Category Archives: European Heritage

Hesston College Choir

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Administrator

The 40 members of the Hesston College Choir tour group arrived safely in Amsterdam this morning. I spoke with Jean-Paul Weber, TourMagination’s favorite coach driver, at 3:15 pm Amsterdam time. He had already dropped them off at the Haarlem Mennonite … Continue reading →

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Winner of an Anabaptist history tour

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Administrator

Yesterday I received a phone call from Floyd Chupp. He won the contest offered by Mountain Meadow Herbs of Kalispell, Montana. Kathy Garber of Mountain Meadow Herbs contracted with TourMagination to give TourMagination’s European Heritage tour with John Ruth from … Continue reading →

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Saying goodbye to Oberammergau

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Administrator

The TourMagination Oberammergau Christmas Market tour has come to an end. Yesterday we enjoyed our morning tour to the magnificent Neuschwanstein Castle. Neuschwanstein Castle On the drive to the castle, we were reminded how unusual the weather is this December. … Continue reading →

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Opening of Oberammergau’s Christmas Market

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Administrator

This afternoon we gathered in front of the Ammerhaus for the opening ceremony of the 2011 Oberammergau Christmas Market. Opening the Christmas Market Four men played Alpine horns to welcome the visitors. In the words of welcome, the MC thanked … Continue reading →

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Oberammergau Christmas Markets

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Administrator

The TourMagination tour began with tour members departing from Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Toronto and Liberty International Airport in Newark last evening. Both groups departed late but arrived 30 minutes early due to a strong tail wind. We departed … Continue reading →

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Tour Reunion

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Administrator

On Friday, October 28th, over 40 persons who traveled on TourMagination’s Pennsylvania to Europe Oberammergau tour gathered to reminisce about the tour at the Chambersburg Mennonite Church. Last year on June 19th a bus full of excited persons left from … Continue reading →

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Extending the Christian community

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Administrator

This morning I spoke with Mel Hathaway, pastor of the Sonnenberg Mennonite Church in Kidron, Ohio. Mel was one of the pastors who received a gift from TourMagination’s Leadership Development Fund which made it possible for him and his wife, … Continue reading →

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European Heritage – A Baptism

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Administrator

Halfway through our pilgrimage, we found ourselves in the overwhelming ambience of Zurich’s Taeuferhohle. As we sang, meditated and read from Hebrews 11 where our spiritual forbears once worshiped in “Verborgenheit” (hiddenness), our quest to re-experience their concerns came into … Continue reading →

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European Heritage – Switzerland

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Administrator

On Thursday under a bright blue sky, we arrived at the village of Hemmental – just inside the Swiss border – threading our way through the dorf-platz. We soon heard the sound of a New Holland tractor. It was farmer … Continue reading →

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European Heritage – into France

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Administrator

It’s Day 6 and the big purple bus crosses the Rhine River at Strasbourg into France. No border police, no passports needed. This is the European Union today where Euros are good everywhere. A hard rain is falling as we … Continue reading →

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