The Jubilee Program ROOM FOR HOPE
F E B RUA RY – A P R I L
From the past to the future In 2024 Immanuel Church in Stockholm celebrates its 50th birthday! We want to celebrate this by looking back at what has shaped us in the past and looking forward to what lies ahead. It was in 1962, when four mission congregations, originally formed in the 19th century, joined together that plans for a new joint church took off. In 1974, the new Immanuel church was completed and has been the church’s home ever since Those who built the church had a strong pioneer spirit. Old patterns and beloved church buildings were abandoned
to begin something new. The aesthetically bold and well-thought-out Immanuel Church was designed to provide space for worship, children’s and youth activities, diaconal work, concerts, conferences and other events. The church was visionary and daring and we want to continue being that kind of church today. The theme for our celebration during the anniversary year is ”Room for Hope”. We live in a world where there are many challenges: War, climate emergency, social and political polarisation and psychological
illness. It’s no wonder that we feel discouraged at times! But based on Christian hope, Immanuel Church wants to be involved in conveying hope for a more just and loving world. This year’s celebrations begin with a look back on our rich history and end with a look ahead to what we hope will develop in the future. During the year, there will be church services, concerts, cultural cafes, ‘After Work’ meetings, lectures and parties. We will reflect on social issues. We will read the Bible and explore the mystery of faith. We will examine the role of the church in the present and the future in Stockholm. Our rich ethnic and cultural diversity, our work with children and young people, the ministry of our deacons, our mission and our communi-
ty life vision come together to forge a vision of hope for the next 50 years. We want to be a church where all people, regardless of their background, culture or life situation, can find hope and meaning for their lives and for the world that God loves You are warmly invited to participate in the anniversary celebration!
CARIN DERNULF Senior Pastor
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»And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.« 1 John 3:23
CULTURE CAFÉS •Spiritual and existential issues The culture cafes are aimed at those who have an interest in society and are curious about spiritual and existential issues. The purpose is to deepen our understanding of what is happening in society today while also offering inspiration and hope by reflecting on these issues from a Chritian perspective. The cafe opens at 6pm with singers, musicians and/or writers. At 7 p.m. there will be an in-depth lecture with discussion. We will finish around 8:30 p.m.
AFTER WORK • At Hotel Birger Jarl Together with Hotell Birger Jarl, we invite you to After Work. This is intended for those of you who are looking for inspiration for life’s journey! Each evening a guest speaker will reflect on life from his/her own perspective followed by feedback and music. The hotel restaurant opens at 5pm for food and drink..
3X11 • 1 theme, 3 perspectives, in 11 minutes Is a meeting place for people across the age span, from 9 to 90!. Anyone who wants to come to learn something new and hang out with others can come here. Each evening begins with supper and live music. The name 3x11 comes from the Gospel of Luke 3:11, ”He who has two shirts shall share with him who has none, and he who has bread shall do the same.”
LUNCH IN COMMUNITY • Our meeting place
Between 12 noon and 2pm on selected Saturdays we serve free lunches to anyone in need of food and companionship. Look in the calendar to see which days we are open. Lunch is served 12.00–14.00.
COMMUNITY BREAKFAST •Open to everyone You are warmly invited to share breakfast with us in Immanuel church on selected Sunday mornings through the year. We begin serving at 9.30am and finish at 10.30. Look in the calendar to see on which Sundays breakfast is served. This is open to everyone and is free of charge 5
CALENDAR
February Sun 4th
9.30
Community Breakfast
11.00
Church services in three languages
Mon 5th 12.00
Lunchtime concert Mozart Björn Gäfvert, cembalo
Sat 10th 12–14
Community Lunch
Sun 11th
9.30
Community Breakfast
Sun 11th 11.00
Services in three languages
Mon 12th 12.00
Lunchtime Concert Father and Son JS och CPE Bach. Björn Gäfvert, organ
Wed 14th 18.00
Ash Wednesday service
Led by Carin Dernulf, Hugh Doyle, Pastor Cho and Charlotte Höglund
Sat 17th 15–21
INAUGURATION OF THE JUBILEE YEAR – History and vision:
celebrating the past.återblick
•The vision behind the new church with Jan-Erik Wikström – former chairman of the board and the moving force behind the church building
•Music and songs from 1974 Immanuel Brass, Vox Immanuel
•The music schools’ favourites through the years Students perform with
their teacher, Ingrid Bergman
•The zeitgeist of the 1970s
•My sanctuary some personal reflections
•Memories and lessons The church’s former and current chairmen of
the board in conversation with Carin Dernulf, the church’s senior pastor
•Space for those who want to share any personal memories of the church
•Photo exhibition with Johan Bohman and Marco Helles
•Glimpses from the weaving studio and carpentry workshop Margareta
Gunilla Gunner, church historian and Erik Amnå, political scientist
Fernholm, Peter Olofsgård
•Coffee and tea!
