Church district Nauen-Rathenow

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Basic data
Leading clergyman: Superintendent

Thomas Tutzschke

Regional Church: Evangelical Church
Berlin-Brandenburg-

Silesian Upper Lusatia

Parishes: 51
Parishioners: approx. 15,206

The Nauen-Rathenow parish was created in 2003 from the merger of the Nauen parish and the Rathenow parish . It belongs to the Potsdam district of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia . The church district comprises around 15,206 parishioners in 51 parishes in part of the Havelland . In order to facilitate the administrative work of the church employees, several villages are grouped together to form parishes or parishes . Services are held at regular intervals, usually every 4–6 weeks, in the individual churches in the parish.

Seat of the superintendent

The church district is headed by a superintendent . He is the external representative of the church district and, in addition to the Berlin consistory , exercises local supervision over the employees of the church district. In addition to this task, the superintendent has to carry out pastoral duties in his own home parish. The office of the superintendent of the parish of Nauen-Rathenow is located in the parish and parish center of Nauen St. Jacobi.

District Synod

The highest organ of the church district is the district synod , which meets at regular intervals. It includes full-time and voluntary employees and members of the Protestant Church. It is directed by a praeses and decides both administrative and theological structures and directions of the church district.

Church administration office

The parishes concentrate on pastoral care and preaching . There are administrative offices in the district church to relieve them of administrative work. Among other things, they record the income and expenses of the municipalities, settle the collections and keep the municipality's population statistics . The parish of Nauen-Rathenow and other parishes use the Prignitz - Havelland - Ruppin church administration office in Kyritz .

District church archivist

As in the various levels of the regional church and in every parish, there is also an archive in the church district in which important written material and documents of the church district that are worthy of protection are collected. A pastor has been appointed archivist.

Church institutions

The area of ​​church music is supervised by several cantors in the church district. Numerous music groups and church choirs offer their colorful program in the church services and outside the church.

The Diakonisches Werk Havelland e. V. operates a social station in Rathenow, Rhinow, Nennhausen and Premnitz and also runs an outpatient hospice service that looks after critically ill people in their homes throughout the district. The hospital pastoral care and weekly devotions in the hospitals in Nauen and Rathenow are carried out by volunteers from the church district.

Parishes in the parish of Nauen-Rathenow

The parishes are represented by the chairpersons of the parish councils, which include at least 4 church elders and one ordained employee (theologian or parish pedagogue). Church life takes place in all of its facets. There is work in children's groups, senior groups, musical groups, in pastoral care as well as youth work and various events.

The following parishes belong to the parish of Nauen-Rathenow: Berge , Betzin, Börnicke , Bötzow, Bredow, Brunne, Dechtow, Etzin, Ev. Hope parish in the Elb-Havel-Winkel, Ev. Parish Hohennauen, Ev. Parish Milow, Ev. Parish Premnitz, Ev. Parish Rhinower Ländchen, Ev. Reformation community Westhavelland, Fehrbellin , Flatow, Friesacker Ländchen, Gohlitz , United Behnitz , Green Field, hook Berg , Havelländisches Luch, Karwesee, Ketzin / Havel , Kienberg, small Behnitz, Königshorst , Lentzke, Lietzow , Linum , Markau-Markee, Nauen , Niebede , Couples, Paretz , Pausin , Perwenitz, Rathenow , Retzow , Ribbeck , Schwanebeck , Selbelang , Semlin , Tarmow, Tietzow , Tremmen , Wachow , Wansdorf , Wernitz and Zachow.

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