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, Church, Faith, Youth on June 3, 2008 | No Comments »
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madagascar is one the big Lutheran churches in Africa. It has more than three million members. I have just received a report by the Malagasy youth liaisons about the major youth activities in the church so far. Here is the report of Andoniaina HARINIRINA and Thomas RAMILIJAONA:
Posted in Church, Enviroment, Faith, Justice, LWF, Youth participation on May 26, 2008 | No Comments »
The discussion about climate change and its implication for our faith and for our churches continues. Our colleague, Rev. Rolilta Machila, is currently doing a small research project on what people in our member churches think about climate change. Many young people have responded to this survey. Here is a short report from Rolita:
“In trying [...]
Posted in Church, Faith, Justice, Life on April 23, 2008 | No Comments »
“Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free.”
14th Dalai Lama
I assume everybody knows about situation in Tibet. I would say we get used to it. We are able to live normal lives while others are fighting for human rights, freedom, democracy. But [...]
Posted in Church, Faith, Youth on April 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It all started with a video that I found on YouTube and which you can see below. I was really impressed by the performance and the idea. I’ve seen many christian dramas but this one was something completely new. Take a minute to watch this and make sure your sound is on.
It made me think [...]
Posted in Faith, Life on March 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Every group, business and organization in the USA seems to have a mission statement these days. It usually says something about what that organization is and what it does.
Since its beginning, the church has also had a sense of mission. Unfortunately, our understanding of mission has often not always been molded from the gospel, but from [...]
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, 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 [...]
Posted in Ecumenism, Faith, Poverty/Affluence, Youth Ministry, Youth participation on February 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I am now in a meeting of an exchange programme partners in Norway.
The exchange programme is called Team Nettwork.
It is a part of NMS (The Norwegian Missionary Society) programme.
I have been here, in place called “Hald Internasjole Senter” since last Sunday.
We are at least 12 people from 12 different countries in the world such as Peru, Bolivia, [...]
Posted in Church, Faith, Life, Youth, Youth Ministry, Youth participation on February 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
ONE WEEKEND OVER 30 NATIONS UNITE IN PRAYER TO SUPPORT PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS!
Shockwave is a global event which will take place between 29 February - 30 March. The idea is to unite in prayer during one weekend for persecuted Christians all over the world.
“On the first [...]
