{"id":4790,"date":"2022-01-14T15:53:30","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T14:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eys-workcamp.de\/?page_id=4790"},"modified":"2026-01-05T15:25:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:25:43","slug":"66-jahre-oejd-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eys-workcamp.de\/en\/66-jahre-oejd-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"66 Years of EYS (2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"

From September 23th<\/sup><\/span>-25th<\/sup><\/span>, 2022 , 44 active and former teamers, camp partners, supporters and companions met at the Helmut-Gollwitzer-Haus in W\u00fcnsdorf for the EYS Future Workshop and the 66th anniversary of the Ecumenical Youth Services.<\/p>\n

We celebrated what we had achieved (33 years in a divided and 33 years in a united Germany) and planned for the future. After this weekend, we will go into the next 33 years strengthened and already looking forward to the next reunion!
\nAs a reminder:\u00a0After the 2nd World War, the construction camp movement (now called work camp) spread to all areas of the world.
\nThe emergence of the Ecumenical Reconstruction Camps\/ Ecumenical Youth Services (EYS) can be attributed to the Youth Department of the World Council of Churches in Geneva (WCC). Ecumenical Youth Services were organised from various countries, including the former GDR. Today, Ecumenical Youth Services are only offered in Germany. This is the successor organisation to the Ecumenical Youth Services so active in the GDR. This, as the only remaining organisation of EYSs, needed to be celebrated and developed.<\/p>\n

It was an international gathering, bringing together people from Austria, Poland, Serbia, Spain, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Germany (Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, Berlin, Brandenburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, NRW, Saxony). Theo was the youngest participant at 3 years old, Martin the oldest at 80.<\/p>\n

The aej gave us a special honor with Dirk Thesenvitz (Consultant for Ecumenism and International Youth Work), who gave an impulse on the topic “The EYS and the current state of international youth work” on Saturday morning, as well as Annika Kastner (Head of GPENreformation \/ EKD Dept. Education), Paskalia Mpairaktari (Board of the Orthodox Youth Federation e.V.), Hannah Weber (Board of the Ecumenical Youth Council in Europe, EYCE) and Julia Daser (State Youth Pastor of the EKBO) as well as Silke Hansen (Director of Studies for Youth Work EKBO).<\/p>\n

Many thanks to all the anniversary participants who made their way to the event. And, without the support of the Support Association of Ecumenical Youth Services e.V. before and during the anniversary, this weekend would not have been possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Program<\/strong><\/span>
\nFriday<\/strong> from 6 pm:
\nArrival, Get to know each other, Exchange
\nSaturday<\/strong>
\n9.30am: Impulse “The EYS and the current state of international youth work
\n3.00pm: International dances
\n3.30pm: Future workshop<\/p>\n