June 11, 2014

Exploring German Society



The Students from Wesley Theological Seminary successfully completed an immersion trip throughout Germany. During their 2-week stay in Germany, the students and their professor, Scott Kisker, had the chance to explore German society, culture, and theology at various sites and places. Their excursions took them to Bonn, Worms, Mainz, Aachen, Maastricht, Cologne, the Eifel region, Heidelberg, Reutlingen, Tübingen, Munich, and many more places. One of the various highlights of the trip was to the Methodist Annual Conference in Heilbronn, where the students got the opportunity to join a church service with about 2000 German Methodists. The students additionally visited the School of Theology, a Methodist Seminary, in Reutlingen. During their visit, they spent two nights on campus, participated in a lecture by Prof. Dr. Ulrike Schuler, and had a chance to exchange their experiences with German theology students at a social get-together with traditional German food. The Wesley students also enjoyed touring the roof top of the Cologne Cathedral, seeing the tomb of the Three-Wise Men, and exploring the Cathedral of Charlemagne.

Overall, the program was a great success!