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<strong>Kirchentag</strong> International<br />
An English guide to the <strong>Kirchentag</strong><br />
Bremen 20 to 24 May 2009<br />
32nd German<br />
Protestant<br />
<strong>Kirchentag</strong>
Content<br />
1 Welcome<br />
3 Introduction<br />
4 Key to symbols<br />
5 Programme<br />
6 Opening and closing<br />
7 Opening services<br />
8 Evening of Encounters<br />
9 Closing service<br />
10 Spiritual programme<br />
10 Bible studies<br />
15 Other services<br />
18 Celebratory<br />
communion services<br />
19 Daytime prayers<br />
20 Thematic<br />
programme<br />
36 Open-air programme<br />
37 <strong>Kirchentag</strong> of ships<br />
39 Cultural programme<br />
39 Open-air concerts<br />
39 Festivals and concerts<br />
39 Centre for<br />
church music<br />
40 Concert churches<br />
40 Community singing<br />
40 Art<br />
43 Cultural programme of<br />
the region<br />
47 Cultural meeting<br />
places<br />
48 Music, theatre,<br />
performance art<br />
49 Miscellaneous<br />
49 Goodnight-Cafés<br />
50 Market of<br />
Opportunities<br />
51 <strong>Kirchentag</strong> bookshop<br />
53 Practical Information<br />
56 Accommodation<br />
56 Arrival<br />
58 Banks and exchange<br />
facilities<br />
58 Bicycle hire<br />
60 Central information<br />
desk<br />
60 Changes to<br />
registration<br />
60 Environmentally-friendly<br />
<strong>Kirchentag</strong><br />
61 First aid services<br />
61 International Centre<br />
62 International Visitor<br />
Service<br />
62 Internet Café<br />
62 <strong>Kirchentag</strong> shop<br />
63 Left luggage<br />
64 Lost property<br />
65 Meals<br />
66 Police<br />
67 Programme pack<br />
67 Return of unused<br />
tickets<br />
67 Smoking ban<br />
67 Stewards<br />
68 Taxi<br />
68 Tourist Information<br />
69 Maps<br />
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Wel come<br />
A warm welcome to the <strong>Kirchentag</strong>. We look forward to celebrating<br />
this great festival of faith with you: „Mortal, where<br />
are you?“ On the horizons of faith we discover a new longing<br />
for religion. We will explore the view of humanity within the<br />
Christian tradition and enter into dialogue with people of<br />
other faiths and cultures.<br />
What does it mean to be human? How do politics and<br />
economics rise to the challenges of a responsible approach<br />
to globalisation? Can a global economy that has penetrated<br />
the furthest corners of the earth find a way of focussing attention<br />
back onto human beings, instead of constantly pitting<br />
the weak against the strong? We know only too well the many<br />
areas where a change for the better is needed, not only in<br />
respect of climate change or the financial crisis. We know<br />
there are steps towards peace and justice. But how can we<br />
succeed in taking those steps? Where is it that human beings<br />
are taking responsibility? In the face of God‘s question to us:<br />
“Mortal, where are you?” let us look for answers together.<br />
You are warmly invited to come along to the worship, to<br />
the political and ethical debates, to reflect on the issues, to<br />
pause for thought, to take time to be silent and to sing.<br />
We wish you joy in your many encounters with other people,<br />
with whom you can argue, laugh and celebrate. We wish you<br />
a blessed <strong>Kirchentag</strong>.<br />
Dr Ellen Ueberschär, General Secretary<br />
International Centre<br />
Service centre for international guests<br />
Place: exhibition grounds Tue, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat<br />
9.00 –20.00 (page 61)<br />
International Visitor Service<br />
Registration, payment, programme folder, accommodation<br />
Place: close to the central railway station Tue,<br />
Wed 8.00 –24.00 Thurs, Fri, Sat 8.00 –20.00 (page 62)<br />
Welcome and information session for international<br />
guests Place: exhibition grounds Wed 14.00 –15.00<br />
(page 6)
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Introduction<br />
This booklet in English is to help you find your way around<br />
the programme. It includes lots of practical information and<br />
also gives details of some events of particular interest to<br />
international visitors. It would be an impossible task to translate<br />
the whole of the huge programme book, but we highlight<br />
here some sessions with:<br />
international speakers<br />
interpretation into English<br />
other major events of particular significance or interest.<br />
If you know some German then you can use this booklet<br />
alongside the main programme book, which gives a lot more<br />
detail about other events which are not included here.<br />
Environment [Umwelt]<br />
The <strong>Kirchentag</strong> seeks to be the most environmentally-friendly<br />
large event of its kind. So there is a high emphasis on care<br />
for the environment in every aspect of the <strong>Kirchentag</strong><br />
(page 60).<br />
Stewards [Helfer]<br />
Volunteers are what make the <strong>Kirchentag</strong>, in particular the<br />
thousands of young people who act as stewards. Please<br />
respect them as they do their work (page 68).<br />
Events with translation<br />
The <strong>Kirchentag</strong> goes to a lot of trouble and expense to<br />
provide simultaneous interpretation at some of the events at<br />
the <strong>Kirchentag</strong>. These are listed in this booklet and marked<br />
in the programme. Allow enough time before the session<br />
begins to collect your headphones. You will be asked to<br />
leave either your passport or <strong>Kirchentag</strong> admission pass as<br />
a deposit for headphones -- this is returned when you take<br />
them back. If you have trouble hearing the interpretation<br />
move to another part of the hall where the reception may be<br />
better.<br />
If you want to attend an event without interpretation you<br />
can ask at the International Centre for a volunteer language<br />
steward to go with you (page 61).
Key to symbols<br />
Changes to the programme<br />
With a happening as big as the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> it is impossible to<br />
avoid some last-minute changes to the programme. Information<br />
about changes will be available during the <strong>Kirchentag</strong><br />
itself:<br />
at the International Centre<br />
in the daily information sheet (only in German)<br />
on the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> website www.kirchentag.de<br />
(only in German)<br />
Hall full [Halle überfüllt]<br />
During the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> there will almost certainly be times<br />
when the halls and other rooms become full to capacity<br />
and people have to be turned away. Health and safety legal<br />
requirements have to be observed and these govern regulations<br />
and rules about escape routes, which limit the numbers<br />
of visitors in the halls for some events. It may be that a hall<br />
is declared to be full even though there appears to be some<br />
space left. Please respect the „Halle überfüllt“ signs, this is<br />
the only way that we can ensure the smooth and safe running<br />
of all the events at the <strong>Kirchentag</strong>. Thank you.<br />
Symbols indicating the main locations for events<br />
M exhibition grounds [Messe]<br />
I city centre [Innenstadt]<br />
U harbour area [Überseestadt]<br />
A other areas in the city and region<br />
Symbols with information about language<br />
e in English<br />
E translation into English<br />
in German<br />
Symbols with information for people with disabilities<br />
u unsuitable for wheelchair users<br />
z accessible to wheelchairs (may occasionally involve a few<br />
stairs), but no wheelchair-suitable toilets<br />
i equipped with induction loop<br />
For details about disabled access please consult the German<br />
programme.<br />
Please note: if you find numbers next to an event, these help<br />
PROGRAMME (1 Seite)<br />
you to find the places on the city map (e.g. 242 / Q84) Programme<br />
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Programme
Opening and closing<br />
Wednesday, 14.00 –15.00<br />
Welcome and information session for<br />
international visitors<br />
This is a special session for international visitors to welcome<br />
you to the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> and give you more information. It will<br />
include an introduction to the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> programme and a<br />
presentation about the host churches. It will conclude with<br />
an opportunity to meet together in language groups, where<br />
more specific questions can be answered by the team of the<br />
International Centre.<br />
M CCB (Congress Centrum Bremen), Hansesaal E<br />
Wednesday, 16.00 –17.00<br />
Opening Memorial Event<br />
The <strong>Kirchentag</strong> traditionally begins with a time of remembrance<br />
for the victims of the atrocities of the past. It will<br />
include words, music and dance.<br />
Looking at things with care<br />
Doors are there to be used. They are opened. People go<br />
through. They are closed. Whether they are made simply or<br />
ornately church doors are no different. Every day countless<br />
people go through the doors of Bremen Cathedral. If you<br />
look at the doors closely you will find disturbing pictures on<br />
them. People with twisted faces and distorted noses gloat<br />
as they watch Christ following the way of the cross. They are<br />
very small pictures that depict the everyday nature of Christian<br />
anti-Judaism at the beginning of the 20th century. Day by<br />
day we pass through such doors, we pass by violence and<br />
prejudice without a care, without even noticing. In Bremen<br />
the opening memorial event will examine how violence can<br />
begin in almost negligible ways, where people are excluded,<br />
when we turn a blind eye to violence. It will do this by looking<br />
with care at the past, at the present and to the future.<br />
I St. Petri Dom [Cathedral], Freitreppe,<br />
Domsheide (113/S87)<br />
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Opening services<br />
Jonah‘s whale of a choice<br />
Genesis 3:9 Mortal, where are you?<br />
Wednesday, 17.30 –18.00 Getting in the mood<br />
18.00 –19.00 Service<br />
Opening service at the Bürgerweide<br />
Liturgy: Joachim Lenz, <strong>Kirchentag</strong> pastor, Fulda Sermon:<br />
Renke Brahms, pastor, Clerk of the Evangelical Church of<br />
Bremen Music: brass bands of 32nd German Protestant<br />
<strong>Kirchentag</strong> Cappella temporale -- Bremen Project Choir<br />
Klezgoyim, Bremen Musical direction: Tim Günther, Bremen<br />
Christian Strohmann, brass band officer of the Evangelical<br />
Lutheran Church of Oldenburg<br />
M Bühne [stage] Bürgerweide, exhibition grounds (302/R87)<br />
E A printed copy of the sermon in English will be available.<br />
Opening service at the river Weser<br />
Liturgy: Arnd Schomerus, superintendent, Hamburg<br />
Sermon: Prof. Dr Dr Eckhard Nagel, doctor, Protestant<br />
President of 2nd Ecumenical <strong>Kirchentag</strong>, Bayreuth<br />
I Bühne [stage] am Osterdeich (230/S87)<br />
Opening service at the marketplace<br />
Opening service in simple language<br />
Liturgy: Anne Gidion, pastor, member of the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> executive<br />
committee, Hamburg Sermon: Petra Bosse-Huber,<br />
church vice president, Düsseldorf<br />
I Radio-Bremen-Bühne [stage], Am Markt (316/S87)
Wednesday, 19.00 –19.30<br />
Words of welcome<br />
Bishop Dr Franz-Josef Bode, Osnabrück Mayor Jens<br />
Böhrnsen, Bremen Federal President Prof. Dr Horst Köhler,<br />
Berlin Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Federal Foreign Minister<br />
and Deputy Chancellor, Berlin<br />
M Bühne [stage] Bürgerweide, exhibition grounds (302/R87)<br />
Evening of Encounters<br />
Wednesday, 19.00 –23.00<br />
Together under Bremen’s heavens<br />
The Evening of Encounters is a wonderful start to the<br />
<strong>Kirchentag</strong> – a vast street festival when the local church<br />
congregations welcome their guests with food, drink and<br />
entertainment. It is a time to meet old friends and make new<br />
ones.<br />
Samba groups will accompany visitors from the opening<br />
service at Bürgerweide to the downtown area. This procession<br />
will mark the start of a huge street festival in the heart<br />
of Bremen. As they wend their way between the old town-wall<br />
gardens, through the central squares between the cathedral<br />
and the town hall and along the river Weser, the participants<br />
will be invited to celebrate. Hosts are the Evangelical Church<br />
of Bremen, the Evangelical Lutheran Churches of Oldenburg<br />
and Hannover, the Evangelical Reformed Church, and<br />
ecumenical partners. These churches welcome everyone to<br />
fun and games, singing and listening, dancing and celebrating<br />
around the Bremen city musicians.There is a rich array of<br />
offerings: visitors can feast on many culinary delicacies from<br />
North Germany. Bands, theatre, cabaret and masked groups<br />
will provide entertainment Bremen-style on twelve stages.<br />
Colourfully costumed groups from the Bremen Samba Carnival<br />
will guarantee a festive atmosphere.<br />
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Wednesday, 22.15 –23.00<br />
Evening prayers, a sea of lights ending with a<br />
sound-and-light composition.<br />
To conclude the evening, guests and hosts will assemble<br />
downtown around the cathedral, the Wallanlagen and at the<br />
banks of the river Weser. Evening prayers will usher in the<br />
first night of the Bremen <strong>Kirchentag</strong>. Bremen is a city of<br />
choirs and they will provide the postlude to the Evening of<br />
Encounters. Artist Rochus Aust has created a special sound<br />
and light composition: hundreds of singers will strike up the<br />
choral anthem from trees and boats in the Wallanlagen and<br />
at the Weser -- and everyone will be part of a vast sea of<br />
voices and lights, together under Bremen’s heavens.<br />
Further information is available in the leaflet for the<br />
Evening of Encounters in your programme pack.<br />
Closing service<br />
Here and now<br />
1 Peter 3:9-17 The hope that is in you<br />
Sunday, 9.00 –10.00 Getting in the mood<br />
10.00 –11.30 Service<br />
Liturgy: Renke Brahms, pastor, Clerk of the Evangelical<br />
Church of Bremen Sermon: Prof. Dr Daniele Garrone, theologian,<br />
Rome, Italy <strong>Kirchentag</strong> message: Prof. Dr Karin von<br />
Welck, <strong>Kirchentag</strong> President, Hamburg Music: Brass bands<br />
of 32nd Protestant <strong>Kirchentag</strong> Musical direction: Rüdiger<br />
Hille, brass band officer, Bremen Gospelchor Joyful Voices,<br />
Wildeshausen Symphonic Gospel Orchestra Wildeshausen<br />
Musical coordination: Ralf Grössler, Wildeshausen Speakers:<br />
Maria von Bismarck, Bremen Jürgen Endress, Hanau<br />
Moderation and general direction: Joachim Lenz, Fulda<br />
E Copies of the sermon in English will be availble at the<br />
International Meeting Point (location marked on leaflets<br />
which are distributed on sunday at the Bürgerweide).<br />
Sunday, 11.30 –12.30<br />
Departures and farewell<br />
M Bühne [stage] Bürgerweide, exhibition grounds (302/ R87)
Spiritual programme<br />
Bible studies<br />
Each day begins with a focus on the Bible: the Bible study<br />
lectures are led by a wide range of theologians, educators,<br />
politicians, and other lay representatives of civil society, as<br />
well as leaders from other faiths.<br />
Thursday, 9.30–10.30<br />
Genesis 3 The knowledge of good and evil<br />
3 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal<br />
that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Did<br />
God say, “You shall not eat from any tree in the garden”?’<br />
2 The woman said to the serpent, ‘We may eat of the fruit of<br />
the trees in the garden; 3 but God said, “You shall not eat of<br />
the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, nor<br />
shall you touch it, or you shall die.” ’ 4 But the serpent said<br />
to the woman, ‘You will not die; 5 for God knows that when<br />
you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like<br />
God, knowing good and evil.’ 6 So when the woman saw that<br />
the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the<br />
eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,<br />
she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her<br />
husband, who was with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of<br />
both were opened, and they knew that they were naked;<br />
and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for<br />
themselves.<br />
8 They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the<br />
garden at the time of the evening breeze, and the man and<br />
his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God<br />
among the trees of the garden. 9 But the LORD God called to<br />
the man, and said to him, ‘Where are you?’ 10 He said, ‘I heard<br />
the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I<br />
was naked; and I hid myself.’ 11 He said, ‘Who told you that<br />
you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I<br />
commanded you not to eat?’<br />
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12 The man said, ‘The woman whom you gave to be with me,<br />
she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate.’ 13 Then the LORD<br />
God said to the woman, ‘What is this that you have done?’<br />
The woman said, ‘The serpent tricked me, and I ate.’ 14 The<br />
LORD God said to the serpent, ‘Because you have done this,<br />
cursed are you among all animals and among all wild creatures;<br />
upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all<br />
the days of your life.<br />
15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between<br />
your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and<br />
you will strike his heel.’ 16 To the woman he said, ‘I will greatly<br />
increase your pangs in childbearing; in pain you shall bring<br />
forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband, and<br />
he shall rule over you.’ 17 And to the man he said, ‘Because<br />
you have listened to the voice of your wife,and have eaten<br />
of the tree about which I commanded you, “You shall not eat<br />
of it”, cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall<br />
eat of it all the days of your life; 18 thorns and thistles it shall<br />
bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.<br />
19 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you<br />
return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are<br />
dust,and to dust you shall return.’<br />
20 The man named his wife Eve, because she was the<br />
mother of all who live. 21 And the LORD God made garments<br />
of skins for the man and for his wife, and clothed them.<br />
22 Then the LORD God said, ‘See, the man has become<br />
like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might<br />
reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and<br />
eat, and live for ever’ – 23 therefore the LORD God sent him<br />
forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which<br />
he was taken. 24 He drove out the man; and at the east of the<br />
garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a sword flaming<br />
and turning to guard the way to the tree of life.
