Vesper Church

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Vesper Church in the Evangelical City Church of Ravensburg, 2013 (in the side aisle in the background)

Under the name Vesperkirche , more than 50 predominantly Protestant parishes in Baden-Württemberg , Bavaria , Rhineland-Palatinate , Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia carry out social projects. These take place in the winter months, for the benefit of the poor and needy. The core of the offer is a warm lunch, which is offered at a rather symbolic price. The other offers vary depending on the location; They offer, for example, snack packages for the night, medical care, free hairdressers, discussions on crisis management , career advice, a play area for children or concerts and lectures.

The term “Vespers” refers less to Middle High German  Vespers , which is equated with evening time, or Vespers , which are used in liturgy . But more on the Swabian term, which used to be equated with an in-between meal and today with a main meal.

The establishment of Vesper churches expresses the fact that parishes take sides for people who “can no longer participate in social life because they lack the money”. The Protestant regional bishop Frank Otfried July endorses the idea of ​​the Vesper Church and sees it as an important signal in the present, while at the same time calling for political reforms to improve the situation of the needy.

history

Vesper Church Stuttgart

The Leonhardskirche in Stuttgart

The first project of this kind started in 1995 in the Leonhardskirche in Stuttgart . Diakonie pastor Martin Friz had the idea for this project . The Vesperkirche Stuttgart is organized annually from January to March by the Stuttgart Diakoniepfarramt and hundreds of volunteers from different age and professional groups. It is important to them that those seeking help not only receive food, but are accepted as people and can make friends. While around 70 needy people came every day at the beginning, there are now around 600 (as of 2018).

The Vesper Church is financed by private donations . In addition, various companies and institutions are getting involved by providing medicines, baked goods or hot drinks free of charge or at very reduced prices. The Schwäbische Tafel Stuttgart supplies the Vesperkirche cheaply with food. The total costs per season in Stuttgart amount to around 250,000 euros (as of 2018).

In 2007 the Vesperkirche Stuttgart received the Hans-Peter-Stihl -Prize and publishes its own “Vesperkirchen-Zeitung”.

COVID-19

After the Vesper Church always took place in a church or inside a building, it was held outdoors for the first time due to the COVID-19 pandemic . A summer Vespers church is organized in Freudenstadt . Every Friday until the end of October there is a reduced meal that can easily be eaten by hand. Because others also revise their concept or wait to see how the situation develops. It can be assumed that this approach will also be adopted by other initiatives.

Venues

The following parishes have taken up the idea, some do not take part every year:

Baden-Württemberg

Bavaria

In Bavaria, every congregation that founds a new Vesper church receives € 15,000 as start-up capital from the regional church .

Rhineland-Palatinate

Lower Saxony

North Rhine-Westphalia

Similar concepts

Awards

See also

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ The Swabian Cuisine - Vespers and Snacks , accessed February 28, 2018.
  3. ↑ evangelisch.de: Vespers and Vesper Church , accessed on February 28, 2018.
  4. ↑ Regional Bishop Frank Otfried July, quoted in according to Idea Spektrum , No. 2 of January 11, 2012, Art. Vesper churches are becoming increasingly popular. P. 33.
  5. ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung , March 1, 2018: The temporary home closes , accessed March 4, 2018.
  6. ↑ Veperkirche Stuttgart: The Vesperkirche lives on donations
  7. ^ Vesperkirche Stuttgart: Vesperkirchen Zeitung
  8. ↑ Die neue Welle , July 29, 2020: Summer Vespers Church started in Freudenstadt , accessed July 4, 2020
  9. ↑ evangelisch.de , June 4, 2020: New concepts for Vesper churches , accessed July 4, 2020
  10. ↑ Schwäbische Zeitung , June 5, 2020: Vesperkirche im Schussental: Team changes the concept due to the corona pandemic , accessed July 4, 2020
  11. ↑ Backnanger Kreiszeitung , November 8th, 2017: We always have a reference , accessed February 27th, 2018
  12. ↑ This is what the first Vesper church in Ehingen offers. January 17, 2019, accessed November 9, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Ecumenical Vesper Church Heidenheim. Heidenheim church district , accessed on December 5, 2019 .
  14. ↑ On the way to the Vesper Church. Gäubote , November 29, 2019, accessed December 5, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Meal - Church I like ( Memento from March 4, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
  16. ↑ Schwarzwälder Bote, May 9, 2018: Now comes the Horber Summer Vespers Church , accessed on May 10, 2018.
  17. ↑ Südkurier , March 3, 2017: Vesper Church: A warm meal for 1.50 euros , accessed January 16, 2018
  18. ↑ Handover on the Rhine Bridge , accessed on December 5, 2011
  19. ↑ Schwäbische Zeitung , April 6, 2016: While eating, conversations arise as if by themselves , accessed February 27, 2018 (article only available for subscribers)
  20. ↑ a b Schwäbische Zeitung , November 5, 2018: Weingarten is taking itself out of the game as the venue for the Vesper Church 2019 , accessed March 16, 2019
  21. ↑ Badische Zeitung , February 21, 2018: Vesper Church will take place twice more , accessed: February 27, 2018
  22. ↑ Completion of the Waldstetter Vesper Church. February 10, 2019, accessed August 18, 2019 .
  23. ↑ Food for an obulus at the Wiblinger Advent table. December 8, 2015, accessed November 9, 2019 .
  24. ↑ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria , February 21, 2018: 100,000 euros for the start of new Vesper churches in Bavaria , accessed: March 4, 2018
  25. ↑ Everyone is (s) t right here! Vesperkiche Memmingen, accessed on December 5, 2019 .
  26. ↑ New concepts for Vesper churches. evangelisch.de , June 4, 2020, accessed June 20, 2020 .
  27. ↑ MahlZeit, the fifth , accessed: March 4, 2018
  28. ^ Vesper Church Nuremberg
  29. ↑ Vesper Church Schweinfurt
  30. ↑ Vesper Church Würzburg
  31. ↑ faz.net , January 15, 2018: More and more Vesper churches in Bavaria , accessed January 16, 2018.
  32. ↑ KinderVesperKirche , accessed on February 23, 2018.
  33. ↑ Diakonisches Werk Hannover: "Vesperkirchenzeitung" Vesperkirche - Together at the table , accessed March 5, 2018
  34. ^ First Vesper Church in Braunschweig , accessed March 10, 2019
  35. ↑ Bielefeld Church invites 8,000 people to eat. February 13, 2019, accessed August 18, 2019 .
  36. ^ The Vesper Church in Bielefeld. Retrieved August 18, 2019 .
  37. ↑ Vesperkirche Güterlsloh. Retrieved January 16, 2018 .
  38. ↑ Vesper Church no longer in the city church in future. October 18, 2019, accessed November 9, 2019 .
  39. ^ Vesperkirche Niederberg ( Memento of March 8, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 8, 2018.
  40. ↑ Anniversary - 15 Years of the Church Kitchen , accessed March 4, 2018.
  41. ↑ Südkurier , July 3, 2018: It's about more than just food - Vesperkirche Plus also offers food for the soul , accessed July 8, 2018
  42. ↑ Tischlein-deck-dich , accessed September 30, 2018.