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the parish center of st. mark's lutheran church in berlin state. it's 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 longest from youth wrong. oh, for is it was 90 shipper. i'm certain i have a guardian angel taking care of me and i'm willing to cram off. he brought me to this place if you say you will see if a buddy of allison pleased him. my family has always been very religious on them. we went to church a lot magellio in soviet times. honey, we suffered greatly from repression, pushed us national to reorder position 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, doctor, not off in charge of the parishioners help every way they can and would, would, would, would people helps ukrainians. people look around on my mom. nothing's normal anymore. since the war started shelf i miss my father and my big brother were in a foreign country rock the other day for her life. no matter what life throws at me, then i'll adapt. i like people and i like talking to them to work. i shall bring you miles. i mean, you dollars willis of this book when i was supposed to go to the hospital in khaki to be treated there. then the missile started flying. the hospital no longer exists

. the others will be over to their really thought, i hope they'll be able to help me here in germany. yet, willoughby wisdom. 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 citizen got us all st. till marden, we always have a lot of fresh produce here. 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, our 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. hadn't got everything was well prepared for that at the refugees. so need clothes,

they weren't able to pretty much with them. yep. mm hm. 9 o'clock, i 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 is our gases 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 the, the avoid with the gun l. i must say the refugee is very comfortable here. nothing after just 3 or 4 days, they're smiling as well. then if that plan will have my d c. m class, but tomorrow it's so cruel switched but so awful, so terrible what they've gone through as to what i see on tv or here on the radio or from people to the extent that we can communicate

a bit. so i have to admit it brings tears to my eyes. this guy had just incredible . ah . in, i've been switched on. abner, within 12 hours we had everything we needed to feed between 80 and a 100 people actually had us for showing christianity and practice here. so to speak, hang on to look at the members of our church and all the volunteers who had never done any thing in the parish before or helped out are demonstrating it here. thought. think everyone sees that a that i spoke with were you involved with the church previously gone? it had a glitch as its been custody of mr. nag. am i not? no, not at all or so 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 when a man, even if it's only cleaning, taking up the rubbish, wedding down the kitchen or whatever. could your vision, does your pleasure, but faith doesn't come into my on them. the next mich does it well, not in the sense that i'm now involved in the church, but it's faith in humanity, the accounts, the compassion, just helping people where you can hear from uncle. ah, the lutheran church, of the holy trinity, in berlin's shallow vogue district. a benefit concert to raise 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 clique one of em enough to kick in that are syrian friends are now supporting us in this difficult situation. visit us on to the dealership, find that. thank you so very much. it was yawn as a fiancee in bankers ah says the start of the russian war of aggression and new train. there have been dozens, even hundreds of concerts like this to send a message of solidarity to ukrainians. ah, but the post to realize is that it's only

a truck in the ocean. yes, yes, and here it is. m house. michelson. be griffin. i'm on sky height. we're throwing big words around at this house. eda, liberty, justice, and peace. manuel. but you can only get those things in small coins iter today. i think we've experienced here on a small scale. what it can be like when people come together in the house under one roof duck wanted him zagan got under the blessing of god to share joy and music with each other tight. but when they're also united and spirit difficult time, some. however, i do ask that you also help at the exit with large coins, also preferably with rustling bills, russia and, and shame and haitian huh. the concert organizes, i determined that the donations not disappeared into a large pot 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. what we did today was to collect donations for 1st aid and emergency medical equipment for something i could 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 our donation,

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 have 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. how have you been at all? 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's 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 again, 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 friends come from fresh. what do you once you even cannot name, cannot say anything. they just can make it perfectly with for you. what they just even talk to. 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. where is that? where i, what is my family? there is my home there. yeah, i miss a lot of i mean, a lot of just a minute or with,

