dot com ah ah, ah refugees from ukraine, stranded in berlin. first i want to go home. gun. gotta go as soon as possible. i'm here the lead me. i'm scared of war. the we me want peace to prevail. when he offends if they are very comfortable here and they'd like to stay. but of course that isn't possible because there are always more people coming up. we don't know yet if,

if it were helping people and lead irrespective of whether their believer. so go to church of what else? ah ah ah, with the parish center of st. mark's lutheran church in berlin states district. it's been functioning as an emergency reception center since the beginning of march, when the 1st ukrainian refugees arrived in germany during the nazi era. the building house, the senate of the confessing church, which opposed the war. people made homeless by bombing raids, found refuge here. now the parish is offering emergency accommodation once again,

providing food and care for 80 people. the longer families from, from if it was neither human shipper. i'm certain i have a guardian angel taking care of me. no more than the crime of he brought me to this place. if you say you will see everybody valesvi to please him. my family has always been very religious on them. we went to church a lot, michelle, in soviet times. funny to we suffered greatly from repression, push the fashionable toyota of his article. many refugees spend a large part of the day keeping in touch with relatives back home. the rest of the time they're finding their feet and getting to know berlin. ya cannot troubleshoot the parishioners help. every way they can and would, would, would, would people helps you brennan's people looking around on among them. nothing's normal. any more since the war started. shall i

miss my father and my big brother were in a foreign country run all the other there for through i no matter what life throws at me, then i'll a dad. i like people and i like talking to them real quick. i you. so could you miles, i mean you dollars will as of this book well, i was supposed to go to the hospital in khaki to be treated bear. then the missile started flying. the hospital no longer exists. it was a little bit of a to there really thought, i hope they'll be able to help me here in germany. yellows available most of the parish center provides basic services for most of the refugees. groceries abort with donations. pastor carolyn marie, good foot is delighted with the donors generosity and how quickly the project came together. canal socialism put us all st. till marden, we always have a lot of fresh produce fruit tomatoes. and of course lots of potatoes, lemons,

onions. so if you thought those are the things most need it on the whole food to cook, available or caretaker, remodeled the house, cleared everything out. we arranged for beds through the brandenburg branch of the german red cross. i organized the donations and recruited a lot of volunteers to how comedy and after 6 days we were ready to welcome our guests here tangled. everything was well prepared for that of the refugees. so need clothes. they weren't able to pretty much with them. yep. mm hm. mine a clara, come by yet some that few. we've always had a clothing bank exact, but now we have a lot more space and have labeled the items and made them more available so that anyone can help themselves at any time. if our guests have responded very well, once they choose things, they like things they need after fleeing their country switch. when the whole operation is dependent on volunteers for the inexperienced interacting with

refugees is often an emotional rollercoaster. this is if we avoid with the gun l, i must thank the refugee is very comfortable here. nothing after just 3 or 4 days, they're smiling as a vendor that plan hill my d. c. m class. but mom, it's so cruel. switched by so awful, so terrible what they've gone through as to what i see on tv or here on the radio or from lethal to the extent that we can communicate a bit. so i have to admit it brings tears to my eyes. the guy hit just incredible. ah, in i've been switched on. abner, within 12 hours we had everything we needed to feed. but in 80 and a 100 people actually had us for showing christianity in practice here, so to speak. hang on, one of the members of our church and all the volunteers who had never done anything

in the parish before or helped out are demonstrating it here. i think every one sees that that i put with were you involved with the church previously gone? it's that they live as it been, kathy, me now go mine or no, not at all. it was over. i'm not involved in the parish either, but not for any negative reasons. speak of it. we just never made contact, but i'm fully integrated here, and it's a lot of fun. it's helping people to help themselves with him. when you see that you're helping people, it makes you feel a bit better on him. and even if it's only cleaning, taking up the rubbish, wiping down the kitchen, or whatever kerchief version tells you blizzard, but faith doesn't come into it. neither dylan, it's much, does it? well, not in the sense that i'm now involved in the church and it's faith in humanity that counts the it of compassion. just helping people where you can hear from uncle

. ah, the lutheran church of the holy trinity in berlin, charlatan book district. a benefit concert to race, humanitarian aid for ukraine, music by international artists. some of them from war torn syria vamp manhattan. it warms my heart to think that we were in a similar situation with our syrian friends when there was war in syria. and there is still more in syria, they click on the women of the clique in that our syrian friends are now supporting us in this difficult situation. visit us on the. this is find that thank you so very much. it was john as a few seen than boys ah

says the start of the russian war of aggression, you train, they have been dozens, even hundreds of concerts like this to send a message of solidarity to ukrainians. ah, what the post to realize is that it's only a truck in the ocean. v as in here it is m house. michelson. be griffin. i'm on sky hide. we're throwing big words around at this house. liberty, justice, and peace, manuel. but you can only get those things and small coins hi to today. i think we've experienced here on a small scale. and what is can be like when people come together in the house under one roof? wanted him saying got under the blessing of god,

