The commandment to live like the children of light was the guiding thought at the farewell service of pastor bianca schnupp and religious padagogue johannes beyer.
Both were inaugurated in september of last year, but have already had to leave hochstadt again, according to a press report from the church congregation.
Since pastor fritz schafer can again fill the full position in hochstadt, the half pastor’s position that bianca schnupp had occupied is no longer necessary. She has found a new job at the johannesgemeinde in erlangen, germany. For johannes beyer, the farewell has a happy occasion: he has recently become a father and wants to look after his daughter, which means he is taking parental leave.
In her sermon, pastor schnupp took a closer look at the bible verse ephesians 5:8-9 "live as children of light" and emphasized that even in the face of the horrors of the in the past few weeks, we were able to look to the future with confidence – even in the darkness of grief and despair, we could see the light of hope. Matching the appealing sermon gabriel konjaev played the touching organ work" hamburg’s dance of death by guy bovet.
Following the sermon and the playing of the organ, johannes beyer was relieved of her duties in hochstadt by mrs. Tallon, the school representative in the deanery, and bianca schnupp was relieved of her duties in hochstadt by pastor schafer.

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Corona still has a firm grip on school life. Nothing is the same as before: the rooms are mostly empty; school buildings and playgrounds are surrounded by silence – as is the case at the middle school in windheim. What has become of the "be smart, don’t start" projects and competitions started there before the school holidays?, "colorful instead of blue and "stay clear was initially up in the air. A continuation and completion of the actions in the school was impossible. A long-awaited trip to london by class 8M also had to be canceled at short notice. In the spirit of the "environmental school were on 21. April trees have been planted on the school grounds. A class trip or a joint planting campaign with the fruit and horticulture association windheim are currently simply unthinkable.

Schuler put his foot down

"But the crisis is also an opportunity for all of us. If everyone helps, challenges can be overcome", school social pedagogue tina muller is certain that. The whole school family is very pleased that on the last day before graduation, the students showed great interest in continuing the preventive competitions "be smart, don’t start" on smoking and "staying clear on the prevention of alcohol abuse.

Muller still remembers clearly when, at around 9.30 o’clock the first students of the 9. The eighth grade visited her and asked that the challenge "remain clear" not broken off: "for me, this remains a moving moment, because it was only at this point that I realized how seriously they take my preventive work with them – which they also confirmed to me several times."

No alcohol consumption

"Stay clear" is an alcohol prevention competition in which the 9. Class participated. The ninth graders abstained from risky alcohol consumption or binge drinking for six weeks. The competition was launched in the last week before the school holidays, but the class was not discouraged and continued to work on the project. Muller asked each teenager weekly from home via phone call, text message and e-mail whether they had been drinking alcohol. "We are proud to report that the class has been very successful in ‘staying clear’ and has a chance to win a prize for the class fund," says the school social worker, the school social pedagogue is delighted.

Clarification about smoking

In the "be smart, don’t start" smoking prevention project classes 5, 6 and 8M took part. From november 2019 to april 2020, muller had also queried here on a weekly basis whether the schoolchildren had smoked. During school vacations and vacations, the survey was also conducted by telephone, text message or e-mail.

Class 8 M also took part in the "be smart, don’t start" creative competition. "The students made three objects to educate other children and teenagers that "not smoking is healthier than smoking", muller explains. A "giant cigarette was made and a few holes were drilled in it. The eighth graders wrote texts about the topic on small handmade cigarettes, which they then inserted into the "giant cigarette" was.

They also made a quiz. For the younger classes they created a "flat cigarette with numerous cords on all sides. If you pull on it, a card with important information about smoking appears. Fortunately, all of the artworks were completed before school was closed.

The goal of class 8 M is to pass on the knowledge they have gained. If there is interest, the visual materials can be lent out to teachers, for example. Now class 8 M is worried about whether the "addiction week" will be a success 2020 will be a regular event in kronach, where the display materials designed by the competition participants are to be exhibited. Without a public exhibition, the eighth-graders felt that they could do worse in the creative competition through no fault of their own.

