We will consider the following:

In addition to the workshop there will be an exhibition of Johannes Rath’s altar paintings and other works at the open market.

Under the lead of: Andreas Weymann priest in The Christian Communityt; member of the circle of Seven, author of Rudolf Frieling’s biography “Discovering holiness in every-day-life”."

We want to consider the question: “What is our position within the tradition of art history?” Which steps in consciousness are necessary and possible today?

Under the lead of: Norbert Schaaf priest in The Christian Community; author of the book "Mandorla, Expedition in den Zwischenraum [The Mandorla, Expedition into the spaces in between]"

Through listening to our own voice, staying in tune with others and the choir as a whole, we can begin to sense the true essence of the composition.

By working with:

- breathing in choral singing

- individual and community

- Hearing/ Seeing

- vocals/consonants

we will experience the harmony of voices, as it is created anew from moment to moment. Easy choral pieces for 3-4 voices (J. Kuoppamäki / B. Köster).

under the lead of: Jukka Kuoppamäki priest in The Christian Community (Dortmund/Germany), composer, Angelika Papadopoulos, musician, choir lead in The Christian Community Dortmund

Movement always has a distinct cause, quality and direction.

We will work on our inner posture and thus prepare for the congregational songs throughout the Christian year.

We will sing with inner awareness, devotion and joy.

under the guidance of: Ingrid Deij musician and composer

The evolution of music in the 20th/21st century in relation to the sacramental music of the Christian Community – or vice versa – about the sacramental music of the Christian Community in relation to the evolution of music in the 20th/ 21st century.

under the lead of: Kazuhiko Yoshida Kantor in The Christian Community (Munich / Germany) and Lothar Reubke Priest in The Christian Community (Berlin / Germany)

Experience the spiritual power of intervals and their reflection in our sacramental music through: listening – sharing – singing.

under the lead of: Jitka Koželuhová kantor in The Christian Community Stuttgart

The emphasis on these three days will be on “the history of the organ”, “the organ and other instruments” as well as “the role of the organ in community”. This will give us a deeper understanding of the “being” and “biography” of the organ. We will also explore ways in which the organ can play a part in the sacramental music of The Christian Community.

This will be a diversified exploration in many unexpected areas and contexts. This workshop equally addresses all those who love the organ and in particular those who avoid it for a good reason.

In addition to this workshop there will be an exhibition about “The organ in The Christian Community”.

under the lead of: Peter Kraul master organ builder

As a group, we want to try to examine not only the outer acoustics of sound in the physical world, but also the inner space of sound – as a listener and musician. On this path we will set forth to discover the service in “playing and hearing” as a musician, or as a “resonating listener” as part of the congregation.

Instruments are most welcome.

under the lead of: Wouter Laga (Gent/Belgium) musician and member in the international working team of musicians in The Christian Community

Coming to the experience that music is a living presence in the Sacraments can be called: learning to pray re-soundingly. We will take the step from adorning the Sacraments with ‚nice‘ music to attuning our ears and be creatively present to the music and harmonies resounding in the Sacramental rituals.

under the guidance of: Thoms Reuter ...

- The emotional element of colour and the creative powers lying within them.

- Experiencing the gesture of soul in the process of colour at the altar from one colour to the next.

- The formative process of painting is affected by various unique spatial qualities (the centre, periphery, above and below, right and left).

- The quest for a balance as an archetypal Christian and artistic process.

under the lead of: Karin Joos (Dornach/Swiss) painter and since 16 years curative-educator (12 years classteacher)

Pictures from famous painters will be transformed into language – poems.

Lead: Jana Wienken Waldorfschool teacher, work with handicapped people

The human soul lives in the world of colour. The human being can bring this experience into his or her consciousness. Through our new awareness of the sacramental colours, we can come to a new understanding of the Christian festivals.

under the lead of: Oscar Menéndez Argentinia, architect and artist, art teacher;occupied with this theme since 14 years

The sphere as an archetypal form brought into movement allows new forms to emerge by growth and development. Playfully dealing with Moebius`form, we discover the infinite mutiplicity of movement and calm, of lightness and gravity. We shall work with clay and every participant will have the opportunity to form a metamorphosis to the subject out of handforms.He or she may as well build a larger sculpture out of one of the smaller forms.