Friday, 9.30 –10.30<br />
Luke 10:25-37 … as yourself<br />
25 Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. ‘Teacher,’ he<br />
said, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ 26 He said to him,<br />
‘What is written in the law? What do you read there?’ 27 He<br />
answered, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your<br />
heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and<br />
with all your mind; and your neighbour as yourself.’ 28 And he<br />
said to him, ‘You have given the right answer; do this, and<br />
you will live.’<br />
29 But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, ‘And<br />
who is my neighbour?’ 30 Jesus replied, ‘A man was going<br />
down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of<br />
robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving<br />
him half dead. 31 Now by chance a priest was going down<br />
that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other<br />
side. 32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and<br />
saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan<br />
while travelling came near him; and when he saw him, he<br />
was moved with pity. 34 He went to him and bandaged his<br />
wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put<br />
him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care<br />
of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to<br />
the innkeeper, and said, “Take care of him; and when I come<br />
back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.” 36 Which of<br />
these three, do you think, was a neighbour to the man who<br />
fell into the hands of the robbers?’ 37 He said, ‘The one who<br />
showed him mercy.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go and do likewise.’<br />
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Saturday, 9.30 –10.30<br />
Genesis 16: 1-16 Where have you come from and<br />
where are you going?<br />
16 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She<br />
had an Egyptian slave-girl whose name was Hagar, 2 and<br />
Sarai said to Abram, ‘You see that the LORD has prevented<br />
me from bearing children; go in to my slave-girl; it may be<br />
that I shall obtain children by her.’ And Abram listened to the<br />
voice of Sarai. 3 So, after Abram had lived for ten years in the<br />
land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian,<br />
her slave-girl, and gave her to her husband Abram as<br />
a wife. 4 He went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when<br />
she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt<br />
on her mistress. 5 Then Sarai said to Abram, ‘May the wrong<br />
done to me be on you! I gave my slave-girl to your embrace,<br />
and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on<br />
me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and<br />
me!’ 6 But Abram said to Sarai, ‘Your slave-girl is in your<br />
power; do to her as you please.’ Then Sarai dealt harshly<br />
with her, and she ran away from her.<br />
7 The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water<br />
in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur. 8 And he<br />
said, ‘Hagar, slave-girl of Sarai, where have you come from<br />
and where are you going?’ She said, ‘I am running away from<br />
my mistress Sarai.’ 9 The angel of the LORD said to her,<br />
‘Return to your mistress, and submit to her.’ 10 The angel<br />
of the LORD also said to her, ‘I will so greatly multiply your<br />
offspring that they cannot be counted for multitude.’ 11 And<br />
the angel of the LORD said to her, ‘Now you have conceived<br />
and shall bear a son; you shall call him Ishmael, for the LORD<br />
has given heed to your affliction. 12 He shall be a wild ass of<br />
a man, with his hand against everyone, and everyone’s hand<br />
against him; and he shall live at odds with all his kin.’<br />
13 So she named the LORD who spoke to her, ‘You are<br />
El-roi’; for she said, ‘Have I really seen God and remained<br />
alive after seeing him?’* 14 Therefore the well was called<br />
Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.<br />
15 Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son,<br />
whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. 16 Abram was eighty-six years old<br />
when Hagar bore him Ishmael.<br />
Source: Taken from the New Revised Standard Version.
Bible studies in English<br />
Thursday, 9.30 –10.30<br />
Muslim-Christian Dialogue<br />
Saeeda Ahmed, Bradford, UK Rev. Dr Andrew Wingate,<br />
canon, Director of St. Philip‘s Centre, Leicester, UK<br />
M Hall 7, exhibition grounds (302 / R87) e<br />
Dr Agnes Abuom, Executive Committee World Council of<br />
Churches, Nairobi, Kenya<br />
U Cap San Diego, Luke 3, Europahafen (Q84) e<br />
Friday, 9.30 –10.30<br />
Jim Wallis, pastor, Washington, DC, USA<br />
M Hall 6, exhibition grounds (302 / R87) e<br />
Bible studies translated into English<br />
Thursday, 9.30 –10.30<br />
Bishop Dr Dr h.c. Wolfgang Huber, Chair, Council of the<br />
Evangelical Church in Germany, Berlin<br />
M AWD-Dome, Exhibition grounds (302 / R87) E<br />
Prof. Dr Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, environmentalist, Emmendingen<br />
M Hall 6, exhibition grounds (302 / R87) E<br />
Friday, 9.30 –10.30<br />
Bishop Dr Margot Käßmann, Hannover<br />
M AWD-Dome, exhibition grounds (302 / R87) E<br />
Saturday, 9.30 –10.30<br />
Father Dr Sebastian Painadath SJ, Director,<br />
Centre for Indian Spirituality, Kalady, India<br />
M Theater am Goetheplatz, Theatersaal, Goetheplatz 1-3<br />
(346 / S87) E<br />
Prof. em. Dr Fulbert Steffensky, religious educator, Hamburg<br />
M AWD-Dome, exhibition grounds (302 / R87) E<br />
Bible studies in German<br />
See German programme pages 24 –42<br />
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Other services<br />
Thursday, 15.00 –16.00<br />
Ecumenical service on Ascension Day<br />
What are you looking up at?<br />
Looking for clues from the Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox<br />
and Free Church traditions. Liturgy: Renke Brahms, Clerk<br />
of the Evanglical Church of Bremen Bishop Rosemarie<br />
Wenner, Methodist, Frankfurt/Main Sermon: Bishop Dr<br />
Franz-Josef Bode, Roman-Catholic, Osnabrück<br />
Music: BBÖ Brass Connection, Schwäbisch Hall<br />
Director of music: Günter Marstatt, Göttingen<br />
Moderation and general coordination: Joachim Lenz, Fulda<br />
I Radio-Bremen-Bühne [stage], Am Markt (316 / S87)<br />
Living Liturgy<br />
Bremen churches offer a varied programme of worship<br />
where you can try out a range of different liturgical ideas.<br />
Although these will be mostly in German we draw your<br />
attention to the following selection<br />
Thursday, 14.00 –15.00<br />
Worship with Gregorian music<br />
Holy Communion for Ascension Day with traditional Gregorian<br />
chant. Petri-Choralschola, Hannover<br />
A Stadtkirche Vegesack, Kirchheide 10 (127 / G74)<br />
Thursday, 15.00 –16.00<br />
Mortal, where are you? Church going with the flow!<br />
Worship in the riverboat church For a faith that gives courage<br />
on shaky ground<br />
I Flussschifferkirche [river seamen’s church],<br />
Schlachte (S86)<br />
Thursday, 19.00 –20.00<br />
Seek peace<br />
German service with parts in English New ecumenical<br />
beginning in a peaceful 21st century Liturgy: Bishop<br />
Nicholas Baines, Croydon, UK Sermon: Bishop Dr Friedrich<br />
<strong>Web</strong>er, Chair of the Council of Christian Churches in Germany<br />
(ACK), Wolfenbüttel Music: Clemens Bittlinger and his band<br />
Liturgical arrangements: Council of Christian Churches<br />
in Germany (ACK), Frankfurt/Main Churches Together in<br />
Britain and Ireland<br />
U Veranstaltungszelt [tent] Ü4, Konsul-Smidt-Str. (362 / Q84)
Friday, 11.00 –12.00<br />
Quaker meditation<br />
Silent meditation in the Quaker tradition<br />
Quakers – Religious Society of Friends, Bremen<br />
I St. Pauli, Große Krankenstr. 11 (109 / S86)<br />
Friday, 11.00 –12.00<br />
Orthodox service on the feast of St Nicholas<br />
Liturgy: Russian-Orthodox Church, Bremen<br />
A Bonifatius-Church, Leipziger Str. 29 (12 / Q87)<br />
Friday, 19.00 –20.00<br />
Where are you? – Where are we?<br />
We celebrate ecumenical partnership (Church of England and<br />
EKD) Liturgy: Bishop Dr Friedrich <strong>Web</strong>er, Wolfenbüttel<br />
Sermon: Bishop Nicholas Baines, Croydon, UK<br />
Liturgical coordination: Meissen-Kommission, Hannover<br />
A Auferstehungskirche, Drakenburger Str. 42 (11 / T91)<br />
German and English<br />
Saturday, 13.30 –15.30<br />
Songs from Taizé<br />
Preparation for the night of lights<br />
I St. Pauli, Große Krankenstr. 11 (109 / S86)<br />
Saturday, 16.30 –17.30<br />
Burnt down and deported<br />
Worship based around sore points in the city‘s history.<br />
The Passion between deportation and war-time bombing.<br />
Open air worship with music, eye-witnesses and theology.<br />
I St. Pauli, Große Krankenstr. 11 (109 / S86)<br />
Saturday, 17.00 –18.00<br />
Psalter and piano get playing - boogie-woogie prayer<br />
Boogie Woogie meets the Bible<br />
I Stadtkirche Vegesack, Kirchheide 10 (127 / G74)<br />
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Saturday, 19.00 –20.00<br />
Europe – where are you?<br />
Cross-border, multilingual service on European integration<br />
M Congress Centrum, Borgward-Saal, exhibition grounds<br />
(302 / R87)<br />
Saturday, 19.00 –20.00<br />
Eucharist as a feast of hospitality<br />
Worship on the way towards the 2nd Ecumenical <strong>Kirchentag</strong><br />
according to the Lima liturgy with songs from Taizé and with<br />
Old Catholic, Anglican and Protestant participation<br />
Liturgy: Bishop Nicholas Baines, Croydon, UK Church<br />
President Brigitte Boehme, Bremen Bishop Joachim<br />
Vobbe, Bonn Bishop Prof. Dr Friedrich <strong>Web</strong>er, Wolfenbüttel<br />
Sermon: Church President Nikolaus Schneider, Düsseldorf<br />
I St. Pauli, Große Krankenstr. 11 (109 / S86)<br />
Saturday, 19.00 –20.00<br />
Orthodox Vespers<br />
A Waller Fleetkirche, Storchenweg 1 (143 / O86)<br />
Saturday, 19.30 –20.45<br />
There is enough for us all<br />
Worship in a globalised world – with bread, words and music<br />
Liturgy: Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel, pastor, Director of Bread<br />
for the World, Stuttgart Dr Vandana Shiva, New Delhi, India<br />
Sermon: Dr David Gitari, retired archbishop, Nairobi, Kenya<br />
M Hall 4, exhibition grounds (302 / R87)<br />
Saturday, 20.00 –21.30<br />
Everything must change<br />
Worship blending jazz and word<br />
Growing older and other changes<br />
A Stadtkirche Vegesack, Kirchheide 10 (127 / G74)<br />
Saturday, 20.30 –22.30<br />
Night of lights<br />
Evening prayer with brothers from Taizé<br />
I Güterbahnhof [Goods station], Gleishalle,<br />
Am Handelsmuseum 9 (264 / R87)
Celebratory communion services<br />
[Feierabendmahl]<br />
Luke 24:13 –35 Were not our hearts burning within us?<br />
There is a long tradition at the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> to devote Friday<br />
evening to special celebratory communion services held in<br />
local parishes all over the city and region. It is an opportunity<br />
for the host parishes to offer local hospitality to those who<br />
are staying with them and for hosts and guests to get to<br />
know one another a little better.<br />
Check if there is a celebratory communion service in<br />
the parish where you are staying.<br />
Friday, 18.30–20.00<br />
Celebratory communion service in English<br />
A Gartenstadt Süd, Kirchweg 55, St. Jakobi<br />
(73/ U87) e<br />
Alternatively you could go to:<br />
Friday, 19.00 –22.00<br />
Future Centre (Topic area 3)<br />
Fair change for the future – Yes, You Can!<br />
Liturgical path between powerlessness and courage (with<br />
distribution of bread and water) Wolfgang Gründinger,<br />
Think Tank 30 Club of Rome, Berlin Prof. Dr Ernst Ulrich<br />
von Weizsäcker, environmentalist, Emmendingen Julia Seeliger,<br />
activist, Berlin Jakob von Uexküll, founder of World<br />
Future Council, Hamburg Prof. em. Dr Fulbert Steffensky,<br />
religious educator, Hamburg Dr Agnes Abuom, Executive<br />
Committee, World Council of Churches, Nairobi, Kenya<br />
Prof. Dr Konrad Raiser, former general secretary, World<br />
Council of Churches, Berlin Moderation: Reiner Degenhardt,<br />
Kassel; Hans-Jürgen Netz, Oelde<br />
M Hall 6, exhibition grounds (302 / R87) E<br />
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Daytime prayers<br />
[Tagzeitengebete]<br />
Psalm 19 One day tells it to another<br />
Heavenly sounds and heartfelt tones: daytime prayers with<br />
Psalm 19, the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> psalm, will take us on a path: from<br />
the whisper of God’s creator power in nature to the clear<br />
revelation of God’s will in the Torah. Prayers will allow us to<br />
stop briefly four times a day: to come to ourselves before<br />
God, and set off with new strength, like stations on a pilgrimage<br />
through the day. The church congregations in Bremen<br />
and neighbouring regions invite us to pause for a time.<br />
Someone from the parish where you are staying can tell you<br />
the exact times and places. The daytime prayers frame the<br />
daily programme at the events in halls, downtown churches<br />
or open-air stages.<br />
Morning prayers 7.00–8.30<br />
Midday prayers 13.00 –14.00<br />
Evening prayers 18.00 –19.00<br />
Night prayers 22.00–24.00<br />
Length: 10 –15 minutes<br />
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 13.00 –13.30<br />
Have a Break<br />
Midday Prayer<br />
U Cap San Diego, Kathedral, Europahafen (242 / Q84) e<br />
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 22.30–23.00<br />
May your light shine upon us<br />
Night prayer Sea of candles, songs and silent meditation.<br />
Fritz Baltruweit, Pastor and song writer, Hildesheim<br />
Konstanze Kuß (Harp), Hannover Mechthild Werner,<br />
Pastor, Erfurt Night devotionals Thursday: Bishop Jan<br />
Janssen, Oldenburg Friday: Bishop Dr Margot Käßmann,<br />
Hannover Saturday: Dr Henning Scherf, Mayor a.D.,<br />
Bremen Music: Studiogruppe Baltruweit, Hildesheim<br />
I Bühne [stage] am Hauptbahnhof (226 / R87)
Thematic programme<br />
The thematic programme is divided into three topic areas:<br />
Horizons for faith (Topic area 1)<br />
Prospects for society (Topic area 2)<br />
Opportunities for the world (Topic area 3)<br />
Thursday, 11.00 –13.00<br />
Bible Centre (Topic area 1)<br />
The Bible and its church<br />
Does the Bible undermine church statements? Prof. em.<br />
Dr Fulbert Steffensky, religious educator, Hamburg Dr<br />
Hermann Barth, President of the Church Office, Evangelical<br />
Church in Germany, Hannover Ton Veerkamp, biblical theologian,<br />
Lemgow Prof. Dr Gert G. Wagner, Chair, Advisory<br />
Commission for Social Structures of the Evangelical Church<br />