"The crisis is an opportunity for us all. Despite the distance, we are very close. We think of each other and wish each other to stay healthy", clarifies the school social pedagogue. The schoolchildren began to ask again how the school employees were doing. Many things are changing, especially the way we treat each other. A simple phone call and the question "how are you??" Regained meaning.

Background

Since the 2018/2019 school year, there have been a few school social pedagogues in bavarian schools. One of them is tina muller, who has been working for the middle school in windheim since july 2019. The school thus has a unique selling point in the district of kronach and beyond, since for the 2018/19 school year – in addition to other types of schools – only one school social worker position was planned for middle schools in upper franconia. The focus of this school social pedagogy is on group-based prevention work. Muller does not take on individual cases, but rather devotes itself preventively to entire classes or groups and offers offers that support the school in its educational work. This clearly distinguishes this position from youth social work in schools.

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Around a quarter of all employees in the laufer muhle and the social operations are so-called ex-users. Ex-users are former addicts who, after successfully completing therapy, make their knowledge of addiction available to all those who come after them to the sociotherapeutic facility of the laufer muhle. But experience alone is not enough for a therapeutic qualification. Therefore, in 1998, the laufer muhle first thought about how to add professional expertise to purely empirical competence. These considerations led to the development of the "sociotherapeutic assistant" (STA), which has now been officially recognized for several years by the nurnberg academy of industry and commerce for central franconia as an "IHK certificate course".

No recognition as skilled workers

The ex-users in the laufer muhle are still fighting for another recognition. Despite their expertise, they are still regarded as auxiliaries by the cost bearers, which is naturally reflected in their financial categorization and deployment possibilities. The ex-user team around michael thiem wants to achieve a recognition at least as "part-skilled". For a long time now, they have been promoting this event to the politicians who visit the laufer muhle. After all, almost all of the federal drug commissioners have already been guests at the event.

The participants of this certification course were happy about this partial recognition, but even now, since this has not yet been achieved, they are going through the course with full commitment and great enthusiasm. "All the graduates before me have told me that the 'STA' has also helped them a great deal personally and in coming to terms with their addiction," reports one participant. By studying subjects such as psychology, sociology, addiction theories and therapeutic methods, as well as language skills, social legislation and similar topics, they were able to understand their addiction much better and, in combination with their own successful therapy, developed competencies that help them to help others who do not yet have the insight and willingness to undergo therapy.

Sponsors provide educational opportunities

Baris kece, this year's graduate, summed up the experience with the following words: "i have taken away many aha-effects for myself and have understood many things i never thought about before. I have slowly and literally come to my own senses."The "new" players thanked the graduates of earlier years, who accompanied them throughout the years, for their example and respect, and the sponsors for making such an educational opportunity possible.

The STA course 2020-2021 was also affected by corona, but now the certificate ceremony could take place. This year, the district councilor and representative of the district for the needs of people with disabilities, lydia bauer-hechler (grune), conducted the ceremony. Also present were district councilor ute salzner ( CSU ) and anne wedel-klein from the management martin bauer group. The latter has been supporting the laufer muhle in many ways for years; anne wedel-klein donated the proceeds from a lecture for STA certification. Markus odorfer came to represent the IHK academy, and martin wirsching, head of the state vocational school in herzogenaurach, came to represent the schools where the stalers do prevention work. Sigrid thiem represented the friends of the laufer muhle, who supported the financing of the course from the very beginning.

Michael thiem regrets that the official recognition of the important function of stalwarts, who act as valuable role models, has still not progressed after so many years, and asked politicians and decision-makers to continue to support this project.

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Four partners have a say, the building site is causing problems and the technology needs more space than expected. Planning for the new indoor swimming pool in ebern was a difficult birth. But now it seems to be completed.
Yesterday, architect johann gruber presented the latest planning status to the district building committee. According to this, the location on coburger strabe is now fixed, the football field must be moved slightly. A 25-meter pool with five lanes is planned, as well as a toddlers' pool with a lounge area for the parents.

