EXAMPLE

AGAPE LETTER

Dear ________________________

You’ll be pleased to know that _____________________________ is going to attend a WALK TO EMMAUS, a weekend of spiritual renewal with many beautiful surprises. One of the most significant surprises would be a letter from YOU, a loved one that he/she would receive during the weekend.

This letter is an opportunity for you to express what your relationship with _____________________________ has meant to you. You might want to recall some humorous event or some happening that has been special to the two of you. This is a letter of love and WILL BE READ ONLY BY THE PERSON TO WHOM YOU WRITE.

Please help make ________________________’s WALK TO EMMAUS special by doing this for him/her; then follow the instructions given below.

1. Place your letter (signed, of course) into a sealed envelope with ________________________________________’s name on the envelope.

2. Put the envelope into a larger one, and mail it back to ME as soon as possible,

So I can get it to the proper place on time. The WALK date is ____________.

3. My address is:

_______________________________________

_______________________________________

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This should be a COMPLETE SURPRISE to ___________________________,

so please help make it special by keeping “mum” until it’s all over. We hope you’ll help by getting a letter to me on time. It will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,