Everybody interested in working in 3 dimentions and discovering joyfully. People with special needs are wellcome.

under the lead of: Annegret von Puschcurative teacher, art-therapist, regression-therapist in private practice in Weinheim Heidrun Meurer Waldorfteacher, art-teacher ,sozial therapist at Christopherus- Schule , Dortmund

Bearing, ordering and healing are activities of the Christ, who wants to work in us and through us today.

In every Act of Consecration of Man we come across the description of his bearing (see verse 9 in the Creed). Are we doing enough to attain this ability of bearing in us?

In this workshop we will, for the most part, do concrete exercises for a step-by-step attainment of this ability, so that we can learn to interact in a Christian way in our daily and practical lives. We will have an orientation from those people who have gone on this path before us.

(Peter Handke, John Cage, Joseph Beuys, Paul Celan, Jochen Bockemühl)

under the guidance of: Kaspar Wachter teacher, juggler, clown

The intervals are what lives between the audible tones. By entering into their changing gestures, we shall attempt to develop a sense for the qualitative logic that generates them. This can reach the level of an encounter with the Logos at work in all true evolutionary processes great and small. -- Method: We shall hear, describe, and sing the intervals, and move them in eurythmy. Examples from the great composers will be played!

under the lead of: Daniel Hafner priest in The Christian Community (Toronto Area / Kanada) at the piano: Beate Perey (Paris) / Eurhythmy: Sarah Kamin (Viroqua/Amerika)

Die plastisch-organische Architektur als die schützend begleitende Hülle des kultischen Geschehens am Altar.

- Welche Formensprache erfordert die Menschenweihehandlung, wie werde ich ihr gerecht?

- Die christliche Bedeutung des Architravs als Mittler zwischen Tragen und Lasten, warum finden wir ihn nicht mehr in unseren Kirchen?

- Die Suche nach Einklang zwischen physischer Notwendigkeit und geistiger Gegebenheit als urchristlicher und urkünstlerischer Prozess.

Wir werden im Gespräch und mit Wahrnehmungsübungen versuchen, uns dem Thema zu nähern.

Leitung: Guillermo Steinhäuser Architekt (Argentinien/Schweiz/Deutschland)

In diesem Workshop gehen wir praktisch und geometrisch an das Thema Umstülpung heran. Beim Bau und beim eigenhändigen Bewegen von Modellen können wir viele wunderbare Überraschungen erleben, und wir bekommen auch die Möglichkeit eine gleichermaßen praktische wie gedankliche Grundlage auszubilden als eine Grundlage für das Verständnis für viele biblische Schilderungen, die Umstülpcharakter haben. Es können geringfügige Materialkosten entstehen.

Leitung: Alexander Heinz Buchbinder (Herdecke/Deutschland)

Life of manhood has changed dramatically during the 20th century. At the beginning of the 21st century we stand now bevor questions that never existed in this form bevore.

The world needs a couragous religious renewal. What did really happen during the 20th century? What are the challenges in our time? How can The Christian Community come to be in future?

The new presence of Christ - The Christian Community between a church and a movement. After an introduction we will come into conversation.

under the lead of: Tomáš Boněk priest in The Christian Community in Namibia und Prag, lecturer at the priest seminaries, board member in the Anthroposophic Association in the Czech Republic und member of the organic section in the Czech Christian Academy

Questions of renewal: How does one consciously direct processes of change?

In conversation, we will develop together a working thesis, which will form the basis for our workshop.

under the lead of: Christian Scheffler priest in The Christian Community Leipzig, now leader in the priest seminary HamburgErich Colsman administrator and leader of the priest seminary Hamburg

A natural economic system is free from systematic exploitation. It is based on a constructive flow of currency and a right for common ground and resource.

under the lead of: Lars Jäger

The whole world talks about money, money, money! We can observe the increasing influence of money on both our initiatives and procrastinations. Where and how does money flow? Why is it said that we are more and more hard-pressed for cash?