Usable space compressed
All in all, the bath is "very compressed", especially as far as the necessary usable space is concerned, according to gruber. Fortunately, the government did not insist on separate changing areas for schools and the public. However, in their first draft, the planners had underestimated the space required for the technical equipment. The building's design is also limited to its function, with a simple glass and sheet metal facade that also serves as a sunshade.
The roof will be slightly sloped, explained the planner in response to a question from walter ziegler, who had feared a flat roof. The basin is made of stainless steel, underneath there is a concrete bowl.
The concept was meanwhile coordinated with the government of lower franconia and is, as it was shown yesterday, demandable.
However, the costs increased compared to the design planning. The reasons for this were, among other things, the additional space for the technical equipment (200 square meters), the poor building ground, which makes 75 piles necessary, and the construction cost index, which brings constantly rising prices. Architect gruber explained that building prices had risen by a whopping 20 percent since 2006.
Since the pool is to be used for both school and public purposes, the district (property owners for the grammar school and secondary school) and the town of ebern (public and club use) are also involved, as are the primary and secondary school associations.
Gruber explained that a lot of thought had gone into the fair distribution of the construction costs. In the end, a ratio of 75 percent school use to 15 percent after-school use was reached.

Construction costs 6.5 million euros
With the total costs now estimated at around 6.5 million euros and a subsidy of 1.79 million euros, there is a county share of 2.6 million euros for use by the grammar school and secondary school, and a sum of 2.05 million euros to be paid by the town ebern and the two school associations must bear the cost. The building committee took note of this with approval.
The allocation of operating costs will be discussed in november. It must be clear, according to the first considerations, that the hourly rate must be set differently, depending on whether the school sponsor has participated in the construction, or not.

Emporter county council
"Mr. Landrat, do you still have the power to act??" This was the question posed by district councilor emil daschner (SPD) to the district administrator at the beginning of yesterday's meeting of the district council building committee in habfurt at the district administration office.
Shortly before the start of the mayor's excursion, the last one with rudolf handwerker, daschner (ebelsbach) harshly criticized both the district administrator and ebern's mayor robert hermann (both CSU). It was about the information policy on the planned indoor swimming pool construction in ebern. The district council and the building committee respectively had decided on 22. Marz decided to commission the planning for the swimming pool. Since then, he said, there have been at least nine meetings in ebern at which hermann, often accompanied by architect johann gruber, has provided information about the status of the plans.
Daschner denied that one could read about this and also about the district administrator's promises in the newspaper, without there having been any decisions on the part of the relevant district committees.
In not a single meeting of the building committee, county council or county commission since march has the issue been discussed again with county council members, he said. Until yesterday. "That is not possible, that is a disregard", raged daschner. This contradicts democracy and collegial cooperation in the circle.

Four sides are involved
The district administrator countered that it was not easy to coordinate such a project between a total of four partners. Since ebern has to bear the costs for the additional land outside the school, there must also be intensive discussions about the design of this public part.
"I very much regret the impression created", explained rudolf handwerker "but i am glad that we have reached the stage we can present to you today".

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For rachel, one immediately has sympathy. The stressed mother is once again late in the morning. With son kyle in the back seat, who has to go to school, she is stuck in a traffic jam.

The still-husband is annoying on the phone with divorce stuff, the most important customer is calling because rachel is not on time for the appointment. And then there’s this: a truck is in front of her at a green light and doesn’t move off. Rachel presses the horn annoyed, then overtakes a little too fast on the right side.

It is a rather harmless case of aggression in traffic that leads to a real wutorgie in the thriller "unhinged – out of control. For at the wheel of the truck sits russell crowe. A look at his bearded, slightly puffy face says it all: this can’t go well.

"You know what a courtly horn is, young man," he yells at kyle through the open car window at the next opportunity. "How about an apology from your mother?." Rachel fires back. There was nothing to apologize for – but a small "sorry" had saved a lot of fake blood and dozens of car wrecks.

