{"id":3913,"date":"2023-11-21T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T12:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icf.church\/muenchen\/christmas-experience-das-einzigartige-weihnachtsschauspiel-mit-tiefsinn\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T16:44:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:44:29","slug":"christmas-experience-das-einzigartige-weihnachtsschauspiel-mit-tiefsinn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icf.church\/muenchen\/en\/christmas-experience-das-einzigartige-weihnachtsschauspiel-mit-tiefsinn\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Experience &#8211; the unique Christmas show with depth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-3\" class=\"pt-2 pb-2 alignfull is-layout-constrained\">\n  <div>\n            <div class=\"row gx-4 gy-4 \">\n          \n\n<div id=\"block-2\" class=\"col wp-block-yellowtree-column col-12 d-flex flex-column with-streched-height-children align-items-stretch align-items-md-stretch\">\n  <p id=\"block-1\" class=\"text-center wp-block-paragraph\">\n  <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">More than 300 volunteers have been rehearsing for over a year to make the free Christmas show on December 2 and 3, 20 23 a great experience. The performances can be viewed on site at the Showpalast M\u00fcnchen or live online at <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/icfmuenchen\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"youtube.com\/icfmuenchen\">youtube.com\/icfmuenchen<\/a>.  <\/em><\/p><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n<\/div><div id=\"block-13\" class=\"pt-2 pb-2 alignfull is-layout-constrained\">\n  <div>\n            <div class=\"row gx-4 gy-4 \">\n          \n\n<div id=\"block-12\" class=\"col wp-block-yellowtree-column col-12 d-flex flex-column with-streched-height-children align-items-stretch align-items-md-stretch\">\n  <p id=\"block-4\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Every year, Christmas hustle and bustle floods the streets and squares. There are presents to buy, Christmas parties to plan and trees to decorate. It is easy to lose sight of the deeper meaning of Christmas: God&#8217;s love for people, which is shown in the birth of Jesus.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-5\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Over 300 volunteer dancers, actors and musicians therefore draw attention to this message in a unique Christmas musical theater on the first weekend of Advent. With a great deal of humor, creativity and passion, they take the audience on a journey into a kind of musical that gets to the bottom of the meaning of Christmas. The audience itself is part of the show and can look forward to 90 great, moving and interactive minutes at the Showpalast M\u00fcnchen, Hans-Jensen-Weg 3.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-6\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Before and after the show, an atmospheric Christmas market with various delicacies awaits the audience in the outdoor area of the Showpalast. The events take place on Saturday at 19:00 and on Sunday at 11:00, 15:00 and 18:00. They are free of charge.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-7\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Due to the expected large crowds, especially on Sunday, an optional seat reservation via www.christmas-experience.de is recommended. Alternatively, the show can be followed live online on Saturday evening and Sunday morning at www.youtube.com\/Icfmuenchen. On Sunday at 11:00 and 15:00 there will also be childcare and a translation of the play in various languages. Further information is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christmas-experience.de\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.christmas-experience.de\">www.christmas-experience.de<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icf-muenchen.de\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.icf-muenchen.de\">www.icf-muenchen.de<\/a>.   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-8\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  The mammoth &#8220;<strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Christmas Experience<\/strong>&#8221; project of the ICF Munich free church is taking place for the third time. Some of the staff are professional artists, but the majority are volunteers from various Christian churches. It is a Christmas miracle in itself that such a large, diverse group of volunteers comes together and rehearses a play Sunday after Sunday for months, before presenting it to thousands of spectators on the first weekend of Advent. The artists are motivated above all by the shared vision of using creativity to make God&#8217;s love for people tangible.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-9\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  This year, the performers tell the story of Piet Werdig, an arrogant and superficial host of a Christmas reality show, who unexpectedly hosts the profound old Joseph of Nazareth and his wife Mary and comes to understand the deeper meaning of Christmas.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-10\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  This story is embedded in a colorful, humorous play with lots of Christmas magic and deeply honest moments. Dancing candy canes, a boy group band jamming to Christmas carols and cute little Christmas elves conjure up Christmas romance on stage. Mary and Joseph make the audience laugh when they tell their extraordinary love story. The next moment is a deeply moving moment: the inner turmoil of the presenter becomes visible through wrestling and fighting dancers. The audience grasps the struggle between childlike faith and renunciation of religion that rages within the presenter.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-11\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  The audience can look forward to a particularly magical moment when the lights in the auditorium go out and hundreds of light-footed angels with glowing wings illuminate the room from the darkness. Elaborately staged stage sets, which are shown on the largest LED wall in Europe, bring the audience up close to the action. They are motivated by showmasters and entertainers to actively participate in the play and can look forward to a magnificent light show at the end. The unique Christmas experience is rounded off by the lovingly designed Christmas market on the forecourt of the Showpalast.