Germanspeaking congregation in Nigeria

This Sunday, the question is how God and we come close to each other. 

What does it take? 

And who does it take? 

How can the distance be overcome?

This is probably the central question of all religions. It is also the question of every spiritual person:

How do we and God enter into relationship? What do people do? What does God do?

 

with "something for children" included.
The services are in German, but with English sprinkles, English songs, and the sermon in translation.

Uncertain times we live in and the german word 'Seelefrieden' (peace of mind, but literally translated ‘peace of soul’) kept coming to my mind.

We speak of the soul as if it were something like our interior decoration. 

 

The band Depeche Mode in their song "little soul" assumes that although with them there is only a little soul, but it still leaves footprints. Because even the little soul can spread light and radiate to others. This light, the words, the voice express the soul. 

 

"Speak but a word, and my soul shall be healed." so says the centurion of Capernaum to Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew. 

 

The biblical concept of the soul is often synonymous with the English Me. The basic meaning of the Hebrew word näphäsch, which is rendered as soul in English, is the throat with the trachea and esophagus, i.e. the organs that are indispensable for human life. It represents the life of man given by God.

 

A warm invitation to our worship service "Seelenfrieden" on Sunday 12 march at 3pm @ Dantata Sawoe Lifecamp with "something for children" included.
Pre-registration is requested by Friday, March 10, and also who wants to be present at the joint lunch at the Clubhouse.

The services are in German, but with English sprinkles, English songs, and the sermon in translation.

Listening properly is undervalued. Yet it would be so good to listen carefully. Not only to what one wants to hear. To listen is to relate, to connect. Someone gives her time to the person who is talking. They listen to their story.

Genuine listening is completely underestimated, because "genuine listening is a gift," says Bernhard Pörsken, professor of media studies in Tübingen. 

And the theologian and pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote: "But whoever can no longer listen to his brother, his sister, will soon also no longer listen to God, but will also always only talk before God."

 

A warm invitation to the service "Listening" on Sunday February 12th at 3pm @ Dantata Sawoe Lifecamp with "something for children" included

Pre-registration is requested by Friday, February 10, and also who wants to be present at the joint lunch at the Clubhouse.

The services are in German, but with English sprinkles, English songs, and the sermon in translation.

Cordial invitation on Sunday, February 5 at 4 pm to a service at the Consulate General Lagos. On the annual watchword: "You are a God who looks at me." 
Please with prior registration: church.nigeria()gmail.com.

Is God "big brother watching" or does God have "rose-coloured glasses" on? 
How does God look at me? Does that change our lives?

And: Does God have a "blind spot" in his field of vision?

How does it feel not to be seen? To have no reputation? 

What does the gaze of others do to me? 

And how do I look at people who are different from me?

Where do we look first? Where does our gaze stop?

The annual watchword 2023 "You are a God who looks at me." raises questions that we want to explore this coming Sunday.

on Sunday 29 January at 3pm @Ashanti Gallery.
(Red gate on the left side of the road, just after the clinic when coming from the Berger traffic circle.)

Ich steh'an deiner Krippen hier", or also "Ihr Kinderlein kommet", not to forget: "O Du fröhliche".

Christmas is also characterized by its songs and we will sing some, this time accompanied by the piano player of the Abuja International Choir.

 

A warm invitation to the service on Christmas Eve on Saturday, December 24 at 3 pm @Ashanti Gallery (red gate on the left side, just after the clinic).

The last few weeks have been marked by uncertainties,

of sometimes far-reaching decisions to be made,

of questions that cannot be answered in passing,

... how do we deal with such situations?

... what can support us in times when simple answers are rare?

A warm invitation to our Church Service on Sunday, 13th November, 2022 at 3 p.m.

 @ Dantata / Sawoe Lifecamp

Due to the security situation, we are moving our services and will not be celebrating in church buildings for the time being, so please also register in advance so that the security personnel and camp management are informed in advance. Thank you for your understanding.

Christians are called to shine as a light in this world. 

It is also said that Christians are protesters against death (Christoph Blumhardt). 

Against everything that destroys life. Against all darkness.

Christians are bearers of hope. 

Hopeful and faithful and joyful.

This is sometimes so much against the logic of the world that it seems absurd or curious to some.

But it is the only "currency" we have: 

Not to be offset, not to be generated, not to be negotiated - but given as a gift like the rising light of the sun. New every morning.
A warm invitation to our worship service

the following sunday, October 9th at 4pm at EYN church Utako. 

What are we founded on?
What are we striving for?
... and "Above all, I challenge you to do good so that the world can be great." (Amanda Gorman at the UN General Assembly)

Cordial invitation to the service on Sunday 25 September at 4pm @ EYN church, Utako.