"Unhinged," which literally translates as "unhinged" far too pallidly, is hollywood’s first action thriller, which after the corona pandemic is now expected to once again rivet viewers to their seats with cinematic favors. Running amok and traffic jams – michael douglas in "falling down" also comes to mind. In 1993, joel schumacher filmed the murderous outburst of rage of a middle-class man threatened by social decline who goes completely berserk in los angeles. He’s lost his job, ex-wife shuns him.

But this william foster has a name and a past, after all. In "unhinged," crowe is merely "the man," about whose life and motives little is known. They wanted to completely strip the character of humanity, compassion, charm and humor, crowe tells news agency dpa in an interview. "None of his actions are justifiable in any way"."

Instead of psychological depth, director derrick borte ("family jones – too perfect to be true") goes for pure thrills with lots of shock effects. The merciless pursuer has nothing else in mind but to teach rachel and her family a lesson. In breakneck car chases, passers-by and police officers are hit, even rachel’s lawyer andy (jimmi simpson) is killed in a most brutal way.

The young mother (caren pistorius) puts her foot down on the gas pedal of her old station wagon and fights off the attacker. The sudafrican-born pistorius ("mortal engines"), who came to new zealand as a teenager, does this with aplomb. "I see this as a david vs. Goliath story, and i’m glad that david is a woman who stands her ground in the situation," pistorius tells dpa in an interview.

For crowe this is a rather unusual role. Most recently, the character actor has played multi-layered characters in smaller productions. In january, he won the golden globe for best lead actor in the mini-series "the loudest voice". In it, he faulted roger ailes, head of the right-wing conservative u.S. Channel fox news. In the independent drama "the prodigal son" he was a baptist preacher who does not accept his gay son. He won the oscar for best leading actor as the "gladiator" star with a mixture of heart and toughness.

Crowe wanted to turn down the role in "unhinged" at first. "No fucking way," was his first reaction to the script, recalls the actor. He must have been afraid of the dark subject matter, crowe says. But in his career, he has often ended up choosing the things he was most afraid of.

The audience is not spared fear. "Unhinged" grates on the nerves with plenty of blood and shock moments, especially after a long break from cinema in rough format on the big screen. There’s one lesson you definitely learn: it’s best not to press the horn too long.

Unhinged – out of control, USA 2020, 90 min., FSK ab 16, by derrick borte, with russell crowe, jimmi simpson, caren pistorius

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The events take place in numerous institutions, for many families obligatory appointments in order to get clothes, toys and baby carriages at a reasonable price. In all these years new bazaars have been added, others often disappear after only a few times.
One who has made his 44. The children’s bazaar organized by the evangelical women’s group st. George. It has been held since 1996 and has undergone a major change: "our autumn bazaar will not take place in october as usual, but on the 4th of october. November", explains initiator karin kuhnel "and we have also found a new location: we are holding the bazaar in the multipurpose hall of the elementary school on heubischer strabe."

There is of course an important reason for this. "The youth center arche, where we have held our bazaar all these years in spring and autumn, cannot be used for a longer period of time due to pollution and the necessary renovation work", shows co-organizer susanne zwick.

In the spring and fall, the bazaar team has its hands full sifting through, sorting, organizing, structuring, and ultimately selling around 6,000 items. "We have become a permanent institution", many families have realized that buying and selling children’s things is worthwhile and that the quality of children’s clothing and equipment allows it to be used several times." With a high level of organization, the team of about 30 helpers is busy for a week with setting up, receiving, sorting, selling and re-sorting. But the effort is worthwhile: "ten percent of the total turnover is retained for a charitable purpose", says kuhnel "donations go to various institutions of the church community, public institutions, associations and self-help groups in the field of children and youth work." Since 1996, a total of almost 50,000 euros has been donated for various purposes. "This year we donate from the bazaar lots of the last two years a sum in the amount of 4000 euro to various institutions."

