A confirmation in the cowshed

Hanns friedrich it was, to stay in the style of pastor lutz mertten’s sermon, "by far" the "cow-lst confirmation in corona times. At least that’s what confirmand ronja marek said. The celebration took place in a large barn on the dairy farm at birkenhof in bundorf. The "church room was right next to the feeding places of the cows, which did not love to be storked by the guests. They continued to ask in peace of mind or went to the appropriate device for a back massage. It was certainly not due to pastor lutz mertten’s sermon that a large proportion of the animals then lay down to sleep in a relaxed manner, but rather due to the usual noon hour. Just an unusual place and thus an unusual confirmation. But quite appropriate, as the pastor said, "because jesus was also born in a stable, so why not celebrate the service here?."

This special church room had come about after there was not enough space in the evangelical church of sulzdorf, to which bundorf also belongs, during corona times. Thus came the idea of a house confirmation, said pastor lutz mertten. Ronja marek’s family has a large dairy farm, and so the idea of celebrating her daughter’s confirmation here was born.

The pastor had previously visited the site and learned from ronja marek that she felt a very close connection to the animals. She likes to listen to music while milking and so it was no wonder that the animals did not love each other, but at most took an interested look at what was happening.

Everything was prepared in the barn of the dairy farm in birkenhof in bundorf: a table set with a white cloth, cross, flowers and candles, an embroidered ribbon with the inscription "zur konfirmation ronja 6. 9.2020" added. Behind it with appropriate distance place for the musicians and in the largely open playpen the bank for the worshipers ."Something unusual, but why not… I think it is a great idea… This is how the church comes to the people… Very good pragmatic pastor… This is commitment." Were some statements of the guests who came to this unusual confirmation party.

Pastor lutz mertten kept referring to the word "distance", which is to be understood in two ways: on the one hand as something positive, namely "by far a peculiarity", on the other hand, the corona era grunted: "distance instead of closeness"." So even in the playpen the benches were occupied according to the corona rules.