KELOLAND, ALONG WITH THE
WORLD, IS RECOGNIZING THE
ANNIVERSARY
OF AN EVENT THAT CHANGED
THE WORLD- THE FALL OF THE
BERLIN WALL, THIRTY YEARS
AGO TODAY. KELOLAND'S
LAUREN SOULEK IS BACK FROM
THE CAMPUS OF AUGUSTANA
UNIVERSITY IN SIOUX FALLS
WITH A LOOK AT HOW THIS
COMMUNITY IS COMMEMORATIN
G THAT HISTORIC MOMENT
FROM
1989 AND CONTEXTUALIZIN G
IT TODAY IN 2019. GOOD
EVENING, LAUREN.
GOOD EVENING, DAN. TODAY
THE SOUTH DAKOTA SYNOD
COMMEMORATED THE
ANNIVERSARY OF THAT
HISTORIC EVENT BY DRAWING
ATTENTION TO THE
METAPHORICAL WALLS THAT
STILL EXIST IN THE WORLD
TODAY.
A CONGREGATION GATHERED
AT THE CHAPEL OF
RECONCILIATION THIS
MORNING FOR THE SYNOD'S
BREAKING DOWN WALLS EVENT
FEATURING SONGS, STORIES
AND PRAYERS. SOUTH DAKOTA
SYNOD BISHOP
CON-STAN-ZUH HAG-MEYER
SHARED HER STORY OF
GROWING UP IN WEST GERMANY
AND WATCHING THE BERLIN
WALL FALL WHEN SHE WAS 19
YEARS OLD.
"AFTER 30 YEARS, THERE'S
STILL DIVISIONS. EVEN
THOUGH
THERE'S NO WALL, THERE'S
STILL DIVISIONS IN MINDS
AND
HEARTS. SO, IT'S AN
ONGOING PROCESS AND IT HAS
SHAPED
THE COUNTRY OF GERMANY
FOREVER," BISHOP CONSTANZE
HAGMAIER SAID.
OTHER SPEAKERS AT THE
EVENT SHARED THEIR
STORIES OF HOW A WALL
DOESN'T NEED TO BE
PHYSICAL
TO DIVIDE PEOPLE.
HEAR FROM ONE OF THOSE
SPEAKERS ABOUT HOW THE
IDEA OF BREAKING DOWN
WALLS TRANSCENDS
OUTSIDE OF GERMANY LATER
TONIGHT ON KELOLAND
WEEKEND NEWS.
THANK YOU, LAUREN. EARLIER
TODAY THE SIOUX FALLS
