Brunnen
«L’Assemblée sera l’occasion de reprendre des forces pour notre pèlerinage commun dans le monde qui est le nôtre aujourd’hui, de nous écouter et de nous encourager mutuellement, tout en célébrant l’amour qui, par l’Esprit saint, nous mène, nous guérit et nous outille» (document de réflexion sur le thème de l’Assemblée).
Le Brunnen, un mot qui signifie «puits» en allemand, est un espace de rencontre et de partage. C’est là que l’on se désaltère, que l’on salue une personne en visite ou que l’on accueille l’étranger ou l’étrangère. Le Brunnen a également un sens spirituel: c’est un lieu qui montre la diversité ainsi que l’unité existante et attendue. Espace de rencontre visant à élargir les horizons, il donne de la place au mouvement œcuménique dans son ensemble et à la société. Le Brunnen offrira un espace permettant de récoler les fruits du pèlerinage et de formuler des idées pour l’avenir.
Les précédentes assemblées ont offert des espaces similaires, à l’instar du padare à Harare en 1998, du mutirão à Porto Alegre en 2006 et du madang à Busan en 2013.
Ouvert tous les jours de 11 heures à 22 heures sauf le week-end, le Brunnen fut le cœur de l’Assemblée. Son programme constitua le principal élément de ce que nous appelons le parcours Participant-e, en parallèle du parcours Délégué-e et du parcours Programme de rencontre œcuménique (un programme organisé à Karlsruhe, principalement destiné aux personnes qui viennent des environs).
Le programme du Brunnen comprit des ateliers, des expositions, des zones de réseautage et des manifestations parallèles. Nous avons encouragé les partenaires œcuméniques, les réseaux œcuméniques et les Églises membres à proposer des ateliers, des expositions ou des spectacles.
Des ateliers furent organisés pour donner aux personnes participant à l’Assemblée des
occasions de se rencontrer pour discuter et approfondir un thème particulier. Chaque atelier de 90 minutes a été proposé une seule fois. 100 espaces dédiés aux ateliers furent mis en en place.
La Networking Zone, ou zone de réseautage, était un espace animé et dynamique où les personnes participantes purent se rassembler autour de plusieurs «pôles» œcuméniques, c’est-à-dire des espaces réservés au COE, à l’Alliance ACT et aux Églises hôtes.
The WCC space features a wide range of programme activities of the Council and its latest publications.
31 August
9:00 – 10:00 Overcoming racism
Restorative Justice and the legacies of racially-motivated slavery: a video on slavery and reparation, restorative or repairing justice followed by discussion.
13:00 – 14:00 Interfaith affirmations on belonging
What does your tradition teach about belonging, inclusivity? Why are these Affirmations important in the work to tackle statelessness?
14:00 – 15:00 WCC and its roots – Where are we coming from?
15:00 – 16:00 Studying at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey
Insights from students and teaching team.
1 September
09:00 - 10:00 Thursdays in Black: Tales of Transformation
Experiences and narratives of transformation linked to the #TiB Campaign in the different regions.
10:00 – 11:00 “Walking Her-Story”: Women of faith pilgrimages
Testimonies from pilgrim team visits of women of faith.
11:00 – 12:00 Faith and Order: What are the Churches saying about the Church?
12:00 – 13:00 Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel: a conversation on peace and justice.
Presentation and conversation on 20 years of promoting peace, justice and the accompaniment of vulnerable communities in Israel and Palestine. Discussion will be led by the programme coordinator Jack Munayer and 4 Ecumenical Accompaniers from Argentina, Germany, Sweden and Ecuador.
13:00 – 14:00 “Hundred years of mission cooperation: looking back and to the future of reconciliation and unity”
An interactive discussion on ecumenical mission in/of/after the assembly.
14:00 – 15:00 Season of creation, ecumenical care for creation and call for ecological conversion
Panel discussion bringing together Season of Creation leaderships.
15:00 – 16:00 Book launch: “Let the waves roar” – meet the authors
16:00 – 17:00 WCC communication
18:30 – 19:00 Book launch: “Cooler earth, higher benefits”
19:00 – 20:00 Human Rights and Dignity of the People of West Papua
Introduction of West Papua programme work within the WCC.
20:00 – 21:00 Phobia, hatred, and the interfaith call to life sustainability
In which effective ways can religious communities embody life sustainability in the political arena today? How can religious leaders convey to political leaders the importance of life sustainability?