in Germany, Berlin Prof. Dr Renate Wind, biblical theologian,<br />
Heidelberg Moderation: Rüdiger Schaarschmidt,<br />
Wilhelmshaven<br />
M Congress Centrum, Hanse-Saal, exhibition grounds<br />
(302 / R87) E<br />
Thursday, 11.00 –13.00<br />
Keynote lecture series Human Dignity (Topic area 2)<br />
Human dignity and democracy<br />
Federal Chancellor Dr Angela Merkel, Berlin<br />
Prof. Dr Timothy Garton Ash, historian, Oxford, UK<br />
Moderation: Dr Rüdiger Sachau, Berlin<br />
M AWD-Dome, exhibition grounds (302 / R87) E<br />
Thursday, 11.00 –13.00<br />
Forum Rightwing Extremism (Topic area 2)<br />
The mainstreaming of far-right attitudes<br />
Prof. Dr Benno Hafeneger, educationist, Marburg Bishop<br />
Axel Noack, Magdeburg Katrin Göring-Eckardt MP, deputy<br />
speaker of the federal parliament, member of the <strong>Kirchentag</strong><br />
executive committee, Berlin Uwe-Karsten Heye, Chair, Gesicht<br />
zeigen [show your face], Berlin Dr Albrecht Schröter,<br />
Lord Mayor, Jena Moderation: Dr Lutz Hachmeister, Berlin<br />
I Musical-Theater, Theatersaal, Richtweg 7-13 (308 / S87) e<br />
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Thursday, 11.00 –13.00<br />
Keynote lecture series Human Dignity (Topic area 3)<br />
The responsibility of religions<br />
Dekha Ibrahim Abdi, peace activist, winner of the Alternative<br />
Nobel Prize, Mombasa, Kenya Monika Griefahn MP, Berlin<br />
I St. Petri Dom [Cathedral], Domsheide (113 / S87) e<br />
Thursday, 11.00 –13.00<br />
Africa Centre (Topic area 3)<br />
SOS – People in distress – at sea!<br />
Ahmed Bugri, pastor, San Gwann/Malta François A. Boko,<br />
former Interior Minister of the Republic of Togo, Paris,<br />
France Karl Kopp, Director of European Affairs Pro Asyl,<br />
Frankfurt/Main Ilkka Laitinen, Director FRONTEX (European<br />
agency for operational cooperation at the external borders),<br />
Warsaw, Poland Sydia Nduna, World Council of Churches,<br />
Geneva, Switzerland Dr Wolfgang Schäuble MP, Federal<br />
Interior Minister, Berlin Moderation: Andreas Lipsch,<br />
Frankfurt/Main<br />
U Beluga-Bühne [stage] am Schuppen 1,<br />
Konsul-Smidt-Str. (216 / Q84) E<br />
Thursday, 11.00 –13.00<br />
Centre World Trade (Topic area 3)<br />
Fashionable and fair-dressed<br />
Chat show on fair-trade cotton clothes with fashion show<br />
Heinz Fuchs, Church Development Service (EED), Chair,<br />
TransFair e.V., Bonn Delphine Boudjrenou, Organisaton<br />
for the Promotion of Organic Farming, Cotonou, Benin<br />
Sandra Dusch Silva, Clean Clothes Campaign, Münster<br />
Moderation: Tina Gordon, Cologne; Iris Klöpper, Hannover<br />
U Cap San Diego, Luke 3, Europahafen (Q84) E<br />
Thursday, 11.00 –13.00<br />
Future Centre (Topic area 3)<br />
All change please! Climate protection and mobility<br />
Prof. Dr Ottmar Edenhofer, Deputy Director Potsdam<br />
Institute for Climate Impact Research Sunita Narain,<br />
Director, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi,<br />
India Dr Karl-Otto Schallaböck, mobility expert,<br />
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy and<br />
a representative of the motor industry<br />
Moderation: Mara Bergmann, Mainz<br />
M Hall 6, exhibition grounds E
Thursday, 15.00 –16.15<br />
Spiritual Centre<br />
Man, where are you?<br />
Men’s spirituality Father Richard Rohr OFM,<br />
Albuquerque, NM/USA<br />
A Martin-Luther-Kirche, Neukirchstr. 86 (91/Q87) e<br />
Thursday, 15.00 –18.00<br />
Main Panel Series<br />
The Christian View of Humanity (Topic area 1)<br />
Created to become perfect?<br />
Dr Elisabeth von Thadden, journalist at Die Zeit, Hamburg<br />
Rainer Schmidt, paralympics champion, Bonn Thomas<br />
<strong>Web</strong>er, Olympic Games chaplain, Gevelsberg Dr Esther<br />
Bollag, theologian, Feuerherz centre for diaconal encounter,<br />
Hamburg Prof. Dr Peter Dabrock, social ethicist, Marburg<br />
Prof. Dr Reinhard Merkel, lawyer, Berlin Thich Thien Son,<br />
zen master, abbott, Frankfurt/Main Bishop Dr Dr h.c.<br />
Wolfgang Huber, Chair, Council of the Evangelical Church in<br />
Germany, Berlin Moderation: Bettina von Clausewitz, Essen;<br />
Prof. Dr Stefanie Schardien, Hildesheim<br />
U Veranstaltungszelt [tent] Ü4, Konsul-Smidt-Str. (362/Q84)<br />
E<br />
Thursday, 15.00 –18.00<br />
Panel Spirituality and Power (Topic area 2)<br />
Does spirituality empower?<br />
The inspiring and disturbing power of Christian faith<br />
Gabriele Hartlieb, literary scholar, Freiburg Anke Kolster,<br />
dancer, Hannover; Frieder Mann, dancer, Bonn Dr h.c.<br />
Joachim Gauck, 1989 pastor in Rostock, Berlin Cornelia<br />
Merzyn, Community of Sant’Egidio, Würzburg Bishop Luis<br />
Flavio Cappio, Barra, Brazil Dr Thomas de Maizière, Federal<br />
Minister in the chancellory, Berlin Prof. Dr Konrad Raiser,<br />
former general secretary World Council of Churches, Berlin<br />
Edzard Reuter, former CEO Daimler-Benz AG, Stuttgart<br />
Dr Irmgard Schwaetzer, former federal minister, Berlin<br />
Moderation: Dr Andreas Löw, Korntal-Münchingen<br />
Dr Claudia Nothelle, Potsdam<br />
I St. Petri Dom [Cathedral], Domsheide (113/S87) E<br />
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Thursday, 15.00 –17.00<br />
Centre on Africa (Topic area 3)<br />
The fate of Malta – Malta’s fate<br />
Realities on the island of tourists and refugees<br />
Ahmed Bugri, pastor, San Gwann, Malta Karl Kopp,<br />
Director of European Affairs Pro Asyl, Frankfurt/Main<br />
Moderation: Emmanuel Koffi Noglo, Göttingen<br />
U Cap San Diego, Luke 3, Europahafen (Q84) E<br />
Thursday, 15.00 –18.00<br />
Table talk on Israel – Palestine (Topic area 3)<br />
Israel – Palestine. And what about us?<br />
With these table talks the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> introduces a new form<br />
of event in which participants have the opportunity to come<br />
into conversation with each other. Using the World Café<br />
method participants will share thoughts.<br />
why we are personally motivated to engage with the<br />
situation in Israel and Palestine<br />
what characterises and influences our own<br />
individual viewpoints<br />
where do limits and taboos arise in discussion with<br />
one another<br />
what visions we can dream up together<br />
Participants will meet at café tables and discuss the general<br />
topic of the afternoon. Interesting thoughts and bright ideas<br />
will be jotted down on the paper tablecloths. After each<br />
round of talks the participants will change tables. That way<br />
the ideas and insights arising from the table talks can be<br />
linked up. After the last round of discussion the results will<br />
be reported to the plenary and discussed with our guests.<br />
The event will last three hours. We request that participants<br />
plan to stay for the whole time. The two events are separate,<br />
so <strong>Kirchentag</strong> participants are invited to opt for one or the<br />
other of the two possible days – Thursday or Friday. The<br />
talks will take place in English and German. Guests:<br />
Avi Primor, director Centre for European Studies, former<br />
ambassador of Israel in Germany, Herzliya, Israel Dr Abed<br />
Schokry, engineer, blogger, Gaza City Dr Christian Staffa,<br />
Managing Director, Action Reconciliation Service for Peace,<br />
Berlin<br />
I Rathaus [city hall], Obere Rathaus Halle, Am Markt 21<br />
(318/S87) E
Thursday, 15.00 –18.00<br />
Main panel series Globalisation (Topic area 3)<br />
Go forth into all the world – Globalisation<br />
and migration<br />
Prof. Dr Saskia Sassen, sociologist, New York, NY, USA<br />
Erkan Altun, actor, Youth Theatre, Bremen Irene Khan,<br />
general secretary Amnesty International, London, UK Dr<br />
Wolfgang Schäuble MP, Federal Interior Minister, Berlin<br />
Dr Amélé Ekué, ecumenical social ethicist, Bossey, Switzerland<br />
Volker Kauder MP, parliamentary party chair, Berlin<br />
Susianna Kentikian, boxing world champion, Hamburg<br />
Josef Philip Winkler MP, immigration policy spokesperson,<br />
Berlin Bishop Dr Margot Käßmann, Hannover<br />
Moderation: Ferdos Forudastan, Cologne<br />
M AWD-Dome, exhibition grounds (302/R87) E<br />
Thursday, 15.00 –18.00<br />
Centre World Trade (Topic area 3)<br />
Biopirates and product pirates – Buccaneers<br />
of world trade<br />
Angelika Pohlenz, General Secretary, International Chamber<br />
of Commerce, Berlin Dr Vandana Shiva, environmental<br />
and women’s rights activist, winner of the Alternative Nobel<br />
Prize, New Delhi, India Christine von Weizsäcker, biologist,<br />
Bonn Moderation: Dr Berend Hartnagel, Hannover<br />
Theater: Performing arts course, Waldorfschule Bremen<br />
U Beluga-Bühne [stage] am Schuppen 1, Konsul-Smidt-Str.<br />
(216/Q84) e<br />
Thursday, 15.00 –18.00<br />
Future Centre (Topic area 3)<br />
Full of energy into the future – Climate protection<br />
and energy supply<br />
Prof. Dr Peter Hennicke, former president Wuppertal<br />
Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy Sigmar Gabriel<br />
MP, Federal Environment Minister, Berlin Robert Werner,<br />
Chair, Greenpeace Energy, Hamburg Udo Wichert, Director,<br />
Evonik Fernwärme GmbH (district heating), Essen<br />
Church President Alfred Buß, Bielefeld Dr Reinhard Loske,<br />
Environment Senator, Bremen Frauke Thies, campaigner<br />
on energy policy Greenpeace EU, Brussels, Belgium Dr Angelika<br />
Zahrnt, Honorary Chair, BUND, member of the Council<br />
for Sustainable Development, Neckargemünd Moderation:<br />
Mara Bergmann, Mainz<br />
M Hall 6, exhibition grounds (302/R87) e<br />
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Thursday, 16.00 –18.00<br />
Keynote lecture series Responsibility (Topic area 2)<br />
Responsibility in a globalised world<br />
Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Federal Foreign Minister, Berlin<br />
Dr Jakob Kellenberger, President, International Committee<br />
of the Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland<br />
M Hall 4, exhibition grounds (302/R87) E<br />
Thursday, 19.00 –21.30<br />
Panel on the <strong>Kirchentag</strong>’s 60 years (Topic area 1)<br />
The <strong>Kirchentag</strong> turns 60<br />
Birthday celebration for a trouble-maker Prof. em. Dr Peter<br />
Cornehl, theologian and contemporary witness, Hamburg<br />
Marie Dilger, anti-apartheid activist, Wolfschlugen<br />
Dr Reinhard Höppner, former state premier, Magdeburg<br />
Bischof Dr Dr h.c. Wolfgang Huber, Chair, Council of the<br />
Evangelical Church in Germany, Berlin Bishop Dr Margot<br />
Käßmann, Hannover Dr Friedrich Kronenberg, former general<br />
secretary, Central Committee of German Catholics, Bonn<br />
Adam Krzeminski, journalist, Warsaw, Poland Dr h.c. Friedrich<br />
Schorlemmer, pastor and journalist, Lutherstadt Wittenberg<br />
Prof. Dr h.c. mult. Rudolf von Thadden, Göttingen<br />
Ursula Trautwein, anti-apartheid activist, Frankfurt/Main<br />
Dr Ellen Ueberschär, General Secretary, German Protestant<br />
<strong>Kirchentag</strong>, Fulda Dr Richard von Weizsäcker, former<br />
federal president, Berlin Moderation: Arnd Henze, Cologne<br />
M Hall 6, exhibition grounds (302/R87) E<br />
Thursday, 20.00 –22.00<br />
Keynote lecture series Responsibility (Topic area 3)<br />
Responsibility in the global crisis<br />
Helmut Schmidt, former federal chancellor, Hamburg<br />
Robert B. Zoellick, President, World Bank, Washington DC,<br />
USA Moderation: Dr Christoph Bertram, Hamburg<br />
M AWD-Dome, exhibition grounds (302/R87) E
Friday, 11.00 –13.00<br />
Keynote lecture series Freedom (Topic area 1)<br />
Faith and freedom<br />
Prof. Dr Drs. h.c. Eberhard Jüngel DD, theologian,<br />
Tübingen Moderation: Dr Christina Aus der Au Heymann,<br />
Erlangen<br />
U Veranstaltungszelt [tent] Ü4, Konsul-Smidt-Str. (362/Q84)<br />
E<br />
Friday, 11.00 –13.00<br />
Keynote lecture series Human Dignity (Topic area 2)<br />
Human dignity – Democracy and justice<br />
Prof. Dr Gerhard Robbers, lawyer, <strong>Kirchentag</strong> board, Trier<br />
Dr h.c. Manfred Stolpe, former state premier, Potsdam<br />
Moderation: Ulrike Greim-Haspel, Weimar<br />
I St. Petri Dom [Cathedral], Domsheide (113/S87) E<br />
Friday, 11.00 –13.00<br />
Centre Muslims and Christians (Topic area 1)<br />
Here I am!<br />
Responsibility for the future of the earth from the Muslim<br />
and Christian viewpoint Ayatollah S. A. H. Ghaemmaghami,<br />
Imam and Director, Islamic Centre Hamburg, Bärbel Wartenberg-Potter,<br />
former bishop, Lübeck Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Sefik<br />
Alp Bahadir, economist, Erlangen Thomas Voigt, Director<br />
of economic policy and communication, Otto Group, Hamburg<br />
Dr Sadek Beloucif, anaesthesist, Bobigny, Frankreich<br />
Prof. Dr Dr Eckhard Nagel, doctor, Protestant President of<br />
2nd Ecumenical <strong>Kirchentag</strong>, Bayreuth Moderation: Dr Erika<br />
Godel, Berlin; Riem Spielhaus, Berlin<br />
M Hall 7, exhibition grounds (302/R87) E<br />
Friday, 11.00 –13.00<br />
Centre Muslims and Christians (Topic area 1)<br />
What do we have in common?<br />
The letter from 138 Muslims to the Christian churches<br />
Rima Barsoum, Programme Executive for Christian-Muslim<br />
Dialogue, World Council of Churches, Geneva, Switzerland<br />
Dr Ataullah Siddiqui, islamic theologian, Markfield, UK<br />
Moderation: Dr Martin Affolderbach, Hannover<br />
U Hochschule für Künste [University of the Arts], Auditorium,<br />
Am Speicher XI, 8 (280/P84) E<br />
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Friday, 11.00 –13.00<br />
Forum on Spirituality and Theology (Topic area 1)<br />
Giving yearning a name<br />
Bishop Dr Margot Käßmann, Hannover Dr Christoph<br />
Quarch, philosopher and theologian, Fulda Prof. Dr Eugen<br />
Baer, dean, Geneva, NY, USA Thich Thien Son, zen master,<br />
abbot, Frankfurt/Main Moderation: Gabriele Hartlieb,<br />
Freiburg Sr. Katharina Klara Schridde CCR, Erfurt<br />
M Hall 4, exhibition grounds (302/R87) E<br />
Friday, 11:00 –12:00<br />
Centre for Shaping and Sharing the Future<br />
Energy shortage, Climate chaos and justice<br />
Sunita Narain, Director, Centre for Science and Environment,<br />
New Delhi, India Moderation: Jürgen Maier, Bonn<br />
I Hochschule Bremen, Building (Gebäude) M, Lecture<br />
theatre 26, Neustadtswall 30 (276/S86) e<br />
Friday, 11.00 –13.00<br />
Future Centre (Topic area 3)<br />
Water – the future gold?<br />
Looking across the Mediterranean and into the world<br />
Fred Pearce, environmental journalist, London, UK<br />
Dr Odeh R. Al-Jayyousi, Regional Director International<br />
Union for Conservation of Nature, Amman, Jordan Cornelia<br />
Füllkrug-Weitzel, Director, Bread for the World, Stuttgart<br />
Dr Fritz Holzwarth, Director, Water Management Department<br />
Environment Ministry, Bonn Dr Waltina Scheunmann,<br />
German Development Institute, Bonn Moderation: Hinrich<br />
Mercker, Berlin<br />
M Hall 6, exhibition grounds (302/R87) E<br />
