Berliner Tafel asks for food donations for Easter
Due to inflation and the war, demand at the LAIB und SEELE distribution points of the Berliner Tafel has risen significantly and reached about 65,000 people monthly. Therefore, in the coming weeks, the association is asking for additional food
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One year of the war - the night of lamentation
The EKBO and the Archdiocese of Berlin hosted a prayer for peace at St. Mary's Church in the center of Berlin on the evening of February 23rd. In addition, there was space for petition and mourning in prayer, along with remembrance of all victims
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Reflections of Berlin, By Tray.
I am unsure how to start this article. There are so many thoughts available in my mind that will result in hundreds of different experiences of Berlin pouring onto this page. It may be because I am still determining if I want to write about the weeks
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Chris Schmid – Transatlantic Partnership Coordinator
Chris Schmid is the newly appointed Transatlantic Partnership Coordinator. He is bridging the UCC (United Church of Christ) churches in the USA and the KKBS (Protestant Church District of Berlin City Center) in Berlin. Chris holds a
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Reflections from Bright Ofosu Amoabeng, Interfaith Dialogue Coordinator of LGBT+ Rights in Ghana
I live in a part of the world where freedom of religion and beliefs are greatly undermined within a culture of staunch indoctrination. Meanwhile, the concept of religion is used as a tool to discriminate against vulnerable groups and promote division
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Reflections from Bertho Makso, founder of Proud Lebanon
Stephan Jäkel from Schwulenberatung notified me that the Church organized a panel to talk about the impact of Religion on LGBTIQ activism, and I felt awkward! I thought, "the Church and LGBTIQ activism, how would these two worlds ever meet?" I come
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Donations for people of the Ukraine
Diakonie-Katastrophenhilfe (Disaster Aid) is on site to help people in the Ukraine or to support them as they flee the war zones:https://www.diakonie-katastrophenhilfe.de/spende/ukraine _________________________________________________________
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BERLIN (KKBS) AND I
By Melva Victorino - 2022
Commission on Ecumenical & Interfaith Relationsof the New York Conference of the United Church of Christ (UCC)
If there is such a thing as “Love at first sight,” then it happened to me! In the
Commission on Ecumenical & Interfaith Relationsof the New York Conference of the United Church of Christ (UCC)
If there is such a thing as “Love at first sight,” then it happened to me! In the
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Reflections from Rev. Dr. Vanessa M. Brown, Senior Pastor of Rivers of Living Water UCC NY/NJ
As a black, LGBTQI+ (Queer) woman that is also clergy and the faith leader of a predominantly Black congregation when it comes to the intersections of my womanhood, queerness and Blackness, freedom is an all-encompassing concept. It
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