What am I doing with and for my money? What does money do for and with me?

Especially younger members of the group will be challenged to consider new and yet unusual ways of thinking about money. We do not simply want to analyse, but use challenging games and artistic creativity to explore and experience the creative potential and quality of money.

New thinking, new experiences - “Let’s make money’’!

under the lead of: Christoph Wendt furniture maker, economist, musician, comedian, works with children and young people in the Christian Community.

On the one hand it is becoming ever more difficult to form and sustain community. On the other hand, it is also a fact that we have never before been in such dire need to be and act in community.

In this group we will experience theoretical and practical ways on how to form and develop community. We will consider the gap between harmonious self-development and unmeasured selflessness. We want to work in support of individual clear thinking and find out what unites us on a heart-level and strengthens our will and initiatives.

under the lead of: Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Karl-Dieter Bodack (Gröbenzell bei München/Germany)

The time has come to re-think and restructure the relationship between work and income to function independently from one another. An essential unconditional income must be installed and written into the constitution of European countries, in order to offset the socio-economic disparity between the worker and machine productivity.

We will create a model during our workshop in order to understand the concept more clearly.

under the lead of: Harry Lohse, priest in The Christian Community (Nuremberg/Deutschland)

A workshop on the theme of homosexuality in general and also specifically in relation to the Christian Community. We will meet at times as a larger group, in which all the participants of the workshop can be present, and at times in smaller groups to talk about specific topics, depending upon the questions and interests of the individual participants. The smaller groups can have as a theme topics such as: coming out, living with gay friends or family members, a marriage ceremony for same-sex couples within the Christian Community, etc. There will also be artistic activities, in which the group can meet again as a whole. Mr. Mario Castro will help to bring us in an outer movement with eurhythmy.

The languages for the group will be English, German and Spanish. If you have any questions about the group before or after you register, you can contact via e-mail: Andreas Loos (Ger, Span) Andreas Loos (Ger, Span) or Paul Corman (Eng, Ger, Span).

under the guidance of: Paul Corman priest in The Christian Community (Lima/Peru) and Andreas Loos priest in The Christian Community (Cali/Kolombien)

The Middle East is scared by violence on a daily basis. The media presents a one-sided picture, thus making it very difficult to grasp the big picture. Hardly any region is so multi-faceted, contradictory and complex. In this workshop we want to approach the history, the cultures, the religions and the politics of this region as best we can. We want to ask ourselves what the conflict “down there” has to do with us personally. How can these insights ignite our true human qualities?

The workshop is especially for young people.

under the lead of: Johann Schuur priest in The Christian Community (Berlin/Germany) and an active member in the German-Israelian youthmovement for over 10 years now. Founder of the intercultural meeting place in Galiläa "Sha'ar laAdam Bab lilInsan"

We will attempt to understand Tri-Unity as a basic form of life and evolution by considering Rudolf Steiner‘s model of the three-fold social order: the relationship between the legal system, the economy and the spiritual life of society. Deformations and problems in the current system will be considered as well as possible resolutions.

A workshop for young adults aged 18+

under the guidance of: Tom Tritschel priest in the Christian Community [Bochum/ Germany], lecturer at the priest seminary in Hamburg and the Janusz Korczak Institut in Nuertingen.

There will be a short introduction on the development of „I-consciousness“ from the Reformation and Rennaissance in Europe, to highlight the wake-up process to spiritual responsibility; we will observe the dynamics between individual and family and/or larger groups.

Questions to be included are: In Western societies, how can community be re-developed on the basis of I-consciousness? In societies bearing the imprint of group- and family-oriented decision making processes, how can the individual develop his/her potential? What can both learn from one another?

We will work together by singing, conversations and observations in an effort to think back and look forward.

