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Image Participants in the "People on the Move" workshop visit the Augustanaho housing project and ecumenical center in Amsterdam. Photo: Holger Lux Dutch church’s work on diversity and integration inspires LWF delegates from across Europe ‘People on the Move’ workshop showcases how community housing project responds to needs of changing population (LWI) - Delegates representing member churches of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Europe gained new insights when they…
Image Caring for the âSilence Gardenâ at Augustanahof, a former church building turned into residential apartments, as part of the diaconal work of the Lutheran Church in Amsterdam. Photo: Lutheran Diaconie Netherlands: Investing in communities to be “carriers of sustainable diakonia” Hanne Wilzing shares the story of a repurposed church building in Amsterdam (LWI) – When church attendance and resources decline as neighborhoods change, there is the temptation to shut down and become withdrawn,” says Mr Hanne Wilzing,…
