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Text: Renate Kaeser
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Partnership Rio-Schweinfurt
Rio de Janeiro Visit Group in Schweinfurt (Germany) - 2006
Text: Renate Kaeser and Antonio Carlos Ribeiro
Photos: Renate Kaeser and Siegfried Bergler
Lutherans of Bayern receive the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Rio de Janeiro representatives
The people are very happy to meet friends, brothers and sisters
The Group is in front of Church Saint John (St. Johannis Kirche), next the Schweinfurt Decanate
Left: Hannelore Weber, Odila and Almiro Wilbert, Renate Kaeser, Pastor Christhild Grafe, Dr. Ott and the Decan Walter Luidhardt at the Church St. John - Schweinfurt
Mrs Schäfer-Gärdes talk with Hannelore Weber, Dr Mônica Vieira and Pastor Ramona Weisheimer. The couple
Wilbert observ
Left: Pastor Christhild Grafe, Eveli Böck, Regional Bishop Helmut Völkel, Decan Walter Luithardt and Dr Ott, (front) Pastor Ramona Weisheimer, Dr Mônica Vieira, Hannelore Weber, Odila Wilbert, Renate Kaeser and Almiro Wilbert
The new Decan, Pastor Oliver Bruckmann, elected in May 29th
Pastor Grafe greets the dear auditorium
Joy over the successful celebration: our decanate representative Mrs Käser
Pastor Dr. Strelow translates the Pastor Neunhoeffers words
The Church-adviser Dr Döbrich greets on Portuguese
Brazil-guest Mrs Pastor Weisheimer thanks Mr Dr Döbrich
Self-presentation of the Brazil-group: Eveli Emílio Böck (Com. Norte Fluminense - Par. Niterói), Pastor Ramona
Elisabeth Weisheimer and Dr Mônica Gomes Vieira Ferreira (Par. Norte), Hannelore Weber (Par. Martin Luther), Almiro
Wilbert and Odila Wilbert (Par. Bom Samaritano)
Table amply covered
The Mayor Magdalena Dünisch gave a reception for the visitors from Brazil and their hosts in Bad Kissingen. (Photo: Bartl)
Mrs Käser and Mr Krauss (left) greet the hikers
Philosophizes over wine-growing and –quality
Eye-pasture: The Frankens below wine arbor
The guests introduce themselves: Hannelore Weber and Odila Wilbert
Interested listening on wine in the Bible
The wine-tasting is in full walk
The church of Obereisenheim from the year 1496. Only 4 years later - 1500 - the Brazilian coast was discovered by Portuguese navigators
"Your love is sweeter than wine" (Song of Solomon 1,2)
Letter to Decanate of Schweinfurt
Rio de Janeiro, June 5th, 2006
To the Decanate of Schweinfurt
Subject: New Decan's election
Dear sisters and brothers:
We salute you with the following biblical words: The Lord has made great things for us. Therefore, we are
very cheerful (Psalm 126.3)
In the name of the parishes composing this Paroquial Union, we congratulate you for the election of the new
Decane, Pastor Oliver Bruckmann, last May 29th. We are cheerful with the fact that this election occurred while our group is
visiting Schweinfurt.
We also wish to express our gratitude to God for the great work accomplished by Decane Pastor Walter
Luidhart, who is leaving this function, and for his valuable cooperation to this partnership developed by our communities during
the last two decades. His leadership in this process was crowned by the rich encounter of persons, the fruitfull exchange of
experiences among the two communities as well as the solid friendship developed with communion in Christ.
We ask Pastor Ramona Elisabeth Weisheimer to pass on to you our congratulations and wishes that God may
bless you in this moment, and prayers for the experience being lived by our representatives, to help them deepening the
partnership and to encourage them in the shared efforts with you, with the construction of a Unity, so necessary in our
communities.
We emphasize the fact that we are publishing the visit of our group in our Paper Comunidade Luterana
and in our site: www.celurj.org.br , in Portuguese, English and German.
Being this what we had to express at this time, we finalize this message.
Carlos Daniel Pungartnik
President
P. Antonio Carlos Ribeiro
Communication Sector
Cc: Communities, Sínodo Sudeste, General Secretary of IECLB and ELKB
Bad Windsheim, Wartburg and Lauertal
The group visits the village-museum of Bad Windsheim. Houses from former centuries remind the guests of their German heritage
Pastor Ramona Weisheimer, who is also a historian, like the houses from middle age most
On the way to Wartburg with the train: Eveli Böck, Dr Mônica Vieira, Dr Hans Friedel Ott und Hannelore Weber
The group of guests visited the Wartburg with the famous room of Martin Luther
On Pentecost Monday (a German holiday) there was the Lauertal-worship service in Volkershausen. The temperature was around 10°C, too cold for this time of the year
The group of guests introduced themselves to the 5 congregations of the Lauertal
First event of Worldcup: Pastor Ramona Weisheimer and Dr Mônica Vieira are watching a soccergame of the youth against the adults of the congregations
In the middle of the picture: Two pastors of the team, which won: Pastor Dr Wolfgang Weich, Poppenlauer, and
Pastor Walter Neunhoeffer, Maßbach
The group of guests in front of the historical museum of Poppenlauer
Klaus Bub gives a guided tour trough the museum. There it is allowed to touch everything
The Wedding of Pfarrerin Christhild Grafe and Juan Osorio
She was born in India and is the second pastor for approximately 12 years at St. Johannis-Kirche
Juan Osorio is catholic and descendant from Peru
There are people from Austria, England, the USA and Brunei, sultanate of north Borneos. A multi-lingual wedding-celebration
A colorful party, of what the Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Visit Group participated
Visit to FAG
Visit to Fischer-Aktiengesellschaft (FAG), specialized in lamination and smithy-parts for the automobile - and electro-industry. Above right: Business-advice Friedrich, left beside it Pastor Kern, Decanate Representative for industry and social work
After the meet to the preparation with the work-perpetration with Evi Pohl in the Kirchliche Dienst in der
Arbeitswelt (kda), the service in the working world is an organization of Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bayern. Pig had: our
group before the "ball-bearing-pig"
Brazil 1 x 0 Croatia
The World Cup has greeted... at the June 13th, in the Brazil-game (Brazil x Croatia), a delegation from Rio de Janeiro visited us
They used the occasion of stay at the Decanate Schweinfurt as an opportunity to look us. See TSV 04 Schwebheim
The soccerclub TSV 04 Schwebheim invited the group of guests at June 13 to a common viewing of the game Brasil – Croatia. Brasil wins 1:0 !!!
Fields of herbs
Wolfgang Peter, a farmer producing herbs, introduces into his farm
Mayor Hans Fischer, who knows a lot about the connections between farming of herbs and environment protection, gives a guided tour through the fields of Schwebheim
The group on a Safari to see fields of herbs
To build bridges
A dance of partnership with the theme to build bridges! The motto of the Brazilian group for the journey: Lass immer eine Brücke entstehen (Liebe = love)
A symbolic bridge of partnership in the centre of the circle of participants
Reflections on partnership connected with the foundation of it: Jesus. They shape a cross
Midday
Refuge in the shadow: under the heat Midday
Eveli Emílio Böck make, maybe, the brandy of his life
Totally relaxed: Dr Mônica, Pastors Ramona and Christhild
Church's Day
Photos: Mônica Vieira and Nelson Willrich
Photos: Nelson Willrich
Photos: Nelson Willrich and Evelyn Sabine Ruppelt
Photos: Carlos Caldeira and Márcia Elisa Kirsch
Photos: Carlos Roberto Caldeira