German and Spanish speaking participants are invited.

under the guidance of: Barbara Hoos de Jokisch and Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Jokisch Barbara Hoos de Jokisch: [University of the Arts in Berlin] and professor of sociology Rodrigo Jokisch, who grew up in El Salvador.

We are all engaged in relationships of some kind, be it with ourselves, with loved ones, with colleagues, friends or with God.

What is our experience of being in relationship. How would we like our relationships to be?

Can we learn to be relationally more conscious and present to those we are in relationship with? What can we do to form self-sustaining and sustainable relationships?

This is a workshop for young adults aged 16+

under the guidance of: Liliane von Rönn [Hamburg] who worked for 18 years as a prostitute.

Economic crisis and shortage of employment opportunities have in the past brought forth other creative ways of exchanging goods without the use of money or by creating a regional ‚currency‘ for such exchanges.

„Regional Money“ is quickly exchanged; it stays within the community and is a potent means of economic recovery. Since its value is region-bound [unbankable], people will want to spend it as fast as possible. This is no hypothesis, theory or ideology; it has proven its worth in many diferent regions; 27 Regional Money communities exist so far in Germany. Others are in the planning stages.

We will look at the idea and its workability during the workshop.

under the guidance of: Andreas Delor ...

Sharply rising prices for fossil fuel (mostly oil and gas) as much as risks from the use of nuclear have caused a higher individual and public awareness of the resulting ecological strain. Both the nearly uncontrolled increase of CO2 in the atmosphere and the radiation from nuclear power sta-tions have since broadly been felt unbearable for the current, and more so for the future generations. Through the past 15 years solar panels, wind turbines and even combined heat and power plants (CHPPs) running on plant seed oil or bio gas have been installed worldwide, with a remarkable speed, so far easily exceeding every estimate. In Germany or Austria it is expected that until 2030 all needs of electric and heat power could be covered and balanced from renewable sources (including batteries in vehicles with a purely electric power train).

A change of this character and dimension comes with, and needs, a very tight transciplinary co-operation of research and development between Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Economics. It could certainly not succeed without considerable progress in Computer Technology (ICT). This has been gradually recognized by most Western administrations, particularly in Europe where specific R&D programs are being set up lately. However, beyond the far reaching technological or economic implications, there are substantial novel requirements for individual and group responsibilities. Under regenerative power generation each consumer is typically also a producer to some extent, as the owner, or as a member of a consortium, operating a regenerative power facility, and in this capacity she or he is in mutual dependency with other consumers/ pro-ducers: It would be far too expensive being individually autonomous.

This brings a social responsibility into perspective which is resulting from technological progress which will really turn out as the central theme of the workshop. In conversations and discussions we will point to facts and observations supporting an emerging fundamental spiritual develop-ment Mankind, initiated and pushed through Technology and gaining an even stronger momentum through economic reasoning and procedures. We will be pursue, though practical fact finding to develop conceptual technical views and insights (written material available):

- Practical observations and experiences, mostly in the environment of the conference site;

- Technical and economic background (introductory);

- Societal and spiritual implications and insights.

Under the lead of: Prof. Dr. Horst F. Wedde and Ansgar Bek

CEO, Solarplus Ltd. Dortmund, and owner of Bek.Solar (Solar Technology), has been active for the past 10 years developing and constructing solar power stations (renewable community power systems), at the same time pursuing educational projects and courses with students of the Rudolf Steiner School, Dortmund, and of the Alanus University of the Arts and Crafts, Alfter/ Germany.

Boundaries play an important role in human life. When these boundaries change unexpectedly, this can lead to an identity crisis. Through concentrative movement therapy, we will consciously explore our boundaries, so that we can recognize our personal insecurities, lines of defence and conflicts. Is it possible to overcome these boundaries together and rise to our full potential?

Please bring paper and pen as well as wool socks and a blanket.

under the guidance of: Waltraut M. Fetscher Gröbenzell/München, who is a psychotherapist and specializes in concentrative movement therapy.

