CARP Late Summer WS 2013 Report - "Be2gether in 3D" — Yun Ki Choi

With this motto CARPies from all over Germany gathered for a late summer CARP Workshop in which we had a wonderful time in 3 dimensions.

1. The natural dimension The first day we had a canoeing tour on the Lahn and had the opportunity to thoroughly enjoy the wonderful nature surrounding the river and had some epic water battles. In the evening Viola Hara talked to us on the topic of “How to expand your life’s potential“, where she animated us to live a healthy life. After that Benedikta Becker gave a testimony on her witnessing experiences in Albania and the cooperations with other religions in the region.

2. The spiritual dimension The next morning we had a prayer walk around the nice lake near the center, where everybody had the opportunity to reflect upon their lives. Christian Claus then inspired us through his honest and for us young people very practical talk about our faith in daily life under the current developments in our church. In the afternoon we all made some minions out of marshmallows and enjoyed a few rounds of basketball and frisbee. After that Christian Hausmann gave us an introduction to the new Cheon Il Guk Constitution, that is beeing developed and will have a central meaning to our future church governance. The evening covered discussions on various topics and was concluded with games and karaoke.

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3. The worldly dimension GER On sunday Keiji Fuji gave a talk on how to apply management principles to our daily faith life to become more successful. Martin van Kampen then shared about his experiences with a Religious Youth Service Project in Estland. The workshop was concluded with the graduation and reflection.

Reflection by Karli As the youngest participant on the WS I was positively suprised by the WS. One day we spend on the Lahn in canoes and the rest of the days we had the chance to talk and listen to lectures. It was different from the usual HARP workshops as we had more chances to tackle ourselves, express opinions and just have a good time. Since we also took time to reflect on our “religious” life, it was a good change from our daily lives, where one does not often take time to think about these things. To summarize I would say that because of the open, pleasant atmosphere and the sensible program it was a successful weekend.