Meet Kristy Rasmusson, ASSISTANT FAITH FORMATION COORDINATOR

Aparishioner of St. Andrew Parish for 38 years, Kristy Rasmusson has truly enjoyed being an active member of the parish community.

“I started volunteering as a catechist and became more involved playing guitar and song leading for Mass, and as an extraordinary min ister of Holy Communion, sacristan, with CCW and decorating the church, and as Assistant Faith Formation Coordinator,” she says.

Kristy became a Faith Formation site coordiner last year, after receiving a call from Ann Voller, Holy Family Area Faith Formation Coordinator. Having previous experience as Director of Religious Education at St. Andrew, Kristy had some familiarity with how the office would run.

“I have enjoyed getting to know our catechists and students,” she says. “My role is to support our teachers by copying, setting up supplies, substitute teaching if and when needed, helping with youth group nights, setting up, leading group prayer, and gathering attendance.”

This past July, Kristy added a new role to her respon sibilities in the community — serving as Assistant Faith Formation Coordinator.

“Again, I was called by Ann to see if I was interested,” Kristy says. “I had just retired from 30 years at YME, so this part-time job appealed to me. My primary role is to assist Ann for the three parishes by provid ing administrative duties for the Faith Formation and Youth Ministry programs.”

One of her favorite aspects of the job is meeting new people in our community, particularly from other par ishes. She also enjoys the opportunity to work with our youth and develop relationships with them.

“Working with our youth and developing relationships with them and helping them build their relationship with God is so important and rewarding,” she says. “I get to be a part of that!”

Kristy and her husband, Scott, have been married for 41 years and are blessed with four daughters and seven grandchildren. Kristy was baptized and raised in a Catholic family with parents who taught her the impor tance of giving her time and talents. She began serving at a young age in the church choir and helped with various church dinners and breakfasts.

“I try to live out my faith daily, starting my day with coffee, Scripture, prayer, and meditation,” she says. “I started this about eight years ago and it is the best way to start my day. Living out my faith is more about build ing my relationship with God in prayer and being aware of the needs around me that I am capable of meeting.”

Stewardship is very important to Kristy, who says God has blessed her and her family.

“It is only right to make my faith a priority and a necessity in my life,” she says. “Faith, family, treasures, and talents are all gifts from God. I believe He only asks that I share all of these gifts with others. There is no other way to instill stewardship belief in my chil dren than to be an example.”

Kristy Rasmusson has been a parishioner of St. Andrew for 38 years. She and her husband, Scott, have been married 41 years and have four daughters (pictured).