Weierhof outing

The steps up to the Weierhof Mennonite Church are many! There were three more sets I didn't include in the picture. With our car we drove around to the side of the church, but many walked that morning and ascended these many steps.

Greg belongs to a car-sharing service called Stadt-Mobile. There is no car in LU large enough for the six of us (Greg and Jenny have 2 sons), so Greg bikes over the river to Mannheim and picks the car up there. We appreciate that they've taken us to 3 distant Mennonite churches already.

Greg's screen hides the front somewhat, but you can see the organ. This is a congregation of 300 baptised members, but many live a good distance away. I wanted to take the picture before the service started, so it filled up a good bit after this.

This is the view after church looking down the cascade of steps. The blue car was parked right at the bottom. As children Rebecca and I would come with our father to the Weierhof. He'd have meetings and we'd explore the small town and generally were bored waiting. It was a good experience to be back after about 57 years. The Mennonite historical archives/center is still here.

We were all invited for a lovely lunch. The widow now rents out the fields of this farm. Her house was built in 1820 and has always been in her family.