Posted in Church, Ecumenism, Europe, Faith, Justice, Youth, tagged Migration on June 10, 2008 | No Comments »
What have the biblical persons of Abraham and Hagar, Jacob and Rebekka, Joseph, Rut, Jesus and Mary in common? Right, they all were migrants. People who left their home country for a limted or forever to live and work elsewhere.
Migration is a contentious issue today. In many countries, people are hostile towards people who do [...]
Posted in Africa, Asia/Pacific, Church, Ecumenism, Europe, LWF, Latin America/Carribean, Middle East, North America, Youth, Youth participation on May 22, 2008 | No Comments »
The Lutheran World Federation is about community. People from all over the world who belong to a host of churches on all continents say: We belong together. I care what happens to sister or brother in a far away country. We are connected in Jesus Christ.
That is really not a new idea. Christians from the [...]
Posted in Africa, Church, Ecumenism, tagged genocide, orphan, reconciliation, Rwanda, testimony on April 1, 2008 | No Comments »
(This post is a reflection on the ecumenical Youth Gathering sponsored by the ELCA and the Lutheran Church of Rwanda held 3/27-3/30.)
Yesterday we heard a testimony from a man who participated in the Rwandan genocide. He killed the parents of his neighbors, and now he lives with them side by side. After spending several [...]
Posted in Church, Ecumenism, Europe, Youth, Youth Ministry, Youth participation on March 31, 2008 | No Comments »
From March 18 - 6 June in Wroclaw, Poland will take place ecumenical music workshops. The idea is to sing songs from different religion traditions. Four directors will try to lead this ecumenical choir through Jewish, orthodox, protestant and catholic traditional singing. Choir is meeting two times a week and it’s mainly for youth and [...]
Posted in Africa, Ecumenism, Justice, Youth participation, tagged Africa, ecumenical, peace, reconciliation, Rwanda on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
By George Arende
The Rwanda Youth Gathering opened today in a colorful ceremony presided over by Bishop George Kalisa of the Lutheran Church in Rwanda, at the Presbyterian centre Itito Isano.
Bishop Kalisa in his opening speech stressed the importance of the gathering since it brought together other youth from other countries. Bishop thanked the conveners [...]
Posted in Ecumenism, Enviroment, UN, tagged UN, water, world water day on March 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today marks the UN World Water Day 2008 while 1.2 billion people worldwide lack access to safe drinking water.
The UN estimates that half of the world’s hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from water-borne diseases. As UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon says, ‘When you look at the health and development challenges faced by the poorest [...]
Posted in Ecumenism, Youth on March 12, 2008 | No Comments »
During the Intern Retreat, We had a ‘Intercultural Talent Show’ performed by interns from all regions of the world.
What I chose to present was the Chinese calligraphy.
For about 3000 years, Chinese people were using a special kind of pen - usually made with a bamboo stick and hair from animals like wolves, along with the black [...]
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Church, Ecumenism, Faith, LWF, Life, Spirituality, Youth, Youth participation on March 10, 2008 | No Comments »
What is your calling?
Interns from YWCA, YMCA, WSCF, ACT, WCC and LWF spent three days last week in an Internship Retreat in Louverain, Switzerland.
During the Retreat, One of the major focus for us was to reflect on the callings God has given to us.
Facing the beautiful snow mountains, the lake, along with the birds’ singing, I [...]
Posted in Church, Ecumenism, HIV/Aids, LWF, Youth participation on March 4, 2008 | No Comments »
It is the most commented post on our blog: Emily wrote a few months ago about ways how to participate in the International Aids Conference in Mexico City. Many people were very interested in that.
The Lutheran World Federation is most probably able to secure some funds in order to send a small youth delegation to [...]
Posted in Church, Ecumenism, Europe, Faith, Life, Youth, Youth Ministry, Youth participation on March 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
From April 6 - 13 in Katowice, Poland starts an event called ProChrist an evangelistic ministry started in 1993 in Essen, Germany as a result of a Billy Graham Crusade there. ProChrist is organized in Poland for the first time. In the past ProChrist was transmitted form Germany. This year ProChrist will be aired daily [...]
