Swiss Hub Talks
1. September 2022
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Carbon Conversations: Moving from talk to action
Elke Fassbender, Co-head, Department Campaigning, Ecumenism, Church, HEKS/Swiss Church Aid
Sandro Schmidlin, Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning Officer, HEKS/Swiss Church Aid
Simon Weber, HEKS – Swiss Church Aid
Since 2017 HEKS/ Bread for All, offers Carbon Conversations to people who are concerned about climate change and are looking for like-minded people, people who want to put their lives on a climate path and motivate others to do the same and people who want to act now. We present these Carbone Conversations: origin, method and procedure of the participatory workshops. We share our experiences and have an interactive taster workshop.
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Women Power in the Church – beyond ordination | Gespräch zur Frauenordination
Rev. Mary Katagile, (Theological Faculty, Mbeya, Tansania)
Rev. Dr. J. Dorcas Gordon, Principal Emerita Knox College Canada, President of IAWM (International Association of Women Ministers)
Magdalena Zimmermann, mission 21
In many churches around the world women are ordained, which can be seen as a positive development on the way to gender equality. Even so, many women still face numerous difficulties. In various societies, cultural, patriarchal role models are still characteristic, which tend to locate the tasks of women in the diaconal and educational area less in leadership positions. These ideas also have the effect that ordained women often get jobs that are in the diaconal field, frequently in remote places, perhaps to make them less visible.
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The role of churches to support IDPs and refugees from Ukraine: Experiences from Transcarpathia and Hungary
Bishop Sándor Zán Fábián, bishop of the Reformed Church in Transcarpathia, Ukraine (tbc)
Rev. Balázs Ódor, Ecumenical Officer, Reformed Church in Hungary
Marina Dölker, HEKS/ACT Alliance
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February
2022, the reality of people’s lives in the country has changed dramatically.
How have churches responded to the crisis since the beginning of the war? What
is their role in providing support to IDPs within Ukraine and refugees in the
neighboring countries? www.heks.ch/nothilfe-ukraine/ukraine/reportage
2. September 2022
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«Being Protestant in Europe today, contributing to Reconciliation and unity» (DE/GE)
Annette Kurschus, Chair of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD)
Emmanuelle Seyboldt, President of the United Protestant Church in France (EPUdF)
Rita Famos, President of the Protestant Church in Switzerland PCS
Serge Fornerod, PCS | Ulrich Wienhold EPUdF
Die Geschichte evangelischer Kirchen in Europa ist in den einzelnen Ländern sehr unterschiedlich, ihre Verankerung in der Gesellschaft historisch sehr verschieden. Die EKD, die EKS und die EPUdF eint die Suche nach ihrer Zukunft in einer Gesellschaft, in der sie in die Minderheit geraten. Dies gilt für den französischen Protestantismus, jetzt aber auch für Deutschland und die Schweiz. Die Kirchen fragen nach ihrer Mission und ihrem Selbstverständnis in ihren Ländern und in Europa, und den Beitrag, den sie für ein versöhntes Europa leisten sollen. Sie sind aber auch gefordert, zu beantworten, wie sie heute in der Diaspora frohgemut Kirche sind.
5. September 2022
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Bossey Alumni meeting
Ioan Sauca, Interim GS of WCC
Claudia Haslebacher, Council member of the Protestant Church in Switzerland PCS
Rita Famos, President PCS
Merlyn Hyde Riley, Alumni, Jamaica
Simone Sinn, WCC/Bossey
Serge Fornerod, PCS
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«Intercultural realities in the context of Churches in Geneva
Rev. Nicolas Monnier, Director DM (Département missionnaire)
Rev. Espoir Adadzi, Togo, CEVAA envoyee in Geneva
Due to the acceleration of the migratory phenomenon and globalization, the intercultural reality of both our society and Christian communities is today a basic data. Between 2017 and end of November 2023, the Protestant Church of Geneva is conducting an experience by welcoming Togolese pastor Espoir Adadzi. His mission: challenging and questioning, from his external point of view, the way our established Churches celebrate their faith, with or without the migration churches.
