Thematic plenary sessions of at the Thirteenth Assembly in Kraków, Poland, are followed by discussions in 24 Village Groups. They offer space to engage further with the Assembly theme.

The LWF Assembly choir lifts up the spirit of the journeys in the main auditorium of the ICE Congress Centre in Kraków, Poland. The choir and the musicians are a global composition from all continents, all regions and many languages.

Young leaders share their gifts with the global communion through participation in the LWF Assembly Stewards program. Throughout the Assembly, stewards are engaged in many different aspects of the meeting.

There are 32 volunteers from the Polish Lutheran church serving at the LWF Thirteenth Assembly in Kraków, Poland alongside Assembly stewards. Their knowledge of the local context and day-to-day logistics’ support go a long way in making the Assembly function.

Ecumenical leaders meet together in Krakow, as Lutherans and Catholics present a joint statement looking forward to the 500^th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession which sought “to maintain the unity of the church.”

Der Holocaust-Überlebende Marian Turski spricht auf der LWB-Vollversammlung in Krakau. Er fordert die Delegierten auf, Hassrede zu bekämpfen und die Angst vor Fremden in Mitgefühl für „den Anderen“ zu verwandeln.

Holocaust survivor Marian Turski addresses LWF’s Assembly in Kraków, urging delegates to combat hate speech and turn fear of strangers into empathy for “the other.”

Marian Turski, superviviente del Holocausto, se dirigió a la Asamblea de la FLM en Cracovia e instó a los delegados y las delegadas a luchar contra la incitación al odio y convertir el miedo a los extranjeros en empatía hacia “el prójimo”.

Marian Turski, survivant de l’Holocauste, s’adresse à l’Assemblée de la FLM à Cracovie. Il exhorte les délégués et déléguées à lutter contre les discours de haine et à transformer la peur des étrangers et étrangères en empathie pour « l’autre…