1. “What confidence is this?”

2. home of a proud football team
Dortmund
Hub of the Ruhr
and
home of a proud football team

3. Hosting from 19th to 23rd June 2019
the 37th German Protestant Kirchentag

4. You are invited
to join this celebration

5. with stimulating discussion
spiritual insight
and all kinds of music

6. Meet people from Germany,
from other parts of mainland Europe,
from the whole world

7. to study the Scriptures
You are invited
to study the Scriptures
Opening service: 2 Kings 18:19 (What confidence is this?)
Closing service: Hebrews 10:35-36 (Don‘t throw your confidence away)
Ecumenical service: 2 Corinthians 1:8-11 (Confidence in God, who awakens the dead)
Bible Studies:
Thursday – Job 2:7-13 (A question of confidence: Do you still hold fast to your integrity?)
Friday – Genesis 22:1-19 (Crisis of confidence)
Saturday – Luke 7:36-50 (Your confidence has helped you)
Friday Eucharist: Mark 16:14-15 (learning confidence)
and to relate your faith to life’s pressing questions

8. Come to Dortmund
De-industrialised and reinvented as
Germany’s most sustainable city

9. Join 100,000 other Christians for inter-faith dialogue
for an evening of encounter
for inter-faith dialogue
for a meeting in the marketplace
for quiet reflection

10. Listen to speakers from the world Church – and beyond
discussing challenges to the Churches
leading Bible studies
grappling with global issues of peace and justice
being themselves

11. Explore the Market of Possibilities

12. Enjoy the hospitality of a German home

13. Worship with 100,000 others in Germany’s biggest stadium

14. Be amazed at how little it costs
For access to all Kirchentag events – and free public transport in and around Dortmund
Adults pay: €108 (€98 for those who register before 8th April)
Concessions (under-26s, unemployed, disabled or retired people): €62 (€54 before 8th April)
Family ticket (at least one adult with children aged up to 25): €168 (€158 before 8th April)
For up to six nights’ free accommodation in a local household - administration fee: €27
(€49 for families staying in the same accommodation)

15. For further details Check the websites of
The German Protestant Kirchentag (and click on “English” if you are less than confident reading German)
The German Kirchentag’s British Committee (where you can also link to the regularly updated FB page)
or contact John-David Yule (john.yule[at]gmail.com)