DCM Workshop 2026 – Anglicans in Germany

Developing Christian Ministry

based on Joanna Macy’s

Active Hope or the Work that Reconnects

Friday, Oct. 16th 15:00 to Saturday, Oct. 17th 17:00 Anglican Church in Freiburg, Lorettostraße 61, 79100 Freiburg

Leaders: The Revd. Christopher Jage-Bowler, Berlin
Monica Mueller-Roemer, Frankfurt

What is the Work That Reconnects?

The Work That Reconnects is an inspiring, interactive group process for anyone who longs to serve the healing of our world in a more powerful and effective way. In this course will learn about the three stories of our time:

Business as Usual
The Great Unraveling
The Great Turning

We will have sessions, grounded in prayer, moving along the “Spiral Journey”, beginning with Gratitude, then Honoring our Pain for the World, Seeing Things with New/Ancient Eyes and Going Forth with Renewed Energy. The course will give participants a number of tools/practices that they can use by themselves whenever there is a need for renewed hope. It helps dealing with the environmental/social issues of our days. The most important though it changes the way we see and feel about our world. There will be meditations and spiritual texts, different practices for the different stations of the Spiral, some inside, some on the premises, laughter and sorrow, some creative work and a lot more. Please register by end of August, as we have to know that there are enough participants for the event to take place. We have blocked rooms in the Green City Hotel Vauban or choose your own accommodation.

Registration Fee: 50,00 EUR to cover meals, coffee, cake and refreshments, materials.

Please transfer the registration fee prior to October 1st 2026 to

ANGLIKANISCHE ARBEITSGEMEINSCHAFT IN DEUTSCHLAND E.V.
IBAN: DE31 5185 0079 0027 1017 98, Sparkasse Oberhessen

In addition, please send an e-mail to Monica.Mueller-Roemer AT gmx.de with your travel plans and food requirements if applicable.

A Picture of the event location. Text says "The Church Entrance is up here, use the stairs or lift, approach the building from Loretto Straße". The image shows a door and a lift to the left of the building.

Joanna Macy