Friday, 15.00 –17.15<br />
Forum on Spirituality and Theology (Topic area 1)<br />
Holy and down to earth<br />
Spirituality in the church space Prof. Dr Manfred Josuttis,<br />
Friedland Dr Heinrich Christian Rust, Braunschweig Sr Dr<br />
Aurelia Spendel OP, Augsburg Prof. Dr Peter Zimmerling,<br />
practical theologian, Leipzig Prof. em. Dr Fulbert Steffensky,<br />
religious educator, Hamburg Sr. Katharina Klara<br />
Schridde CCR, Erfurt Moderation: Katharina von Bremen<br />
Prof. Dr Kim Strübind, Oldenburg<br />
M Hall 4, exhibition grounds (302/R87) E
Friday, 15.00 –18.00<br />
Panel on Ecumenism (Topic area 1)<br />
Jesus needs the SPIRITed<br />
Dr Uta Andrée, Oberkirchenrätin, Hannover Luise Albers,<br />
Hamburg Martin Gück, Kairos Europa, Heidelberg Antje<br />
Heider-Rottwilm, pastor, Hamburg Edzard Hüneke, musician,<br />
Köln Bishop Dr Gerhard Feige, Magdeburg Bishop<br />
Dr Margot Käßmann, Hannover Prof. Dr Assaad Elias<br />
Kattan, Münster Prof. Dr Andrea Strübind, Oldenburg<br />
Terry MacArthur, Le Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland Christa<br />
Nickels, former parliamentary secretary, Geilenkirchen<br />
Moderation: Ute Meyer, Berlin Prof. Dr Matthias Sellmann,<br />
Bochum<br />
I Glocke, Großer Saal, Domsheide 6 –8 (248/S87) E<br />
Friday, 15.00 –18.00<br />
Forum Men (Topic area 2)<br />
How much of a father do we need?<br />
Dr Niels Pörksen, psychiatrist, Bielefeld Marieluise Beck<br />
MP, former parliamentary secretary, Berlin Christoph<br />
Dieckmann, journalist, Berlin Prof. Dr Hans Michael Heinig,<br />
lawyer, Göttingen Julian Runge, student, Frankfurt/Main<br />
Prof. Dr Hartmut Radebold, psychoanalyst and gerontologist,<br />
Kassel Thomas Schollas, pastor and systemic therapist,<br />
Kiel Prof. Dr Jürgen Ebach, Old Testament scholar,<br />
Bochum Dr Silvana Koch-Mehrin MEP, Brussels, Belgium<br />
Hans-Georg Nelles, project leader und organisational consultant<br />
Fathers & Careers, Düsseldorf Eberhard Schäfer,<br />
political scientist, Director, Papa-Institut, Berlin Moderation:<br />
Andreas Malessa, Hochdorf Martin Rosowski, Kassel<br />
Patrick Roger Schnabel, Brussels, Belgium<br />
I Theater am Goetheplatz, Theatersaal, Goetheplatz 1 –3<br />
(346/S87) E<br />
Friday, 15.00 –18.00<br />
Africa Centre (Topic area 3)<br />
Beyond the Trade Statistics<br />
The influence of China and Europe on everyday life in Africa<br />
François A. Boko, former interior minister of the Republic<br />
of Togo, Paris, France Dr Gregor Dobler, ethnologist,<br />
Basel, Switzerland Ibrahim Gueye, business journalist,<br />
Düsseldorf Prince Prof. Dr Kum’a Ndumbe III, author and<br />
political scientist, Douala, Cameroon Moderation: Rahime<br />
Diallo, Solingen Music: Flois Knolle-Hicks, Groß-Rohrheim<br />
U Cap San Diego, Süßöltank, Europahafen (Q84) E<br />
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Friday, 15.00 –18.00<br />
Table Talk Israel – Palestine (Topic area 3)<br />
Israel – Palestine. And what about us?<br />
With these table talks the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> introduces a new form<br />
of event in which participants have the opportunity to come<br />
into conversation with each other.Using the World Café<br />
method participants will share toughts<br />
why we are personally motivated to engage with<br />
the situation in Israel and Palestine<br />
what characterises and influences our own individual<br />
viewpoints<br />
where do limits and taboos arise in discussion<br />
with one another<br />
what visions we can dream up together<br />
Participants will meet at café tables and discuss the general<br />
topic of the afternoon. Interesting thoughts and bright ideas<br />
will be jotted down on the paper tablecloths. After each<br />
round of talks the participants will change tables. That way<br />
the ideas and insights arising from the table talks can be<br />
linked up. After the last round of discussion the results will<br />
be reported to the plenary and discussed with our guests.<br />
The event will last three hours. We request that participants<br />
plan to stay for the whole time.<br />
The two events are separate, so <strong>Kirchentag</strong> participants are<br />
invited to opt for one or the other of the two possible days –<br />
Thursday or Friday.<br />
The talks will take place in English and German.<br />
Guests: Avi Primor, Director, Centre for European Studies,<br />
former ambassador of Israel in Germany, Herzliya, Israel<br />
Dr Abed Schokry, engineer, blogger, Gaza City<br />
Dr Christian Staffa, managing director, Action<br />
Reconciliation Service for Peace, Berlin<br />
I Rathaus [city hall], Obere Rathaus Halle, Am Markt 21<br />
(318/S87) E
Friday, 15.00 –18.00<br />
Main panel series Globalisation (Topic area 3)<br />
“... more dangerous than standing armies”<br />
(Thomas Jefferson) Forum on the International Financial<br />
System Prof. Dr Peter Bofinger, economist, Würzburg<br />
Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Federal Minister of Economic<br />
Cooperation and Development, Berlin Alberto Acosta,<br />
economist and politician, Quito, Ecuador Sven Giegold,<br />
politician and co-founder of Attac, Dörverden Antje Schneeweiß,<br />
Südwind, Institute for Economy and Ecumenism,<br />
Siegburg Moderation: Christiane Grefe, Berlin<br />
M AWD-Dome, exhibition grounds (302/R87) E<br />
Friday, 15.00 –18.00<br />
Centre World Trade (Topic area 3)<br />
Trading for change? Cotton, clothes and co.<br />
Delphine Bodjrenou, Organisation for Promotion of Organic<br />
Farming, Cotonou, Benin Rajat Jaipuria, Director, Rajyalakshmi<br />
Cotton Mills, Calcutta, India Dr Johannes Merck,<br />
Director Corporate Responsibility, Otto Group, Hamburg<br />
Tilman Santarius, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment,<br />
Energy, Berlin Dr Karl Brauner, Director Foreign<br />
Trade Department, Federal Economy Ministry, Berlin<br />
Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel, pastor, Director, Bread for the<br />
World, Stuttgart Sanya Smith, Third World Network, Geneva,<br />
Switzerland Moderation: Arnd Henze, Cologne<br />
Theatre: Performing Arts course, Ecumenical<br />
Secondary School, Bremen<br />
U Beluga-Bühne [stage] am Schuppen 1, Konsul-Smidt-Str.<br />
(216/Q84) E<br />
Friday, 15.00 –18.00<br />
Future Centre (Topic area 3)<br />
Stuffed and starved?<br />
Food and nutrition in the 21st century Dr Hans R. Herren,<br />
President Millennium Institute, Arlington, VA, USA Werner<br />
Hilse, Vice President, German Farmers’ Association, Berlin<br />
Dr Anita Idel, mediation and project management, Berlin<br />
Renate Bähr, CEO, German Foundation for World Population,<br />
Hannover PD Dr Gunther Hirschfelder, ethnologist,<br />
expert on eating culture, Bonn Karl-Heinz Funke, former<br />
Minister of Agriculture, Varel Hans-Thomas Freiherr von<br />
Meerheimb, CEO, Gutshof-Ei, Schackendorf-Weede<br />
Bernard Njonga, President, Cameroon Farmers’ and<br />
Consumers Association, Yaondé, Cameroon Moderation:<br />
Michael Windfuhr, Stuttgart<br />
M Hall 6, exhibition grounds (302/R87) E<br />
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Friday, 17.00 –18.30<br />
Centre Muslims and Christians (Topic area 1)<br />
Christian-Muslim cooperation in Africa<br />
Dekha Ibrahim Abdi, peace activist, winner of the Alternative<br />
Nobel Prize, Mombasa, Kenya Dr Mustafa Y. Ali,<br />
General Secretary, African Council of Religious Leaders,<br />
Nairobi, Kenya Angèle Dogbé, Coordinator of women’s and<br />
educational work, Programme for Christian-Muslim Relations<br />
in Africa (PROCMURA), Nairobi, Kenya Prof. Dr Klaus Hock,<br />
theologian, Rostock Dr Ishmael Noko, General Secretary,<br />
Lutheran World Federation, Geneva, Switzerland<br />
Moderation: Dr Lidwina Meyer, Loccum<br />
U Hochschule für Künste [University oft he Arts], Auditorium,<br />
Am Speicher XI, 8 (280/P84) E<br />
Saturday, 11.00 –13.00<br />
Keynote lecture series Freedom (Topic area 1)<br />
Politics and freedom<br />
Martti Ahtisaari, former state president, Nobel Peace<br />
laureate and diplomat, Helsinki, Finland Moderation: Dr Dr<br />
Andreas Barner, Ingelheim/Rhein Music: Veronika Harcsa,<br />
Budapest, Hungary<br />
M AWD-Dome, exhibition grounds (302/R87) e<br />
Saturday, 11.00 –13.00<br />
Tri-alogical Panel (Topic area 1)<br />
Are we all in the same boat?<br />
Muslims, Christians and Jews in our secular society<br />
Prof. Dr Micha Brumlik, Jewish philospher of religion,<br />
Frankfurt/Main Prof. Dr Gritt Klinkhammer, specialist in religious<br />
studies, Bremen Halima Krausen, Muslim theologian,<br />
Hamburg Prof. Dr Christoph Schwöbel, Protestant theologian,<br />
Tübingen Moderation: Dr Detlef Görrig, Hamburg<br />
M Hall 7, exhibition grounds (302/R87) E<br />
Saturday, 11.00 –13.00<br />
Keynote lecture series Freedom (Topic area 2)<br />
Education and participation<br />
Prof. Dr Jutta Allmendinger, President, Social Science<br />
Research Center Berlin Moderation: Dr Christine<br />
Bergmann, Berlin<br />
I St. Petri Dom [Cathedral], Domsheide (113/S87) E
Saturday, 11.00 –13.00<br />
Africa Centre (Topic area 3)<br />
Marketing religion or striving for justice<br />
Dr Mustafa Y. Ali, general secretary, African Council of<br />
Religious Leaders, Nairobi, Kenya Dr Katharina Hofer,<br />
Africa researcher, Berlin Prof. Tinyiko Samuel Maluleke,<br />
theologian, Pretoria, South Africa Church President<br />
Nikolaus Schneider, Düsseldorf Moderation: Dr Konrad<br />
Melchers, Berlin<br />
U Beluga-Bühne [stage] am Schuppen 1, Konsul-Smidt-Str.<br />
(216/Q84) E<br />
Saturday, 11.00 –13.00<br />
Forum India (Topic area 3)<br />
Ganesha, Jesus, Allah – Religions in India<br />
Gopal K. Gupta, expert on the Hindu religion, Oxford, UK<br />
Father Dr Sebastian Painadath SJ, Director, Centre for<br />
Indian Spirituality, Kalady, India Lalitha Devi, Kressbronn,<br />
Lake Constance Bischof Dr Vedanayagam Devasahayam,<br />
Chennai, India Dr Ashgar Ali Engineer, Muslim peace activist,<br />
winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize, Mumbai, India<br />
Dr P. Moses Manohar, Director Inter Church Service Association,<br />
Chennai, India Moderation: Dr Gudrun Löwner,<br />
New Delhi, India<br />
I Theater am Goetheplatz, Theatersaal, Goetheplatz 1 –3<br />
(346/S87) e<br />
Saturday, 11.00 –13.00<br />
Future Centre (Topic area 3)<br />
Dished up – over-fished?<br />
The struggle for the last fishing grounds Dr Michael<br />
Schirmer, water ecologist and climate researcher, Bremen<br />
Sabine Henke, Dortmund Dao Gaye, Chair, Fisheries Association<br />
of Conipas, Dakar, Senegal Dirk Sander, coastal<br />
fisherman, Dornum-Nessmersiel Abou Bangoura, government<br />
advisor for agriculture and fisheries, Conakry, Guinea<br />
Michael Köhler, Chef de cabinet, EU Commissioner for<br />
Maritime affairs and Fisheries, Brussels, Belgium Diederik<br />
Parlevliet, Director, Parlevliet & Van der Plas, Katwijk, Netherlands<br />
Peter Arthur, pastor, Berlin Moderation: Dr Achim<br />
Daschkeit, Dessau Jürgen Reichel, Bonn<br />
M Hall 6, exhibition grounds (302/R87) E<br />
Saturday, 15.00 –18.00<br />
Podium Church Reform (Topic area 1)<br />
Church, are you all there?<br />
Bishop Jan Janssen, Oldenburg Martin Bartelworth,<br />
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manager, Creative Kirche Witten Florian Barth, pastor,<br />
Kapellengemeinde, Heidelberg Heike Binne, multigeneration<br />
house, Lüssum-Bockhorn Franziska Matzdorf, school<br />
student preaching contest, Schwerin Ralf Schlenker,<br />
pastor, school student preaching contest, Schwerin Andrea<br />
Schridde, pastor, celebration of baptism, Loccum Bishop<br />
Nicholas Baines, Croydon, UK Dieter Falk, music producer,<br />
Düsseldorf Prof. Dr Hans Michael Heinig, lawyer, Göttingen<br />
Prof. Dr Matthias Kroeger, theologian, Bleckede-Radegast<br />
Marlehn Thieme, Director, Deutsche Bank, member of the<br />
Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany, Bad Soden<br />
Moderation: Dr Claus Röck, Hannover<br />
I Glocke, Großer Saal, Domsheide 6 –8 (248/S87) E<br />
Saturday, 15.00 –18.00<br />
Main Panel Series: The Christian View of Humanity<br />
(Topic area 1)<br />
Freedom and love<br />
Sciences and humanities in dialogue Prof. Dr Drs. h.c.<br />
Eberhard Jüngel DD, theologian, Tübingen Prof. Dr Dr<br />
Gerhard Roth, neurophysiologist, Bremen Prof. Dr Harald<br />
Welzer, social psychologist, Essen Dr Christina Aus der<br />
Au Heymann, theologian and philosopher, Erlangen Prof.<br />
Dr Ulrich H. J. Körtner, theologian, Vienna, Austria Prof.<br />
Dr Michael Pauen, philosopher, Berlin Prof. Dr Henning<br />
Scheich, neurobiologist, Magdeburg Dr Björn Pecina,<br />
theologian, Halle/Saale Moderation: Florian Schwinn,<br />
Frankfurt/Main<br />
U BLG-Forum, Staplerhalle, Am Speicher XI, 10 (218/Q84)<br />
E<br />
Saturday, 15.00 –18.00<br />
Panel Series Democracy (Topic area 2)<br />
60 –20 –Today: Who has the power in the state?<br />
Between protest and lobbying Milan Horacek MEP, Brussels,<br />
Belgium Adam Krzeminski, journalist, Warsaw, Poland<br />
Dr Erhart Neubert, historian, Erfurt Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Richard<br />
Schröder, politician and theologian, Berlin Dr Dr Andreas<br />
Barner, CEO Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, Ingelheim/Rhein<br />
Prof. Dr h.c. Fritz Pleitgen, Chair of the management board<br />
Ruhr 2010 GmbH, Essen Rebecca Harms MEP, Brussels,<br />
Belgium Prof. Dr Rudolf Hickel, Director, Institute of Labour<br />
and Economy, Bremen Prof. Dr Frank Nullmeier, political<br />
scientist, Bremen Moderation: Dr Fritz Erich Anhelm,<br />
Rehburg-Loccum Ulrike Poppe, Berlin<br />
M Hall 7, exhibition grounds (302/R87) E
Saturday, 15.00 –18.00<br />
Centre on World Trade (Topic area 2)<br />
Humans trade in humans<br />
Dr Kevin Bales, President, Free the Slaves, Washington DC,<br />
USA PD Dr Klara Butting, theologian, Uelzen Ingeborg<br />
Wick, Südwind – Institute for Economy and Ecumenism,<br />
Siegburg Benjamin Pütter, child labour expert, Freiburg<br />
Sr. Dr Lea Ackermann, Chair, Solidarity with Women in<br />
Need, Boppard-Hirzenach Wanda Falk, General Director<br />
of Diakonie, Warsaw, Poland Moderation: Tina Hassel,<br />
Cologne<br />
U Beluga-Bühne [stage] am Schuppen 1, Konsul-Smidt-Str.<br />
(216/Q84) E<br />
Saturday, 15.00 –18.00<br />
Forum India (Topic area 3)<br />
The world church round the corner<br />
African congregations in Germany Sören Asmus, theologian,<br />
Wuppertal Oyidiya George-Okoro, pastor, Living<br />
Word Ministries, Bremen Sydia Nduna, World Council of<br />
Churches, Geneva, Switzerland Hans-Günter Sanders, pastor,<br />
Bremen Dr Chinedu Udonsi, pastor, London, UK<br />
Moderation: Dr Werner Kahl, Hamburg<br />
U Cap San Diego, Luke 3, Europahafen (Q84) E<br />
Saturday, 15.00 –18.00<br />
Centre Africa (Topic area 3)<br />
On the way towards a just peace?<br />
