June 25, 2006

 

 

Dear Fr ;

 

This letter is to cordially invite you and the younger parishioners of your Parish to an exciting Labor Day Event.  Called St Willy Jam 2006, it will take place on the St Willebrord Parish grounds from 12:00 noon until 6:00pm on September 4. 

 

The purpose of the event is four-fold:

• To attract the youth of the community to come together in a safe and festive environment to enjoy music and food with their peers
• To give several talented young bands of the area exposure in an area event, as well as an opportunity to perform appropriate music to a large number of young people
• To provide an opportunity for the youth in both the Anglo and Hispanic communities to interact with each other
• To raise some funds for the Hispanic ministries provided here at St Willebrord

 

At Youth Jam 2006 five different youth bands would perform for 45 minutes each, beginning at the top of each hour.  Each of the bands will have provided our coordinator Randy Kostichka with a list and lyrics of the music they will perform to ensure that the words are appropriate to a parish grounds setting. Also spread throughout our grounds will be a variety of carefully chosen booths with information for the young people.  Although those “vendors” are not yet set, they will include service type organizations as well as businesses.  Possible service organizations include our local colleges, the Sexual Assault Center, Literacy Council, select soccer coordinators, someone on computer and internet safety, teen counselors from the Diocese, or the police dog program.  Possible businesses could include dance studios, music vendors, an employment agency, or a “make a craft” type business.

 

St Willebrord will provide both Mexican and American food and non-alcoholic beverages at reasonable cost.

 

Our hope is to have Cable TV or a radio station here taping or doing a live show as well.

 

You will be contacted by Randy Kostichka, a St Willebrord parishioner who is coordinating this event. He will have many more details and will be able to answer your questions.

 

We hope that you will consider:

·         Encouraging your young people to attend

·         Personally stopping in periodically throughout the day to interact with your young people in an informal way

·         Publicizing this event on your bulletin boards and in your parish bulletin

 

If you would like to discuss the event with me as well, feel free to call me at the parish office.  I do believe this it will be a fun day for our teens from throughout the area, and we are very excited about the opportunity to provide a fun and festive event for them.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Rev Ken DeGroot, O Praem

Pastor