2 September
09:00 – 10:00 “Why did your church apply to become a member of the Ecumenical Movement?”
Encountering applicant and new member churches of WCC.
10:00 – 11:00 Racial Justice on the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace
Racism is a human moral and ethical degeneration. It is rooted in the incapacity to recognize in the other the same nature and value as is there in yourself. It is a symptom of the brokenness of our human relating and it is sin.
11 :00 – 12 :00 Book launch: Christian Perspectives on Human Dignity and Human Rights
12:00 – 13:00 Truth and trauma on the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace
Since 2013, the world Council of Churches has embarked on a pilgrimage of justice and peace and coming out of the pilgrimage, one of the things we have noted is that there have been cases of trauma stemming from conflict.
13:00 – 14:00 Faith and Order on Pilgrimage: Introducing Three Short Theological Reflections
The Busan Assembly asked the churches to “move together” on a “pilgrimage of justice and peace.” Faith and Order commission members representing Christians from many traditions and global perspectives, formed a study group to accept that challenge. The study group coauthored three brief theological texts.
14:00 – 15:00 HIV: overcoming stigma and discrimination at the congregation
Representatives from around the world share best practices of overcoming HIV stigma and discrimination.
15:00 – 16:00 Sexual and Reproductive Health and Faith
Intergenerational conversations on sexual and reproductive health in the context of faith perspectives from Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiatives and Advocacy (EHAIA).
16:00 – 17:00 WCC communication
18:00 – 19:00 WCC journals
19:00 – 20:00 “Out of the Shadows” campaign - Eliminating violence against children
A project shining light on the response to Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) and exploitation, through WCC member churches and ecumenical partners.
3 September
15:00 – 16:00 Ecumenical Office to the UN in New York
The Ecumenical Office to the United Nations (EOUN) – a joint office of the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance – facilitates an important link between the ecumenical movement and the UN system in New York.
16:00 – 17:00 WCC Communication
17:00 – 18:00 Mental health wellness: tools on ensuring mental health wellness in church settings
18:00 – 19:00 Bossey 360
Welcome to the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey! We invite you to discover a 360 degree view of this beautiful space of ecumenical encounter.
4 September
14:00 – 15:00 Youth, hatred and phobia in the digital age
This panel discussion is set up to examine the following issues: can expressions of hatred and phobia on internet be considered simply as manifestations of freedom of expression? How can faith communities deal with those who promote hatred and phobia on internet, and what can they do to help young people to face hatred and phobia in the cyber space?
15.00 – 17:00 WCC Communication
17:00 – 18:00 Youth perspective on the Food Crisis and the remedial actions
5 September
09:00 – 10:00 The human rights implications of nexus between climate, water, food, health, gender and racism
An interactive dialogue between the Human Rights Rapporteurs of Water, Food and Climate between the Human Rights Rapporteurs of Water, Food and Climate.
10:00 – 11:00 Migration and life
Lifting up the intersectionalities of Migration with climate change, economic injustice, racism and HIV.
11.00 – 12:00 The impact of the inclusive humanitarian response by the ACT Alliance Disability Inclusive Development Community of Practice
12:00 – 13:00 Promoting mental health, aware of its intersectionalities
Experiences from different domains. This will bring perspectives from the Climate Emergency, HIV, and Gender relations in the context of the church, home and family.
13:00 – 14:00 Bossey alumni meeting
14:00 – 15:00 Faith and Order: Broadening the Dialogue on the Church
15:00 – 16:00 Land and displacement on the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace
Video on the experiences and narratives of communities that have experienced displacement from their lands. Harvests from Pilgrim team visits.
16:00 – 17:00 WCC communication
17:00 – 18:00 Green Village
18:00 – 19:00 Intergenerational conversation: reflecting on the future of the WCC
6 September
09:00 – 10:00 PJP priority countries: Israel and Palestine, Iraq, and Syria
This time slot will be used to present the programmatic work of the WCC on the Middle East between the Busan Assembly and Karlsruhe with specific focus on priority countries: Syria, Iraq, Israel/Palestine.
10:00 – 11:00 Economic Injustice: Root of all Crises & a way forward
NIFEA initiative/ZacTax as a way forward for transformation.
11:00 – 12:00 Faith and Order: Moral discernment: Facilitating ecumenical dialogue through learning from historic examples
12:00 13:00 PJP priority countries: Burundi, Mozambique, Cameroon, DRC, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and South Sudan
From the Busan assembly peace building under the framework of the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace (PJP) has continued to journey together and providing accompaniment with and for the churches and people from the identified priority countries in Africa.