<\/p><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n<\/div><div id=\"block-15\" class=\"pt-6 pb-6 alignfull is-layout-constrained\">\n  <div>\n            <div class=\"row gx-4 gy-4 \">\n          \n\n<div id=\"block-14\" class=\"col wp-block-yellowtree-column col-12 d-flex flex-column with-streched-height-children align-items-stretch align-items-md-stretch\">\n  <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n<\/div><div id=\"block-32\" class=\"pt-2 pb-2 alignfull is-layout-constrained\">\n  <div>\n            <div class=\"row gx-4 gy-4 \">\n          \n\n<div id=\"block-31\" class=\"col wp-block-yellowtree-column col-12 d-flex flex-column with-streched-height-children align-items-stretch align-items-md-stretch\">\n  <p id=\"block-16\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-17\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Venue:<\/strong> Showpalast Munich, Hans-Jensen-Weg 3, 80939 Munich<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-18\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Times:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-19\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  Saturday 02.12.23 19:00 with livestream<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-20\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  Sunday 03.12.23 11:00 am with livestream and childcare; translation into English and Mandarin<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-21\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  Sunday 03.12.23 15:00 with livestream and childcare; translation into Russian and Spanish<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-22\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  Sunday 03.12.23 18:00<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-23\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  <\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-24\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  Optional seat reservation 5\u20ac; childcare reservation 2,50\u20ac<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-25\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  The ticket value will be handed out as a drinks voucher on the day of the performance<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-26\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  Duration: approx. 90 minutes<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-27\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Organizer:<\/strong> ICF Munich e.V.<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-28\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  <\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-29\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  Free live broadcast on the YouTube channel &#8220;ICF Munich&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-30\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  Further information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christmas-experience.de\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.christmas-experience.de\">www.christmas-experience.de,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christmas-experience.de\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.christmas-experience.de\">www.icf-muenchen.de<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n<\/div><div id=\"block-34\" class=\"pt-6 pb-6 alignfull is-layout-constrained\">\n  <div>\n            <div class=\"row gx-4 gy-4 \">\n          \n\n<div id=\"block-33\" class=\"col wp-block-yellowtree-column col-12 d-flex flex-column with-streched-height-children align-items-stretch align-items-md-stretch\">\n  <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n<\/div><div id=\"block-38\" class=\"pt-2 pb-2 alignfull is-layout-constrained\">\n  <div>\n            <div class=\"row gx-4 gy-4 \">\n          \n\n<div id=\"block-37\" class=\"col wp-block-yellowtree-column col-12 d-flex flex-column with-streched-height-children align-items-stretch align-items-md-stretch\">\n  <p id=\"block-35\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">The evangelical church ICF Munich (International Christian Fellowship) was founded in 2004 by Tobias and Frauke Teichen and has the vision that people should experience the good news of the Christian faith in a contemporary way, live fearlessly and leave a positive mark on their environment. ICF Munich has 2,000 visitors every Sunday and tens of thousands of people regularly click on the podcasts of the Sermons. <\/em><\/p>\n\n<p id=\"block-36\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Information: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/icf.church\/muenchen\/de\/\"><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">https:\/\/icf.church\/muenchen\/de\/<\/em><\/a><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\"> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/icfmuenchen\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.youtube.com\/user\/icfmuenchen\">www.youtube.com\/user\/icfmuenchen<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n<\/div><p id=\"block-39\" class=\"text-start wp-block-paragraph\">\n  <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"yt_custom_styles_scss":"","yt_custom_styles_rounded_corners":false,"yt_custom_styles_color_scheme":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icf.church\/muenchen\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icf.church\/muenchen\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icf.church\/muenchen\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icf.church\/muenchen\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icf.church\/muenchen\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/icf.church\/muenchen\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3914,"href":"https:\/\/icf.church\/muenchen\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3913\/revisions\/3914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icf.church\/muenchen\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icf.church\/muenchen\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icf.church\/muenchen\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}