Inspiring worship provides for special and unique experience

Using dance, music, light, shadows and artistic resources, worship at the Thirteenth Assembly of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) brings to life the Assembly theme “One Body…

Around 1,000 participants are attending the 13 - 19 September LWF Assembly in Kraków, Poland. Lutheran World Information (LWI) gathered some impressions.

Lutherans from around the globe joined local congregants for Sunday worship at Lutheran churches in three different neighboring countries: Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic as part of their participation in the LWF Thirteenth Assembly…

Thematic plenary sessions of at the Thirteenth Assembly in Kraków, Poland, are followed by discussions in 24 Village Groups. They offer space to engage further with the Assembly theme.

The LWF Assembly choir lifts up the spirit of the journeys in the main auditorium of the ICE Congress Centre in Kraków, Poland. The choir and the musicians are a global composition from all continents, all regions and many languages.

There are 32 volunteers from the Polish Lutheran church serving at the LWF Thirteenth Assembly in Kraków, Poland alongside Assembly stewards. Their knowledge of the local context and day-to-day logistics’ support go a long way in making the Assembly function.

Embracing the "One Body, One Spirit, One Hope" Assembly theme, worship at the Assembly will invite global participants to find strength in unity and celebrate the diversity of the Lutheran Communion. Tom Witt, LWF Assembly Worship Coordinator…

Marian Turski, superviviente del Holocausto, se dirigió a la Asamblea de la FLM en Cracovia e instó a los delegados y las delegadas a luchar contra la incitación al odio y convertir el miedo a los extranjeros en empatía hacia “el prójimo”.