13:00 – 14:00 The 4th Industrial revolution
Faith, Life and Justice: Panel discussion.
15:00 – 16:00 Health and Healing on the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace
In the context of the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace, the regional consultations took place in 2021 as a continuation of the work previously done by the WCC COVID-19 staff support team who helped open the discussion.
16:00 – 17:00 WCC Communication
17:00 – 18:00 Green Village
19:00 – 20:00 PAWEEN reception
The Pan African Women Ecumenical Empowerment Network (PAWEEN) was launched in 2015 to create a worldwide, vibrant chain of support and empowerment among women of African descent as one contribution to the WCC’sPilgrimage of Justice and Peace.
20:00 – 21:00 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Ecumenical Prayer Cycle (digital resources)
7 September
09:00 – 10:00 Studying at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey
Insights from students and teaching team
10:00 – 11:00 PJP priority countries: Ukraine
Global impact of the Ukraine crisis and solutions.
11:00 – 12:00 Book launch: Hate Speech and Whiteness – Racism in post-colonial contexts
12:00 – 13:00 Moral discernment – exploring a new approach and tool from the Faith and Order Commission
13:00 – 14:00 E-book launch: Killer Robots
15:00 – 16:00 Nuclear Disarmament
Screening of video testimonies of, and conversation with, ecumenical and other partners working on this issue
16:00 – 17:00 WCC Communication
17:00 – 18:00 The global crisis of food and livelihoods
18:00 – 19:00 Economy of Life and Ecological Justice
Experiences on how this is being experienced at the congregation level, as well as localized strategies for a sustainable future.
31 August
12:00 - 13:00 Anti-Black and Brown Racism, Afrophobia and Xenophobia
13:00 - 14:00 PJP document launch: Ecumenical Theology of Companionship
1 September
12:00 - 13:00 ACT / WCC / LWF Climate event
2 September
15:00 - 16:00 Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel: a conversation on peace and justice
3 September
14:00 - 15:00 PJP priority countries: Korean Peninsula and Colombia
5 September
15:00 - 16:00 Blue Communities in Action
6 September
17:00 - 18:00 Intersectionalities of Racism, Gender, Climate Justice & Health
18:00 - 19:00 CCIA from Busan to Karlsruhe
19:00 - 20:00 Menstrual health and rights
7 September
12:15 - 12:45 ACT / WCC Ecumenical Diakonia event
17:00 - 18:00 Climate Justice - Actions from various perspectives
Les stands d’exposition était des espaces qui donnaient aux personnes participant à l’Assemblée et au public en général l’occasion de profiter des multiples dons que pouvaient offrir les partenaires œcuméniques, les réseaux et les Églises membres du Conseil œcuménique des Églises.
Les expositions ne se limitaient pas à des présentations statiques (photoreportages, expositions d’art, etc.), mais pouvaient se décliner sous différentes formes.
En plus de présenter et de promouvoir l’exploration de thèmes et de sujets sous une forme visuelle, les stands incitaient à interpréter et approfondir activement le contenu de l’exposition. Ils créaient une interaction entre les personnes qui visitaie l’exposition, celles qui l’organisaient et l’exposition elle-même. Enfin, ils tissaient des réseaux et mobilisaient l’intérêt autour des thèmes et sujets abordés, tout en illustrant le partenariat entre les Églises et les partenaires œcuméniques au sein de la communauté fraternelle.
11e Assemblée du COE - Brunnen - Formulaire de proposition d’une exposition
Les partenaires œcuméniques, les réseaux œcuméniques et les Églises membres furent invités à proposer des manifestations parallèles. Il pouvait s’agir de prestations musicales ou culturelles, de concerts, d’arts visuels ou d’espaces de discussion. Des scènes de spectacle étaient disponibles en différents lieux du Brunnen.
Il était conseillé que les manifestations parallèles présentent un attrait artistique pour un large public, qu’elles mettent en avant le thème de l’assemblée, qu’elles explorent des sujets particuliers et qu’elles intègrent des moments de célébration. Pour les personnes qui y assistèrent, les manifestations doivent furent une occasion d’échanger des informations et des expériences et de constituer une plateforme d’échange et de partage culturels.
11e Assemblée du COE - Brunnen - Formulaire de proposition d’une performance
List of Brunnen Workshops at the 11th WCC Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany