Invitation Willo 2010

It’s time again, time for Willofreak! From the 13th to the 16th of May 2010 the family is gathering, like last year at the new Freakstock venue – beds for everyone, family rooms for everyone with kids.
There will be plenty of possibilities to be creative: If you would like to offer a workshop please contact us: workshops@freakstock.de . If you want to help and work as “staff” of Willo then register as MA (staff). You’ll find the registration here: www.willo.freakstock.de

Take your heels – and cannonball! – That’s the motto!

Jesus Freaks were never known to be particularly impressed by signs like „No splash diving“ or „Please swim clockwise“. On the contrary: when we landed in the big Christian paddling pool, it was with a head-on cannonball and we have made waves that roll till this day. Even if we have learnt not to jump right on people’s heads or necks in the meantime, we still appreciate a good cannonball and are still keen on making waves. Could this possibly be connected to the fact that we have a God whom the lifeguards of this world would certainly have banned from the swimming pool? A God who likes a good wave and prefers a lot of motion to static aquarobics? After the Willo we will know more, and if everything goes well we will continue to splash dive without bathing cap.

Here is how it is going to be:
Friday: Splash, that’s the way your life spills over. God does not dip the pinky toe in our life first and dabbles about a little. No way, he comes like a bolt out of the blue and probably knocks everything flying that may have been calm and easy. And first of all he also teaches us his very own special super-cannonball ...

Saturday: Splash, that’s the way your religion spills over. There we are, ever so sure that God likes our presents. After all, Uncle Herbert too is happy about socks, shirts and tie, year in and year out. How could that be so wrong? And suddenly we hear a voice: I’m so fed up with that stuff, mate …

Sunday: Splash, that’s the way society spills over. Human society has been splashing in the same sauce for a very long time now and about 5% feel fine in it. And suddenly it goes "swooosh" and a giant wave hits the pool. Those who used to float above suddenly find their feet again and those pressed under water take a deep breath in the surface.

So now that you know about the general idea ... let’s talk money:
This year Willo will see a small innovation: The entry fee will not be charged as a fixed price but will be based on solidarity.
We think that as Christians we should make a difference to the mechanisms that run the world and should answer for each other as brothers and sisters, also in terms of money. As we are a motley crew and as for one 20 € may be a LOT OF money whilst others may effortlessly spend 20 € in one afternoon, we think that a firm entry price does not do justice to these different conditions.

Willo is a good place for us to practice this common responsibility for finances. We have good control of the costs and know what must be in the kitty when we leave the area. So whoever laughs up their sleeve and thinks that everything is free of charge this year for them is wrong. We will announce an average price which would cover the costs if it were paid by everyone. Everybody is obliged to consider honestly and in the face of their brothers and sisters whether they are able to pay more or less than this amount. And at the end of the event we will check whether it has worked or whether we’ll have to pass a hat around to balance the cash. We are curious and we are looking forward to seeing you.

Greetings from the WilloTeam