Edmond Knights receive top award

Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church Knights of Columbus Council 6477 has received the distinction of Star Council, the international organization’s top award for local councils.

The Star Council Award recognizes overall excellence in the areas of membership, promotion of fraternal insurance benefits, sponsorship of faith formation programs and service-oriented activities. Councils that attain Star Council status and achieve 200 percent of their gain goal will receive the Double Star Council Award. Councils that achieve 300 percent of their gain goal will receive the Triple Star Council Award.

Recognition for Council 6477 included the following:

Membership – Father McGivney Award 
This award recognizes excellence in a council’s membership growth. Council 6477 achieved 353% growth, gaining 53 new members in the fraternal year, achieving the recognition of Triple Star Council. In addition to these new members, Council 6477 received 20 transfers of members from other councils, most from becoming members of Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church.

Promotion of Fraternal Insurance Benefits – Founders Award  
The Founders’ Award recognizes excellence in the promotion of Knights of Columbus insurance and fraternal benefits. All councils must host/promote at least two Fraternal Benefit Events during the fraternal year, with a minimum of 14 participants throughout the year. Throughout the fraternal year, Council 6477 participated in several Fraternal Benefit Nights working closely with field agent Max Yardley and the Kevin Pierce Insurance Agency with the Knights of Columbus.

Sponsorship of Faith Formation Programs – Columbian Award
This award recognizes excellence in a council’s programming and charitable outreach. To earn this award, the council was charged to conduct and report programs in each of the four “Faith in Action” program categories – Faith, Family, Community and Life – for a total of 16 program credits, with four in each category. 

To learn more about Council 6477, contact Jack Goodson, membership director at (405) 312-5008, [email protected] or George Majoue, grand knight, at (805) 478-5200, [email protected].