Knights of St. John Ladies’ Auxiliary
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Ladies Guild
CATHERINE NIMMONS
[email protected]
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The purpose of the Ladies Guild is best stated as follows: We grow spiritually by practicing the gifts of hospitality, service and generosity. We show our Christian love and seek to follow the example of Our Lady of Consolation by providing help to our church, comfort in times of hardship, and sorrow; also, together we celebrate joyous occasions. Praying and working together, we grow spiritually in the pursuit of getting closer to our Lord Jesus Christ. We become sisters in Christ and with His help will lead others to Him by example.
The Ladies Guild offers to its members, the opportunity for a prayerful life and a willingness to serve God and His people. For we are active women in and at our church; we are grandmothers, mothers and daughters, wives, widows and single; we are sisters and we are friends. Membership in the Ladies Guild is open to all parish females at least eighteen years old. You can become a member of the Ladies Guild and be a member of another church ministry. Your time, talent and treasure are welcomed!
Duties/Responsibilities:
We open each meeting and event with prayer, and we pray for our members and others;
We sponsor an annual dance, the "Chat & Chew Luncheon," and "Service Awareness Event;"
We visit members and their families who are experiencing personal challenges;
We donate to St. Martin de Porres, Catherine's House (a shelter for women and children), OLC Endowment Fund, Susan B. Komen, the American Red Cross and special church projects and events;
We use out time and talent shopping for goods to donate to our community;
We partner with the Family Life Commission to support Women's Health Programs;
We build our Christian sisterhood through fun, social events (i.e. member parties, family picnics, bowling, dinner, dancing, workshops, etc.);
We market our social events to build our "treasure."
Time Commitment:
1.We attend monthly meetings from August through May;
2. You will be asked to attend event planning meetings and special workshops;
3. We reflect on our spirituality during an annual retreat and we worship together;
4. We share our time and talent across a multitude of church events and community groups;
5. Officers and committee members provide administrative time to keep us organized and on track!
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Men’s Group
…Service to God. Service to Family. Service to Church...
Who We Are
The Men’s Group at Our Lady of
Consolation Catholic Church is a group of
men who are twenty-one years and older
who provide leadership, services and
outreach to the church and local
community.
Our History
The OLC Men’s Group was founded in 2004 and through its fund-raising activity has contributed over $75,000 to support the church activities. We also furnished the kitchen appliances in the Family Life Center and continue to support the maintenance of the kitchen, keeping it ready and clean for church events.
Our Future is Bright
We Support the Growth of our Health Care Ministry; Mentor our youth; Continue to feed the hungry; Lead the effort in helping to maintain and upgrade our parish campus
Contact Us
Phone: 704-375-4339
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.ourladyofconsolation.org
Ministry Chair: Shawn Lawrence
Arts & Environment
The Arts and Environment ministry strives to decorate the worship space by the presence of flowers, green plants and other ornamentation: to visually express God’s peace and Love to all people worshipping with us in their journey of faith, while in support of the mission of our parish.
Ministers of the Word
(Proclaimers of the Word)
Ministers of the Word are more commonly referred to as “Lectors, Readers or Proclaimers of the Word”.
Description:
Ministers of the Word serve as an instrument of God’s grace becoming a channel through which God touches and changes all who hear His Word proclaimed.
Purpose:
The Ministry of the Word is the sharing of God’s Word with His people. The proclaimer by faith enables the written Word of the Lord to come alive in our midst.
We are to serve as instruments of God's grace, becoming a channel through which God touches and changes all who hear his Word proclaimed.
SUSY TILLEY
TONY BARNETT
F.L.O.W. Liturgical Dance
Dancing to turn movement into prayer which expresses itself, engaging the whole being, soul and body. Generally, when the spirit raises itself to God in prayer, it also involves the body.