"Dance oh men, otherwise the engels know nothing to do with you" (Augustinus)

under the guidance of: Dieter Hornemann priest in The Christian Community Chiemgau

This workshop is based on real, playful experiences and intuitive processes in theatre-improvisation. Our main focus will be to enhance our presence of mind.

First of all, through trust exercises, we will build a foundation which will enable us to be open for the intuitive. The next step will allow us to immerse ourselves in the variety of possibility. Finally, out of our human potential, we will slowly attempt to find formative dynamics in juxtaposition to the unfailing wellspring of intuition.

In a nutshell: Formative dynamics, theatre-improvisation, and conversation.

This workshop is for young people and adults of all ages.

under the guidance of: Ulrich Meier priest in The Christian Community (Hamburg/Germany), trainer of theatersportgroups in The Christain Community, leader of the priest seminary Hamburg

Our own perception will be developed, looked at and talked about regarding its significance.

We will discuss Rudolf Steiner’s relevant writings in a scientific and spiritual-scientific manner to come to a deeper understanding of this theme.

What does perception mean for the human being?

Bothmer gymnastics (Spatial Dynamics) – please bring comfortable clothing and eurythmy shoes!

under the guidance of: Barbara Wilhelm-Vossen (Bochum/Germany)

Experiments with light, colour and various objects.

During the experiments we want to observe in us our thinking, feeling and willing, our perceptions and the unique quality of our awareness. Thus, we will approach the miracle of the rainbow.

under the lead of: Edmundo Wexselblatt Argentinia, sculptor, designer

Languages: German and Spanish

Life is not possible without water. Water is Life.

We will consciously consider the role of water in order to learn how to value its quality in the future.

In German, under the guidance of: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heinz-Christian Baumgart, Lecturer at the University of Duisburg.

Form between point and circumference: mathematical thought-exercises using projective geometry and religion.

In this seminar we will engage our thinking by considering geometrical perspectives and undertake simple exercises to understand the principles of polarity. Our experiences will be the basis upon which we will explore the principles of science in religion.

under the guidance of: Oliver Conradt , educator in the Mathematical-Astronomical section at the Goetheanum and Ulrich Goebel, (Mathematics and IT) priest in the Christian Community since 2000

Life means to delve into colour. Using the prism we will explore the concept of colour and its origin. We will also have conversations about the struggle of light and dark in the world which is mirrored in the human soul.

Based on experiments with prisms.

Please bring a prism if you have one.

under the guidance of: Martin Merckens

Can the development of the plant and the motives found in the gospels guide us to a more profound understanding of the evolution of mankind?

Through concrete experiments of plant observation, we will explore the intimate connection between the etheric forces found in nature and the human being.

under the guidance of: Bertolt Hellebrand

When planets meet it is always a unique event, which reveals each planets singular nature.

We will take a look at planets and their conjunction with others. Saturn and Jupiter stand in forward movement to the sun, unlike the dawn/dusk planet Venus. What is the role of the sun in the macrocosmic circle of planets?

For young people.

under the guidance of: Lisbeth Bisterbosch

[Translate to Englisch:] Die Vegetation, die Pflanzendecke, ist die Sphäre der Lebenskräfte einer Landschaft. Durch die goetheanistische Vegetationskunde fließen uns diese Kräfte zu, die heilsam sind für unser Wahrnehmen und Denken. Daraus werden wiederum Willensimpulse freigesetzt, die gesundend auf die Landschaft zurück wirken, wenn mehrere Menschen ihre Herzen dafür erwärmen und sich zur gemeinsamen Arbeit zusammentun. Ein therapeutisches Wechselverhältnis, in dem das Christuslicht der Vermittler ist.

Arbeitsweise: Wahrnehmungsübungen draußen, Vorstellung des Projektes Ravensberger LichtLandschaften, Gespräch.

Leitung: PD Dr. Hans-Christoph Vahle Akademie für angewandte Vegetationskunde (Witten, Deutschland)

Sprache: deutsch