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 office has services. people can approach her individually and arrange a session or 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 war with them. did the family believe in elaborate malaria like that lemming young? but 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 there more than we get an offer. you got a dog 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 femininity? me another by far, but we have different religions, but that doesn't determine whether people help each other or not. if any of that for me it's just the opposite. illinois, it's a great human story by shire, we're all just people now and we help each other regardless of nationality or culture. you have ethan. 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 a 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 so i was there last year was, was missed, but of those i, 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, bowman watches, this, knowing that you're some one thought that you can do something. but what would you something at that was she was on us a fashion studio under the roof of the berlin city mission marsh. i said, 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 thorazine sick. of course it doesn't matter to me what religion it is your choice for. if i feel and in the need to go to church and i'm in another country, i go to the local church and the story with a clear conscience. so i thought i'm open about it. he up to me, it's like withdrawing money from another banks, atm bunco op. in other words, it's all the same account yet the more than they thought the church of saint simian in berlin's quotes for a district. the cities refugee church passed to con has invited mostly refugees, mostly ukrainians, to a special service. oh leger. hello. oh, that's most delicious. good. it's been 2 tags fun. i am really excited. quite a few have registered if most damage may i mention, al, from it in the gift the horn. did you say stay here for christi the diet?

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 his kite and not everybody here does. it's a marker on, but it's one possibility. and i want to reflect and consider this thought that god became human. oh, and that god is still in humans to day on that. i'm firmly convinced that when i meet god, i also meet him in people in mother mental bigness. can now does port douglas out moment axel refugees were accommodated in this church temporarily. simply to give them a roof over their heads. 20 captain. dear milton. 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 ukrainian ah, if i am, lisa smiled a sweden m that we celebrate this meal of peace and the name of abraham sarah and hagar. doesn't embed martin visible the name 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 m. cindy, our friends, our family. i'm happy everybody, we love and stuff. i me live. i live deville even.

doesn't that very simple recall board time celebrating the lord suffer with predominantly orthodox christians is not a problem for lutherans. back of the dean and stayed out in tifton. the believe is denomination is irrelevant. all baptized. christians may receive holy communion with wives. oh, how of our past to con has something else up her sleeve on flat by years of nathaniel on to them and had a flat live here when jesus was with his disciples van and he suddenly knelt down to wash their feet. that will do that afterwards. al from it, 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. is fun mad. a fiercer veteran laughing, hide it, 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. a what? oh it's at it's truth. jesus did it to his disciples. he left the teacher and he did it with us. didn't saw it that changing the role for pastor con, 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 zag name. i've never experienced anything like this before to resign like best and say no, 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. i hope the issue of

diversity becomes more prominent in the church and that we realize we're a church of immigrants, husband and a society of immigrants and longer apps. we're also a society of migrant academic. maybe we ourselves need to see more clearly what a privilege it is not to have to migrate tone privilege. as in sam leon. nice. make the on some lesson. ah, in spite of their initial doubts, the refugees a deeply moved. ah, yes, you have seen the good enough but any more. thank you for your great support that we didn't expect to receive so much help in our difficult situation. yes, within the limit. so doug, no harvey over to or that people here were so warm hearted at those on the national

didn't you? i got them good gum humbled. thank you so much to bother with dish figures from when we arrived in germany and took our 1st step into this church . we felt at home a fire, his unusually bug, my name. ah ah. ready ah ah the kinds of vill her memorial church on berlin's christened arm 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 to their senses and stuff for the incur. nick's navy. com stunt alfonze. i'm torn click because i'm poor. poor up. when jim, his warning reached the king of nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal ropes, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat down in the dusk. this is the proclamation he is to you to maneuver and let them give out that evil ways and their violence. who know like, god may yet relent. must the people live. never show that. to change. you have to leave, you'll come down,

you can and then the rulers will also be comfortable about changing it. and this is how a free society, a democracy work kind of, there is no up there. there is only us view and we don't wait for orders from 100. we act london, have 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, for that it's about about praying and doing what is just my foolish does that have on 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 of very

important and of course, the desire for justice has been a very profound a biblical 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, comes into some blue . ah ah ah

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