Sustainable Church Asylum Practice: Taking Responsibility for Protection and Community Together
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Sustainable Church Asylum Practice: Taking Responsibility Together
Church asylum stands for lived neighborly love, protection, and the willingness not to leave people in difficult situations alone. The workshop in Bielefeld-Schildesche invites both paid and volunteer activists to reflect on their own practice and to further develop sustainable support structures for church refugee work.
Reflection, Experience, and Spiritual Community
The focus is on methods for evaluating and further developing church asylum practices. Participants will receive a protected reflection space for questions regarding their own role, the connection between community life and church asylum, as well as the experiences that shape this commitment. Here, burdensome experiences, gratitude, and mutual strengthening also find their place.
Creating Sustainable Church Asylum
Sustainable church asylum practice means distributing responsibility across multiple shoulders and avoiding overloading individual committers. The workshop therefore focuses on reliable processes, communal support, and a long-term sustainable organization. The impulses are also suitable for people who are active in other areas of social or civil society engagement.
With Ulrike La Gro and Ecumenical Cooperation
The speaker is Ulrike La Gro. The event takes place in cooperation with the Ecumenical Network for the Protection of Refugees. As an offer of Protestant adult education, the evening combines professional training, ethical responsibility, and communal learning.
Participation and Registration
The workshop will take place on Friday, November 20, 2026, from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM at the community house of the Ev.-Luth. Stiftskirchengemeinde Schildesche. Participation is free of charge. Registration is required by November 13, 2026, in the adult education office.
A focused exchange, practical methods, and a respectful atmosphere where experiences are shared and new perspectives for church asylum are developed are expected. Those interested in refugee protection, church engagement, and sustainable community work will experience an evening of encounter, reflection, and concrete encouragement.
