Building Bridges.....

January and a new exciting year in front of us. New and interesting challenges for us at the "International Christian Fellowship". Time to start planning and leading the services, updating website, planning activities etc. Great fun... *January 10, our American Pastor was in town, not speaking , but leading the service. Annual vision service, and many internationals came. Great fellowship with not to forget! Free lunch for everyone!!! *On January 16 we attended a meeting at a International Church here in Malmo. A team of seven young students from different university in Korea came and shared there vision. They performed with traditional dances and drama. After the service we had a great fellowship with spicy Korean food! Awesome to have a table tennis table were we had fellowship. Nice opportunity to win some games!!!*S* *Sunday January 17. Our former youth pastor, David Sirviö was speaking. Good speech, and many people showed up. It all began with kicking worship music in o...

In one of the biggest morning papers here in Malmo, Sweden you could read on January 27 about the situation for around 3000 Jews in and around our city. Last year 79 crimes against Jewish residents were reported to the police in Malmo. These crimes were antisemitic graffiti sprayed on the walls and vandalism on Jewish synagogues, cemetery etc. Fredrik Sieradzki of the Jewish Community of Malmö, said in the article that he does not feel safe and for his family's sake they have to move away from Malmo. Jews are harassed and threatened while walking around in the city, and when I read the article it feels like in Germany during the early 1930s. So what do the police and politicians in Malmo do to stop all this? On January 28, the mayor of Malmo, Ilmar Reealu said in an interview to the newspaper "Skanska Dagbladet", that the situation for the Jews in Malmo depends on the situation in Israel. The violence they showed during the conflict in Gaza was disproportionate, and t...