MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE OHIO STATE COUNCIL KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
JANUARY 2018
State Deputy News and Notes Kevin Miller
Brother Knights:
2018.” I’m going to briefly review these five simple items – they make The beginning of a new year is for for a great list of council New many a time to access and plan for a Year’s resolutions and each should better future – no doubt many of you integrated in any and all of your have a list of New Year’s resolutions plans for the remainder of this to improve yourself or make some fraternal year and beyond. aspect of your life better. This is also true in the life of our councils: Number #1: Aim younger! As we at the mid-point of our fraternal discuss, we not only need to year, January presents a great continue to recruit members to our opportunity to review our ranks, but younger members! Both accomplishments, examine where Supreme and the Ohio State Council we may have found challenges, and are working to launch initiatives to prepare for success in the second find and recruit younger members, half of the year. but this effort begins at our councils – make sure that your work and For those of you who have read the programming ALWAYS takes into January edition of Knightline from consideration how to approach, Supreme (and I hope everyone recruit, AND retain this important reviews Knightline every month), group of Catholic men … the future you may have noted at the bottom of of our Order depends on it! page 1 “Five Things to Tackle in
Number #2: Be more familycentered! Remember, we build better Catholic men by building better Catholic families; we need to consciously develop programs that focus on families and family involvement. This is especially important for councils that may be a bit more “senior” in their membership – we cannot hope to attract and retain those younger members and their families if we have no programming for them! Think “if we build it, they will come!” Number #3: Generate increased awareness of who Knights are and what they do! Every Catholic man should have a basic understanding of the Knight’s purpose and how easy it
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