to share joy and music with each other tired, but when they're also united and spirit in difficult times. however, i do ask that you also help at the exit. with large coins was preferably with rustling bills, russia, and, and china, and haitian. the constant organizers are determined that the donations not disappear into a large part and be spent on general projects in ukraine. on the contrary, they have very specific aims and their ideas are sometimes controversial, providing equipment for ukrainian fighters, for instance, 1st aid medical packs. so the german lutheran church is collecting funds to supply military goods, albeit in a broad sense of the term. is that appropriate? as chris understood as a churches, we've always supported humanitarian organizations and humanitarian efforts to what

we did today was to collect donations for 1st aid and emergency medical equipment for something i can support my artist target unless it's a sad occasion. but of course, we also want to help a little with our donations and express solidarity solidarity. so i was the 1st one . i think it's all one can do right now, what these people are doing, donating, we all feel better when we do that. i think even if one only makes us auto nation, it's incredibly important. ah, the former so called house the statistics built during the communist era. part of

the derelict building has been taken over by salon ukraine. it's a project at the berlin city mission, a church based organization providing social services for people in difficult situations. the cafe is a meeting place for refugees from ukraine, helping them find their feet in a strange country. they've reached germany and are safe. but what now? what comes next often gonna, they want to know how to find a job where they can take language courses, whether children can go to school or kindergarten. and so there are problems here. they can get information and exchange ideas. how's the cafe is open to people of all ages. it's about helping people help themselves. not distributing handouts on them. thus isn't coffee, okay? half a ukraine is about meeting as equals. the 2 ukranian women here are highly qualified professionals. one is a business coach. the other is an economist, they know what they compatriots need to know that they both have lots of contacts

and are continuously inviting people. they know you have skills that are useful to the refugees, or who simply want to get to know the oil casino re a ball con, cooks regularly at cafe ukraine, chatting at the cocktail bow with summer on the way. she is now mixing fruit cocktails for her delighted customers. the business woman has always been fascinated by what a good bartender can achieve. now said, chance to prove she's got what it takes when you are a girl, ah, most of the time i really loved them. they asked me like, what do you prefer? something sweet, something fi? see something like something to friend, something fresh. what do you once you even cannot name, cannot say anything they just can make it perfectly with. were you what we just even talked in?

what's the secret more than just to drink the bartender office an opportunity to converse, to enjoy life a little. that ease is the pain of being a stranger of leaving home to start a new life somewhere else. for me it's always my home or is that where is i? what is my family? there is my home. yeah, i miss a lot of i miss a lot of just a minute more. but a guy as is august, the pastoral care has an important role to play in the refugee and will crisis. some people arrive hair and at 1st they come down. then after a few weeks, the trauma becomes apparent. it's not easy to leave your home, your house, your familiar surroundings, and start afresh in a foreign country. you don't know what will happen to the people you've left behind, husbands and fathers, minutes. this is a stressful situation and of course, arriving in a foreign country and not speaking the language is also very difficult. we have

a psychologist here who offers her services. people can approach her individually and arrange a session to fire learning to cope with anxiety. natalia cova leanne co teaches helpful skills through educational games. many of the women are worried sick about their husbands. sons and brothers caught up in the wall with m. m. did the family believing they were brought 1000000 when you think that women young. but the most of this is really the most painful issue. and not only for me who has family in ukraine, my family is very important to you. i want us to be together. but i don't know if we can go back or away and just me bring you my own up. you're more than we're getting older. you gotta rolled as faith play in this brutal question that some 78 percent of ukrainians identify as eastern orthodox christians. how comfortable do they feel among lutherans or some i'm did they me another by shy, but we have different religions but that doesn't determine whether people help each

other or not. he is on that for me. it's just the opposite. if it's a great human story, by shy, we're all just people now and we help each other regardless of nationality or culture, anything like that. that's pretty cool. i thought i had the what you thought on mash eyes. tova is working at the sewing machine in a side room of cafe ukraine. she's the fashion designer and had to give up her studio in cave, sorta. so this is, she fled the war without any prospects. now, after just a few weeks, she's able to stand on her own 2 feet again. so there are several odds are war through ne wars miss, but of those out we have the opportunity to work and that's very important to us. ah, it's not just about survival and money. it's about keeping your personality as the way knowing you. you really are. both storm wake normally watches this,

knowing that you're some one thought that you can do something please. what would you something at that was she was on the last a fashioned studio under the roof of the berlin city mission. marcia, as the 12 knows her host, i'm motivated by spirituality and want to provide pastoral care. this may be important to others. she says, but not for her work linea, near, near to whereas if the cookie doesn't matter to me what religion it is your choice for. if i feel in, in a need to go to church and i'm in another country, i go to the local church in this story with a clear conscience. so i thought i'm open about it. he up to me, it's like withdrawing money from another bank, say t m bunco offer. in other words anchor. it's all the same account. he had been, with only they thought the church of saint simian in

