Projects

Many are surprised when they find out just how much work and effort goes into keeping a parish going.  At Risen Savior, there are many things we have been working on.

You may have noticed that our parking lot looked different this weekend when you came to Mass.  The project we began a year ago has finally been finished.  Last year we replaced large sections where the asphalt was deteriorated and then poured a slurry of asphalt and sand over the entire surface.  Over the past eleven months that slurry has worked itself into every crack and seem.  This week we applied a two coat sealer.  We now have a parking lot that is solid and will give us another dozen years of service before we have to replace it.  We know that this has been an inconvenience and we appreciate everyone’s patience.

                                                                        

We continue to work on our sound problems here in the church.  If you’ve been to other parishes for Mass, you know that sound problems are not unique to us.  But we share your frustration.  We have a parishioner who is helping us to solve some of our sound issues and we are hopeful that many of these issues are resolved in the very near future.  In the meantime, if you have trouble hearing what is being said from the Ambo or Altar we suggest you sit closer. 

Many of us use hearing aids.  If you have modern digital hearing aids switch them to the telephone setting.  We have an induction loop system to assist those with hearing aids.  The loop, or antenna, runs around the parameter of our worship space.  The closer to the wall you are the better your hearing aid will pick up the sound.

We are working to clean out storage and common areas.  Like any home, our church home has a tendency to become cluttered.  Unused items have been donated to charitable organizations or discarded as needed.  We thank everyone who helped, especially in the Youth Center, to get things ship-shape.

On top of the physical aspects of the parish, we are also working on our service to the community.  Many have asked how we did with our June peanut butter collection.  While we did not get an exact count, a good estimate is that we collected over 1,650 jars of peanut butter – including the 400 our Summer Children’s Faith Formation students brought in.  We are reminded that this is an ongoing collection.  Every week our partners from the Storehouse come to collect the peanut butter that we’ve brought in.  We’re pleased to say that our peanut butter collection is up and remind everyone that each family here at Risen Savior is encouraged to bring one jar a week.

Our collection of school supplies is also going well.  We collected 40 backpacks that were given to Catholic Charities.  We have also had our collection bin filled to the brim twice.  Even with that amount of school supplies, there will still be those in need.  We will continue collecting them through the end of August.  You’ll find a sample school supply list in our bulletin.

Just as our parish is continually working on improvements, so too are we a work in progress.  Let us strive to continually work to improve ourselves in Christ.