Gebet am Mittag 02.06.2025

Herrnhuter Losungen

Ps.27,7-9

7 HERR, höre meine Stimme, wenn ich rufe; sei mir gnädig und antworte mir! 8 Mein Herz hält dir vor dein Wort: / »Ihr sollt mein Antlitz suchen.« Darum suche ich auch, HERR, dein Antlitz. 9 Verbirg dein Antlitz nicht vor mir, verstoße nicht im Zorn deinen Knecht! Denn du bist meine Hilfe; verlass mich nicht und tu die Hand nicht von mir ab, du Gott meines Heils! 

Jeremia 8,21,22
Jeremia sprach: Mich jammert von Herzen, dass die Tochter meines Volkes so zerschlagen ist. Ist denn keine Salbe in Gileat oder ist kein Arzt da?
Jesus sprach zu Zachäus: Heute ist in diesem Hause Heil widerfahren, denn auch er ist ein Sohn Abrahams. Denn der Menschensohn ist gekommen, zu suchen und selig zu machen, was verloren ist.

Er ist das Leben, seine Kraft soll Leib und Seele führe. Sein Geist, der alles in mir schafft, soll mich allein regieren; so werd ich, weil ich nun durch ihn mit meinem Gott verbunden bin, das Leben nie verlieren.

Johann Christian Lange/Günter Balders


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Visitors in May

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Updates from Tübingen    

Visitors in May: The summer always blesses us with visits from friends and colleagues—from near and from far. Here are some of our Institute visitors during the month of May:

Christian Witzmann (EES Board Chair) and Tony Twist (EES President) traveled to Tübingen for their annual visit to check in with Birgit and Dennis and to meet with our faculty liaison at the University.

Heawon and Dale Stuckenbruck (son of Earl and Ottie Mearle Stuckenbruck) popped in to say hello during their visit to Tübingen to attend a class reunion from when Dale was in school here as a child.

Dr. Jim Kautt (pastor of the Christliche Gemeinde Tübingen) stopped by to pick up some duplicate copies of books from our library. We were pleased that these extra volumes could find a good home!

Jenn Box (a former colleague from Bushnell University in Oregon) made a surprise visit to the Institute and to see Dennis & Karen while her husband was attending an international Mennonite conference in nearby Schwäbisch Gmünd.

SOMETHING NEW ON THE EES WEBSITE! Every Monday Birgit and Dennis meet for a brief time of prayer and devotion to begin the new week. We now offer the Institute's weekly noon prayer in the BLOG on the EES website. The prayer is offered alternately in German and English. We cordially invite you to pray along with us by checking out the BLOG.
https://eesinc.org/institute-blog-en

Noonday Prayer 19. May 2025

Noonday Prayer Monday 19.May 2025
19 May 2025

Psalm 145:13b–21

   The Lord is faithful in all his words, 
          and gracious in all his deeds. 
14  The Lord upholds all who are falling, 
          and raises up all who are bowed down. 
15  The eyes of all look to you, 
          and you give them their food in due season. 
16  You open your hand, 
          satisfying the desire of every living thing. 
17  The Lord is just in all his ways, 
          and kind in all his doings. 
18  The Lord is near to all who call on him, 
          to all who call on him in truth. 
19  He fulfills the desire of all who fear him; 
          he also hears their cry, and saves them. 
20  The Lord watches over all who love him, 
          but all the wicked he will destroy.

21  My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord, 
          and all flesh will bless his holy name forever and ever.

Prayers of Thanksgiving:

We give you thanks, Lord, for your faithfulness, providing for us and our loved ones all that we need for each day.

We give you thanks, Lord, for your compassion, upholding us and comforting us when we are in distress.

We give you thanks, Lord, for your patient love, bearing with us when our hearts go astray.

We give you thanks, Lord, for your forgiveness, restoring us when we have been unfaithful to your word.

We give you thanks, Lord, for your calling, setting us apart and empowering us to serve in your Kingdom.

We give you thanks, Lord, for your resurrection and life, assuring us that our labor here is not in vain.

Lord´s Prayer

Valentina´s work in Tübingen

by Birgit Hallmann 

We are happy to welcome Ms. Valentina-Andrada Minea, a doctoral student from Romania, who has been spending part of this academic journey doing research here in Tübingen. She’s in the final year of her PhD in Theology at the University of Bucharest.

Valentina holds a Bachelor’s degree in Orthodox Pastoral Theology and a Master’s degree in Systematic Theology, both from Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu. She also completed a postgraduate program in Intercultural Communication in German-Speaking Countries at the same University, a course that further shaped her interest in dialogue across cultures and religious traditions.  She is currently in Tübingen with the support of a research scholarship from “Brot für die Welt”.

She first got in touch with the Institute through the English-German Colloquium, where she met Dennis Lindsay. After a conversation about her research, she was invited to make use of the Stuckenbruck Library—and she’s been coming ever since.

Valentina works often in the library, spending hours reading and writing in the quiet study room. She’s found the environment both peaceful and academically rich.

“It’s such a valuable space for me. There are books here that I simply wouldn’t have access to otherwise, and being able to work in silence has helped me stay focused on my thesis”.

She primarily uses the library’s materials on interreligious dialogue, particularly between Judaism and Christianity, as well as resources on culture and theology. The colloquium discussions have also played a helpful role, offering opportunities to reflect and engage with others on related topics.

Dr. Aleksey Volchkov at the Institute

by Dennis Lindsay

We were pleased to host a visit this past month from Dr. Alexey Volchkov. Alexey is a native of St. Petersburg and an ordained Russian Orthodox priest. Because of his critical stance on the war in Ukraine, it is not currently possible for him to serve in his homeland, but here in Tübingen he ministers to a diaspora congregation comprised of both Russian and Ukrainian Christians. Holding a doctoral degree in theology, Alexey is also a research assistant to one of the New Testament professors of the Protestant faculty at the University of Tübingen where he has contributed to a current research project on Nicene Council. He presented a paper in our English-German Colloquium last semester on the topic of "common prayer" at the Council of Nicea (325 AD), and we are looking forward to a further presentation in the upcoming summer semester from his research work on prayers in the "Didache" (early 2nd century). Alexey works regularly with Protestant "free churches" and was delighted to make contact with our Institute for the Study of Christian Origins—a topic close to his heart. We are exploring ways to partner with him and his ministry of reconciliation.