•Evening service
FILM: MAREK KRAJEWSKI the unknown architect
»In this church someone should feel free and be seen«
Sun 18th 11.00 Joint service to mark the beginning of the Jubilee year “Room for hope”
Participants: Åke Hedström, Carin Dernulf, Immanuel Brass, Vox Immanuel, Björn Gäfvert, Anders Andersson, Peter Eriksson, string ensemble. After the church coffee there will be a chance to watch the film “Marek Krajewski – the unknown architect”, at about 13:30
Mon 19th 12.00 Lunchtime concert: 50 years of Immanuel Music which sounds and resounds Dvorak: Biblical and contemporary songs with texts by Tranströmer
In 1967, at the age of 26, Marek, a newly qualified
architect left Warsaw in Poland and his life behind the Iron Curtain to look for a job in Sweden. And he found one! At Sture Frölén’s Architects studio where his first job was to design Immanuel Church. In this film, Marek, who is now 84 years old, tells his story and talks about how he came to design Immanuel Church. Marek’s story has only come to light recently, in time for our 5oth Jubilee year! Our anniversary celebrations begin on the weekend of February 17–18. After the church services and church coffee on Sunday, February 18, at about 1:30 p.m. there is an opportunity to watch a film “Marek Krajewski - the unknown architect”. 7
CULTURE CAFÉ with Johan Söderman & Agnes Grahn How did it happen that hiphop came to glorify violence, money and drugs while at the same time becoming one of the most popular and highly praised forms of popular music? What does it say about music and the culture of the young people who listen to it that artists such as Fröken Snusk and Epadunk are so popular? Where did popular music’s positive social message go? How did it happen that it went from being a voice for the disadvantaged and a way out of crime and poverty to be a gateway to gang violence. Johan Söderman, former music teacher and now professor at Gothenburg University, will come to Immanuel Church’s Culture Cafe and help us to try to understand these changes. His research focuses on children and youth culture and especially the global hip-hop culture. His question is: How should we understand the development of youth music? He will be in conversation with Fredrik “Fidde” Jonsson, musician and music producer in Immanuel Church. Music will be provided by Agnes Grahn 8
How did it happen that music went from being a voice for the disadvantaged and a way out of crime and poverty to being a gateway to gang violence?
Tue 20th 13.00
Tue 20th 18.00
Immanuel senior: The history of the Church’s sanctuary Culture cafe
Young peoples’ music through the years
From a positive social force to a glorification of criminality. Johan Söderman in conversa- tion with Fredrik Jonsson. Music & vocals Agnes Grahn.
Wed 21st18.00 Concert with Klaverinstitutet. The music school Thurs 22nd18.00
Concert med Klaverinstitutet The music school
Sun 25th11.00
Church services in three languages
Mon 26th12.00
Lunch concert Bengt Eklund, piano
March Sun 3rd 11.00
Church services in three languages
Mon 4th 12.00 Lunchtime concert Schubert Annelie Korsfeldt, singer, Veronica Reinstein, piano Wed 6th 18.30
3x11 Drop in – soup from 18.00 Theme: Disinformation
HENRIK SKÖLD Disinformation At 3x11 we will discuss the issue “Disinformation”. What can we really trust? Today’s digital communication has blurred the line between opinions and facts. Concepts such as “fake news” and “alternative facts” challenge us every day. And as if that were not enough, AI has emerged as a huge player in this world of communication. How good are we at distinguishing between information and misinformation? HENRIK SKÖLD is a social media reporter at SVT news and is an expert ‘witness’ to the effect that misinformation and AI can have on reliability and trust in communication. He raises the questions: How can we respond to these challenges? How can we, as media consumers, discriminate between truth and lies in what we see and read? Also participating is a theologian as well as the leaders of 3x11, Unni Jonsson and Linda Näkne. 3x11 is a meeting place for people across the age span. Anyone who wants to come to learn something new and socialise with others can come here. ‘3x11’ stands for 1 theme, 3 perspectives, in 11 minutes. Each evening begins with supper and live music
Daniel Sachs is the first guest at the spring series After Work at the Hotel Birger Jarl. Tonight we ask whether we should look to entrepreneurs for hope, when our politics is so polarized and is determined by short-termism and populism. Who is Daniel Sachs? He is a businessman, company manager, film producer, and former chairman of Dramaten’s board. He has been CEO of AFTER WORK with Daniel Sachs & Frida Öhrn Proventus. He was educated at Handelshögskolan and Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. In his popular Summer Talk on P1, he talked about his family’s long business history, which includes the founding of NK. Through a series of global cultural and (non-partisan) political initiatives, he is involved in what he believes are necessary systemic changes to save the free and democratic societies so that they can provide wealth, freedom and security for their citizens. In conversation with Erik Amnå, professor emeritus in political science and former chairman of the board of the Höj Rösten Politikerskola, a school founded by Sachs, he discusses his feeling of responsibility to work for change, not least against the exclusion he himself has experienced in Swedish society. Is it perhaps the entrepreneur who is going to save us when politics is breaking because of polarization, populism and partisanship ?