CRISTEN NIMMONS
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA)
The mission of the Our Lady of Consolation RCIA process is to explore and recognize God’s action and presence in our lives, in scripture and in the life, faith and worship of the church. RCIA explores the meaning of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection leading to a personal and communal relationship with the living God encountered in Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit.
RCIA is also the process developed by the Catholic Church for prospective converts to Catholicism who are above the age of adult majority. Candidates are gradually introduced to aspects of Catholic beliefs and practices.
DEACON CURTISS TODD 704-375-4339 (PARISH OFFICE)
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Greeters
The Welcome Committee of Our Lady of Consolation Catholic Church wishes to cultivate a welcoming spirit within the OLC community by personally reaching out to new parishioners and enabling existing parishioners to establish richer connections to the church and its members.
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Young Adult Ministry (YAM)
Mission Statement:
The Young Adult Ministry seeks to connect young adults to Jesus Christ through peer faith formation and community. This takes three primary forms: spiritual, social, and service activities.
Our normal activities include monthly meetings that include praying the rosary, summer and winter socials, and supporting the breakfast between masses.
SHAWN LAWRENCE
Devin Hairston
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Youth in Action (YIA)
DENISE GITTENS-DULIEPRE [email protected]
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Youth Advisory Council
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OLC is now accepting membership to the stewardship ministry and we welcome your time, talent and treasure.
The Bishops’ Pastoral Letter of 1992, Stewardship: A Disciple’s Response, defines stewardship in the following way:
“A Christian steward is one who receives God’s gifts gratefully, cherishes and tends them in a responsible and accountable manner, shares them in justice and love with others and returns them with increase to the Lord.”
The Pastoral Letter goes on to say:
“Each member of the Church shares in responsibility for its mission; each is called to practice Stewardship of the Church. Christians are also called to look outward and to place themselves at the service of the entire human community, especially those who are most in need.”
Stewardship is a way of life, a way of thanking God for all of His blessings by returning a portion of the time, talent and treasure allotted to us.
Stewardship engenders a spirituality that deepens our relationship with the Lord. Stewardship involves intentional, planned and proportionate giving of our time, talent and treasure.
Stewardship addresses both individual parishioners as well as parishes themselves.
Our Lady of Consolation Stewardship Commission Goals are as follows:
Develop and enhance ongoing stewardship through consistent and timely information, communication and programs that increase parish commitment to time, talent and treasure
Increase parishioner registrations, stewardship and community involvement by opening doors and programs of the OLC campus to the local community and through outreach to the greater Charlotte community.
Establish partnerships and contacts with community/city groups that will help sustain stewardship efforts and support the financial needs of the parish.
BARTINA EDWARDS/RUSSELL MARTIN
[email protected]
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Buildings/Facilities Commission
Commission Chair
WILLIIS JOSEPH
“Worthy of special respect and praise in the Church are the laity, single or married, who in a definitive way or for a period, put their person and their professional competence at the service of institutions and their activities. It is a great joy to the Church to see growing day by day the number of lay people who are offering the personal service to associations and works of the apostolate,.” 34
This commission inspects and inventories all parish properties, equipment, furnishings and facilities; it reviews and recommends needed additions, repairs, replacements and servicing, to be actuated, if needed, under a schedule to be submitted with the recommendation for the work.
It discerns the use of parish talent where safety and performance do not require the use professional services.
It prepares and recommends policies or guidelines to the parish pastoral council for the use of parish facilities, including security, utilities, services, and personnel. It is responsible to publish the approved guidelines.
It prepares and recommends, in coordination with the other commissions, facility plans and improvements.
It reviews parish insurance needs and makes suggestions with special reference to diocesan policies.
It must prepare, carry out, and evaluate a yearly action plan based on the long-range goals set by the parish pastoral council (in conjunction with all the commissions) as part of the parish pastoral plan
It is responsible to prepare and propose to the parish pastoral council an annual budget for those supplies, equipment, and expenses necessary to carry out that plan.
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OUR LADY OF CONSOLATION
2020 CAPITAL CAMPAIGN