{"id":4395,"date":"2025-07-08T18:55:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T17:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/?p=4395"},"modified":"2025-07-08T21:19:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T20:19:16","slug":"juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/en\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2025- Friends of Esthers newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4395\" class=\"elementor elementor-4395\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cca497b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cca497b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73ec338 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73ec338\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><b>Content<\/b><\/i><\/p><ul><li>We are a movement - more than organisation<\/li><li>Movement in politics?<\/li><li>Moving towards others<\/li><li>Movement on the Hoeve<\/li><li>Eventful period<\/li><li>much mental struggle<\/li><li>Vacancy in the spotlight<\/li><li>Agenda info evenings<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a21746 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7a21746\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48e487b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"48e487b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bb7774 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4bb7774\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>We are a movement, more than an organisation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e4ed34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e4ed34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With this statement, Gerard van der Schee opened a team meeting this spring. With it, he indicated that the strength of our work lies in people who have moved for survivors: intercessors, practitioners, network friends, givers.\u00a0<\/p><p>That's why we are so happy to have each and every one of you reading this newsletter!<\/p><p>And we are regularly surprised by running into people who have themselves been determined at s.r.m for a while and (want to) do something.<\/p><p>Above all, we know we are moved by God, and we want God's Spirit and Word to infuse our thinking and help us persevere to bring light to the bizarrely dark world of survivors.\u00a0<\/p><p>John 10:10 <i>The thief comes only to steal, slaughter and be lost; I have come that they may have life and have abundance.<\/i><\/p><p>Meanwhile, organisational aspects are growing along with it: this summer, for example, there will be talks with people who want to form an Advisory Board for the Friends of Esthers Foundation board.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e86a6ab elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e86a6ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f69033 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0f69033\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a45457 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0a45457\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Movement in politics?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d543f5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d543f5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On 4 February 2025, a Friends of Esthers delegation presented a petition to a number of MPs in The Hague. This was accompanied by an appeal for compassion for s.r.m. survivors and a request for an independent second opinion survey in the Netherlands. In support of this, the MPs received the book Ik ben Wie? with drawings made by a survivor of s.r.m. in the context of trauma treatment. The motion for a second opinion enquiry has since been announced; a vote on it is yet to follow.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to order the book, please <a href=\"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/en\/ikbenwie\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-024dc5b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"024dc5b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad0e7c8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ad0e7c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae9de95 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ae9de95\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18c056c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"18c056c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Moving towards others<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05cc256 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05cc256\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A major need for survivors is the lack of a large enough network, which, like a new family, helps them where needed on the road to recovery.<\/p><p>Therefore, we ask you, the reader, to get moving and tell 2 other people that you have been touched by the work of Friends of Esthers and would like to take them to an information evening sometime. And if you manage to get 5 people together we will get moving ourselves and do an information evening at your place (near you)!<\/p><p>We think a bottom-up movement works more powerfully than sending letters to churches (even though we do that too). Will you please participate? As a core team, we are also joining this action ''I'm going for two'' ourselves.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32c7f9a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"32c7f9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78103d4 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"78103d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-234d525 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"234d525\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fc957f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3fc957f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Movement around finance<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f13fb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f13fb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To get more people to financially support Friends of Esthers, we have developed an informative giving card. With it, we ask for help for the core of our work: conversations with survivors. The card features two responses from survivors about what such a conversation means to them:<\/p><p><em>They are lead and lead-heavy, but without treatment I will never be able to become free!<\/em><\/p><p><em>My therapist takes the time for me, listens to me and helps me process, but is also there for me when I'm not doing well and the cult has got hold of me. She is there for me then, even sometimes on her day off!<\/em><\/p><p>You can request giving cards to hand out yourself, via the <a href=\"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/en\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>contact form\u00a0<\/u><\/a>On the site.