A Letter from the Coordination Circle

Dear Friends and Staff Members of Camphill Ghent,

The New Year has started with lovely events, a sense of renewal, and hope. The past year was filled with new experiences such as getting to know so many wonderful people in our community; dealing with a covid outbreak, and seeing excellent work all around.

One of the heartening happenings this year has been the strengthening of the Coordination Circle, which takes on leadership responsibilities for the whole community. We meet each week to ponder issues from small to large with faith, honor, and good intentions, keeping the people who live and work here at the center of our concerns. As part of this group, I wish you a wonderful 2023!

Coordination Circle \

Chris Fish-Acker

Jacquelyn Bieringer

Jo-An Ellithorpe

Rosie Edwards

There are the countless ways in which we show our care for one another and our community: a smile, words of kindness, silently holding hands, genuinely listening to our friends, transforming our negative thoughts into positive ones, selflessly tending a garden, choosing to help when we question if we have any more to give, and upholding an image of the highest in each person here. May these deeds of 2022 become the foundation of love which will carry us through 2023. With much warmth and gratitude

Jacquelyn Bieringer

As I reflect on the past year, the past experiences, so much comes to mind. Smiling faces of those in our community, greetings from new friends and shared memories with old friends. As always there are ups and there are downs but what stands out the most to me is that we, as a community faced every obstacle together, every happy moment, every joyous occasion, we did it together! This, to me is a true testament of what community is about. Happy New Year- the best is yet to come!

Jo-An Ellithorpe