On Wednesday 13th June, there was
Mission and Vision Day at the Chrysalis
Theatre in Camphill Milton Keynes. The
aim of the day was to review changes that have taken
place over the years and to envision what the future of
Camphill would be as a community together.
The event started in the morning with the Vision Day
song led by Joan. Then there was an introductory film
from Tim with slideshows illustrating some of Camphill
MK’s history and its achievements. The ice breaker was
led by Julia, people worked in groups and discussed their
favourite colours. At the end of this activity, a new colour
was chosen for our community.
After that, groups discussed what the values of our
workshops and our community were, produced posters
and presented their findings in front of everybody. There
was also a short film about Camphill Workshops made
by our Newsletter team. Just before and after lunch,
participants were invited to join a craft activity by finger
painting a large collage and colouring small pieces of
cards which were later incorporated into the collage.
Lunch was at half past twelve and we had pizza, salad
with fruit, prepared and served by our bakery and café
team.
In the afternoon there was a presentation about life in
the houses by Csilla, and a discussion of possible new
names for different parts of the
community, led by Anke.
There was also a discussion about who’s interested in
our community in a wider context –social service, the
public, friends and families, health professionals… just to
name a few. Again groups presented their results in the
form of posters.
A short film of the Joseph play, which was performed
earlier this year, was shown to celebrate our
achievement in drama production.
At the end of the day there was a summary and
exploration of the initial findings, with many residents, coworkers
and staff speaking fondly of what the
community meant to them. The finished collage was
presented on stage with a few residents putting on the
final touches and the Vision Day song once again sang
together accompanied by hand bells, drums and full
audience participation.
This successful event demonstrated once again our
values, our togetherness and our individual uniqueness.
A big applause and huge thank you for everybody who
contributed to the day!
Alex Fox and Lee Surridge
