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    LWF Youth Pre-Assembly at the Heja Game Lodge. Photo: LWF/JC Valeriano

    A wealth of advice and instruction for attendees, to ensure the Assembly is smooth-running and that attendees get the most out of their experience.

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    10 May 2017, Windhoek, Namibia: Delegates respond to the opening session of the Twelfth Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

    Overview of the host church, country, protocol and formalities requested of attendees, information about the visual identity of the Assembly, the way in which an Assembly is prepared, and extensive information on the pre-Assemblies

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    Messages from the Pre-Assemblies take up the theme of the Thirteenth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Jotham Lee

    The Assembly theme, One Body, One Spirit, One Hope, reminds us that in a fragmented world, we are called to unity in the one body of Christ. The theme is drawn from Ephesians 4:4 (NRSV)

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    Thirteenth Assembly of The Lutheran World Federation, Krakow, Poland, 13-19 September 2023, at the ICE center

    The Assembly program comprises a rich array of events: from the opening ceremony, worship, prayers, Bible study and visits, to plenary sessions and the business of the Assembly.

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Jarmark (Marketplace) Guidelines

Jarmark is a Polish term that means marketplace or "fair." The Jarmark is a space for encounter, creativity, transformative action, and visioning.

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Church building of the Lutheran parish in Kraków (Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland).

Church building of the Lutheran parish in Kraków (Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland).

Krakow congregation welcomes Assembly participants

Discover the Assembly welcome program organized by the Krakow congregation for the LWF Thirteenth Assembly. Engaging debates, cultural experiences, and a warm embrace of diversity await attendees in this celebration of unity.

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18 Aug 2023
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Messages from the Pre-Assemblies take up the theme of the Thirteenth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Jotham Lee

Messages from the Pre-Assemblies take up the theme of the Thirteenth Assembly. Photo: LWF/Jotham Lee

Messages from Pre-Assemblies identify key issues and concerns

Messages from regional Pre-Assemblies are an important part of preparing for the Thirteenth Assembly. They gather insights from the regions and reflect discussions held during the Pre-Assemblies.

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21 Aug 2023
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Messages of LWF Pre-Assemblies

Messages of LWF Pre-Assemblies

Messages from regional Pre-Assemblies are an important part of preparing for the Thirteenth Assembly.

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From Windhoek to Krakow 2017-2023 - LWF six year report

From Windhoek to Krakow 2017-2023 – Six-Year Report

Discover the Lutheran World Federations' work over the last six years as it started on the threshold of commemorating 500 years of the Reformation

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Der Eingang zum ehemaligen Konzentrationslager Auschwitz-Birkenau. Foto: LWB/A. Danielsson

The entrance to the Auschwitz-Birkenau former concentration camp. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson

Auschwitz visit a key event at Krakow Assembly

A visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial and museum during LWF’s Thirteenth Assembly will be “a call to action to stand together, wherever people’s dignity is being violated.”

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30 Aug 2023
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From Windhoek to Krakow 2017-2023

From Windhoek to Krakow 2017-2023 report

“From Windhoek to Kraków”: LWF publishes six-year report

The LWF’s six-year report gives an overview of its activities in the years between the Twelfth and Thirteenth Assemblies and the journey from Windhoek to Kraków.

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05 Sep 2023
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Assembly Worship

Reconciled and Renewed – Assembly Worship (including Bible Studies)

Worship and Bible study are integral to the LWF Thirteenth Assembly, which begins and ends with worship services with Holy Communion.

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Participants of the Women’s Pre-Assembly in Wrocław, Poland, after the opening worship. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert 

Participants of the Women’s Pre-Assembly in Wrocław, Poland, after the opening worship. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert 

Serving the church as equals

Women’s Pre-Assembly begins in Wrocław, Poland

(LWI) - In the days leading up to the Thirteenth Assembly of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), 107 women, both lay and ordained, from across the world gathered in Wrocław, Poland, for the…

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09 Sep 2023
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Delegates from the Men’s Pre-Assembly in Krakow, Poland

Delegates from across the LWF’s seven regions take part in the first Men’s Pre-Assembly in Krakow, Poland. Photo: LWF/A. Hillert

Men’s Pre-Assembly highlights values of humility and hope

A first ever Pre-Assembly of men stresses need for servant leadership and listening to the voice of the Spirit

(LWI) - Men from around the seven regions of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) met together in Krakow on 11 September for…

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12 Sep 2023

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“There is one body, one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called” – Ephesians 4:4