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.
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