The house of unity
The house of unity in Riga.
Share real life, not as tourist, but as insider. Go into the reality of history, into different worlds
to be near daily life. The house of unity is founded on hospitality & your creativity to discover.
When two Dutch priests Stefan Schevers and Jacques Grubben went on holiday to Riga, everything went different then planned and in the end we bought a house. We renovated it with youngsters.
And now it is ready to receive you
Enter a new world...
The house of unity challenges you to be guest in the world of the other.
Being at home in Riga is possible. It depends the way you enter...
Be our guest !
Up to 6 persons can be living in the house of unity. It has 96 m2, two bedrooms, one with two single bed, one with a double bed and beside that one living room with comfortable sleeping couch. You can use the bathroom and a kitchen which is fully equipped (magnetron, oven etc)
Ecumenical youth centre „House of unity”
ONE FOCUS: A UNITED WORLD...
As a social and cultural project within the European union, we want to stimulate a culture of unity, firstly between Christian churches through their creativity and friendship. This will be expressed by a more profound inter-cultural and historical reflection and exchange about the role of Faith in personal and social life. We want stimulate exchange of ways of Christian cultural expression. This is necessary to develop Christian youth-culture as empowering factor of creativity and European citizenship.
Training skills like leadership and stimulating creativity and a culture of responsibility by mutual inter-cultural solidarity. We can learn from euch one gifts. This solidarity is motivated by a religious perspective on “unity”. The key element of this vision is based on the centralisation of relation and love as most specific in Christian life. This focus stimulates a life of integration of values and virtues, and is bases on Jesus prayer for“unity” as mentioned in the gospel of John chapter.17 :11
I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. (NIV John 17:11)
TWO GOALS
Inter-cultural & ecumenical exchange:
Stimulate community based on inter-cultural exchange between Latvia and the Netherlands.
The goal of the house of unity to stimulate cooperation with different Christian youngsters. Organising different cultural events can stimulate unity inspired by a Christian view on life. Through cultural events people are working together on a joint challenge or a mission. Hospitality is a keyword. Integration into daily life in which fruitful connections grow. The main challenge is through artistic events, conversations, lectures, reception of guest, growing in friendship and mutual responsibility: For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.. (NIV Matthew 18:20)
Stimulate a culture of sharing of real life and cultural beauty, knowledge from ecumenical relations between Christians churches.
Sharing culture and faith between Christian churches. Being creative in the world as Christian make the difference. We build a joint mission in the world by faith as source of inspiration in the world. Living your faith is sharing expressing her beauty, trusting it empowers your daily life. Be who you are as unique person. Pray together, listen to the Bible as Word of life. Wisdom makes you not see life as an experiment of trial and error. It makes you understand the Word is near. So let's jump & follow your heart. Let's live in the Spirit of Jesus prayer for unity...
All good things grow from silent desires...
As Mission 4 Unity International we support this project and we are partners with the House of Unity in
Riga "Latvia" we going in the future organize some travels and activities together
Share real life, not as tourist, but as insider. Go into the reality of history, into different worlds
to be near daily life. The house of unity is founded on hospitality & your creativity to discover.
When two Dutch priests Stefan Schevers and Jacques Grubben went on holiday to Riga, everything went different then planned and in the end we bought a house. We renovated it with youngsters.
And now it is ready to receive you
Enter a new world...
The house of unity challenges you to be guest in the world of the other.
Being at home in Riga is possible. It depends the way you enter...
Be our guest !
Up to 6 persons can be living in the house of unity. It has 96 m2, two bedrooms, one with two single bed, one with a double bed and beside that one living room with comfortable sleeping couch. You can use the bathroom and a kitchen which is fully equipped (magnetron, oven etc)
Ecumenical youth centre „House of unity”
ONE FOCUS: A UNITED WORLD...
As a social and cultural project within the European union, we want to stimulate a culture of unity, firstly between Christian churches through their creativity and friendship. This will be expressed by a more profound inter-cultural and historical reflection and exchange about the role of Faith in personal and social life. We want stimulate exchange of ways of Christian cultural expression. This is necessary to develop Christian youth-culture as empowering factor of creativity and European citizenship.
Training skills like leadership and stimulating creativity and a culture of responsibility by mutual inter-cultural solidarity. We can learn from euch one gifts. This solidarity is motivated by a religious perspective on “unity”. The key element of this vision is based on the centralisation of relation and love as most specific in Christian life. This focus stimulates a life of integration of values and virtues, and is bases on Jesus prayer for“unity” as mentioned in the gospel of John chapter.17 :11
I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. (NIV John 17:11)
TWO GOALS
Inter-cultural & ecumenical exchange:
Stimulate community based on inter-cultural exchange between Latvia and the Netherlands.
The goal of the house of unity to stimulate cooperation with different Christian youngsters. Organising different cultural events can stimulate unity inspired by a Christian view on life. Through cultural events people are working together on a joint challenge or a mission. Hospitality is a keyword. Integration into daily life in which fruitful connections grow. The main challenge is through artistic events, conversations, lectures, reception of guest, growing in friendship and mutual responsibility: For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.. (NIV Matthew 18:20)
Stimulate a culture of sharing of real life and cultural beauty, knowledge from ecumenical relations between Christians churches.
Sharing culture and faith between Christian churches. Being creative in the world as Christian make the difference. We build a joint mission in the world by faith as source of inspiration in the world. Living your faith is sharing expressing her beauty, trusting it empowers your daily life. Be who you are as unique person. Pray together, listen to the Bible as Word of life. Wisdom makes you not see life as an experiment of trial and error. It makes you understand the Word is near. So let's jump & follow your heart. Let's live in the Spirit of Jesus prayer for unity...
All good things grow from silent desires...
As Mission 4 Unity International we support this project and we are partners with the House of Unity in
Riga "Latvia" we going in the future organize some travels and activities together