#Reformationssommer | r2017.org/en Gate 4: Justice, Peace and Highlights of the topic weeks Welcome to Gate 1: ... there is freedom Welcome Integrity of Creation 2 COR 3:17 Lutherstadt Wittenberg! 500 YEARS REFORMATION Friday, 7 July Friday, 14 July Upon arriving in Lutherstadt Wit- Just north of the city centre you can take a stroll around the 3:30 – 5:00 pm 7:00 pm tenberg main station you will enter Swan Pond. The refugee boat installation offers a moving The Interreligious Dialogue Concert: JORIS the Welcome gate area. Here you backdrop and raises current issues about asylum and migra- in Africa as a Role Model for 7 Main Stage World Reformation will get an immediate impression tion. A sign-guided tour will stir you to reflect on a world full Europe? The way from ecu- menical dialogue to interreli- Saturday, 15 July Welcome to the World Reformation Exhibition! During the of the World Reformation Exhibi- of injustice, violence and environmental degradation. Share gious dialogue. 7:00 pm Exhibition #Reformationssommer 2017, everyone will come together tion. Climb up the 27 meter high your own vision of a better world in places like the Café Panel discussion with Ismael Concert: von Brücken at the place where it all began 500 years ago. People from lookout tower in the shape of the #Friedenswege (‘Paths of Peace’). Noko, Margot Käßmann and 7 Main Stage all over the world will celebrate the Reformation then and Luther Bible and enjoy the view Anli Serfontein Gates of Freedom now. over the town. In the Storymobile 3 Exerzierhalle Sunday, 16 July Opened Wednesdays-Mondays which has travelled through 19 Eu- Gate 5: Globalization | One World ... there‘s freedom2. COR. 3,17 7:00 – 9:00 pm Reformation means shaping the future. What are the issues ropean countries you can watch 500 YEARS REFORMATION Love & Peace – John Lennon, Sunday, 9 July that are changing and preoccupying our societies? Does videos, look at photos, and listen A variety of regional, national and international initiatives 7:00 – 9:00 pm his Songs und the Religion. the Reformation idea serve as a model for meeting present to stories that have been recorded present themselves in a landscape of transparent glass cubes. Tino Standhaft & Band Concert with Johnny Silver, since it began its journey in No- Discuss the current challenges of globalization, walk through Great songs from rock history Margot Käßmann, Andrea WITH and future challenges and if so, for which ones? What does it mean for each individual person? The World Reformation vember 2016. 17 stations on the UN sustainable development goals in the 3 Exerzierhalle Bönisch CONCERTS BY Moderation: Wolfgang Bönisch Exhibition offers a platform for exploring these questions. One-World-Tent, follow ‘95 interviews’ at the big kitchen 30 Baptist Church of Hope JORIS From the 20th of May until the 10th of September our motto table, or enter the Church of Light. & will be: reflect on historical insights, perceive present chal- lenges, and question the world. Gate 2: Spirituality VON BRÜCKEN The open-air exhibition is under the heading ‘Gates of Right next to the Luther House, where Martin Luther lived Gate 6: Ecumenism and Religion Freedom’ – symbolizing the gates pushed open by the and worked, is an area where you can explore your own Reformation. Just as Martin Luther in 1517 challenged spirituality: by climbing up the Bunkerberg hill to recall bibli- Hundreds of trees in the Luther Garden, set out in the form the circumstances of his time, in 2017 we will discuss cal mountain-top experiences, or by walking over, under and of the Luther rose, form the heart of the sixth Gate area. The the present: spirituality, youth, justice, peace & integrity along an installation made of planks. This is also the starting House of One offers room for Jews, Christians and Muslims Wuerttemberg in of creation, globalization | one world, ecumenism & reli- point of the pilgrimage ‘Spiritual Journey’ which will take you all under one roof. Spend some time in one of the many-fac- © Photo: Hanzh Chang © Photo: Hanzh gion and culture. The topics are grouped into seven gate to twelve inspiring locations in the town. Children are wel- eted exhibitions on Christian and religious diversity, in the Wittenberg areas. This creates both thematic and spatial orientation. come to collect stamps at each place. Ecumenical Tavern or in the Bavarian Garden. And don’t Installations, designed by students from different universi- miss out on a ride on the big Ferris wheel sponsored by the The „Wuerttemberger Hall“ in the heart of the Tickets ties in Germany and Austria, invite you into each gate area Pastoral Care in the Evangelical Church in Germany. Old Town of Wittenberg will enchant you with its to discover and reflect on the topic. Gate 3: Youth hospitality, innovation