The institutions to be donated to are carefully selected

When choosing the institutions, it is important to the team that "the money goes to the area of children and youth work, to support the important work in this area", explain the four ladies. The direct social contact that is maintained at these institutions is one of the selection criteria. "We even have families from the erzgebirge region who come to us to make a rough purchase, take a look at the region and then go home again, kuhnel shows the acceptance. "We will continue as long as it is profitable for us and we have helpers", kuhnel looks ahead "because our children have grown up with the bazaar." Speaking of helpers: "they are urgently needed, because our expenses, especially due to the move this fall, are enormous", kuhnel, zwick, gehrlicher and frenkler hope for more supporters. Because now the transport from the arche to the multipurpose hall of the elementary school on heubischer strabe also has to be organized. In addition, a new place is needed for the temporary storage of the items after the autumn bazaar. "Here, too, we are happy to receive one or the other call offering us a possibility", says kuhnel and thanks already in advance.

Where did the donations go?

4000 euro from the last two years were given to the following institutions (in total almost 50000 euro): self-help group of orphaned parents, association for the protection of abused women coburg, church music of the ev. Parish st. Georg, tschernobyl kinderhilfe, ejott fur die mittagsbetreuungen an den grundschulen wildenheid, haarbrucken, der heubischer schule und der forderschule neustadt, kinderhort don bosco neustadt, pfadfinderjugend neustadt, jugendrotkreuzgruppe neustadt und verkehrskadetten coburg.

The autumn bazaar

New location: multipurpose hall of the elementary school at the heubischer strabe in neustadt
new date: 4. November from 9 a.M. To 1 p.M
label sale on 21. October from 1 to 2 p.M. In the multi-purpose hall of the elementary school on heubischer strabe
helpers wanted: we are still looking for helpers for the set-up and dismantling of the bazaar on 30 october. October at 14 o’clock at the arche and on the 4. November at 2 p.M. At the multipurpose hall of the elementary school on heubischer strabe.

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The city council – twelve of the total of 20 council members had come to the specially convened meeting – thronged between the bookshelves on tuesday evening. 200 active users registered the library in the past year. "That’s little, that’s very little. This is worryingly little", stated jan marberg. He has been head of the city library in the old town hall since december.

The rooms are small, sometimes cramped, and inaccessible to people with walking disabilities. The staff could not keep track of arriving visitors. The signatures of the bookers are different. Movies, music cds or console games are not available at all. Several books, especially in the non-fiction section, are considered outdated. A single powerful computer was still available. At least, free W-lan is available in the entire building (tourist information, library and local history rooms).

Yet the city library has a lot to offer, actually. High school graduates receive textbooks via interlibrary loan. Horbucher order marberg and his colleague roland heinlein about a local library network. There is a room for children and a room for teenagers. The library works closely with the city kindergarten. School classes regularly enter the building.

Children read for free

"Children are the most important users, said marberg. You could register until the 14. Free books for the first year of life. Until they are of age, the lions club will take over the annual fee. Marberg described his idea of a modern library with contemporary and appealing equipment. For him, events in cooperation with local partners are a natural part of library work, which he sees as a "social meeting point and place of encounter" for the burghers of the city called.

Marberg sees no future for the library in the old town hall building. Mayor brigitte meyerdierks (CSU) described her idea that the library could move there after the renovation of the georgi hall. She wanted to implement this plan together with the city council. But there are objections. The most important: should not the library rather be located in the city center?

Discussion about the magazine assortment

This topic was not discussed in depth by the city council. However, another debate flared up again briefly. Last year, the city council had cancelled all magazines for cost reasons. In january, marberg presented the city council with a significantly condensed assortment of magazines that he considers indispensable. But titles such as bravo, brigitte and micky maus were the subject of discussion at the time.

"Is it the task of a library to keep such magazines available at all??", asked karlheinz schmitt (CSU). "Yes", the library director replied simply. The aim is to provide readers with a certain range of services. In one of the next meetings, the city council will again deal with the range of magazines.

In the next few weeks, the library team would like to launch a survey among the students of the romershag school center. The results should help to find out what young people want from the library.

13.000 media available in the city library. Not all of them can be borrowed.

450 books were ordered via interlibrary loan last year. That is an unusually high number.

200 active users registered at the library in 2017. Behind one user can be several readers.

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