www.protestant-edition.ch/products/interculturalite-en-eglise
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For hope and a future in Lebanon: The role of the church amidst crisis
Rev. Joseph Kassab, General Secretary of the National Evangelical Synod in Syria and Lebanon (NESSL)
Rev. Raffi Messerlian (Union of Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East UAECNE)
Marina Dölker, HEKS – Swiss Church Aid / Church Cooperation
For more than two years, Lebanon has been in free fall: economic crisis, hyperinflation and political instability pose major challenges for society and individual lives and families. How can churches provide spiritual support and tangible perspectives for a better future in a context marked by uncertainty and hopelessness? We talk about the current challenges in the country, but also about how churches work towards hope and a future.
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Interreligious Peace Building in Nigeria
Dr. Yakubu Joseph, Coordinator of Mission 21 Nigeria
Magdalena Zimmermann, mission 21
Peace work in Nigeria is needed more urgently than ever. The violence of the terrorist militia Boko Haram in the northeast and violent conflicts between different religious groups in central Nigeria have brought suffering to millions of people and permanently disrupted the relationship between Christians and Muslims throughout the country. The poor economic situation and political power struggles in the country contribute to a very tense situation.
6. September 2022
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Participation and peace through interreligious cooperation
Karin Mykytjuk, house of religions, Berne
Angela Büchel Sladkovic, Roman Catholic Church, Berne
Bhante Anuruddha, Buddhist monk, Berne
Sasikumar Tharmalingam, Hindu priest, Berne
Heinz Bichsel, Reformed Church Berne-Jura-Solothurn
Fernando RVEVR
Warnakulasuriya Emmanuel Pivs Kennedy, Catholic priest (tbc)
Venkatraman Sundararaman Kurukkal, Hindu priest (tbc)
Haduwala Dewage Chanukanishani Karunarathne, (tbc)
Mahmoodu Al im Abdulla, Imam (tbc)
Buddiyagama Chandraratna Thero, Buddhist monk (tbc)
Talk and encounter with representatives of the houses of religions in Berne and Puttalam: After giving a short space for the situation in Sri Lanka we exchange about the experiences of the houses of religions in Puttalam, Sri Lanka, and in Berne, Switzerland. A special focus of the talk is put on the specific challenges for the cooperation of religions in very different contexts. Polarizing secular ideologies and religious convictions are a threat for peace; how can interreligious encounters, dialogue and cooperation contribute to consolidate dialogue as a basis of life for society and international relations? www.haus-der-religionen.ch
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Discipleship and social witness of Churches in minority Situation
Rev Claire Sixt-Gateuille, United Protestant Church in France (EPUdF)
Rev. Michel Charbonnier, Waldensian Church Italy
Emmanuel Jeger, Evangelical Reformed Church in Vaud (CH)
Pierre-Yves Emery, PCS
The three Churches have on this issue an own context and experience, but they do not differ fundamentaly the one from the other in the broader european horizont. 1-2 concrete examples of the Churches Engagements in social projects will show the chances and limits of each form of social initiatives. A discussion will follow on the theological and ecclesiological questions at stake, as well as on the different spiritual criterias used as discernment tools by the Churches. What does «the radical inclusivity» of Christ mean in this context?
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The Ministry: Gift for the Church – past and present
Rev Hansjakob Schibler, VicePresident Swiss Pastors‘ Society
Verena Salvisberg, Swiss Pastors‘ Society
Protestant Pastors from the Netherlands
Martin Hauser PCS
Questioning and discussing the self understanding of pastors/priests about their role and its evolution in different contexts and confessional patterns.
www.evref.ch/swisshub | www.pfarrverein.ch | www.agck.ch/karlsruhe
7. September 2022
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