and tradition. Tickets for the World Reformation Exhibition (e.g. for day visits, families or with reductions) are available at sales Gathered here are representatives of international institu- Feel free to experience new things and enjoy the future Gate 7: points in Wittenberg. Vouchers and further information at Culture Horizontally growing trees tions and organizations, churches from all over the world, visions of young people in the youngPOINTreformation. Find r2017.org/en/tickets. Included in the price are the exhibition Videobox: for your ideas Luther and the Avant-garde, the asisi Panorama LUTHER initiatives, and many cultural workers. In pavilions, tents, your way through the youth labyrinth, symbolized by various Discover different installations on the Castle Meadow and ex- Exhibition: The Luther Bible 2017. Making of 1517 and various concerts. Further questions? Please contact cafés, bars, or on open-air stages throughout the town they tree trunks. Don’t miss out on the centuries-old Luther Oak plore the mutual relationship between art and culture: hang- [email protected] or call +49 3491 6434-700. offer different perspectives on important current issues, and let the 360° Panorama LUTHER 1517 by Yadegar Asisi ing gardens, a compost city, warm water fountains in the Swabian culinary specialties whether in panel discussions, readings, worship services, take you back to Wittenberg as it was 500 years ago. Paradise Garden, glass plinths in the hilly terrain and a walk- workshops, concerts, plays, or much more. in pavilion made of shoe-shine boxes by Ethio- Wuerttemberg in Wittenberg, Kupferstraße App and audio guide pian children. Visit the exhibition ‘Luther and daily 10 am – 6 pm (closed Tuesday) Use our free app incl. audio guide while visiting Wittenberg Each of the 16 weeks follows a particular theme, and has the Avant-garde’ in the Old Prison, where the and the World Reformation Exhibition: r2017.org/en/app. TOPIC WEEKS attracted inspiring speakers and public figures to Witten- spiritual figure of Martin Luther meets You are welcome to bring your own headphones to follow berg. Join in the celebrations of this special anniversary in international contemporary art. Over the the tour on your mobile phone. INTERFAITH the #Reformationssommer! summer a variety of concerts will take place in front of the All events are listed online at: r2017.org/en/programme. DIALOGUE & PEACE historic façade of the Cas- Subject to change. 5 - 17 July 2017 tle Church. Wuerttemberg-in-Wittenberg.de INTERFAITH DIALOGUE 5 - 10 July 2017 Further Exhibitions & Activities 2 Protestant Academy 13 Between Heaven and Earth 20 Experience Baptism Wed – Mon EMH Anzeige 99x210_Wittenberg.indd 2 Wed – Mon 14.02.17 11:30 Academy Café Thu – Sun Between heaven and earth 10:00 am – Baptism and baptism recollections 10:00 am – 05-07-2017 Join-in Activity 08-07-2017 Concert 11:00 am – 2 Faith in Motion: Reformation and Pietism A place for discussion Ferris wheel of pastoral care in the 6:00 pm Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover 6:00 pm Wednesday On your watering cans, get set, go! Saturday Mr. Smith 6:00 pm Evangelical Church in Germany 11:00 – 2:30 – Exhibition Wed – Mon 11:30 am Planting plants and letting them grow 3:30 pm Ballads, swing, jazz and much more Faith in motion 10:00 am – With Axel Winde (pianist) 6 talent’s tent. Education Worldwide 6:00 pm Reformation and pietism - 6 Luther and the Avant-garde 10 Market Stage 4 Heaven‘s Tent 26 Augusteum the pavilion of Gnadau Luther and the Avant-garde Mon – Sun Daily 05-07-2017 Concert Exhibition 12 until 17-07-2017 10:00 am – Luther! 95 Treasures – 95 People 9:00 am – Wednesday Refuge – welcome songs Evangelical Lutheran Church Wed – Mon Contemporary Art in the Old Prison 08-07-2017 Concert 1 Johanniter House 7:00 pm Luther Memorials Foundation of 6:00 pm 2:30 – in America (ELCA) 10:00 am – With works by Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Ólafur German-language roots music Saturday Music at 3 Saxony-Anhalt 3:30 pm Reading, Activity to participate Wed – Mon 6:00 pm Elíasson, Ayse Erkmen, Ai Weiwei, With Gerd Schinkel (singer-songwriter) 3:00 Presence in Heaven’s Tent of the Lutheran "Wittenberger Hofkapelle" Bible Marathon 10:00 am – Erwin Wurm and others World Federation 10 Market Stage 6:00 pm 8 Castle Church Read the Bible! Order of St. John 2 Thesis 62 5 Protestant in Europe 05-07-2017 Dance Unless otherwise indicated, all events are covered 09-07-2017 Join-in Activity Pastoral care Wed –Sun Wednesday Flagdancegroup Symbolica Place of Encounter 06 until 10-07-2017 by your World Reformation Exhibition ticket and are Sunday Transformation Café 2 asisi Panorama 2:00 – 7:00 pm Institute for Research on Religious Wed – Mon Opportunity for a private conversation free of charge.