Second International Camphill Youth Conference
An Anthroposophical Initiative
September 17 - 21, 2015
Heartbeet Lifesharing in Hardwick, Vermont, USA
Welcoming those, young and old, who will to carry the spiritual impulse of Camphill
into the future
The first of a three-year series of Heartbeet Camphill Youth Conferences was held in September 2014.
We explored the spiritual history of the Camphill Community, we toured the First Goetheanum through a slide
show, and we engaged with community building activities through Circle Work, biography sharing, and
clowning.
Since parting from the last conference, members of the planning committee have been mindful of the
deep suffering of humanity on a world scale as well as in our communities, our relationships, and our selves.
We’ve been led to ask what it might mean to become a selfless collaborator in our time -- to learn to gently ask
the healing questions for our brothers and sisters in pain, and to cultivate vulnerable spaces wherein we give of
our listening and our compassion. The last conference brought us down a path much like Parzival’s, where we
came, each in our own way, to recognize our individual failures and the failures of our communities and of
modern humanity. What happens when that self-knowledge is given over to the healing forces of the Christ who
spoke, “Where two or more are gathered in my name, there shall I be”? How do we take up this sacred
responsibility for the altar of the present moment which exists between human beings? Have we advanced far
enough in our inner striving that we can offer our own suffering at this altar, that it may be transformed through
Community into the courage to meet others in the present moment, and to hold -- as conscious, selfless deed -their suffering as our own?
When Parzival, the brave knight, slowly wise, comes to meet the old hermit Trevrizent, it is with
heaviness in his heart. When the knowledge imparted by this gentle teacher takes root in Parzival’s soul, he
awakens to his own shame. Parzival realizes that his failure to ask a healing question to the ailing king at the
Grail Castle was also his failure to fulfill his own destiny. Trevrizent then takes on deepened responsibility for
his friend, selflessly serving as priest at the Altar of the Present Moment. Parzival offers up the guilt-ridden
portions of his soul, and Trevrizent holds Parzival’s grief for him. Parzival thereby gains the courage to move
forward in self-knowledge in order that his karma may begin to unfold in the right way. Can this story
encourage our own intergenerational collaboration?
We have a sacred responsibility for one another. This thought will be at the heart of our explorations
together.
Registration Information
Dates:
Thursday, September 17, 2:30 pm – Monday, September 21, breakfast
Location:
Heartbeet Lifesharing, 218 Town Farm Road, Hardwick, Vermont
Cost:
The registration fee is $200 per person for the weekend.
o Finances should not prohibit anyone from
attending. Please contact Heartbeet for scholarship
information.
o Donations towards operating and scholarship costs
are welcome.
Accommodations: Limited beds and floor space are available at Heartbeet.
Camping is welcome.
Local accommodations are also available (see accompanying list).
Meals:
All meals are included, Thursday dinner through Monday breakfast.
Space is limited to 100, so register early!
Registration Deadline: July 31, 2015
Please contact us at (802)-472-3285 or [email protected] for more information.
Registration
Name(s): _____________________________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________________________
City/State/Post Code: _______________________________Country: ______________________
Phone: ___________________________Email: ______________________________________
Registration fee is $200 per person. Number of people: _____ Total registration fees:
$ ________
***Contact Heartbeet for scholarship information. Finances should not prevent anyone from attending.
I am including a donation to the scholarship and travel fund:
$_________
Total enclosed:
$_________
****Money orders or checks payable to
Green Mountain Branch****
 I am an international participant and will pay upon arrival.
Approximate time and date of arrival (if known): ____________________________________
I have a dietary restriction.
 Yes
 No
If yes, please describe: __________________________________________________________
Accommodations :
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I would like to stay at Heartbeet indoors.
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I would like to camp at Heartbeet.
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I will be arranging my own accommodations.
Return registration form with payment to:
Annie Volmer, Heartbeet Lifesharing
218 Town Farm Rd.,
Hardwick, VT 05843
[email protected]
Please be advised that by registering for the conference you are agreeing not to use drugs or alcohol
at any time during the conference.
Travel and Directions to Heartbeet Lifesharing
Address: 218 Town Farm Road, Hardwick, VT 05843
Phone Number: (802)-472-3285 (Office)
Email: [email protected]
Driving from points east, south and west:
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Find your way to Hardwick, Vermont.
Turn North on Vermont Route 14 (also known as Craftsbury Rd.) at the Hardwick Kwik Stop
and Deli.
Drive 3.2 miles to a light blue mailbox on the right.
Bear right at the mailbox onto Town Farm Rd. It is a dirt road, winding steeply uphill.
At the top of the winding hill, turn left before the red barn.
Drive past log sauna and pond on the left.
Kaspar House is the first house on your left.
Driving from points north:
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Find your way to Craftsbury, Vermont, and the intersection of South Craftsbury Rd. with VT
Route 14.
Drive 3.8 miles on Vermont Route 14 South, to a light blue mailbox on the left.
Turn hard left onto Town Farm Rd. It is a dirt road, winding steeply uphill.
At the top of the winding hill, turn left before the red barn.
Drive past log sauna and pond on the left.
Kaspar House is the first house on your left.
By train:
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The Amtrak Vermonter travels from Washington DC, through Philadelphia, New York City,
Connecticut, Amherst, MA and through Vermont.
The Montpelier-Barre, VT station is closest to Heartbeet.
By bus:
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Megabus in inexpensive, and serves Burlington, VT (1 hour and 20 minutes from Heartbeet).
Greyhound serves Montpelier, VT (50 minutes from Heartbeet).
Airports:
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Burlington, VT is the closest international airport, about 1 hour and 20 minutes from
Heartbeet.
Manchester, NH airport is 2 hours and 40 minutes from Heartbeet.
Montreal, Quebec airport is 2 hours and 50 minutes from Heartbeet.
Boston Logan airport is 3 hours and 20 minutes from Heartbeet.
Area Lodging
Hardwick (local)
Kimball House B&B
Air B and B
all 802 area code
173 Glenside St
472-6228
Several Hardwick area listings
www.kimballhouse.com
www.airbnb.com
1866 E Craftsbury Rd. 586-2863
1000 King Farm Rd
586-2228
595 Lost Nation Rd.
586-7767
www.neverenoughvermont.com
[email protected]
[email protected]
Craftsbury (15 min)
Phoebe’s House & Cottage
Three Bee’s Guest House
Craftsbury Outdoor Center
Morrisville (20 min)
Sunset Motor Inn
Jct. Rtes. 15 & 100
888-4956
www.sunsetmotorinn.com
18 Main St
700 Trapp Hill Rd
253-7301
253-8511
www.greenmountaininn.com
www.trappfamily.com
Stowe (35 min)
Green Mountain Inn
Trapp Family Lodge
And many other possibilities at:
www.vtinns.com/northeast_vt_inns.php