berlin's quotes fed district, the cities refugee church past the con has invited mostly refugees, mostly ukrainians, to a special service. oh, let her know that smells delicious. has been to tag is fun. i'm really excited. quite a few have registered is my step damage. ne, i mention al from it indigo, sister horn. dear sister, yes. christie, the died. i want to introduce people to the story. for me, the story of jesus christ rounds god is in people. hazel's crystals, well, you don't necessarily need jesus christ to understand that this kid and not everybody here does missile marker on. but it's one possibility. and i want to reflect and consider this thought that god became human. oh my god is still in humans to day on that. i'm firmly convinced that when i meet god, i also meet him and people in mother mental bigness can now does auditor let out

movement. ethel refugees were accommodated in this church temporarily. simply to give them a roof over their heads. 20 caps, wonderful. now they've moved on and found apartments, but they're happy to return. and to day this is special supper. ah. the 1st surprise, the music is provided by a couple. one russian. the other ukranian. ah, if i am, is this my, the sweden m. now we celebrate this meal of peace and the name of abraham sarah and hagar does mid embedding. manville woman named on for

a day to hand when we pray. we do it like this. we take our right hand on the leg and, and put the thumb of this right hand in the left hand and hold it close to the heart . and we pray in silence for the people who are there in our hearts em cindy, our friends, our family, i'm happy everybody. we love and stuff, amelia. allah deville even. doesn't that very simple ritual board time celebrating? the lord suffer with predominantly orthodox christians is not a problem for lutheran back of the dean. and they've asked intention to believe as denomination is irrelevant, all baptized. christians may receive holy communion to us. however, the past con has something else upper slave on that value for miss n union for them. when taxes, let's let him when jesus is with his disciple fine and he suddenly knelt down to

wash their feet. that will do that afterwards. i've got a tub here and i've got towels and i've brought the best baby shampoo we had at home and i'd be very happy if as many of you as possible would let me wash your feet today. when the 5th of us last and height. the thought of the past to washing their feet doesn't sit well with the ukrainian refugees. and that's precisely the idea. jesus wanted to show his amazed disciples that serving people is the most important thing. even in performing a menial task, i would call it an it's chris c though, did it to his disciples. he left the teacher and he did it with us.

didn't saw it. that same thing. the role for pastor can meeting refugees who want nothing more than to return home is a new experience. does have a soul of me. i lived the sort of ethic me m lag name. i've never experienced anything like this before to resign like best and say, now we can't go back now. and actually we're looking for a long term solution gift, but i hope the refugees don't remain strangers for long. as i hope the issue of diversity becomes more prominent in the church and that we realize we're a church of immigrants and a society of immigrants and when crops were also a society of migrants economic, maybe we ourselves need to see more clearly what a privileged as not to have to migrate turn privilege as in sam leon nif make the on some lesson. ah,

in spite of their initial doubts, the refugees a deeply moved. ah ah, yes, you have seen a good enough but any more? thank you for great support that we didn't expect to receive so much help in our difficult situation. other than the story douglas, harvey and albany or that people here were so warm hearted at those on the national do you go to come home? thank you so much about with your money. yes. 2 years from when we arrived in germany and took our 1st step into this church. we felt at her, his unusually bug won't get a minute. ah

ah. ready ah ah the kinds of vill, her memorial church on berlin's christendom boulevard. here every night since the beginning of the russian invasion, there are prayers for peace and a short sermon to day, an appropriate story from the bible. it's about the people of nineveh, who abandoned their old like to save themselves from destruction. and to bring the rulers, their senses, and stuff for the in clinic for uneven come stunt at all funds. i'm torn click

because i'm poor, poor up. when jim is wanting reach the king of nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat down in the dust. and you know, this is the proclamation he, if you didn't maneuver and let them give up the evil ways and their violence. who knows, god may yet relent. most the people, if men of a show that to change you have to leave, you will come down. and then the rulers will also be comfortable about changing yet . and this is how a free society, a democracy work kind of, there is no up there. there is only us via and we don't wait for orders from 100. we act london, 100 confronted with the crises and conflicts of our time. so we all need to change . it's we who must repent on v as into the own can listen.

prayer or practical help intercession or shelter food and drink, which is more important. but with school, when it was wonderful, i would reply with the saying by detroit, bonham. but it's about bang school, about praying and doing what is just my foolish go. that's have one, have to put it on and on, but it means of course, that you both are dependent on each other. only praying is just as problematic as only acting. i'm doing think it is. i'd say that both these aspects are very important. and of course, that does that i have for just this has been a very profound ability based wish the thousands of years but told the hebrew prophets speak of it again and again. so prayer and action belong very closely together, a blue hm.

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