Quarters safari through the region-an excursion to parish church work

Quarters safari through the region-an excursion to parish church work

"God lives in the neighborhood" - under this motto, many parishes and church -related facilities are committed to the neighborhood work. It is about enabling a good and integrative neighborhood between the church, social providers and the municipality. In order to achieve this goal, four exemplary projects are presented in the Stuttgart area that practice a new and ease of accommodation.

The excursion entitled "Quarters Safari by the region-an excursion to parish church work" takes place on July 11th, 2024 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and starts in the Diakonisches Werk of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg e.V. in Heilbronner Str. 180 in 70191 Stuttgart. The excursion ends at the Martinskirche in the Eckartstr. 2 in 70191 Stuttgart. Interested representatives of the media are cordially invited to participate and report.

The stations of the excursion are the Johannesforum Wendlingen, a joint community and support center of the parish and Bruderhausdiakonie, the neighborhood in Esslingen-Weil, where parish and diakonia together promote the cohesion in the neighborhoods, the "neighborhood package without space" in the new development area/Neuhausen on the Fildern, supported by the Catholic parish of St. Petrus and Paul,, The Café Kränzchen, which is operated by the community foundation Stuttgart e.V., the Catholic parish of St. Georg and the Evangelical parish of Stuttgart Nord, as well as the Martinskirche in Stuttgart-Nord, which, in addition to its worship functions, also serves as a location for the day care center of the district.

The event is aimed at actors from parishes and deans, actors from municipalities (construction area, social affairs) and actors from the church building management.

The excursion is organized by the Evangelical Academy Bad Boll in cooperation with the Dialog forum of the churches in the Stuttgart region-new paths in Diakonische Gemeindentwicklung, Quartier Weil, Martinskirche Stuttgart-Nord, Johannesforum and the Catholic parish of St. Petrus and Paulus Neuhausen organized on the Filder

For participation in the excursion, you are asked to register in advance by email: miriam.kaufmann@ev-akademie-boll.de. Further information on the event can be found on the website www.ev-akademie-boll.de/tagung/451224.html.

Table - Exemplary projects of the neighborhood work:

• Johannesforum Wendlingen
• Quartier Esslingen-Weil
• Quartry pastoral without space in the new development area Academy Hardfares/Neuhausen
• Café Kränzchen
• Martinskirche Stuttgart-Nord

These projects show how parishes and church -related institutions actively contribute to the neighborhood work and thus contribute to an inclusive and social neighborhood. The event should give the participants an insight into these projects and offer opportunities for networking and cooperation.

The Evangelical Academy Bad Boll, an institution of the Evangelical State Church in Württemberg, organizes the excursion in cooperation with various partners. If you have any further questions, Miriam Kaufmann, Communication & Marketing, is available by email or by phone.

Source: Evangelische Akademie Bad Boll/OTS