Hitler’s Goddaughter Participates In Festival Of Life 2006 In Southern Poland
She joins with 150 Americans and scores of Polish Christians to bring the Gospel to the people of Wisla
WISLA, POLAND (ANS) -- The goddaughter Rosemary of Adolph Hitler is participating in a unique outreach to Southern Poland so she can share her story of forgiveness in a country that suffered so much at the hands of her godfather.
Rosemary Claussen, whose own father was later executed by the Nazi’s for being sympathetic to the plight of Jewish people, is joining 150 Americans and scores of Polish Christians for the Festival of Life 2006 being held in Wisla (pronounced VEEZ-WA), led by San Diego pastor, Mike MacIntosh.
“Rosemarie is a friend of Pastor Mike and when she heard of the Festival, she said that she was goingo travel from her home in another part of Europe at her own expenses to share her story of forgiveness, said Mickey Stonier, assistant pastor at Horizon Christian Fellowship.
The festival, which ends on Sunday, July 23, includes several mini festivals throughout Southern Poland, which include music concerts, extreme sports demonstrations that feature BMX bike acrobatics, children’s ministries and lots of clowns.
Musicians and bands performing during the festival include Johnny and Sarah MacIntosh, Trevor Davis, Castle Door, and Polish bands, Chili My and Mateo.
Festival teams are also involved in community service projects such as visiting disabled orphans, children’s hospitals, and also an outreach to the local prison.
Understanding the needs of pastor’s wives, Mike and Sandy MacIntosh hosted a gathering on Tuesday for some 30 wives of Polish pastors. At the event, the wives heard practical messages of encouragement from Sandy and Karen Stonier.
Mike MacIntosh, who made his first trip to Poland in 1979, will address a large crowd tomorrow night (Thursday) in the town’s amphitheater and will then invite people to receive Christ as their savior. His Gospel message will be the climax of each day’s activities for the next few evenings.
A unique part of the festival is the cooperation between Catholics and Protestants. I asked Henry Kroll, a local Protestant leader who is helping to organize the festival to explain this.
“Poland is a Catholic country and if we would not like to cooperate with Catholics, the best thing for us to do is to emigrate,” he said. “The important thing for us to do as we organize this festival is to find some real connections and there are some real revival movements within the Catholic church and the priests responsible for these movements look on us as their allies. If we want crowds to attend the meetings, it should be done with the Catholic church because that is where the people are.”
Today, Wednesday, Mike MacIntosh hosted a meeting for the American and Polish organizers of Festival of Life 2006 and it was quite a sight to see Catholic charismatic priests enjoying a meal together with Baptist and Lutheran pastors, something that you would probably not see in any other country than Poland.
One of the attendees from San Diego told me, “Poland knows better than most countries that peace cannot be attained by ignoring evil. Neville Chamberlain taught that lesson well, but most of Europe and half of the U.S. is hoping that man’s current crisis can be wished away. But the Bible tells us to aim higher; that peace is a derivative of the pursuit of a higher goal. Seek God, and all these things will be added unto you. One of those ‘things’ will be peace, regardless of your outward circumstances.
“So, at the Festival of Life in Wisla, Poland, everything will be provided free to the public, as that is the policy of Horizon: Freely they have received; so freely they give. But you may still have a hesitancy. In some ways it may sound too good or too easy. There must be a catch. Why would hundreds of people fly at their own expense to Poland, spend their vacation time working very long hours in a country unfamiliar to most of them, and sharing their lives with people they will likely not see again? Such is the love that God has for Poland.”
WISLA, POLAND (ANS) -- The goddaughter Rosemary of Adolph Hitler is participating in a unique outreach to Southern Poland so she can share her story of forgiveness in a country that suffered so much at the hands of her godfather.
Rosemary Claussen, whose own father was later executed by the Nazi’s for being sympathetic to the plight of Jewish people, is joining 150 Americans and scores of Polish Christians for the Festival of Life 2006 being held in Wisla (pronounced VEEZ-WA), led by San Diego pastor, Mike MacIntosh.
“Rosemarie is a friend of Pastor Mike and when she heard of the Festival, she said that she was goingo travel from her home in another part of Europe at her own expenses to share her story of forgiveness, said Mickey Stonier, assistant pastor at Horizon Christian Fellowship.
The festival, which ends on Sunday, July 23, includes several mini festivals throughout Southern Poland, which include music concerts, extreme sports demonstrations that feature BMX bike acrobatics, children’s ministries and lots of clowns.
Musicians and bands performing during the festival include Johnny and Sarah MacIntosh, Trevor Davis, Castle Door, and Polish bands, Chili My and Mateo.
Festival teams are also involved in community service projects such as visiting disabled orphans, children’s hospitals, and also an outreach to the local prison.
Understanding the needs of pastor’s wives, Mike and Sandy MacIntosh hosted a gathering on Tuesday for some 30 wives of Polish pastors. At the event, the wives heard practical messages of encouragement from Sandy and Karen Stonier.
Mike MacIntosh, who made his first trip to Poland in 1979, will address a large crowd tomorrow night (Thursday) in the town’s amphitheater and will then invite people to receive Christ as their savior. His Gospel message will be the climax of each day’s activities for the next few evenings.
A unique part of the festival is the cooperation between Catholics and Protestants. I asked Henry Kroll, a local Protestant leader who is helping to organize the festival to explain this.
“Poland is a Catholic country and if we would not like to cooperate with Catholics, the best thing for us to do is to emigrate,” he said. “The important thing for us to do as we organize this festival is to find some real connections and there are some real revival movements within the Catholic church and the priests responsible for these movements look on us as their allies. If we want crowds to attend the meetings, it should be done with the Catholic church because that is where the people are.”
Today, Wednesday, Mike MacIntosh hosted a meeting for the American and Polish organizers of Festival of Life 2006 and it was quite a sight to see Catholic charismatic priests enjoying a meal together with Baptist and Lutheran pastors, something that you would probably not see in any other country than Poland.
One of the attendees from San Diego told me, “Poland knows better than most countries that peace cannot be attained by ignoring evil. Neville Chamberlain taught that lesson well, but most of Europe and half of the U.S. is hoping that man’s current crisis can be wished away. But the Bible tells us to aim higher; that peace is a derivative of the pursuit of a higher goal. Seek God, and all these things will be added unto you. One of those ‘things’ will be peace, regardless of your outward circumstances.
“So, at the Festival of Life in Wisla, Poland, everything will be provided free to the public, as that is the policy of Horizon: Freely they have received; so freely they give. But you may still have a hesitancy. In some ways it may sound too good or too easy. There must be a catch. Why would hundreds of people fly at their own expense to Poland, spend their vacation time working very long hours in a country unfamiliar to most of them, and sharing their lives with people they will likely not see again? Such is the love that God has for Poland.”
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