Interreligious dialogue at the Horn of Africa Dr Agnes<br />
Abuom, executive committee World Council of Churches,<br />
Nairobi, Kenya Dr Mustafa Y. Ali, General Secretary, African<br />
Council of Religious Leaders, Nairobi, Kenya Dr Wolfgang<br />
Heinrich, Church Development Service (EED), Bonn Gerrit<br />
Noltensmeier, Special Representative for Sudan, Evangelical<br />
Church in Germany, Detmold<br />
Moderation: Helmut Hess, Schorndorf<br />
U Cap San Diego, Süßöltank, Europahafen (Q84) E<br />
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Saturday, 15.00 –18.00<br />
Main panel series Globalisation (Topic area 3)<br />
“For justice will return to the righteous” (Psalm 94:15)<br />
Strengthening or weakening human rights in times of globalisation?<br />
Prof. Dr Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, environmentalist,<br />
Emmendingen Alberto Acosta, economist and<br />
politician, Quito, Ecuador Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger,<br />
Director, Centre for International Sustainable Development<br />
Law (CISDL), Councillor World Future Council, Montreal, Canada<br />
Marcia V. J. Kran, Director Research and Right to Development<br />
Division, UN High Commission for Human Rights,<br />
Geneva, Switzerland Nils Rosemann, Federal Department<br />
of Foreign Affairs, Human Rights Policy Section, Bern,<br />
Switzerland Michael Windfuhr, human rights department,<br />
Bread for the World, Stuttgart Rolf Stahlhofen, musician,<br />
Mannheim Dieter Overath, CEO, TransFair and Rugmark,<br />
Cologne Moderation: Dr Ursula Weidenfeld, Cologne<br />
M AWD-Dome, exhibition grounds (302/R87) E<br />
Saturday, 15.00 –18.00<br />
Forum India (Topic area 3)<br />
India today<br />
Friend, what is your life like? George Sudharsan, IT<br />
Consultant, Düsseldorf Dr Ruth Manorama, activist for<br />
Dalit and women’s rights, winner of the Alternative Nobel<br />
Prize, Bangalore, India Sunita Narain, Director, Centre<br />
for Science and Environment, New Delhi, India Sabine<br />
Dlugosch, Indienhilfe e.V., Herrsching/Ammersee Ingrid-<br />
Gabriela Hoven, ministerial director, Bonn Dr Vandana<br />
Shiva, activist for environmental and women’s rights,<br />
winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize, New Delhi, India<br />
Moderation: Dr Christian Wagner, Berlin<br />
I Theater am Goetheplatz, Theatersaal, Goetheplatz 1 –3<br />
(346/S87) E
Open-air programme<br />
There is a full programme of events taking place on the<br />
several open-air stages [Bühne]. This includes interviews<br />
and discussion with prominent people from the worlds of<br />
church, politics and culture both local and international, with<br />
concerts on some evenings.<br />
I Radio-Bremen-Bühne, Am Markt (316/S87)<br />
I Bühne am Hauptbahnhof, (226/ R87)<br />
I Weserbühne am Osterdeich, (230/S87)<br />
I St. Petri Dom [Cathedral], Bibelgarten,<br />
Am Dom 2 (113/S87)<br />
I Überseemuseum, Foyer, Bahnhofsplatz 13 (354/R87)<br />
I Diakonie-Bühne am Kirchhof, Unser Lieben<br />
Frauen (135/S87)<br />
U Überseestadt, outside Schuppen 1<br />
I Ecke Herdentorsteinweg/Am Wall (302/R87)<br />
I Pavillon der Bremischen Kirche, Am Markt (S87)<br />
M Zelt [tent] 9, Messegelände (302/R87)<br />
I Kulturmeile, Weserpromenade (288/S86)<br />
A Antikolonialdenkmal, Elefant, Hermann-Böse-Str.<br />
(210/R87)<br />
U Konsul-Smidt-Str., Höhe Schuppen 1 (Q84)<br />
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<strong>Kirchentag</strong> of ships<br />
The <strong>Kirchentag</strong> in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen is also<br />
a <strong>Kirchentag</strong> of ships. The former Europahafen [Europe<br />
harbour] in the Überseestadt has been revitalised for large<br />
ships. A temporary harbour centre will display flat-floor, traditional<br />
and sailing ships in front of historic industrial premises.<br />
Visitors can expect a very special maritime atmosphere at<br />
the river Weser. Associations and organisations will present<br />
their work on the ships and invite you to participate in<br />
various activities. Some ships will lift anchor during the day<br />
for trips on the Weser and return to their landing-stage in the<br />
Europahafen in the evening.<br />
<strong>Kirchentag</strong> participants can also board at the Weser<br />
landing stages in the city centre. Besides the local traditional<br />
restaurant and passenger ships, other ships offer a varied<br />
programme of activities on the water.<br />
Some ships cannot be visited at certain times<br />
depending on the tides.<br />
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 10.30 –22.00<br />
U Alexander von Humboldt, Europahafen (Q85)<br />
Everyone who is a fan of tall ships, the young and young-atheart,<br />
are welcome on board. You can take a lesson in sailing<br />
on the wind-jammer and learn traditional seacraft. Then<br />
within a team you will be able to cope with daily life on a ship<br />
under demanding conditions.<br />
• Thursday, Friday 13.00 –17.00: Open Ship<br />
• Saturday 13.00 –16.00: Open Ship<br />
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 10.30 –22.00<br />
U Cap San Diego, Europahafen (242/Q84)<br />
The Cap San Diego is the biggest seaworthy civil museum<br />
ship in the world. Its elegant silhouette is as much part of the
Hamburg harbour panorama as the old warehouse district<br />
and St Michael’s Tower. At the Bremen <strong>Kirchentag</strong>, the<br />
Africa Centre and the World Trade Centre will take place<br />
in this freighter in the Europahafen. It may be visited<br />
daily 13.00 –15.00 and 18.00 –20.00.<br />
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 10.30 –22.00<br />
U Flussschifferkirche [River seamen’s church],<br />
Schlachte (S86)<br />
Built in Bremen in 1902 as a lighter, rebuilt and dedicated as<br />
a church in Hamburg in 1952, the seamen’s church serves<br />
people today in Hamburg Harbour as Germany’s only floatingchurch.<br />
A ship that is eminently suited to putting across the<br />
picture of how Noah’s Ark overcame the primeval waters and<br />
the flood.<br />
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 10.30–22.00<br />
Other ships:<br />
U Balu, Europahafen (Q85)<br />
U Das Blaue Kamel Wüna, Europahafen (Q85)<br />
U Carola, Europahafen (Q85)<br />
U Chrispe, Europahafen (Q85)<br />
U Exodus, Europahafen (Q85)<br />
U Farr 585, Europahafen (Q85)<br />
U Feuerschiff Elbe 3, Europahafen (Q85)<br />
U Franzius, Europahafen (Q85)<br />
U Gebrüder AZ:5, Europahafen (Q85)<br />
U Mauna Kea, Europahafen (Q85)<br />
U Mytilus, Europahafen (Q85)<br />
U Roland von Bremen, Europahafen (Q85)<br />
U Klipper Verandering, Europahafen (Q85)<br />
U Zuversicht, Europahafen (Q85)<br />
U Feuerlöschboot Bremen, Schlachte (S86)<br />
U Hanseat, Martini-Anleger, Schlachte (S86)<br />
U Schiff No. 2, Martini-Anleger, Schlachte (S86)<br />
U Seenotkreuzer Hannes Glogner, Schlachte (S86)<br />
U Wappen von Minden, Schiffsanleger Tiefer (369/S87)<br />
Thursday, Friday, 11.00 –18.00<br />
U Großherzogin Elisabeth [Grand Duchess Elisabeth],<br />
Europahafen (Q85)<br />
Every hour on the hour, Oldenburg characters will present<br />
themselves in conversations and with music.<br />
Arranged by: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg<br />
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Cultural programme<br />
A wide range of cultural events are listed in the German<br />
programme. If you look carefully at music titles you should<br />
be able to work out what they are and whether they interest<br />
you. Music and art go beyond words and can be a relief<br />
from too much talk. A selection of art and cultural events are<br />
listed below in English.<br />
Open-air concerts [Konzerte unter<br />
freiem Himmel]<br />
Please consult the German programme for further details<br />
(pages 268 –272)<br />
Festivals and concerts [Feste,<br />
Feiern und Konzerte]<br />
Please consult the German programme for further details<br />
(pages 272 –277)
Centre for church music [Zentrum<br />
Kirchenmusik]<br />
We invite you to visit the Church Music Centre at a most<br />
interesting place – a former railway station. On three days<br />
we will be looking for common answers to the question of<br />
the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> theme “Mortal, where are you?” The halls of<br />
the former goods station will awaken to new life as people<br />
make music and celebrate together, with gospel choirs and<br />
brass bands. Get in the mood through old and new sounds,<br />
through listening and singing along, carried away by the special<br />
atmosphere and the full-bodied music filling out a former<br />
industrial site. In the heart of it all, you can have a chat in<br />
the café, or browse around the exhibitions and information<br />
stands. (German programme pages 277 –283)<br />
Concert churches [Konzertkirchen]<br />
(German programme pages 283–291)<br />
A St. Ansgarii, Schwachhauser Heerstr. 40 (9/R88)<br />
By contrast with its predecessor, destroyed during the<br />
Second World War, the present St. Ansgarii is no longer<br />
in the centre of Bremen. However, it has the biggest fully<br />
mechanical organ in Bremen and takes up the style of a<br />
basilica, which has marvellous acoustics for performing<br />
church music.<br />
I St. Johann, Klosterkirchenstr. 1 (75/S87)<br />
A quite special atmosphere for services and concerts is to<br />
be found in the only preserved monastery church in Bremen,<br />
the Catholic church of St John’s. Situated in the oldest suburb<br />
(Schnoor-Viertel), its excellent acoustics are enhanced<br />
by the beautiful brick Gothic and it thus is an inviting place to<br />
spend some time and listen.<br />
I Hochschule für Künste [University of the Arts],<br />
Konzertsaal, Dechanatstr. 13 –15 (278/S87)<br />
In the premises of the former humanist grammar school, the<br />
University of the Arts has expanded its Music section since<br />
2004. The former auditorium of the “Old Grammar School”,<br />
that was founded in 1528 as a Latin school and was thus the<br />
oldest school in Bremen, is now a concert hall.<br />
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Community singing with the<br />
<strong>Kirchentag</strong> songbook<br />
[Offene Singen mit dem Liederbuch]<br />
Singing <strong>Kirchentag</strong>: we invite everyone to join in. Noon<br />
time is designed as time for an active break: catching your<br />
breath, breathing deeply and singing clears your voice, heart<br />
and mind. Musicians, choirs and bands lead the community<br />
singing with the songbook and show the gems it contains.<br />
You only need to bring your song book (“FundStücke”) and<br />
be prepared to enjoy singing together.<br />
(German programme pages 291 –297).<br />
Art [Kunst]<br />
Visual Art<br />
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 09.00 –23.00<br />
Mortal, where are you?<br />
The search for human beings<br />
On a bunker at the entrance to the overseas harbour is a<br />
work that has been made especially for the Bremen <strong>Kirchentag</strong>:<br />
Figures are set in their environments with yearning<br />
expressions looking far into the distance, so symbolising the<br />
<strong>Kirchentag</strong> theme in a rather different way.<br />
Artist: Victor Ash, Copenhagen/Denmark<br />
U Hochbunker, Hans-Böckler-Str. 6 (R85)<br />
Exhibitions<br />
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 10.00 –18.00<br />
Imagen y semejanza – Image and likeness<br />
Pictures which protest against violence. Painted in an expressive<br />
and rebellious way the pictures range from the beautiful<br />
to the decorative. Pictures which recall and bring to mind<br />
what people suffer, put up with and have to accept.<br />
The artist comes from Nicaragua.<br />
Artist: Karen Motta Krauß, Bremen
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 10.00 –18.00<br />
Credo Way<br />
Experience faith, question, grasp<br />
The Credo Way is a hands-on exercise with an experimental<br />
character. It motivates people to engage with insights of<br />
Christian faith and gain new understanding. Design your own<br />
way through this fascinating exhibition.<br />
Project partners: Credoweg, Lemgo<br />
M Hall 5, exibition ground. (302/R87)<br />
Museums in Bremen<br />
<strong>Kirchentag</strong> participants can visit museums in Bremen and<br />
Bremerhaven at a reduced rate by presenting their admission<br />
pass (from 20 to 24 May 2009). Entrance is free to the Weserburg,<br />
the Museum of Modern Art, the Cathedral Museum<br />
and the City Gallery [Städtische Galerie].<br />
The following is only a selection of the many museums and<br />
exhibitions which may be visited.<br />
Art collections Böttcherstraße, Paula-Modersohn-Becker-<br />
Museum, Museum im Roselius Haus<br />
Böttcherstr. 6 –10<br />
Thursday, Saturday, 11.00 –22.00<br />
Friday, 11.00 –18.00<br />
Überseemuseum [Overseas museum]<br />
Bahnhofsplatz 13<br />
Thursday, Saturday, 09.00 –22.00<br />
Friday, 09.00 –18.00<br />
Universum (interactive science museum)<br />
Wiener Str. 1a<br />
Thursday, Friday, 09.00 –20.00<br />
Saturday, 10.00 –20.00<br />
Deutsches Auswandererhaus [German emigrants centre]<br />
Bremerhaven, Columbusstr. 65<br />
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 10.00 –21.00<br />
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Cultural programme of the region<br />
Music<br />
Thursday, 20.00 –21.30<br />
Home away from home<br />
Concert by the Bremen City Immigrant Orchestra<br />
Eleven musicians from nine nations form a musical ensemble<br />
excelling at the upholding of traditions while also developing<br />
a new repertoire. These pieces are for the most part new<br />
compositions on traditional themes.<br />
Bremen City Immigrant Orchestra<br />
I Neues Schauspielhaus, Theatersaal,<br />
Goetheplatz 1 –3 (306/S87)<br />
Thursday, 20.00 –22.00<br />
Prince of peace<br />
Symphonic Gospel Oratorium for Solo, Choir and Orchestra<br />
by Ralf Grössler (2007) The Oratorium describes Jesus of<br />
Nazareth’s life and work in four parts. A theatre group that<br />
has come together expecially for the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> will also<br />
mime to the music. Joanne Bell (Soprano), Riverside, CA,<br />
USA Cantor and Gospelchoir from the Alexanderkirche,<br />
Wildeshausen Symphonic Gospel Orchestra Wildeshausen<br />
Theaterprojektgruppe Oldenburg Producer: Heike Scharf,<br />
Rastede Conductor: Ralf Grössler, Wildeshausen<br />
I Bühne [stage] am Hauptbahnhof (226/R87)<br />
Saturday, 11.00 –12.30<br />
Organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach<br />
Young organ scholars from Europe, Asia and America play<br />
J.S Bach’ s work on one of the best organs. University of<br />
the Arts, Bremen Under the direction of: Prof. Hans Davidsson,<br />
Bremen Prof. Harald Vogel, Bremen<br />
