Stewardship - Parish Life
Cal the Parish office: 481-5702
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Parish Life Committee
Be part of a team of people who plan for
and implement the mission of the committee. Requires hands-on involvement
in most social events as this is a working committee. Commitment
expected: occasional meetings; provide service at events as scheduled.
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Neighborhood Leader
Church of the Holy Family is divided into
over 50 neighborhoods. Each neighborhood has a leader. The
leader’s main goal is to express a sense of generosity and openness to
new parish members who move into their neighborhood, and to existing parishioners
who haven’t quite found their niche in our family. They also act as a contact
person from neighborhood to parish, visit newly registered parishioners,
manage a telephone tree within your neighborhood, and give neighborhood
opportunities to provide food for funeral hospitality when someone from
a neighborhood dies, and for the Soup Kitchen (usually once every 12-18
months.)
Church of the Holy Family’s Neighborhoods: Alanton; Baycliff; Bay Island;
Birdneck; Brighton / Mill Creek; Mill Dam Forest; Broad Bay
Estates; Broad Bay Point Greens; Cape Henry Shores; Cape
Story; Chesapeake; Chesapeake Beach East; Chesapeake
Beach West; Diamond Springs; General Booth Blvd.; Great
Neck Estates / Shorehaven; Great Neck Manor; Great Neck
Farm; Great Neck Meadow East; Great Neck Meadow West; Green
Hill / Chelsea; Green Run; Hilltop; Independence;
Kempsville; Kenstock / River Cove / Heron's Cove; Kings
Grant; Lake Trant; Laurel Cove; Linkhorn; Linlier;
London Bridge Rd. S.; London Bridge Rd. N.; Cheltenham Square;
Lynnhaven Colony; Lynnhaven Shores; Mill Dam; Norfolk;
Oceana; Oceanfront; Plaza; Point O'Woods; Reagan
Avenue; Robin Hood Forest / Brittany Estates; Russell House
/ First Colonial Inn; Sea Gate; Southern Points; Thalia;
Thoroughgood; Trant Berkshire; Washington Square; Wellington
Woods; Wildwood / Thousand Oaks / Bancroft Halls/ Colonial Arms /
Peppertree; Wolfsnare Plantation.
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Bookstore
Be available at bookstore after masses.
Sell books, religious articles, take special orders, Commitment: one Sat./Sun.
per month after Mass as scheduled; 15-30 minutes.
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Community Fair
The Fair is a parish fundraiser held the
Thursday, Friday Saturday and Sunday of the last weekend of May.
It takes over 300 volunteers to successfully host the Fair. Sign-ups
are held in May for booth and shift workers. Most booth shifts are
three-four hours.The Fair Planning Committee, approximately
15-20 people, starts meeting in January to coordinate the mechanics of
the Fair. The Fair is a wonderful way for the parishioners to meet their
neighbors and have fun entertaining the many families that enjoy our festivities
each year.
These are the types of jobs that always
need leadership help for the fair: Kitchen/ Food; Grounds Set-up;
Prizes; Publicity; Decorations.
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Funeral Hospitality
As a community, we celebrate the life
and death of every one of our members with the offer of hospitality following
a wake or funeral. Our neighborhoods provide food for the reception,
however, everyone is welcome to volunteer additional food items as the
need arises. We will compile a list for those who wish to participate
in this important ministry.Also, if you wish to assist with those
who set up and serve our guests, please call the Church Office for details.
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Hospitality/Welcome Table
Be present after one of the weekend liturgies
to help new parishioners register, provide parish information and offer
newcomers a hospitable welcome. Commitment: ½ hour,
approximately every eight weeks, after mass of choice, and as convenient.
Contacted personally; no predetermined schedule.
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Library
Be present in library to re-shelve books,
catalog new books, keep library in working order. Commitment: one
half a day a week per month.
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Nifty-over-Fifty
A group that meets the third Wednesday
of the month for a program. Other Wednesdays they gather to make
crafts which they sell at Christmas and at the Fair. They meet approximately
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Knights of
Columbus Pope Leo XIII Council #10804
The Knights of Columbus is made up of
Catholic men and their families - husbands, wives, children, widows, college
students, and religious. The Knights sponsor retreats, vocations
awareness programs, ecumenical meetings, “Keep Christ in Christmas” campaign,
community service projects, socials, activities for youth and family and
more. The Councils programs are: KOVAR (Knights of VA Assisting the
Retarded), PKD (Penny a Knight Per Day for Vocations), Vocations Committee,
“Keep Christ in Christmas” Charity Commission, Rosary Program, VA Special
Olympics.
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