Understanding God and the World - Second 7-day seminar in Germany

Understanding God and the World … Second 7-day seminar at our seminar center Neumuehle, Germany Neumuehle, Bad Camberg, Germany, 10. – 16. August 2015

By Fritz Piepenburg The seminar began with a round of presentations in a smaller surrounding.

B introduction on Monday evening to get There each member could voice his eginning from Monday 10th of to know each other a bit better. During opinion and ask further questions. august and lasting till the the following seven days everybody had following Sunday the 2nd 7-day plenty of opportunity to exchange views seminar on “The Divine Principle” took and stories with everybody else and place at our seminar center thus establish very close ties of Neumuehle. From among 28 friendship. People were joining participants, 10 arrived from Austria together as a closely knit group with under the leadership of Elisabeth Cook strong bonds of friendship. and Dominique Haider. Hilke Ganz and Cilna Haubold led through the Group discussions played an important program. Fritz Piepenburg, Ulrich role in getting acquainted with each Ganz, Claus Dubisz and Dieter Schmidt other. Just before lunch and dinner The evening program consisted of were lecturers. three groups were chosen by lottery for bond fire with (old and new) songs, an the sake of talking about the evening in the yard between the houses for giving testimonies, a film evening with the French film “Monsieur Claud and his daughters” and a family night with song and performance. The Austrians organised the game “journey to Jerusalem”, where people dance around a chain of chair and quickly have to sit down, when the music stops - with one chair missing. On Friday afternoon one group went to Limburg and entered the famous dome, while others went swimming in an open air basin in Bad Camberg. There were guided tours through the newly restored building of the Neumuehle, as well as explanations of the Biblical figures along the hillside.

Dieter: “The best was the change of group composition every day. In th is way we could meet with everybody in small groups.” Jennifer: “The evening night was perfect and left room enough for individual exchange. Our trip to Limburg could have been a bit longer in time planning.” Ivanna: “The atmosphere I liked best. Everything was very natural, full of joy and love. Very nice people! Like a good family.” Monika: “It was very good to have different lecturers. Thus we could experience different aspects of the Principle.” The program was tightly filled with 21 Excerpts from the reflection sheets: Marija: “The presenters did their very lectures. Each participant received a Emmanuel: “The presentations were best. I wished I could write more certificate of acknowledgement on the rather good, but the topic resurrection quickly. I found the lecture on the last day. Everybody could voice his was best. I never heard anybody else return of the Messiah most opinion/suggestions on a reflection explaining this topic so well.” impressive.” sheet at the end of the seminar. People agreed that they wished to meet again - Franz-Josef: “I like the idea of someday. selecting the groups by lottery. Thus we could hear from everybody something.”