I St. Martini (Altstadt), Martinikirchhof 3 (89/S86)<br />
Saturday, 14.00 –15.00<br />
“I have called you by your name”<br />
Bach Motets A choral concert of some of the most beautiful<br />
motets by J.S. Bach Alsfelder Vocal ensemble, Bremen<br />
Direction: Wolfgang Helbich, Bremen<br />
I St. Martini (Altstadt), Martinikirchhof 3 (89/S86)
Saturday, 17.00 –18.30<br />
“What are human beings that you are<br />
mindful of them?”<br />
Several choirs sing Psalms by Heinrich Schütz and Felix<br />
Mendelssohn Bartholdy Teachers and students from the<br />
Bremen University of the Arts sing these superb choral<br />
works written for several choirs. Director: Prof. Detlev Braschke,<br />
Bremen Arno Janssen, Bremen Prof. Friederike<br />
Woebcken, Bremen<br />
A St. Ansgarii, Schwachhauser Heerstr. 40 (9/R88)<br />
Saturday, 20.00 –22.15<br />
Handel’s “Messiah”<br />
Sing it yourself Messiah with the Bremen Philharmonic<br />
This gives visitors to the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> the chance to rehearse,<br />
sing with, perform and listen to Handel’s Messiah. Bring your<br />
own copy of the music – but beware in Germany the Messiah<br />
will not be sung in English! You can go to the <strong>Kirchentag</strong><br />
website to get the full list of the extracts that will be sung:<br />
www.kirchentag.de/messiah<br />
14.30 –16.00 (Thursday) Open rehearsal in the Church Music<br />
Centre 281<br />
20.00 Rehearsal for all singers<br />
21.00 Overture opus 96 (by Dimitri Shostakovich)<br />
21.10 The Messiah by Georg Friedrich Handel,<br />
Sing it yourself concert<br />
Patricia Andress (Soprano), Bremen Nadja Stefanoff<br />
(Soprano), Bremen Jürgen Sacher (Tenor), Bremen<br />
Allegro Choir of the Cooperative Comprehensive School,<br />
Stuhr-Brinkum, Bremen Cathedral Choir Bremen Philharmonic,<br />
neue kantorei.Bremen Director: Markus Poschner,<br />
musical director Bremer Philharmoniker<br />
I Bühne [stage] am Hauptbahnhof (226/R87)<br />
Visual Art<br />
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 11.00 –19.00<br />
Heiligenhafen<br />
Filigree lines with fragments of familiar seafaring clichés,<br />
overlaid with transparent layers of colour, and large broadbrush<br />
canvases: nine artists present very different pictures<br />
of the port. Artists from the Blaumeier-Atelier, Bremen<br />
U Roter Saal, Am Speicher XI, 1 (280/P84)<br />
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Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 11.00 –20.00<br />
In transit<br />
Extracts from the retrospective “Beyond Human Nature”<br />
Photographs presented as light objects, coloured or blackand-white.<br />
Pure light, elementary life, provides a bridge to<br />
death and beyond. Olaf Schlote, Bremen<br />
I Rathaus [city hall], Obere Rathaus Halle, Am Markt 21<br />
(318/S87)<br />
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 11.00 –21.00<br />
Nebulous cross<br />
Walk-through sculpture<br />
Cruciform containers form a walk-through sculpture, filled<br />
with artificial fog, shaping sun and wind into unpredictably<br />
numerous shapes. On the one hand, rigid containers, on the<br />
other transitory mist: an image of duration and transience.<br />
Johann Christian Joost, sculptor, Bremen<br />
U Nebelcontainer, Konsul-Smidt -Str. (Q84)<br />
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 14.00 –23.00<br />
Reflections<br />
Videoart installation<br />
Retreat and reflection in times of hypertrends and information<br />
over-load. Keeping in the picture and getting a picture<br />
of something – these are contradictions of the modern age.<br />
Intelligent projection in an amazing ambience, staged by<br />
dancers from the Bremen Dance. Urbanscreen, Bremen<br />
I St. Petri Dome [Cathedral], eastern crypt,<br />
Domsheide (113/S87)<br />
Performing Arts<br />
Thursday, Friday, 20.00 –21.00<br />
! Here ! – a danced reply<br />
By and with the tanzbar_bremen project, an integrative stage<br />
project for dancers with and without a disability. Here –<br />
that is the name of the place, the moment, the movement.<br />
Here – is the special features of the dancers, who weave<br />
themselves into solos, duets or group sequences. The choreography<br />
was developed by and with the dancers. Dance:<br />
step-text dance project, Bremen Artistic direction: Corinna<br />
Mindt (choreography), Bremen<br />
A Blaumeier-Atelier, Theatersaal, Travemünderstr. 7a (P85)
Saturday, 20.00 –21.30<br />
Spring in autumn<br />
Dance theatre<br />
Hamburg young people dance a choreography by<br />
Royston Maldoom to “Already it is Dusk“ by Henryk<br />
Gorecki.<br />
Amaya Lubeigt dances her own choreography to “Walking<br />
Song” by Kevin Volans.<br />
“Spring in autumn” – 80 school students dance the new<br />
choreography by Royston Maldoom to the “Appalachian<br />
Spring” by Aaron Copland.<br />
DE LooPERS, Bremen Quartier, Bremen<br />
m Hall 7, exhibition grounds (302/R87)<br />
Culture church St. Stephani<br />
St Stephan’s Church, was founded in 1139. It is the old<br />
fisherfolks’ church in Bremen. In 2007 it became the first cultural<br />
church in northwest Germany. Since then it has become<br />
a place of cultural experiment, of spiritual play and searching<br />
for meaning. Its mission is to host a dialogue between<br />
church and culture.<br />
Thursday, Saturday, 6.00 –24.00<br />
Hearing and seeing silence – the space installation<br />
“Resting Cube” by Prof. Yuji Takeoka<br />
Sound installation “Wave fronts” by Prof. Kilian Schwoon<br />
The walk-through space installation is in the church centre<br />
under the crossing. From the organ loft, you can hear the<br />
sound installation – its tones changing according to the time<br />
of day and weather. In this situation, silence opens up as a<br />
very basic experience.<br />
I St. Stephani, Stephanikirchhof (129/R86)<br />
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Cultural meeting places<br />
[Treffpunkte MTK]<br />
Best of entertainment<br />
[Treffpunkt Best of MTK]<br />
Artistic variety at the floating stage in Überseestadt. A<br />
wonderful mix of pop and rock, musical and theatre, cabaret,<br />
gospel, jazz and more, enticing you into lingering, listening,<br />
singing and swinging along. (German programme pages<br />
326 –327)<br />
U BLG-Schwimmbühne [stage], Europahafen (220/R85)<br />
Gospel music<br />
[Treffpunkt Gospel]<br />
For three whole days the place will ring with passionate<br />
music to listen to and join in, including in the traditional<br />
daily gospel music workshop. (German programme pages<br />
328 –330)<br />
A Wilhadi-Kirche, Steffensweg 89 (145/Q85)<br />
Jazz<br />
[Treffpunkt Jazz]<br />
Be with it, when swing, Latin, salsa or jazzrock rings out over<br />
the River Weser; experience the spirit of free sounds and the<br />
power of improvisation. On the <strong>Kirchentag</strong>’s jazz steamer<br />
different bands will present their programmes live, and the<br />
audience is right in the middle. (German programme pages<br />
331 –332)<br />
I Wappen von Minden, Schiffsanleger Tiefer (369/S87)<br />
Theatre and music theatre<br />
[Treffpunkt Musiktheater und Theater]<br />
The Waldau Theatre provides a space for theatre and<br />
musicals. All productions focus on a wide variety of aspects<br />
of the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> theme. (German programme pages<br />
335 –340)<br />
A Waldau Theater, Theatersaal, Waller Heerstr. 165 (368/<br />
P85)
Newcomer stage<br />
[Treffpunkt Newcomerbühne]<br />
A selected series of new music groups from the field of rock<br />
and pop appears at short intervals. The bands create an attractive<br />
programme for young people. None of those familiar<br />
cardboard box seats here – but there’s plenty of room for<br />
rocking, just asking you to take part! (German programme<br />
pages 340 –342)<br />
A Junges Theater/Stauerei, Theatersaal, Cuxhavenerstr. 7<br />
(Q84)<br />
Dance and movement<br />
[Treffpunkt Tanz und Bewegung]<br />
Where can we find people? For example at the most varied<br />
dance-floors. In Bremen people and different forms of dance<br />
come together on church ground. Watching, joining in,<br />
making acquaintances, trying out and reflecting – these are<br />
all communicative and spiritual components of the meeting<br />
point. (German programme pages 342 –344)<br />
A Immanuel-Kapelle, Elisabethstr. 21 (69/Q85)<br />
TEN SING<br />
[Treffpunkt TEN SING]<br />
TEN SING – teenagers singing, dancing, praying, chilling,<br />
and all that at the meeting point, at the Market of Opportunities<br />
and in the whole of downtown Bremen. The <strong>Kirchentag</strong>’s<br />
creative youth project is many-facetted. Come along and<br />
discover for yourself at the Market Stand in Area 2 (Überseestadt)<br />
why Ten Sing is not tea. Be carried away all over<br />
town by our street teams to sing and dance along.<br />
(German programme page 345)<br />
MKulturzentrum Schlachthof, Kesselhalle, Findorffstr. 51<br />
(290/Q87)<br />
Music, theatre, performance art<br />
[Musik, Theater, Kleinkunst]<br />
Curtain up! ... is the motto for over 200 artistic groups from<br />
German-speaking countries and abroad – groups that will<br />
enrich the programme in Bremen with contributions that are<br />
modern, out-of-the-ordinary or traditional, according to your<br />
taste. In their own way, they will all present and perform<br />
the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> theme “Mortal, where are you?”. (German<br />
programme pages 348 –388)<br />
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Miscellaneous<br />
Goodnight-Cafés<br />
Another special feature of the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> is finding a “Gute-<br />
Nacht-Café” on your way home after a long day at the <strong>Kirchentag</strong>.<br />
These are offered by local church congregations as a<br />
place to pause for refreshment and relaxation, for conversation<br />
or just for a time of quiet reflection.<br />
A Altes Pfarrhaus Barrien, Glockenstr. 14, Syke<br />
A Berufsbildende Schulen Osterholz, Am Osterholze 2,<br />
Osterholz<br />
A Berufsbildende Schulen, An der Weide 8, Syke<br />
A Bürgerhaus Hemelingen, Godehardstr. 4 (13/U92)<br />
A Bürgermeister-Smidt-Gedächtniskirche, Bürgermeister-<br />
Smidt-Str. 45, Bremerhaven<br />
A Bürgerzentrum, Berliner Freiheit 10 (15/R92)<br />
A Café Becker, Stiftung Friedehorst, Rotdornallee 64<br />
A Diakonissenmutterhaus, Adelenstr. 68 (25/N83)<br />
A Dionysiuskirche, Lange Str., Bremerhaven-Lehe<br />
A Ev.-freikirchl. Kreuzkirche, Hohenlohstr. 60 (83/R87)<br />
A Friedenskirche, Humboldtstr. 175 (45/S88)<br />
A Gemeindehaus Christophorus, Postweg 2,Ottersberg<br />
A Gemeindezentrum Horn, Horner Heerstr. 28<br />
A Gemeindezentrum Lüssum, Neuenkirchener Weg 35<br />
A Gemeindezentrum Tenever, Auf der<br />
Schevemoorer Heide 55<br />
A Georg-Büchner-Schule, Georg-Büchnerstr. 5, Bremerhaven-<br />
Geestemünde<br />
A Grundschule an der Carl-Schurz-Str., Carl-Schurz-Str.<br />
A Grundschule Farge, Betonstr. 4, Blumenthal (QR89)<br />
A Haus der Adventgemeinde, Plantage 22 (57/Q86)<br />
A Haus der Landeskirchlichen Gemeinschaft,<br />
Georgstr. 15a, Verden<br />
A Hoffnungskirche, Waller Heerstr. 58 (084/P85)<br />
A Immanuel-Kapelle, Gemeindesaal, Elisabethstr. 17 –18<br />
(69/Q85)<br />
A Integrierte Stadtteilschule, Neukirchener Weg 119 –121<br />
A Jona-Gemeinde, Saal, Eislebener Str. 58 (77/S91)<br />
A Kirche Alt-Aumund, An der Aumunder Kirche 5 (33/G75)<br />
A Kirche Alt-Hastedt, Großer Saal,<br />
Benningsenstr. 7 (35/390)<br />
A Kirche Oberneuland, Gemeindehaus, Hohenkampsweg 6<br />
U Klipper Verandering, Europahafen (Q85)<br />
A Kooperative Gesamtschule Brinkum, Brunnenweg 2 –4,<br />
Stuhr-Brinkum<br />
A Kooperative Gesamtschule Weyhe, Hauptstr. 99, Weyhe<br />
A Laurentius-Kirche, Pfarrstr. 1, Achim
A Lise-Meitner-Schule, Danziger Str. 5, Stuhr<br />
A Marienkirche, An der Mühle, Bremerhaven-Geestemünde<br />
A Martin-Luther-Kirche, Saal, Neukirchstr. 86 (91/Q87)<br />
A Paula-Modersohn-Schule, Dreibergen 21,<br />
Bremerhaven-Wulsdorf<br />
A Paulus-Gemeinde, Habenhauser Dorfstr. 27 –31<br />
(111/ V90)<br />
A Peter-Ustinov-Schule, Hurreler Weg 2, Hude<br />
A Philippus-Kirche, Seewenjestr. 100 (117/O84)<br />
A Schule DudweilerStr., Dudweilerstr. 2<br />
A Schulzentrum Süd, Schillerstr. 11, Sottrum<br />
A Schulzentrum, Lerchenstr. 86 (Aumund)<br />
A Schulzentrum, Alfred-Faust-Str. 34<br />
A St. Ansgarii, Gemeindesaal, Schwachhauser Heerstr. 40<br />
(9/R88)<br />
A St. Jacobi, Seehauser Landstr. 166<br />
A St. Johannes, Gemeindehaus, Hegelstr. 2, Ritterhude<br />
A St. Lamberti, Markt 17, Oldenburg<br />
A St. Marien, Café, Findorffstr. 18, Osterholz-Scharmbeck<br />
A St. Matthäus, Gemeindezentrum,Hermannsburg 32 e<br />
I St. Michaelis, Gemeindehaus (Vegesack),<br />
Doventorsteinweg 51<br />
I St. Pauli, Gemeindesaal, Große Krankenstr. 11 (109/S86)<br />
A St. Remberti, Friedhofstr. 10 (121/Q90)<br />
A St. Sigismund, Kirchweg 27, Langwedel<br />
A St. Willehadi, Gemeindehaus, Am Kirchplatz 3, Osterholz-<br />
Scharmbeck<br />
A Stadtkirche, Kirchplatz 1, Delmenhorst<br />
A Stiftskirche, Stift 6, Bassum<br />
A Versöhnungsgemeinde, Gemeindehaus Die Brücke,<br />
Sebaldsbrücker Heerstr. 52 (141/T92)<br />
A Weserstadion, Parkplatz, Osterdeich (T89)<br />
A Wilhadi-Kirche, Saal, Steffensweg 89 (145/Q85)<br />
Market of Opportunities [Markt der<br />
Möglichkeiten]<br />
Thursday, Friday, 10.00 –18.00,<br />
Saturday, 10.00 –17.00<br />
The marketplace is at the heart of the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> and over<br />
the years has developed into a vital meeting place for groups<br />
working in church and society. Around 800 groups present<br />
their various projects, offering visions and alternatives, both<br />
large and small, encouraging efforts to change the world.<br />
Here you will find information, opportunities for discussion,<br />
networking and building new contacts.<br />
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Thematically the Market of Opportunities is divided into<br />
three areas:<br />
Area 1: Horizons of faith<br />
M exhibition grounds, Hall 5 – [M5]<br />
Area 2: Prospects for society<br />
U Überseestadt, Zelt Ü2a –d, Überseetor – [Ü2a –d]<br />
Area 3: Opportunities for the world<br />
U Überseestadt, Schuppen 1, Konsul-Smidt-Str. – [ÜS]<br />
See the German programme, pages 408 –435, for a full list<br />
of all the stalls. Please note that these areas are divided under<br />
thematic headings. The listing of the groups is alphabetical<br />
under each heading. The stall number given will help you<br />
find the right stand: the first letter-digit combination indicates<br />
the location, the following letter denotes the aisle and the<br />
last two digits indicate the “house number” of the stall.<br />
Besides what the stalls have to offer, small-scale events<br />
