Monastery Workday 2010

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Clear Creek Monastery Workday 2010, March 6, 2010

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We have food for 400 people......we are short on people. We hope to see you there.

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Monastery Workday 2010
The 8th annual Monastery Workday and Pig Roast is Saturday, March 6, 2010. The monastery workday is critical to the success of the monastery farm. While volunteer efforts to work on the farm occur all year long, the effort at the workday is critical. Br. Joseph is very dependent on the workday labor.

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The planning is almost done. We have a lot of projects and are still in need of electricians, welders, caprenters, fence builders and nail guns We need chain saws and workers, as well. We were able to get one Project Manager, Bernie Muggenborg, and three Area Guides, Mark Edmiston, Terry Boyne and team Jay Harrigal/ Mike Payne really working hard to organize the event this year. Their work and recruiting will make the workday a success. Greg Huffman volunteers all year long and has quite a plan to finish out two barns on the workday with his crew. Margaret Edmiston is preparing for the party and hoping the guests show up to eat. We are planning on some food being available on Friday night - pasta most likely. We will have a huge lunch on Saturday and probably some left overs on Saturday night. The Area Guides have become familiar with the work projects, are gathering the supplies needed, getting them to the work sites and communicating the projects to the Work Guides. We can get a lot more done on the workday with more workday prep volunteers. Come up the Friday before and get familiar with the projects you will be working on. Start early if you like.

We have several projects:
a couple of miles of electric fence built
Many miles of fence repaired
Installation of hog wire
Cemetary fence constucted
Installation of water gaps
New steel fence posts and gates
Welding of the sheep yard and repair several gates
Constructing via welding of the gates and H-frames
Stacking brush everywhere, anywhere
Cutting down trees and downed trees
Abbey fence project
Nun's Monastery Fence Project - NAILGUNS AND NAILS NEEDED
Moving of the corrall
Weed spraying
Clear rocks and limbs from the pastures
Pick up firewood and deliver it to the wood yard


If you have a group you would like to bring, we need to set up a time with Br. Joseph to go over the project you would like to accomplish prior to the workday. Due to the number of work guides we will need, our work guide training will be moved from a single day to individual or smaller groups of guides setting up a convenient time to meet with Br. Joseph at the monastery.

Send an email to DanielBDoyle@aol.com to volunteer your group or to be a work guide.


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Eighth Annual Clear Creek Monastery Workday and Pig Roast, March 6, 2010
7:30 AM Coffee and Breakfast Snacks
8:30 AM Disperse to work sites
12:00 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Disperse to work sites
5:00 PM Return Tools and Supplies

Vespers is at 6:00 if you are still around.

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Sign up on the website. please!
At this point, if you have not already done so, I would like every worker or a parent to go to the monastery workday website and register themselves or their child for the workday. If this could be done by March 3rd it would be appreciated. Instructions are as follows:
Go to www.monasteryworkday.com
(1) Register as a new user.
(2) Select USER INFO and complete your user information.
(3) Next go to the SKILLS and EQUIPMENT sections of the site, and input all relevant information as well.
(4) Next go to the EVENTS section and register for the March 6 workday.
In addition to clicking on the menu across the top, you can click on the headers for NEWS, DOCUMENTS and VIDEOS to see additional information.

Do not worry. If you do not sign up, come anyway. There should be plenty of food.

We had a great turnout of 400 people last year. Bodies do make a difference. The more we have the more fun the event is for everyone. Even if you can only do light duty or serve a meal or eat a meal with us, please, show up. Bring a lawn chair and watch the younger ones work (remember, they have chain saws, so do not taunt them).

It will be a great time!
The workday is coming up fast. The supplies are being purchased for another great meal. We have brisket and pork, Bama Pie biscuits and pies and other staples will energize you for the second half of the day. We will be eating in the the old monastery - the big log cabin with a large wraparound porch. Regardless of the weather (the monks are working on the weather, by the way), lunch will be great.

I am betting we will have food left over for dinner for those that stay this year. Make a weekend of it. Come on down Thursday or Friday. We will be there early Friday morning until Sunday afternoon. There is plenty of room for sleeping bags and cots.

I need your help recruiting people.
Have them go to the website and sign up with the instructions above. Bring a group of friends. Invite strangers and make friends. Bring your family - tell them it is a picnic - lie. They will have so much fun, they will forget what you told them.



Donated Tools Always Needed
The monks are always willing to take any of your old yard tools, shop tools, leaf blowers (used to fight fires), weed sprayers, seeders, handsaws, chain saws, limb saws and whatever else you might think they can use. Working sheep dogs and old Toyota pickups have proven useful, as well. Scrap metal, wiring and some other odd supplies have also found a renewed purpose at the monastery. They are quite creative. Call them if you have a question about a donation, 918-772-2454, or bring it down on the workday.

Workday Expenses....
We will probably list out the expenses soon for those interested in financial support of the workday. These will likely be supplies beyond the farm budget. Contact me or Br. Joseph if you are interested in donating for these supplies.

Food for the event....
For those interested in donating food, live animals and cash for the workday, we look to feed about 400. We have $1300 dollars now. We will not ask for donations on the workday. This event is for those giving their much appreciated time and labor.


Here are some suggestions on what to bring:

Clothes: Plan for the weather to change during the day from cold to hot to colder to wet. Bring a good set of work gloves (leather preferred but not mandatory); boots; hats; rain gear/poncho (just in case); The monk's are working on good weather. Jeans, boots and long sleeve shirts are really the only appropriate dress for the kind of work we are doing. Everyone needs to dress conservatively in consideration of the monks that may appear.

Tools: Chainsaw, chainsaw oil, fuel and extra chains. (Work Guides will evaluate who can use a chainsaw. Safety is our primary concern, second-fun, third-work), bow saws/limb saws, limb cutters/pruners, wire cutters, hand pliers, fence pliers, Bring walkie-talkies if you have them.

Four wheelers are useful for the workday however they can only be used by their owners for work and transportation of equipment. Trailers will be useful for hauling wood, rock, supplies and people.

Tractors and trailers are welcome. Other heavy equipment is likely welcome, but to use it efficiently we should probably have a conversation with Br. Joseph prior to the workday.

Safety: Sun block, Chap Stick; and insect repellant (lots of deer-lots of ticks), I suggest eye and ear protection especially if operating equipment.

Food & Drink: I am asking that every worker bring their own preferred drinks and few snacks for the day. Remember a great lunch of roasted pig and lamb will be provided. Each driver should bring an ice chest for the drinks because with all the tools, space will be limited.

I am sure I am forgetting something. All suggestions are welcome. If you have any questions please contact me.



Dan Doyle
918-906-8600
DanielBDoyle@aol.com