“I have a Dream” Datteln

Each week has a different focus:

Week 1 – Artistic work : Volunteers work on creative art projects around the topic of peace. The artworks will be shown publicly later. In previous camps, volunteers created, colorful peace messages, “benches of encounter”, a “table of peace and reconciliation”, a large mural in a local kindergarten. With the support of the local artist Ulrike Speckmann, volunteers will paint and design together. This year, the artistic inspiration comes from Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. For information about the artist, please visit her site https://www.toefte.de/ulrike/index.html . Volunteers are invited to express their own dreams and visions for the future on a large cloth, which will later be displayed in the church.

Week 2 – Social and outdoor work- Volunteers help renovate and beautify the outdoor area of the social center „Ev. Johanneswerk“, which supports adults with mental disabilities. The work includes gardening and simple renovation tasks. Friendly contact with the residents is welcome and encouraged.

Study part: Volunteers explore how “peace“ can be expressed through art.Local history is used as an example of how an international peace movement began.

Members of the parish are happy when volunteers interact with different social groups, especially children and elderly people.