documenting the life of students at the Lutheran Campus Ministry at the University of Maryland
On May 22nd, the Humble Walk (Lutheran Campus Ministry at the University of Maryland) leaves the US for Europe. Follow along as we walk alongside people in Copenhagen and Roskilde, Denmark, in the Taizé Community in France, in Geneva, Switzerland, and in Munich, Germany! We won’t always have access to the internet, but when we... Continue Reading →
Blog Our last day was bittersweet. We said goodbye to some people last night and this morning because they were catching early trains and flights. We had a filling breakfast where we got to meet Pastor Roger and discussed what we had done on our trip. Only eight of us remained for the German church... Continue Reading →
Today was our third day in Germany. Previously we had visited the surrounding cities of Munich; Schliersee and Dachau. Today we went directly into the city center, exploring with the student guides from the Collegium! When we first arrived in the city we went straight the the Collegium for a tour. The Collegium is christian... Continue Reading →
Humble Walkers woke up early today for a trip to visit Dachau Concentration Camp. After an hour train ride into Munich, the Humble Walk met with students from the Munich Collegium Ecumenicum. Together, we took a short train and then a bus to Dachau. The group received a tour of the concentration camp, a somber... Continue Reading →
Dearest readers, After a long day of adventures and shenanigans, I’m excited to relay to you, our readers, the sights and sounds of our first full day in the Alps of Schliersee, Bavaria, Germany. We started off the day waking up in our rooms here at Josef Stal and heading down to breakfast in the... Continue Reading →
After our packed and exciting day in Geneva, it is finally time to travel to Germany for our last leg of the trip. Crazy to think that the trip is coming to an end, feels like just the other day that we were hopping on our flight to Copenhagen. Our day started bright and early... Continue Reading →
We had to really rise and shine to start to our jam packed day leaving bright and early at 8 am to go to the Lutheran World Federation and World Council of Churches. This was not an easy task as most of us had an uneasy slumber. Some of us complaining of a too small... Continue Reading →
We were so excited to get to Geneva and explore that we all agreed to have an earlier start to the day and take the first bus out of Taize at 8:49. Surprisingly, we all even got to the bus stop super early. Two hours early in fact. We had misread the bus schedule and... Continue Reading →
Today was our last full day in Taize. For many of us, it was sad seeing the friends we made and the people we spent the last week with go. Even me, someone who spent the last week entirely in silence, was sad to see the girls I ate with and sang with leave to... Continue Reading →
Today was our penultimate day in Taize. After our morning prayer, our by-now familiar breakfast of bread and chocolate, and morning Bible study/chores, we enjoyed an excursion into the neighboring town of Cluny. When we first arrived in Cluny, we climbed the Tower de Fromages and enjoyed a beautiful view of the city and French... Continue Reading →
Hello family and friends!The morning started off as usual with worship, breakfast - which I paired with some red onion cow cheese I bought the day before - and Bible study. Today's reading was about unity and being one with Christ. We spoke about how sometimes it's hard to unite with those who don't want... Continue Reading →
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