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Sun 10th 11.00
Services in three languages
Mon 11th 12.00 Lunchtime concert Tjajkovskij: Souvenir de Florence Stråksextett led by Bernt Lysell Thu 14th 17.00 After Work på Birger Jarl Can entrepreneurs save us? Daniel Sachs. Songs Frida Öhrn Concert for Lent with Immanuel Nova choir 19.00 Rebecka Gustafsson (and others).
Sun 17th 11.00
Services in three languages
Sun 17th 18.00 Irish afternoon with fiddle and flute The music school’s string and flute students Mon 18th12.00 Lunchtime concert: 50 years of Immanuel Music which sounds and resounds Anders Andersson, singer, Folke Alin, piano International culture festival – ROOM FOR DIFFERENCE
Thu 19th 13.00
Immanuel Seniors Guest speaker: Sofia Camnerin on her book “Stå ut med andra”
Thu 19th 18.00 Culture cafe Trust and loss in the age of migration Katarina Barrling och Lars Trägårdh in con versation with Erik Amnå. (Translation to English) Music: Anders Andersson, Björn Gäfvert. Thurs21st 19.00 Seminar Church, theology och racism Marco Helles (In English) . Fri 22nd 18.00
Youth Evening focussing on racism and human rights Ellen Ågren, Marco Helles (In English and Swedish)
KATARINA BARRLING Perhaps you have heard her on one of her frequent appearances on Spanarna or Gomorron Världen on Swedish radio. Who is she?
She is a docent in political science at Uppsala University with a focus on research into political parties. You will probably recognize her as, among other things, an election commentator on SVT. She is also a columnist for Svenska Dagbladet. Together with Cecilia Garme, she
wrote the book “Missing”, which described a series of travels and interviews in the regions of Bergslagen where she herself grew up. The book is a story about losing something you didn’t even know you had. The disappearance of Folkhemmet raises questions about why a country that considers itself tolerant, broad-minded and forward-looking has such difficulty handling people’s feelings in the face of the great transformation that a large immigration has led to.
KATARINA BARRLING Trust and loss in the age of migration 11
LARS TRÄGÅRDH Trust and loss in the age of migration Foto: Sofia Runarsdotter
LARS TRÄGÅRDH has been
commissioned by the government to produce a Swedish cultural canon. In other words, a list of Swedish books everyone should read – no small task! Who is Lars Trägårdh? He is a professor of history who has been leading a research project on trust, security and local society at Uppsala University for several years. For a long time he was active in the USA and did his doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley Together with Henrik Berggren, he wrote the acclaimed book “Is the Swede Human? Community and Autonomy in Modern Sweden.” It highlights the history and significance of nationalism, the peoples’ home, the welfare state and civil society in Sweden. During this cultural café, Barrling and Trägårdh talk with Erik Amnå, professor emeritus in political science, about what Sweden’s political and demographic changes mean and how, among other things, trust, tolerance and other national assets can be preserved and developed.
Sat 23rd 13–17 Festival of Diversity Food, music and stories from different parts of the world (In English and Swedish).
