Dear Invested Adult,

 

Whether you are a family member of a teen participant or an invested member of the St Luke community, thank you for your commitment to supporting the young people of our parish with your prayers, words of encouragement, and financial contributions, and thank you for your part in forming such loving and conscientious young people.  There is still further opportunity to help with our Summer Service Trips, and I invite you to consider offering your gifts in one of the following ways:

·   First, we need adults willing to help coordinate our pre-service trip fundraisers: two “Stock Sales” at which parishioners are able to “invest” in our trips and a Mothers’ Day Flower Sale. 

·   Second, trip participants continually express an interest in building on the special bonds they form on the trip, and some families have chosen to host post-trip “picture exchange parties” or pot-lucks.  Please consider hosting a pot-luck or organizing and leading a day of service for trip participants.

·   Third, of course we need volunteers to take part in and lead the service trips!  As a trip leader you would be committing to partnering in the spiritual formation of your service trip team and taking part in the actual week of service.  This means that your participation in all the formation meetings and other pre-trip preparations is imperative; there are also two meetings exclusively for adult leaders on December 13 and May 2.  On the trip itself you will work alongside the teens in their service, facilitate discussion, drive the vans rented for the week, and attend to the safety and well-being of the teen participants.  Please be aware that we ask adult trip leaders to make the same financial contribution ($150-200) as the teen participants, but that other arrangements may be made if this proves difficult.

·   Finally, we encourage you to share your unique gifts in any way you feel called.  If you have an idea about a way in which you might be able to help, please share it with me, and please pray for our teens and the people with whom they are serving.

Please take some time to think and pray over the ways you might be able to be a part of these wonderful service trips: fill out the “Adult Interest Form” and return it to the Youth Office (in the Rectory at 528 Lathrop Ave).  Thank you for your continuing commitment to the teens of St Luke.

Peace and Blessings,

Amanda Collins

Coordinator of Youth Ministry, St Luke Parish