and activities will be presented by market groups at the<br />
“market squares”. The programme on these stages will be<br />
advertised by posters at the Marketplace and at the stands<br />
of the groups responsible. We wish you an exciting time, a<br />
lot of fun and new opportunities!<br />
The Exhibition in the Marketplace [Messe im Markt] is<br />
another element of the Market of Opportunities. Located at<br />
the Bürgerweide, it features presentations by church agencies<br />
and associations, church-related service organisations<br />
and institutions, along with <strong>Kirchentag</strong> sponsors.<br />
In the tents on the Bürgerweide you will also find the<br />
Media Mall [Medienmeile]. This is a presentation of a wide<br />
variety of church-related media and outreach activity.<br />
<strong>Kirchentag</strong> bookshop<br />
The <strong>Kirchentag</strong> bookshop contains books and media publications<br />
on all topics related to the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> and a wide range<br />
of the latest Christian literature, music, videos and more.<br />
You can find the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> Bookshop in Hall 3,<br />
exhibition grounds (302/R87) M<br />
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 9.00 –22.00<br />
A branch of the bookshop is in Schuppen 1<br />
at the Überseestadt U<br />
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 10.00 –18.00
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Information<br />
Practical Information<br />
PROGRAMME (1 Seite) Practical
Important telephone numbers<br />
Police<br />
Phone 110<br />
Fire Brigade<br />
Phone 112<br />
Ambulance/Paramedic<br />
Phone 112<br />
Emergency doctor<br />
Phone +49 (0)421/1 92 92<br />
Emergency dentist<br />
Phone +49 (0)421/1 22 33<br />
Central information desk – <strong>Kirchentag</strong><br />
Phone +49 (0)4 21/35 05 91 10<br />
Lost property of the <strong>Kirchentag</strong><br />
Phone +49 (0)421/35 05-91 30<br />
International Visitor Service<br />
Phone +49 (0)421/43 483-216<br />
Telefax +49 (0)421/43 483-304<br />
First aid services<br />
Phone +49 (0)800/1 92 14 02<br />
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Bremen Tourist Information<br />
Phone +49 (0)180 5/10 10 30<br />
Hotel Reservation Service (HRS)<br />
Phone +49 (0)221/20 77-300<br />
Telefax +49 (0)221/20 77-661<br />
German railways<br />
Phone +49 (0)180 5/99 66 33<br />
and +49 (0)800/1 50 70 90<br />
Railway Mission<br />
Phone +49 (0)421/1 34 83<br />
Lost property offices for German Railways<br />
Phone +49 (0)421/221 47 96<br />
Lost property office of the city of Bremen<br />
Phone +49 (0)421/36 11 00-80/-81<br />
Childcare at the <strong>Kirchentag</strong><br />
Phone +49 (0)1520/2 96 56 69<br />
Taxi<br />
Phone +49 (0)421/1 40 14
Accommodation<br />
The <strong>Kirchentag</strong> offers to arrange accommodation for a<br />
fee of €17 per person (€34 for families requesting similar<br />
accommodation together): this is provided either in private<br />
family homes or in communal accommodation, mostly in<br />
schools in and around Bremen. This provision is conditional<br />
on your purchase of a <strong>Kirchentag</strong> admission pass.<br />
If you have booked private accommodation please<br />
contact your host preferably by telephone as soon as you<br />
receive their name and address to arrange the time of your<br />
arrival. Private accommodation offers you the opportunity to<br />
come into direct contact with local people but you have to<br />
be prepared to adapt to the home you will be living in as you<br />
would with any personal visit. Your hosts are not landlords<br />
or landladies renting rooms but people who wish to show<br />
hospitality to their <strong>Kirchentag</strong> hosts. If you find you have to<br />
cancel your attendance at <strong>Kirchentag</strong> please contact your<br />
host directly to inform them. If you have booked a hotel you<br />
must pay for this yourself.<br />
The region where we are able to offer you accommodation<br />
can be anywhere within the area covered by the railway<br />
links coming into Bremen. All of the surrounding towns can<br />
be easily reached using the public transport system.<br />
Arrival<br />
By car<br />
There are no parking places available at the exhibition<br />
grounds, as the Bürgerweide is being used for events during<br />
the whole five days. If you really cannot avoid using your<br />
car, we recommend using the Park & Ride (see the BSAG<br />
transport map on the back of the city map):<br />
Roland Center (Huchting)<br />
Universität<br />
Norderländer Str.<br />
Bardenflethstr.<br />
Sielhof<br />
Use Akschen<br />
Sebaldsbrück<br />
Coach<br />
Groups travelling to Bremen in their own coach need to<br />
contact us in advance to receive further information and<br />
instructions: Tel +49 (0)421/43483-216 or e-mail international@kirchentag.de<br />
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By Air<br />
Bremen Airport can be reached directly on the line 6 tram<br />
from the central railway station in about 20 minutes. The<br />
tram stop is 22 metres from the airport check in desks.<br />
From Wednesday 20 May your <strong>Kirchentag</strong> pass is also valid<br />
for this journey, as long as you have received it in advance.<br />
Otherwise you will need to buy a ticket from the machine for<br />
€2.20. Going by taxi to the city centre will cost about €10<br />
and takes about 20 minutes depending on traffic.<br />
By rail<br />
A range of possibilities for travel by train to Bremen are<br />
available from German railways [Deutsche Bahn] www.bahn.<br />
de. For example the bargain return ticket for € 99, valid from<br />
any station within Germany. Groups of six of more can take<br />
advantage of the “group and save” (“Gruppe & Spar”) offers.<br />
To reach the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> main locations exhibition<br />
grounds/Bürgerweide and the city centre<br />
All trains coming into Bremen stop at the central station,<br />
from the station you can walk to the exhibition grounds/<br />
Bürgerweide in one direction and the city centre in the other.<br />
To avoid overcrowding in the railway station, when<br />
going from the Exhibition grounds to the city centre or to the<br />
tram stops please use the Gustav-Deetjen tunnel which will<br />
be closed to traffic during the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> and reserved for<br />
pedestrians and cyclists.<br />
Überseestadt [Harbour area]<br />
To get to the Überseestadt there are several possibilities:<br />
Bus 23 (special <strong>Kirchentag</strong> bus)<br />
Bus 26 from the exhibition grounds (bus stop Messezentrum,<br />
<strong>Kirchentag</strong>/Bürgerweide, Theodor-Heuss-Allee) see<br />
back of map of exhibition grounds (15 –20 min.)<br />
by tram either from the central railway station line 3 in the<br />
direction Gröpelingen to Konsul-Smidt-Str. or Waller Ring<br />
(15 –20 min.)<br />
or from the city centre from the Domsheide stop or the<br />
Am Brill stop with line 3 direction Gröpelingen to Konsul-<br />
Smidt-Str. or Waller Ring (10 –15 min.)<br />
as above<br />
On the back of the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> city map which is with your<br />
programme book you can find the transport map for the<br />
whole region where people are offering accommodation<br />
(Linienübersicht VBN).
Travel pass for the accommodation area<br />
[Quartierbereich]<br />
Your admission pass (whether for the whole period, or just<br />
a day or evening ticket), also covers all travel on public<br />
transport within the whole tariff-area of the local transport<br />
authority, including 2nd-class travel on local trains of the German<br />
Railways (DB). The travel pass is valid from Wednesday<br />
20 May to Sunday 24 May inclusive and the cost is included<br />
in the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> fee. If you arrive earlier on Tuesday, or stay<br />
on after Sunday, then you will have to buy your own ticket for<br />
travel on those days.<br />
Banks and exchange facilities<br />
Cash machines are available in several places at or near to<br />
the exhibition grounds:<br />
Sparkasse Bremen: exhibition grounds – public area in<br />
the entrance to the AWD-Dome<br />
Sparkasse Bremen: central railway station [Hauptbahnhof]<br />
ReiseBank AG: central railway station<br />
Sparda-Bank Hannover: square outside the railway station<br />
[Bahnhofplatz]<br />
Postbank AG: Bahnhofplatz, square outside the railway<br />
In addition the ReiseBank in the railway station also offers:<br />
exchange of currency and travellers cheques, cash payments<br />
on credit cards, worldwide money transfers.<br />
Opening hours: Monday –Saturday, 8.00 –20.00<br />
Bicycle hire [Fahrradverleih]<br />
A bicycle hire service is available at three locations. See<br />
also the city map, which shows cycle routes in Bremen and<br />
recommended routes between the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> locations.<br />
NB: Pedestrians should beware of walking on the cycle<br />
paths which are often indicated by red brick pathways<br />
on the ground. Watch out!<br />
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Bicycle hire stations<br />
[Radverleihstation] are at:<br />
Exhibition grounds: in front of the AWD-Dome (East side)<br />
City centre: corner of Herdentorsteinweg/Am Wall<br />
Überseestadt: in front of Schuppen 1<br />
Hire costs:<br />
A returnable deposit of €15 is charged for a period of 3<br />
hours. If kept for a longer period, then this is regarded as<br />
the hire charge for a day.<br />
Additional cycle parking places have been provided at<br />
the three main <strong>Kirchentag</strong> centres, in locations near to the<br />
hire stations:<br />
Exhibition grounds: along Theodor-Heuss-Allee and<br />
Findorff-Strasse (in front of Hall 7)<br />
City centre: along Martini-Str. between Bredenstr.<br />
and Langenstr.<br />
Überseestadt: by Warehouse XI [Speicher XI]<br />
You can also find secure and dry parking at the two cycle<br />
stations provided by the ADFC (Cycle Club of Germany) at<br />
the central railway station and at Vegesack station. During<br />
the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> (20 –24 May) cycles may be left here for a<br />
reduced charge of €2.50, plus €5 deposit.<br />
<strong>Kirchentag</strong>srad<br />
A special limited-edition bicycle has been produced specially<br />
for this <strong>Kirchentag</strong>, which can either be purchased, or hired<br />
for the full period of the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> (while stocks last). It can<br />
be ordered in advance online.<br />
Price new: €399 (inc. lock); used (after <strong>Kirchentag</strong> –<br />
whilst stocks last): €366 (without lock).<br />
Hire charge during the <strong>Kirchentag</strong>: €33 + €50 deposit.<br />
See also: www.kirchentagsrad.de
Central information desk<br />
[Zentrale Information]<br />
Central Information of the 32nd German<br />
Protestant <strong>Kirchentag</strong>:<br />
AWD-Dome, Foyer<br />
Phone +49 (0)4 21/35 05 91 10<br />
Wednesday–Saturday, 8.00 –23.00<br />
Changes to registration<br />
Please inform us immediately if you find that you cannot<br />
participate in the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> and need to cancel your registration,<br />
or if there are any changes to your requirements,<br />
especially relating to accommodation.<br />
Environmentally-friendly <strong>Kirchentag</strong><br />
Litter<br />
Please avoid litter [Müll or Abfall] especially disposable packaging.<br />
Please only take brochures and advertising leaflets<br />
you are really interested in, not every leaflet you are offered.<br />
Take care to separate your rubbish so that it can be re-cycled:<br />
at the exhibition grounds there are separate collection<br />
bins for glass, paper, special items and other rubbish. These<br />
are marked in different colours. Committed volunteer helpers<br />
are at the collection areas and can give more information if<br />
needed. Please take care not to drop litter on streets and<br />
squares in the town, as this would give a bad impression of<br />
the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> with the people of Bremen.<br />
Traffic<br />
Please avoid travel by car. A travel pass for use on all public<br />
transport in the whole area covered by the VBN is included in<br />
the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> admission pass.<br />
Food<br />
Make use of the organic food on offer in the eating places at<br />
the exhibition grounds and also at the organic food market<br />
[Naturkostmarkt] at the Überseestadt, as well as the Glass<br />
Restaurant [Gläsernes Restaurant] in the tent in front of the<br />
AWD-Dome on the Bürgerweide.<br />
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Future Centre<br />
In Hall 6 you will find stalls and exhibitions on future mobility,<br />
sustainable energy production and use, justice in the use of<br />
water and global climate change.<br />
First aid services [Sanitätsdienst]<br />
A first aid service is provided by St John’s Ambulance in cooperation<br />
with workers from the Maltese Cross and others,<br />
and attendants will be on duty at all the main large events.<br />
Phone +49 (0)800/192 14 02.<br />
first aid station can be found at:<br />
Exhibition grounds: in the AWD-Dome<br />
Überseestadt: in front of Schuppen 1<br />
City centre: Cathedral square<br />
Children’s centre (Ostertorsteinweg/Am Wall)<br />
Central railway station (at the front)<br />
International Centre<br />
The International Centre is the central meeting point for<br />
international visitors to the <strong>Kirchentag</strong>. Its team is available<br />
for questions about the <strong>Kirchentag</strong>, in cooperation with the<br />
International Visitor Service.<br />
The Café International is exclusively open to visitors<br />
from abroad and invites you to relax in a pleasant atmosphere.<br />
In addition you can find out about the programme and<br />
the region in the appropriate language. There will be a “talking<br />
corner“ in which you can give feedback on events and<br />
general impressions to the directors of the Centre, Daniel<br />
Schmid Holz and Gerhard Koepsel, or the members of the International<br />
Standing Committee. This is also a way of getting<br />
into conversation with one another. We are looking forward<br />
to hearing your opinions, suggestions and impressions.<br />
The International Centre can supply you with a volunteer<br />
with language skills, who will be pleased to accompany<br />
visitors to the events and help solve any problems that<br />
might occur. They may also be booked to provide summary<br />
translation for sessions with no official interpretation, or into<br />
languages other than English.