Sun 24th11.00
Joint Service with communion
Participants, Hugh Doyle, Carin Dernulf, Immanuel Gospel, Nina Tellander (and others
Sun 24th 18.00 Concert: Songs of Freedom Immanuel Gospel & Solister (In English and Swedish) Mon 25th 12.00
Lunchtime concertMusic of the Passion,
Björn Gäfvert, orgel
Tue 28th 12.00
Lunchtime concert for Maundy Thursday –
Organ music for passion week
Björn Gäfvert, organ
Tue 28th 18.00 Maundy Thursday service with communion Participants Esther Kazen, and Rebecka Gustafsson
Fri 29th 11.00
Good Friday Service
Participants Esther Kazen and Rebecka Gustafsson
Sat 30th 12–14
Easter in community
Sun 31st 11.00
Services in three languages
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Laura Orostica, sopran
April Sun 7th 11.00
Services in three languages
Wed 10th 17.00 After Work with Niklas Källner at the Hotel Birger Jarl Music Isabella Lundgren
Sun 11th 11.00
Services in three languages
Wed 17th18.00
Culture cafe Finding hope in a disenchanted world Mikael Kurkiala. Music Mime Brinkman, barockcello, Björn Gäfvert, cembalo
AFTER WORK with Niklas Källner & Isabella Lundgren
You have probably seen him as a presenter for, among other programs, Arvinge Okänd and Delat Land. Or perhaps as one of the participants in På Spåret or in Spanarna. He has been nominated three times for the Kristallen TV award. He has also written a book about the importance of small talk, “And how is your car?” Niklas Källner is the guest of the spring’s second After Work at hotel Birger Jarl with a performance based on the book “Ser du inte vad jag säger?” (“Don’t You See What I am Saying”). With his characteristic subtle humour, he describes how we communicate using gestures, facial expressions, tone of voice and other non-verbal ways of communicating. Singer Isabella Lundgren!
Sat 20th 18.00
Culture Night – ROOM FOR CULTURE Participants: The Church’s choirs, orchestras and music school
Sun 21st 11.00 Joint Service Participants: Carin Dernulf, Karin Petterson,
Björn Gäfvert
Mon 22nd18.00
Strings Evening with the music school’s strings students
Tue 23rd 18.30 3x11 Theme: Stress Drop in – soup will be served from 18.00 Lör 27 12–14 Community Lunch Sön 28th 9.30
Community Breakfast
Sun 28th 11.00
Services in three languages
MIKAEL KURKIALA With his two well known books “När själen går i exil” and “Där pendeln har sitt fäste”, Mikael Kurkiala has become a much sought after lecturer. Who is he then? A cultural anthropologist. PhD on Sioux Indians. Studied honour killings. Became a researcher and environmental watcher at the Church of Sweden central office in Uppsala. “Gravitated to existential questions. Became a full-time thinker” in his
MIKAEL KURKIALA – pondering….full time Foto: Mikael M Johansson
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own words. He is particularly interested in the relationship between contemporary times, spirituality and the Church. Mikael Kurkiala wonders what we do with what has been de-sacralized in society and how we animate what should be animate. Meet him in the Immanuel Church’s Culture Cafe on April 17, which opens at 6 p.m. for music, coffee and at 7 p.m. the conversation begins.
OUR VISION
Welcome to Immanuel Church – just as you are. lmmanuel church is a Christian community for people from all over the world, where people worship in three different languages and traditions We value diversity want our church to be characterised by warmth, love and respect. We strive for an environment where children and young people can develop, where people receive support and where faith is allowed to grow. Everyone should be able to feel at home here. This is where I belong – whoever I am, wherever I come from. In a community without borders, among believers from all over the world, in a community that makes a difference, in a place of growth for my faith
CONTACT Every day there is a deacon or pastor on call between 10am and 7pm. You can call 08-587 50 365 to book an appointment for a conversation and, in the event of an acute crisis, get guidance in getting further help. It is not always possible to answer immediately so please try again later if you don’t get an answer the first time. You can find contact information for Immanuel Church’s employees and the board here: immanuel.se/kontakt/ 15
I want to become a volunteer, but how do I do?
Is there more to do here on weekdays? Oh yes! It’s full speed in the church (almost) every day of the week. We have lots of different choirs you can join in: The Teen Choir, the Nova Choir, Immanuel Gospel, Vox, Soul Children, the International Choir, the Korean Choir and then several different praise teams and music groups like Immanuel Brass. There is a carpentry workshop, knitting cafe, a youth hangout, meetings for young adults, a women’s bible study, confirmation groups, ‘moms in prayer’, conversation groups for those over 62, and Alpha groups where you can explore faith. So YES, there is more to do!
CONTACT DETAILS IMMANUEL CHURCH Kungstensgatan 17, Stockholm, T-bana Rådmansgatan www.immanuel.se 08-587 503 00 info@immanuelskyrkan.se @immanuelskyrkan @immanuelskyrkan stockholm www.youtube.com/immanuelstockholm
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It’s super easy, you just have
to be here to be involved in the life of Immanuel Church. If you want to get involved in anything, you just need to scan the barcode below and email or call Åke Larsson, our HR officer and volunteer coordinator. You can decide
how much you want to get involved. It can be anything from jumping in once a year when there is a lack of people, to you wanting to join a group regularly. You decide (and it is possible to change). Welcome to our community!
Welcome to our community!