Making The Dream Real

Friends,
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Six years ago this month, Brett wrote in this space about the parish’s vision to build a Youth Center and Music Liturgy space. The Call to Renew campaign was launched about that same time in 2019 to raise funds to bring this vision to fruition. The original concept of expanding our existing buildings (the Church and San Juan Capistrano Rooms) proved to be far more expensive than constructing a new building. We reworked the plan to fit the Choir Room within the existing San Juan Capistrano rooms and to build a new building for the Youth Center. Last month, we completed the remodel of the San Juan Capistrano rooms, fulfilling the dream of a dedicated music space. That is one objective met, but the second objective, of constructing a Youth Center, remains to be realized. After monthsof design, development, and permit processing, the Youth Center is ready for construction. The new building will be near the BBQ area east of the Serra Center.

The best estimate we have, as of today, is that we will be $950,000 short of what we need to build the Youth Center. Therefore, we must come back to you, the parish family, and ask for your help in closing this funding gap. I will share more information about the campaign to close the funding gap over the next few weeks. You may recall the pledge process for the Call to Renew campaign. We will follow the same model for this latest campaign to raise the money needed to cover the shortfall.

Since Brett made the first appeal in 2019, the Youth Program has continued to grow. We currently have 167 young people in our confirmation program/ youth group and 50 peer leaders. When the entire group is together, that is now over 200 people. Unfortunately, since the remodel of the San Juan Capistrano rooms, the youth program was displaced from the small gathering space they formerly occupied. Despite not having a designated meeting space, it is heartwarming to see these young people come to the parish and spend time together in fellowship wherever they can find a space to meet.

Our motivation for building the Youth Center is well known. We want to create a place that will draw young people to our parish, and ultimately, we desire for them to encounter Jesus and become disciples. Please pray for young people that they may respond to the voice of God tugging on their hearts and turn to hear his voice. I ask for your financial support to help us close the funding gap so that we can build a place where many generations of youth can gather and grow as disciples.

We have over 70% of the money needed to build the Youth Center, but we need your pledges to break ground on the project. Please consider pledging to help us make the Youth Center a reality. You can contact Pam Kingsley in the parish office to pledge. Pam can also be reached by email at [email protected].


Siempre Adelante,

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Manuel Leon
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