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Title: A sermon in lights.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-32232 A SERMON IN LIGHTS ESSEN, Germany -- News of the Church is flashed in lights for Catholics of Essen, Germany. First installation of its type by a church, the moving messages are similar to news bulletins carried on the old New York Times building in New York. During the course of the day passersby watch sermons-in-capsule, Biblical quotations, and Church news move across the top of a building. Bishop Franz Hengsbach of Essen authorized the unusual project. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (P-NY-3A-65-W)
Creator Name(s): Deutsche Presse-Agentur. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, February 15, 1965, February 15, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Hengsbach, Franz, 1910-1991., Catholic Church. Diocese of Essen (Germany)
Topical Subject(s): Church signs--Germany--Essen., Electric signs--Germany--Essen.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Essen., Germany, Essen., Essen (Germany), Europe--Germany--North Rhine-Westphalia--Essen
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-32232; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-32232
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355887

Title: Dr. Ramsey visits German church.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31827 DR. RAMSEY VISITS GERMAN CHURCH NUREMBURG, Germany -- Sculpture in St. Lorenz church in Nuremburg, Germany, catches the attention of Dr. Arthur Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury. The Anglican leader, on a three-day visit with German churchmen, was hailed by Bishop Hanns Lilje of Hanover, chairman of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Germany, as a “bridge-builder between peoples and a pioneer of church unity.” Dr. Ramsey was honored at a reception held by the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany which was attended by representatives of Protestant, Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PP-NY-11C-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Deutsche Presse-Agentur. (publisher), Pictorial Parade, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher), Kraft, Adam, approximately 1460-1508. (sculptor)
Date Created: 1964, November 10, 1964, November 10, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Ramsey, Michael, 1904-1988., Church of England--Bishops., St. Lorenz-Kirche (Nuremberg, Germany), Kraft, Adam, approximately 1460-1508--Self-portraits.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Germany--Nuremberg., Sculpture--Germany--Nuremberg., Christian art and symbolism--Germany--Nuremberg.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Nuremberg., Germany, Nuremberg., Germany, Nuremberg., Nuremberg (Germany), Europe--Germany--Bavaria--Nuremberg
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-31827; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-31827
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356679

Title: Ecumenical service at 'hunger clock.'
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31807 ECUMENICAL SERVICE AT ‘HUNGER CLOCK’ WUPPERTAL, Germany -- A brief torch-light ecumenical service is held at a “hunger clock” in Wuppertal which records deaths from hunger around the world as a dramatic reminder to church people to assist the needy. The clock is one of a number set up by the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKID) to promote its continuing “Bread for the World Campaign.” Others have been erected at busy centers in Hamburg, West Berlin and Frankfurt. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PP-11B-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Deutsche Presse-Agentur. (publisher), Pictorial Parade, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, November 1, 1964, November 1, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland.
Topical Subject(s): Ecumenical movement--Germany--Wuppertal., Starvation--Germany--Wuppertal., Clocks--Germany--Wuppertal., Installations (Art) --Germany--Wuppertal.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Wuppertal., Germany, Wuppertal., Germany, Wuppertal., Germany, Wuppertal., Wuppertal (Germany), Europe--Germany--North Rhine-Westphalia--Wuppertal
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31807; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-31807
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356633

Title: Crown of barbed wire thorns underlines Kirchentag theme.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-29679 CROWN OF BARBED WIRE THORNS UNDERLINES KIRCHENTAG THEME DORTMUND, Germany -- “To Live With Conflicts,” the theme of the 11th German Evangelical Church Day (Kirchentag) Congress at Dortmund, Germany, was dramatically underlined in a huge poster holding a crown of thorns, constructed of barbed wire. The absence of East German Protestants at the four-day rally, for the first time in its history, was the occasion for prayers for spiritual unity among Christians and the eventual reunification of the divided nation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (Voss-Ber.-7E-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Deutsche Presse-Agentur. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Deutsche Evangelische Kirche., Deutsche Evangelische Kirche--Congresses.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Germany--Dortmund., Church and social problems--Germany., Church and social problems--Congresses., Communism and Christianity--Germany (East), Christian art and symbolism--Germany--Dortmund., Crown of thorns.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Dortmund., Germany., Germany (East), Germany, Dortmund., Dortmund (Germany), Germany (East), Europe--Germany--North Rhine-Westphalia--Dortmund
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29679; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-29679
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358078

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