The weekend in the middle of the World Council of Churches General Assembly is expressly intended for excursions and congregational encounters. The participants and contributors traveling from around the world are given the opportunity to get to know the respective life of the churches of the host city and country. In that spirit, Methodist guests visited Karlsruhe United Methodist Church on Sept. 4.
For the United Methodist Church of the Redeemer in Reutlingen, that Sunday was all about international Methodist encounters. Both the morning church service and an evening reception brought together Methodists from four continents, German churchgoers and guests from other United Methodist congregations who came just for that day.
The World Council of Churches 11th Assembly took place from Aug. 31-Sept. 8. In connection with the theme of the ecumenical gathering — “Christ’s Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity” — Bishop Ivan Abrahams made reconciliation the centerpiece of his sermon.
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