International Visitor Service<br />
<strong>Kirchentag</strong> office Bremen<br />
Bahnhofsplatz 21 (on the left side of the square<br />
as you come out of the central railway station, next<br />
to the post office) You will find it marked on the city map.<br />
Phone +49 (0)4 21/43 483-216<br />
Fax: +49 (0)4 21/43 483-300<br />
Tuesday, Wednesday, 8.00 –24.00<br />
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 8.00 –20.00<br />
Internet Café<br />
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 10.30 –19.00<br />
Join in, surf, check things out – in the Red Hall [Roter Salon]<br />
Go online and get involved! That is the motto at the <strong>Kirchentag</strong><br />
Internet Café in 2009 too. The Red Hall of Speicher<br />
XI in Bremen’s Überseestadt contains numerous computers<br />
for emailing, surfing and chatting. In addition there will be<br />
exciting participatory activities thanks to the internet and<br />
new media.<br />
The groups involved will present themselves at information<br />
stands and offer more activities to try out and join in.<br />
It will be clear here that the internet and new media offer<br />
many options for church (youth) work and are already firmly<br />
established there.<br />
Have a look at the Red Hall via webcam at<br />
www.kirchentag.de/internetcafe.<br />
<strong>Kirchentag</strong> shop<br />
The <strong>Kirchentag</strong> shop will be open at the following<br />
places and times:<br />
In front of the railway station: opposite the stage at the<br />
Überseemuseum (19 –24 May)<br />
Downtown: in front of Kapitel 8, Domsheide 8 (19 –23 May)<br />
Überseestadt: Konsul-Smidt-Str., opposite Plaza Überseestadt<br />
at the Europe Harbour [Europahafen] (21 –23 May)<br />
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Exhibition grounds: Bürgerweide, Exhibition in the Marketplace/Media<br />
mall, near AWD-Dome, corner Gustav-Deetjen-<br />
Allee (21 –24 May)<br />
Weser: Altenwall/Osterdeich, opposite Bremen 4-Bühne<br />
[stage] (only during the Evening of Encounters)<br />
The shops will sell e.g. fair-trade T-shirts made of organic<br />
cotton and the music CD to the songbook “FundStücke”,<br />
along with pins, mugs, jewellery and communion utensils.<br />
Orders:<br />
www.kirchentag.de/shop<br />
Email: shop@kirchentag.de<br />
Please note that postage will be charged extra.<br />
Left luggage<br />
The <strong>Kirchentag</strong> offers a free left-luggage service [Gepäckaufbewahrung].<br />
Please note that your luggage is not insured in<br />
these left-luggage areas. You will need to take out your own<br />
luggage insurance as appropriate.<br />
Wednesday, 16.00 –24.00<br />
Eurosparparkhaus, Theodor-Heuss-Allee<br />
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 8.00 –23.00<br />
Zelt [tent] 11 Bürgerweide (in front of exhibition grounds)<br />
Sunday, 8.00 –14.00<br />
AWD-Dome, exhibition grounds
Lost property<br />
Lost property of the <strong>Kirchentag</strong><br />
The <strong>Kirchentag</strong> has its own lost property offices in the Foyer<br />
of the AWD-Dome, exhibition grounds.<br />
Phone +49 (0)421/35 05 91 30<br />
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 9.00 –23.00<br />
Any items not claimed by the end of the <strong>Kirchentag</strong><br />
will be sent to the Bremen city lost property.<br />
Lost property office of the city of Bremen<br />
Stresemannstr. 48, 28207 Bremen<br />
(Entrance via Steubenstr.)<br />
Phone +49 (0)421/36 11 00-80 or -81<br />
or +49 (0)421/36 11 00-81<br />
Telefax +49 (0)421/36 11 56-26<br />
Online Search:<br />
http://fundsuche02.kivbf.de<br />
www.stadtamt.bremen.de<br />
Lost property offices for German Railways<br />
(Deutsche Bahn AG)<br />
Central railway station<br />
Phone +49 (0)4 21/2 21 47 96<br />
Monday –Thursday 8.00 –12.00 and 13.00 –16.30<br />
Friday 8.00 –12.00 and 13.00 –14.00<br />
Outside these hours please go to the servicepoint<br />
in the station hall.<br />
For the Bremen Tram Company (BSAG)<br />
Customer Service Centre (“Kundencenter“) Gropelingen,<br />
Pelzerstraße 40<br />
Phone +49 (0)4 21/55 96 79 79<br />
Thurday–Saturday 8.30 –17.30<br />
Sunday 8.30–13.30<br />
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Meals<br />
Exhibition grounds/Bürgerweide<br />
The official catering services at the exhibition grounds, Arena<br />
Catering Bremen, will offer a variety of special dishes for the<br />
<strong>Kirchentag</strong> at their restaurant and in the various other places<br />
available to eat. Here you will find organic food on offer<br />
[Bioangebot] and all coffee served is fairly-traded.<br />
Hall 1 – South Foyer (Pizza and pasta, freshly filled ciabattas<br />
from €4.50, grilled snacks)<br />
Messe restaurant (every day, salad buffet from €3.50,<br />
soups and stews from €4.50, Main courses from €6,<br />
desserts from €4)<br />
Hall 4 – “For small appetites” (waffles, fish rolls,<br />
pretzels, hot dogs)<br />
Hall 5 – “Soup Bar” (a variety of soups from €4.50)<br />
Hall 6 (a range of organic meals)<br />
Hall 7 (snacks from €3, organic chili con carne)<br />
Gläsernes Restaurant<br />
The “Glass Restaurant” seeks to show that it is possible<br />
to provide ecologically-sustainable meals at a reasonable<br />
cost using seasonal, locally produced and fairly-traded<br />
ingredients. The Café area serves fairly traded organic<br />
tea and coffee.<br />
The Glass Restaurant receives support from the Federal<br />
Government programme for ecological agriculture and is an<br />
initiative organised by catering staff from several different<br />
church-run conference/training centres under the umbrella of<br />
the Lay Academies Association in Germany.<br />
Cost of a two-course menu: (starter and main course,<br />
or main course and dessert, and including water and bread)<br />
€10; reduced price €7 for those in full-time education, and<br />
unemployed.<br />
You will find the Glass Restaurant on the Bürgerweide in the<br />
tent in front of the AWD-Dome.<br />
Thursday –Saturday 11.30 –14.00<br />
City centre<br />
The “Diaconal Village” around the Church of Our Lady [Unser<br />
Lieben Frauen] features a village inn.<br />
The Children’s Centre will offer a midday lunch of coffee,<br />
cakes and soft drinks
Überseestadt<br />
At the Centre for Young People [Zentrum Jugend] and also at<br />
the organic food market, you will find a wide range of things<br />
to eat. In addition there are established restaurants on-site<br />
giving a wider choice.<br />
Naturkostmarkt<br />
Once again this year there will be an organic food market.<br />
Come and enjoy the varied and natural flavours of the region<br />
in which Bremen is situated, offered at fair prices both for<br />
you and the businesses providing the goods. The regional<br />
trade-mark “Weser-class” provides products ranging from<br />
drinks and milk products, through fruits and salads, to vegetable<br />
and potato dishes, as well as meat and sausages.<br />
Police<br />
The Bremen Police are available during the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> in<br />
many locations, e.g. in the areas where <strong>Kirchentag</strong> events<br />
are happening (see below)<br />
Town Centre Police Station: Am Wall 201<br />
Contact office in the shop window of the Karstadt department<br />
Store, Obernstr. In addition there will be extra contact<br />
points set up for people to go to during the <strong>Kirchentag</strong>, in<br />
the AWD-Dome and a mobile police station at the Überseestadt.<br />
Opening hours may vary. In case of difficulty please<br />
use the central contact number for the Police service:<br />
+49 (0)421/36 20<br />
In case of emergency, where urgent assistance is<br />
absolutely necessary, or you have important information<br />
to pass on to the Police, please call the emergency Police<br />
Phone 110<br />
The police have issued a warning about pickpockets:<br />
take extra care in crowds, especially if there is pushing and<br />
shoving, and also on public transport. Watch out if you are<br />
jostled or distracted by trickery. Keep your valuables on your<br />
body or in a purse round your waist, not in handbags or in<br />
external pockets in your rucksack. If you do lose your credit<br />
card or bank card, or your mobile phone, there is a special<br />
emergency number you can ring to get them blocked:<br />
116 116.<br />
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Programme pack<br />
The <strong>Kirchentag</strong> admission pass gives free admission to<br />
all <strong>Kirchentag</strong> events including the wide ranging cultural<br />
programme (reduced price entrance to all museums in<br />
Bremen and Bremerhaven). In addition it is valid as a travel<br />
pass for all journeys on public transport in the whole Bremen<br />
region from 20 to 24 May. Your programme folder includes<br />
the German programme, the English programme booklet,<br />
the songbook, a city map and further information leaflets.<br />
Unfortunately, some of these are only available in German.<br />
Return of unused tickets<br />
Unused tickets may be returned to the International Visitor<br />
Service at the latest by 14.00 on Thursday, 21 May. Day<br />
tickets may be returned up to 10.00 on the relevant day and<br />
evening tickets up to 15.00.<br />
Smoking ban<br />
No smoking is allowed at any of the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> events<br />
because of the fire risk and the no-smoking laws. Please<br />
observe this general rule strictly, for this reason and for the<br />
safety of yourself and others. There is also a smoking ban in<br />
all the schools being used for group accommodation.
Stewards [Helfer]<br />
Around 4,500 stewards will be on hand, taking responsibility<br />
for the smooth running of events and are easily recognisable<br />
by their “Helfer“ neckties. They carry out all kinds of jobs,<br />
large and small and without them the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> just couldn’t<br />
happen! They build structures, give information, keep order,<br />
act as guides, and tackle even the more difficult and technical<br />
jobs. These volunteers, mostly young people, work with<br />
unstinting enthusiasm and commitment, providing the skilled<br />
work which would otherwise have to be done by expensive<br />
professionals. Most of the stewards come from local church<br />
groups or denominational bodies, or from scout/guide<br />
groups or similar youth organisations.<br />
The official organisers are dependent on these young<br />
staff members for carrying out the more unpleasant jobs,<br />
like having to close the doors and refuse entry to people<br />
when the halls are full to capacity. Thus it can sometimes<br />
happen that the stewards find themselves under pressure in<br />
critical situations. If there are occasional problems, then they<br />
need the full support of all the <strong>Kirchentag</strong> visitors and an appreciative<br />
understanding of the service they are giving.<br />
Taxi<br />
Taxi-Ruf Bremen. Phone +49 (0)4 21/1 40 14<br />
Tourist Information<br />
The Bremen Central Tourist office is at your service for<br />
advice and assistance:<br />
Tourist-Informationen Obernstr/Liebfrauenkirchhof and in the<br />
central railway station<br />
Opening hours during the <strong>Kirchentag</strong>:<br />
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 9.00 –20.00,<br />
Sunday, 9.30 –16.00/18.00<br />
Queries, reservations, entrance tickets, guided city tours<br />
Phone +49 (0)180 5/10 10 30 or +49 (0)421/3 08 00 10<br />
Email dekt2009@bremen-tourism.de<br />
or info@bremen-tourism.de<br />
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Fahrradparkplatz<br />
Fahrradverleihstation<br />
Busparkplatz<br />
Internetcafé<br />
Rollstuhlgerechte Toilette<br />
mit Pflegepersonal<br />
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Seelsorge<br />
Bühne<br />
Hollerallee<br />
Foren/<br />
Podien<br />
Messe im Markt Medienmeile Messe im Markt<br />
Bürgerweide<br />
Theodor-Heuss-Allee<br />
Congress-Centrum-Bremen<br />
Lloyd-<br />
Saal<br />
Borgward Saal<br />
Hanse Saal<br />
Kaisen Saal Internationales<br />
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<strong>Kirchentag</strong>sShop<br />
Fahrradparkplatz<br />
Fahrradverleihstation<br />
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Imprint<br />
Published by: 32nd Deutscher Evangelischer <strong>Kirchentag</strong><br />
Responsible: Dr Silke Lechner, Sarah Schad<br />
Editorial team: Sheila Brain, Elaine Griffiths,<br />
Jane Stranz, Rania Al-Sahhoum<br />
Layout: adome.it GrafikDesign, Dortmund<br />
Print run: 4000<br />
Status: March 2009<br />
Subject to change