Parish Groups
Auction
MASQUERADE & GALA AUCTION
“UNMASK THE SPIRIT OF GIVING”
Please pray for the success of our Gala Auction on Saturday, November 9, 2024 after 4:00pm Mass
Raffle Tickets: Purchase them for $50 each after Masses or in the office during business hours. First prize is a choice of one of three vacations or $2,000 cash. Second prize is $1,000 cash and third prize is a “Night on the Town” in Bellevue.
Volunteer: If you are not going to attend the auction, please consider helping make it run! Clean up help is needed night of the auction and on Sunday morning at 10 am.
If you like parties or crafts, come join as we set up! All are invited and welcome!
- Wednesday, November 6 from 4:00-8:00pm. We need muscles this evening!
- Thursday, November 7 after 9:00am Mass.
- Friday, November 8 after 9:00am.
Bowling Tournament
Thanks to all who could spare the time to be at the bowling tournament on April 13! Fr. Vu enjoyed striking up some fun with all of you. We hope you had a ball!
Congratulations to our winners!
- 1st Place Male: AJ Mijares
- 1st Place Female: Joan Capili
- 2nd Place Male: Mark Matz
- 2nd Place Female: Oreli Madayag
- Closest to Fr. Vu’s Score: Jeff Berosik
Emergency Preparedness Committee *New*
Facilities Committee
Glen Rollman, Committee Chair • glenro@comcast.net
The Facilities Committee meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 7pm. We can use your help and ideas. Anyone interested in joining the Facilities Committee is encouraged to contact Glen.
Are you handy and like to help?
Greg Leptich, Facilities Manager • gleptich@sjvkirkland.org
There are always a lot of projects and jobs to be done around here. Anybody willing to spend a little of their time would be much appreciated.
Adopt-a-Garden Bed
Tony Zimmerman • tzimrman@yahoo.com
Join the program and pick out a spot on our property to beautify. This has become a very successful and rewarding program to everyone, especially from the pride you feel from working in our beautiful gardens to make them even better!
Please help us help others
Our new garden by the north gravel lot is growing! We have planted vegetables in four raised beds with a fifth bed ready for more. HopeLink has gladly agreed to take our harvest for their free food distributions for those in need.
We are in need of more volunteers to help water and weed the raised beds on a rotating basis. If you have some time to spare, please reach out to Susan, sweaver@sjvkirkland.org. Many hands make light work.
Finance Council
Mary Alice Hanken • 425-655-3200
The Parish Finance Council is an advisory and consultative body that assists the Pastor with the responsibility for parish financial management and accountability. Current members are Mary Alice Hanken, Joel Katterhagan, Fred Janssen, and Autumn Salazar.
Offertory Counters Needed
Offertory counters meet Monday mornings at 8:00am and it takes about an hour. This requires a person who is careful and can count. The candidates will need to submit and pass the archdiocese background check prior to volunteering. We currently have two teams that alternate weeks so this is not a weekly obligation. Please contact avandewark@sjvkirkland.org to apply. Thank you for your consideration!
Golf Tournament
The 2024 DEL AND DARLEENE BROWN COMMEMORATIVE GOLF TOURNAMENT was on Friday, May 31. It was great to get out on the golf course and celebrate the wonderful lives of Del and Darleene Brown and the past 7 years of Fr. Vu as our Pastor with a love for the Lord, Mama Mary, and golfing. Thank you to Mike Archer for organizing this tournament! Thank you to our Sponsors! Thank you to everyone who attended! You helped raise over $5,000 for our parish and its outreach programs.
1st Place Team: Jim Dowling, David Dowling, Jim Jergens, and Jeff Jergens
2nd Place Team: Fr. Vu Tran, Joel Katterhagen, Elliot Bucu, and Khang Cung
3rd Place Team: Chris Klepper, Jovi Legaspi, April Reagan, and Wani Higgins
Men's Long Drive: Jovi Legaspi
Women's Long Drive: Wani Higgins
Men's Closest to Pin: Jeff Jergens
Women's Closest to Pin: Mary Carter
Hiking Club
Are you interested in hiking but never find the time to go? Join our SJV Hiking Club! We are open to trail recommendations from our hiking enthusiasts. We are taking a break through the rainy fall and winter months. Please check back in the spring for our next hike. Contact Susan for more information: sweaver@sjvkirkland.org
Knights of Columbus
Brad Lund, Grand Knight • bradelund@comcast.net
Membership in the Knights of Columbus is open to males 18 years of age or older who are practicing Catholics. Meetings are every third Thursday of the month at 7:00pm! For more information contact the Grand Knight. Learn more
Moms Meetup
Calling all moms, especially moms with infants, toddlers, preschoolers and elementary school-aged children! Please join the "SJV Moms Meetup" Facebook group for updates about our monthly meetups. Hope to see you there!
Pastoral Council
The parish Pastoral Council is a consultative body to the Pastor, to help him with the pastoral needs of St. John Vianney Catholic Church, in her mission to be a light of Christ on Finn Hill for all people.
Current members are (Top L to R) Ron Petrusha, Catalina Usandivaras, Mary Torbenson, Colin Radford, (Bottom L to R) Neetha Tomy, Connie DuPuis, Connie Lambert, Lori Fitzpatrick, Lynae Leptich, (Not Pictured) Tony Frandanisa, and Joan Sullivan.
To contact the Pastoral Council, please send an email to johnvianneykirkland@gmail.com.
Partners in the Gospel
Now that Partners in the Gospel is going into effect, the Pastoral Council is meeting regularly to discuss and facilitate the transition to the parish family. We will keep you updated about any new developments that affect SJV through our column, What’s New in Partners in the Gospel at SJV.
If you have suggestions about ways in which we can work together with Holy Family Kirkland, or ideas about how the transition can help us better evangelize the faith, feel free to speak to a member of the Pastoral Council. For questions about Partners in the Gospel, email us at johnvianneykirkland@gmail.com.
Quilters Group
Every Wednesday morning at 10am there is a wonderful ministry of quilters that meets to make quilts for those in nursing homes or recovering from an illness. Anyone can join them in the social hall! It is a stitch!
Rummikub
We meet on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:00pm in the Social Hall. We play three or four games (very flexible) and then finish with the Left Right Center dice game. You do not need to know how to play. Both games are simple and quick to learn, and old timers will be happy to help you learn. Open to everyone! Hope to see you!
Senior Dinners
If you are 55 or older, we would like to invite you (single and married couples) to our monthly dinners held the 2nd Saturday of every month after the 5:00pm Mass.
Our goal in joining together as a group is to become better integrated in our faith community and grow in our faith - to develop deeper relationships with each other as well as with our Lord and Savior. And it's a great night out of fun and fellowship! After dinner we will play the Left, Right, Center dice game, so remember to bring four quarters. $10 for food and fun. Please prepay with cash and sign up at the parish office. Friends are welcome!
Senior Resources
Women’s Book Group
The first Tuesday of each month at 7:00pm, our Women’s Book Group gathers with wine and chocolate to discuss a book that has been chosen by the group. You do not need to read the book to come to the book group.
December Book:
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
January Book:
Cherished Belongings by Gregory Boyle
