The calendar “I Am 2019”, which was created with the financial support of German friends, has traveled to various countries around the world, including Germany.
We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to our donors and supporters!
First of all, we thank Rolf Martin (Ökumenische Arbeitsstelle Ev.-Luth. Kirchenkreis Lübeck-Lauenburg), who has until now been our main contact person in the project “For the Ordination of Women”. Mr. Martin is now retiring (in the photograph below).
In the photograph (below): The parents of pastor Maike Bendig, a member of the council of the “Martin Luther Bund”.
Photograph on the right: pastor Sabine Deneke of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany (Beratungsdienst für kirchliche Arbeit, Kirchenkreis Hamburg West/ Südholstein)
Photo (below): The evangelist of the Lutheran church in Herrnburg.
Photo (below right): Catholic friends who at Christmas brought the holy fire from Bethlehem to the church in Herrnburg.
Photo (below): The calendar travels to a diocese in Tanzania east of Lake Victoria along with Bishop Andrew Gulle and his wife. Bishop Gulle is one of the few Lutheran bishops in Tanzania who advocate for the ordination of women.
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Photo (right): The calendar in the office of Jochen Schulz (Dienste und Werke im Kirchenkeis Lübeck Lauenburg).
Photo (left): Pastor Annette Reimers-Avenarius in the Nordkirche of Germany in Hamburg, who is responsible for ecumenism.
Photo (below): Birgit Niess, the Nordkirche’s office for refugee affairs.
Photo (right): Julika Koch, the Nordkirche’s Peacebuilding Department.
Photo (below): Marius von Hogstraten, vicar of the Hamburg Ecumenical Forum.
