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006 History and Philosophy 0 y o Historical Background 1. We are concerned about relationships 6 11 between parents and children. We feel that C-) In March of 1970, several members of children need many adult models, many the Church of Reconciliation in Chapel Hill p laces where they feel at home in order to ezl � began to meet informally to discuss ways to learn to deal with and understand the multi- 0 develop community and to share tools for tude of lifestyles they will meet in the dealing with being alive today. The group world. members were mostly in their late 20s or . 2. We are concerned that children have 1. early 30s. Most were married or had been communities of peers outside the nuclear married. Most had children. The discussions family. i continued on a weekly basis, each time in a 3. We feel that adults, too, need many .s different member's home, usually over a levels of friendship with other adults of both potluck dinner. In time, the group expanded sexes. to include people from outside the Church. 4. We are concerned about the loneli- The group was seeking ways to live ness of people. We hope that each of us can together creatively, constructively, and realis- participate in the lives of children and fam- _ tically. They wanted their children to grow ilies naturally and spontaneously. up healthy, whole, and joyously embracing 5. We are concerned about the the complexity of life. As they viewed the duplication of possessions. Items like food III apparent dysfunction of the institutions of freezers, laundry equipment, cars, books, . ,; marriage, family, and community; there television sets, and garden equipment could Mil seemed to be a need for renewal of these be used with greater stewardship. institutions and for fresh approaches and 6. We are concerned about the needs of alternatives. The group hoped to develop a our larger community. We seek to pool our �' new form of community that would allow resources for understanding, for support and �• for creative life together and would mini- for action. mize the destructive elements of living in 7. We are concerned about being Ili- relationship with one another. isolated from the needs of the community at For two years the search for land on large by our work. We need to share inputs _ which to build a physical and spiritual corn- from our separate work worlds, to exchange x munity went forward. There were false starts information about points of need in the stem, and to become a community of -= and disappointments. Finally, in the summer system, of 1973, the availability of the Lockhart support for each person as he participates in property became known. Nine families a work environment. agreed to come into the initial community We want a community where there is and provide funds for the down payment on playfulness, drama, and celebration. 1 the land. We now have possession of a house It is our desire that our community _" and 57 acres of land with an option to buy include as many different kinds of people as :va_ 35 more acres. possible — professional people with families, On our beautiful land we are trying to single young people engaged in subsistence develop a caring community of adults and living, retired people, for example. We place children who affirm one another and the a high priority on maintaining an interracial nature that surrounds us. community. Since not everyone has the We have come together not to pursue desire or the means to own a house, we "goals" as they are commonly thought of, hope to be able to provide opportunities for but to engage in process because we share individuals to rent on a long or a short-term — certain concerns and assumptions about life. basis.