Have used Water Cannons to break up a rally demanding the release of Political Prisoners tens of thousands of protesters have again marched through the capital authorities are refusing to allow foreign journalists to cover mounting opposition to the regime of hardline alexander lukashenko. Germany have confirmed that a 26 year old jewish student was seriously injured in an attack outside the synagogue in the Northern City of hamburg a man dressed in military style clothing struck the victim repeatedly in the head with a shovel place arrested the alleged attacker this is the news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram at news or visit our website at state dot com. And. This is a small town in the north in germany a state of lower saxony. Its home to around 2000 people and nearly all of them are protestants. But im a has something no other town in the region hass. Stephanie and eleanor vodka are a same sex couple both ordained ministers theres a local pastors and also you tubers their channel is called on does amen on doors being the german word for different and amen well so be it. The topic of an upcoming episode is the gay and lesbian hanky code by which some poor people signal their sexual preferences. I dont think i can do its. What will happen after its broadcast well have to go into hiding. I re mr brinkley or in Church Together thats our intention and not long ago while listening to a podcast i had something about the handkerchief and thought this is interesting some color as always seem to have the same significance i dont like violet for instance that means practically the same thing in the church isnt it here as in the thank you. Brigitta shada chairs the Parish Council and i ama she showing us the vestments and various altar linens. Each color has a special liturgical significance the pastors of god can see a link between this tradition and the color code that queer people use to indicate their sexual preferences. Thats getting discussed pretty much anything there im heterosexual couples dont signal in public what they like to do to each other. And when it comes to the topic of sex you may reach a point where you say i really dont want to know what. That could of course happen to us but then its usually the case that it quietens down again. Is that. They knew from the start that not everybody would like their you tube channel. Say send. Me. Here you see the spam container in the car. We have to pick it up ourselves then you must. Know im in an elevator with sperm. And here you can see our positive pregnancy test. Finding out the time carrying a child that im going to be a mother that were going to be a family has really changed things just like that ive developed enormous feelings for this child the love for this being in my belly. He would die if we were in a Polyamorous Relationship this would maybe you die to. One text this never take long if i had a horse or woman on my side it would kill you. Now out of it i think it has a lot to do with the individual in the course of your life you have to figure out who you are and what you need. They record the videos and the old parsonage. The channel is produced by the local Protestant Churches radio station. Is the program producer. Cheering auditions we quickly noticed that most people werent up to it then we met ellen and defeat by chance at a party in frankfurt we drank a lot of apple wine together and realize they were perfect for it in their total opposites and yet have such a strong bond we had so much fun that evening and thought maybe that will come across on the internet. Or internet remember fusion means penance by or in the doing that by and let and then we have to hang out there and for most of your listeners its clear that by that i mean spanking your let in here but if you are like stephanie and dont understand these concepts then spanking means putting somebody asked was what penance equals spanking in just 6 months under us our man has garnered more than 10000 subscribers that makes it the most Successful Program in the german Protestant Churches new social media offensive. Stephy isnt bothered by negative comments but recently one of her parishioners expressed criticism that she took to heart. And its causing her problems while filming the latest episode. Might do you know its inhibiting me that comment about how when i change my voice i sound stupid that post is blocking me. But most reactions are positive theres lots of fan mail. This is where you eat its bigger than the beirut ive seen your videos was like a revelation its hard for me to put into words and it probably sounds crazy but just to see your buddies knowing youre there and that youre happy makes me happy. Candace amen has found an audience. Some of the 4 we couldnt have imagined it 5 months ago then the coronavirus came along and gave digitalisation momentum in the church and maybe a whole new form of church is developing through things like under 31 issued for. The capital of lower saxony. Saunders was controversial in the Protestant Church from the start. We asked the local bishop what he thinks about it. My story steffi and eleanor because boss the bishop is no fan of men. Trying to mammas me for me theyre not doing it for me. Im not the target audience the call is a thing gives off there are lots of things where i think after 3 minutes oh no not again or thats just silly. The continuous self irony and the story of their relationship which they talk about over and over no thanks i dont need it so but other people like it they find it interesting and thats the reality of. The pastors themselves as part of their ministry including their candid discussion of how ellen got pregnant. The bad english that is the future according to statistics one in 5 couples cant get pregnant without help. And that should remain silent on the issue. And this is past your pa. I think we know what its like to get a negative pregnancy test after 2 weeks of wasting test not after youve invested a lot of money in the process. Why is this in the churches silent in the face of this suffering. But ministry is about letting people know hey youre not alone so im giving people hope when you look at work. For us there are stories in the bible about people who tried desperately to get pregnant but these stories are largely unknown no longer told me talking about human failure is part of preaching and thats why we do it. As. The doctors are visiting the german capital berlin. Its wished if you had to was born and raised and came to know the church. And the style to visit to her old parish in the berlin might be district. Pastor sasha bauer open the church just for her say its so nice of you to do this on your day off to. This is the path wed always take. You know im not sure where it is but its not on here i think we only have to go up one flight of stairs. And this was your room this was the room its really big. So cool. So its amazing that they gave us a room like this we were just straight ahead. You didnt have any supervision. None and it was incredible we smoked weed here and drank they put in a football table and asked if we needed a t. V. And a playstation and they never asked anything of us incredible i was so impressed that they trusted us it was reason enough for me to go to church. As if its amazing for me to see this room shes told me lots of stories about herself and her friends the things that happened here and i couldnt quite visualize it because for me the church was a place where you were taught a place where there were clear rules thats the complete opposite of what she experienced here so its really great to be here in this really. Officially stephanie belong to a different parish the Kaiser Frieda Reshma morial church in the berlin hands a quarter she was confirmed in this church and here she struck a bargain with god. She would attend church for a year after confirmation if you helped her make something of her life. You were confirmed here. For crazy new years is strange to be back it was so long ago that was in 2000. And you received your 1st blessing on those steps as well i was already christened but the 1st i can remember kneeling section me. Well theres no need or it was not exactly sure where it was what you dont really show you. I didnt laugh i was so nervous. I noticed it made me feel cold. As a teenager i heard that our i didnt understand the sermon and didnt understand what the people was doing here i was glad if i could find the right him i had no idea what was going on even though id been confirmed or. I just used the time to think about my life happening and that one hour a week helped me become calmer more reflective. And i heard really good things. I try to listen to the sermon but after 3 minutes my mind would wonder. But id still grasp some idea that i could think about the admins in the bank the muscles in your thought. I felt at home here in church i was lost in a battle and i had my parents but my father died young i was always a troublemaker in school. And here i learned to find peace and. It enabled me to do things that i hadnt been given the chance to do before. Christian ministry was in an obvious career choice for stephanie factor but she rose to the challenge today shes meeting her confirmation class for the last time before their big day. On the agenda making sure every word shoes are in good order i look for ok weve prepared its most intimate now you just have to relax a little and enjoy yourselves why you. Ask people get their shoes on i. Thought. I might have come over here since you had twins show me your souls the other one. Ok here ok. Ok. Yeah i know me can get that leg up you can do it ok. No visible price tags on the soles now comes the running test its fair to say im lucky that now i want you to run around the rails to nuts in your shoes and you can you start. A. New guy you can step it up. That she wont make it but was also falling apart. The shoe exercise was simple