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GOTHENBURG – THE HOME OF VOLVO
God made the world and the Swedes made Gothenburg. Not only the fact that it is the second largest city in Sweden, but also is the best place you can always visit. Cold winds blowing from the Coast makes the city even colder despite being wormer than most of the Northern parts of Sweden. I…
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Welcome to the internationela exchange group 2016!
A couple of days ago, on the 29th 2016 of february, they all arrived in a winter cold Sweden! 18 participants from all over the world gathered in Sigtuna Folkhögskola to start out a three months long exchange with Church of Sweden – they will share dayly life and faith with people in our congregations and hopfully…
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Årets utbytesdeltagare på väg ut i världen
Inom kort befinner de sig i Costa Rica, Brasilien, Tanzania, Södra Afrika och Filippinerna där de ska dela vardag liv och tro under tre månader. Följ dem på resan här via bloggen och på Instagram via #uidvk15
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Urfolkens kamp i Brasilien och i Sverige
Gästblogg på ”I någon annans vardag” :Tre samiska unga ledare åkte till Brasilien i maj 2015 som ett led i urfolksutbyte mellan samer i Sverige och urfolk i Brasilien. Svenska kyrkan och urfolksorganet COMIN som är kopplad till Lutherska kyrkan i Brasilien har haft samarbete kring utbytet. I framtiden kan samarbetet komma att integreras i…
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God is fair, humans are not
Three weeks in a foreign country is nothing compared to how much one can learn living in a new place for a much longer time. And I am talking about three weeks living almost exclusively in one city. This should be a super easy task, shouldn’t it? We are all the time formulating criteria’s, making…
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International exchangeparticipants in Sweden!
About a week ago, the new international exchange group arrived to Sweden. It is the biggest international group of all times in the youth exchange and it consists of 18 wonderful young members from all over the worldwide Church! During their time in Sweden they will be living in congregations all over the country, from…
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Äventyret väntar runt hörnet!
Vi har sagt hejdå till den internationella utbytesgruppen som förgyllde sverige med sin närvaro under hela hösten. Deras resa avslutades med en fantastisk vistelse i Karlstad under Världens fest! Årets svenska grupp är nu äntligen samlad och under juni månad gick de sin introduktionsutbildning. Nu väntar språk- och avresekurs i Uppsala och där efter bär det…
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Going back home
Its been 3 weeks but it still feels like yesterday when we were saying goodbye at Arlanda Airport with tears flowing on our cheeks. Being home feels so good its back to reality. It is good because people have not seeing me for 3 months so everyone is asking a lot of questions about my…
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Waking Up from the Longest Dream and the Learnings from Sweden
Through the Young in the Worldwide Church Program, I was flown into a new society and culture. And as I reckoned my story was similar to that of Dorothy and his friends in the tale, “The Wizard of Oz.” Unexpectedly, these were things that out of the blue just came out like fresh wild flowers…
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Världens Fest Special Blog
Celebrating the Grandeur of Helping Humanity Through the grand chorale and orchestra, the three-day Världens Fest opened with a musical concert depicting Church of Sweden’s international work through the decades. International work for the Church of Sweden has been a tradition imbedded in this church across borders. During the three days in Karlstad, discussing the…
Författare: Anne Falk
