by Lois Graff | Jun 20, 2016 | Travels, Youth
June 19 Buchenwald There is a massive difference between hearing and reading about something and actually setting foot and seeing it for yourself. The power behind the horrors of the holocaust and concentration camps is tenfold compared to the Holocaust and World War...
by Sue Doubleday | Jun 17, 2016 | Travels, Youth
June 16 – Berlin to Wittenberg Bridie Ryan Yesterday, after a breakfast of lunch meats, we went to an old cathedral which was pretty cool. There was a giant organ and huge stained glass windows. At one point I was looking for a coffee shop and I ended up finding...
by Meredith Kilby | Jun 13, 2016 | Travels, Youth
Odyssey to Germany Underway for 15 Youth, Four Adult Leaders This morning at around 10:30 a.m. the group traveling on the “Odyssey to Germany” departed for the airport in a number of vehicles driven by leaders and parents. A Blessing and Sending of...
by Meredith Kilby | Nov 30, 2015 | Global, Mission, Travels
Update: Jan 21 Messiah Lutheran will be giving all un-designated offerings during the Messiah’s 2016 Mid-week Lenten Services to the fund the construction of a kitchen for the Benito Montoya School (described in this post) as part of the “Feed the...
by Bonnie Jane Peterson | Nov 15, 2015 | Travels
Our last day before returning to Istanbul was a lot of driving and two interesting stops: Pergamon and Troy. The Acropolis is usually associated with Athens, Greece, but Pergamon also has a’high city’...
by Bonnie Jane Peterson | Nov 12, 2015 | Travels
Ephesus is amazing! Everyone I have talked to who has been here told me that. Visiting Ephesus today was even better than I anticipated. Imagine a theater seating 23,000 which still requires no...