stress. We will gather on December 11th at 7 pm to wrap these gifts and celebrate the Christmas season together.

Looking forward, February is our “Respect for Life” month. At our meeting, we discussed different types of projects that we might want to do. We ultimately decided to do a book & toy drive for Children’s of Minnesota Hospital. I will have more information on this in December and January, but we are looking for books that target older children (think middle school and high school aged), along with projects such as diamond art and Legos.

Again, I want to thank everyone who made it to our meeting, and that I am looking forward to the next part of the year.

Sinceramente (Sincerely),

Jenny Resler
Ladies Auxiliary President
auxpres@kc5141.org

October FMSC
October 2025 had great turnout, 42 people. Next one will be Thursday, March 26th, 2026.

December's Second Sunday Breakfast
Sunday December 14th .
Help is need on Saturday December 13th to prep the egg bakes as well as Sunday morning from
7:30-10:30 & 10:30-1:30.
Contact Ken Resler to volunteer.

Annual Family Christmas Party
Thursday, December 18
Timeline for the evening is as follows:
• 5 PM to 6 PM is social hour
• 6 PM there will be performing a new member ceremony welcoming new members into our council. All are invited to view this ceremony.
• 6:30 PM mealtime
• Approximately 7:15 PM our brief meeting
• And finally, our fun at 7:30 PM.

Please RSVP your attendance to Jeremy by calling him or by email.
* Note reservations are due by December 14 to ensure there is enough food.

SAVE THE DATE
47th Annual Concertina Bowl
Only two months away!
Saturday, January 31st
Volunteers needed throughout the day.
More details and sign-up will be in the January Guidepost.

Dick Dols, co-chair

FS Notes
Have you moved, have you changed your phone number, have you made a change to your email address? Please keep the council updated when you have a change of address, change of phone number and finally a change to your email. It really helps us to keep track of where to send things to you. If you have any changes, please forward them onto the FS.

Please look at the back of your membership card. What do you see? It has my contact info. Please make sure your loved ones know this in case you are sick or have passed away.

Former Officers,
The FS is looking for Council Jewels that you may have in your possession. Please turn them in as soon as possible. Bring them to the office at St. Tim’s, we have a mail slot that they can be left in. Thank you.

Members in hospital etc.?
Please contact the FS so that the council can send a card.

Here is a reminder to send me your service hours as often as you would like. Many hours go by each day that we never hear about. Each day we each volunteer our time doing something above and beyond.

Membership Cards and Dues
Recently another notice was sent out to members who still owe their dues. Please respond to that notice if you are one of those members. We currently have five members who need to send in your dues.

Prayer concerns
“We lift up this concern to you, O Lord”
Pope Leo XIV, Archbishop Hebda, Father Roger Bauman, Father Gabriel Walz, Family of Deacon Tim Zinda, Gladys Resler, Bill Ohland, Deacon Chuck Waugh, Dolores Otte, Don Berg, Gary Knox, Bob Matthison, Kristi LaValle, Ray Bliss, Betty Lauffer, Kevin Bennell, Yvonne Rasmussen, Tim Clancy, Bob Cuddigan, James Fortwengler, Jorge Slater, Lorraine Koss, John & Teena Badzinski, and Robert Sibinski. The people of Ukraine, The prayer for Life and the Pope’s prayer for peace. All those in Purgatory. All LA fire victims, and all emergency response services, providing support to those victims. All those suffering from cancer and depression. All those suffering from the Coronavirus. All serving members of the Priesthood, Diaconate, and Religious Life. All serving members of the Armed Forces.

Happy Birthday Wishes
We have eight members who will be celebrating a birthday in the month of December. Patrick Vandrovec, Richard Arett, Gary Domlan, Jan Darveaux, Dick Dols, Bradley Hacker, Bob Cuddigan and Al Loerzel. Happy birthday to all, hope you have a great day.

We Remember
Each month we take time to remember members who have passed away. This month we pray for John Hassler, Richard Paul, Stephen Votruba, Raymond Peter, William Ellenbecker, Michael Klaers, Mathias Kremer, Richard Tinker, Michael Welle, Garry Hallman, and DeWayne Knobbe. Please pray for their families. May they rest in peace. May all Brother Knights from our council rest in peace.

District Deputy Info
We are slowly growing our council. Keep it up.

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