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Celebration of the Seder evening on Holy Thursday 2023

2023-04-23T10:24:24+00:00

On Holy Thursday we celebrated the Seder meal in the congregation hall of the Andreas church with 80 people. We were very happy that Messianic Jews from Ukraine and Russia celebrated with us.

Israel journey of Maria Hoffmann March 2023

2023-04-23T10:23:30+00:00

My flight was supposed to leave on the 13^th of March from Berlin to Israel but due to a strike I flew two days later. The weather was cool and rainy when I landed, but my family welcomed me warmly. I spoke with family Glik and family Boskey as well as other messianic brothers and sisters in the Negev desert.

Lecture evening of Daniel Yahav from Tiberias in Döben

2023-04-23T10:22:03+00:00

Daniel Yahav is a pastor of a messianic congregation in Tiberias at the Sea of Galilee, where Yeshua ministered during his life on earth. He spoke in the old brewery in Döben in February in front of about 80 people about the issue: “More signs of the end time in Israel and the world: How should we react?”

The new body in Christ made from Jews and the Nations

2023-04-23T10:20:50+00:00

Our board and other people visited on the 28^th of January for the first time the Ukrainian-Messianic congregation, that meets regularly in the center of hope for church services.

Jewish Roots and the Youth

2023-04-23T10:19:19+00:00

On the 20^th of January, Kerstin Klug and Peter Slowik celebrated with the young people of the Andreas church the Shabbat.

Celebration of the Feast of tabernacles 2022

2023-04-23T10:14:47+00:00

Along with other believers and Jews from Ukraine and Russia we eat, sang, and celebrated in our wonderfully decorated sukkah.

The journey to Auschwitz end of August 2022

2023-04-23T10:13:08+00:00

Between the 31^st of August and the 3^rd of September, we went to Poland as "team Auschwitz."

Shabbat celebration on July 8th, 2022

2022-10-10T16:49:16+00:00

This Friday evening we celebrated Shabbat together with Jews from Israel and Ukraine.

This has been particularly precious! When Christians from Germany celebrate Shabbat with Messianic believers from Ukraine and with Israelis, something of the new man made up of Jews and the Gentiles in Christ becomes visible.

Visiting program for former Leipzig Jews in 2022

2022-10-10T16:48:28+00:00

Finally, after the cancellation in 2020 and the virtually visiting program in 2021, the city of Leipzig's visiting program could take place again this year.

Seder celebration Passah 2022

2022-10-10T16:44:59+00:00

The Seder evening 5782 we spent as a large family with many children and commemorated the exodus of the people of Israel from Egypt.

Finally in Israel again

2022-10-10T16:42:20+00:00

From February 3rd to 10th we, Manfred and Maria Hoffmann, were finally able to return to Israel.

Fountain of Tear in Birkenau in September 2021

2022-10-10T16:41:31+00:00

From September 23rd to 26th, part of the team of "Fountain of tears" under the direction of Maria Hoffmann and Kerstin Kluge went to Poland. They went there to receive groups in Birkenau in the future and explain to them "Fountain of tears" by artist Rick Wienecke from Israel. To do this, they met with the artist in the pavilion of the artwork for a whole day.

The Feast of Tabernacles 5782 (2021)

2022-10-10T16:39:57+00:00

Also in this New Jewish year we have celebrated Sukkot. However, there were a few smaller ones instead of one big celebration among family and friends. This went with and without a tabernacle, but a festively set table, with delicious fruit and food, with singing and Israeli dancing in the garden.

Participation at the Jewish week and the visiting program of the city of Leipzig 27.6.-4.7.21

2022-10-10T16:37:18+00:00

This Jewish week and the visiting program has been very special this year due to various reasons.

Bible seminar with Prof. Siegfried Zimmer in March

2022-10-10T16:30:14+00:00

The book of Job with the issue of suffering is a difficult part of the bible and in our lives. There is no other part in the bible where a believer is struggling so strong with God.

Engagement at ‘Fountain of Tears’ in Oswiecim

2022-10-10T16:28:46+00:00

Between the 19th and 23^rd of August Kerstin Kluge and Maria Hoffmann have been in Oswiecim and showed a German group the installation of ‘Fountain of Tears’.