It is not unusual for newly registered parishioners who are visited by our welcoming committee to express their desire to get acclimated to the parish and Village for a while before getting involved in the parish's activities and ministries. It is, of course, hoped that they will get involved sooner than later and experience blessings for doing so.
Our V.I.P. for the month of August, Sara Pilgrim, didn't take very long at all to get involved after moving with her husband to the Village in 2019 and becoming a member of the parish. She added to her list of activities rather quickly. After joining St. Monica Guild in Sept. of 2019, she took on the position of secretary of the Ladies of the Sacred Heart for two years. Sara served as Vice President and then president this past year. In addition to accepting and doing well in leadership positions (including co-chair of the successful LOSH golf tournaments the last three years), she has been a HELPER in many activities. She helped with the two vaccine clinics that were held at our parish during the COVID outbreak. She helped on the ad-hoc kitchen committee to help organize and clean the parish kitchen, which was needed, and hers and others efforts were certainly appreciated! She helped to organize the cleanup and redo of the LOSH floral centerpieces which are used at LOSH and parish gatherings. She has assisted with most of the fundraising events of LOSH since 2019 (which have been many)! She headed up LOSH's hosting of the Parish Sacred Heart of Jesus Feast Day Dinner which involved coordinating the meal, procuring volunteers and setting up the event including obtaining some entertainment (Steve Gunton). She volunteers as a member of Guild 1 at the Village Loan Closet and making lunches at Jackson House. She is a regular exerciser at Linda Broome's Tuesday/Thursday class and is a fairly recent addition to the Sacred Heart Cemetery committee in charge of landscaping to keep the garden looking beautiful. She and Gary have been married for 33 years and have two children, a son who is a master sergeant in the United States Army, a daughter in Colorado Springs and 5 grandchildren. I have always been impressed by Sara's bright personality and her energy in getting things organized and done. I have no doubts that her involvement in the parish will grow to the benefit of our parishioners and I believe will be an inspiration to encourage others to get involved (which has already happened). Thanks, Sara for being who you are and what you have done in your fairly short time as a parishioner at Sacred Heart Church!
Our V.I.P. for the month of August, Sara Pilgrim, didn't take very long at all to get involved after moving with her husband to the Village in 2019 and becoming a member of the parish. She added to her list of activities rather quickly. After joining St. Monica Guild in Sept. of 2019, she took on the position of secretary of the Ladies of the Sacred Heart for two years. Sara served as Vice President and then president this past year. In addition to accepting and doing well in leadership positions (including co-chair of the successful LOSH golf tournaments the last three years), she has been a HELPER in many activities. She helped with the two vaccine clinics that were held at our parish during the COVID outbreak. She helped on the ad-hoc kitchen committee to help organize and clean the parish kitchen, which was needed, and hers and others efforts were certainly appreciated! She helped to organize the cleanup and redo of the LOSH floral centerpieces which are used at LOSH and parish gatherings. She has assisted with most of the fundraising events of LOSH since 2019 (which have been many)! She headed up LOSH's hosting of the Parish Sacred Heart of Jesus Feast Day Dinner which involved coordinating the meal, procuring volunteers and setting up the event including obtaining some entertainment (Steve Gunton). She volunteers as a member of Guild 1 at the Village Loan Closet and making lunches at Jackson House. She is a regular exerciser at Linda Broome's Tuesday/Thursday class and is a fairly recent addition to the Sacred Heart Cemetery committee in charge of landscaping to keep the garden looking beautiful. She and Gary have been married for 33 years and have two children, a son who is a master sergeant in the United States Army, a daughter in Colorado Springs and 5 grandchildren. I have always been impressed by Sara's bright personality and her energy in getting things organized and done. I have no doubts that her involvement in the parish will grow to the benefit of our parishioners and I believe will be an inspiration to encourage others to get involved (which has already happened). Thanks, Sara for being who you are and what you have done in your fairly short time as a parishioner at Sacred Heart Church!