Berlin parish takes in 100 war refugees
One another Protestant parish in Berlin takes in large numbers of war refugees from the Ukraine. A team from the Markus parish in Berlin-Steglitz led by Pastor Carolin Göpfert and Pastor Sven Grebenstein decided within a few days to make the Markus parish hall available as emergency accommodation or as an initial reception center for refugees, the Evangelical Church District of Steglitz said on Friday in the capital with. Up to 100 people are expected on Saturday.
The community is now also listed as a reception center by the State Office for Refugee Affairs (LAF), it said. Hygiene items and food are urgently needed to care for the arrivals. The community center at Albrechtstrasse 81 A, 12167 Berlin is open and donations can be made there directly.
Among other things, they are used Pillows, duvets, woolen and flow blankets, bed linen and sheets, towels, water bottles and disposable cups, juice, shower gel, shampoo, soap, toothbrushes and toothpaste as well as combs, hairbrushes, FFP2 masks and corona rapid tests. The congregation is also asking for bread, cold cuts and sausage spread, margarine and butter, jam, chocolate cream, honey, cocoa, tea, milk, coffee, spreads, and fruit and vegetables.
In Berlin, several congregations have now opened their churches to refugees. Among other things, the Evangelical parish of Alt-Wittenau keeps its church open around the clock next to the Berlin arrival center for Ukrainian refugees in Reinickendorf and offers around 130 beds there. (epd)
