After being pastor at Sacred Heart Parish for over 12 years, with a congregation that now numbers around 1200 people, I have to admit that there are many who I know by face, but not always by name, and others who have to tell me they are parishioners when I see them outside of the parish facilities. Then there are those that I have gotten to know quickly by face and name because they are so active in more than just participation in the pews on the weekends and weekdays. Two of these are the couple that was chosen as the VIPs for October, Gerald and Ann Krawczynski. In the ministry of liturgy, Gerald has served as a longtime lector (since 2000), both Gerald and Ann have served as Extraordinary Ministers of Communion at Mass, and Ann for a time in the choir. They have been, and still are, regularly scheduled Eucharistic Adorers and feel blessed to participate in this ministry. Ann is a memeber of LOSH and has been active in the St Anthony and St Monica Guilds. In her role as a realtor, she was instrumental in selling off the "off campus" rectory and its property. She was on the organizational team for the first parish treasure sale. She served as the coordinator of the "Hand and Foot" club in the parish and recently participated in the lower hall kitchen renovation project (which is happening right now). She and Gerald were involved in the "Sociable Six" activity which seeks three couples who are each willing to host each other for dinner to get to know new people and enjoy one another's good cooking. (We will be restarting that activity in the near future). Not surprisingly, they are an active couple on our welcoming committee that visits with new parishioners to introduce them to the many activities and ministries that the parish offers. Gerald has been a Knight of  Columbus for 55 years and after being a very successful insurance agent fo the Knights which involved (besides offering great insurance products) helping our council recruit new members. Gerald's activities and responsibilities in our local Council 10208 have been so many and varied that he was named State Knight of the Year in 2014 and he and Ann "Family of the Year" for the 2009-2010 fraternal year. Gerald and Ann have been actively involved in the Arkansas Pregnancy Resource Center of Little Rock in fundraising efforts and Gerald was a driver for their mobile unit that goes into neighborhoods to make protable ultrasounds available in the behicle for moms to see the baby growing within them. They have both been longtime members of our parish bowling league and enjoyed both the bowling (sometimes) and always the socializing part of the league. They are one of many couples in our parish for which Sacred Heart parish is their second home and their fellow parishioners like extended family. They are here frequently for liturgical and private prayer opportunities, educational offerings and many social gatherings as participants and leaders. I am blessed to have known them for all the time have been at Sacred Heart Parish and came to know them by name early (though I still struggle with spelling their last names.) God bless Krawczynski's, our VIPs this month.