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31b2697 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"31b2697\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf65e57 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"cf65e57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7c5ad3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7c5ad3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Movement on the Hoeve<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-376f096 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"376f096\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What a special place the Hoeve is to live and work! Ten months after the Hoeve was inaugurated, by now the residents have become quite familiar with what is involved in maintaining the yard. Grass mowing, forest mowing, clearing the pond of reeds, pruning trees, picking cherries and apples and so much more. After the biggest renovations, this is now a big priority and slowly everything is coming into place.<\/p><p>Throughout the grounds, we are surprised by beautiful flowers and plants, carefully planted by the previous residents. The chickens have grown up and lay eggs daily. It is very cosy to have them around.<\/p><p>In terms of security, much has already been done, such as an entrance gate and a fence around the site. In this, some work still needs to be done. This is scheduled for the next few months, in addition to maintenance on the exterior work of the Hoeve.<\/p><p>We regularly ask our volunteers to help out on our Saturday job days. If you would like to get moving for Friends of Esthers at this point, and are not yet a volunteer within our work, please sign up. We will then be happy to engage with you and any partner you may have<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1270031 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1270031\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"669\" height=\"892\" src=\"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Afbeelding1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4405\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Afbeelding1.jpg 669w, https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Afbeelding1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Afbeelding1-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bc1a20 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6bc1a20\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5255058 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5255058\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9bf41f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e9bf41f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Eventful period - many spiritual struggles<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12a730e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12a730e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Over the past few months, and especially during the Easter period, both we and also our aid recipients have experienced many struggles in multiple areas. This takes a lot - spiritually, emotionally and therefore also physically. We are then extra grateful for the prayer movement that carries us and our work and where we can make our needs known.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c07e63 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9c07e63\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-625843d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"625843d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-543ca55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"543ca55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vacancy in the spotlight<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e8e4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44e8e4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Vacancy 2 resident couples<\/b><\/p><p>Are you the couple who can help 1 of our survivors take big steps towards freedom?\u00a0<\/p><p>One of our brave survivors, has made great strides in her process of becoming cult free over the past 2 years. As a result, cult frequently harasses her around her home in many ways. This often makes her home feel like a prison to her. She is therefore very keen to move and live close to the Hoeve, so that she can also get more support from the Hoeve.\u00a0<\/p><p>To give her a safe place, we are looking for two couples without children or with (almost) adult children who are willing to live with this survivor as 'residents', with both the survivor and both couples each having their own living unit.\u00a0<\/p><p>What is required of you?<\/p><ul><li>Taking turns being available to our survivor when she needs closeness or practical help.\u00a0<\/li><li>Being a welcoming home for her, e.g. by eating together - if appropriate - or otherwise spending time together.<\/li><li>Joining the network of friends around this survivor<\/li><li>Working with this survivor's handlers where necessary<\/li><li>Willingness to relocate to North Gelderland.<\/li><li>What do you get in return!<\/li><li>The joy of being able to be a family, in imitation of Jesus, for someone who is suffering greatly, and in this way to contribute greatly to her freedom and recovery<\/li><li>Collaboration with a group of passionate people around this survivor.\u00a0<\/li><li>Financial compensation<\/li><\/ul><p>Want to know more?<\/p><p>Mail us via the contact form of\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"letter-spacing: 1.1px; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/en\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>www.lichtoplevens.nl<\/u><\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-587d8dd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"587d8dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81ec884 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"81ec884\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c091e83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c091e83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Agenda<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffa8137 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ffa8137\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Info evenings:<br \/><\/b>13 July 19:30h Amsterdam<br \/>2 September 19:30h Amsterdam<br \/>7 October 19:30h Amsterdam<br \/>4 November 19:30h Friesland<\/p><p><b>Minicourse:<br \/><\/b>The mini-course is intended for those who have already attended an info evening and consists of two evenings that cannot be attended separately.<br \/>9 September and 14 October mini course Rijssen<\/p><p><b>Other dates:<br \/><\/b>30 September Elburg region - special for churches in that area<\/p><p>Warm regards and thanks for your interest in Friends of Esthers!<\/p><p><i>The core team<\/i><\/p><p><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/en\/\"><i><u>https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/<\/u><\/i><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lichtopsrm.com\/\"><i><u>https:\/\/www.lichtopsrm.com\/<\/u><\/i><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inhoud We zijn een beweging &#8211; meer dan organisatie Beweging in de politiek? In beweging komen naar anderen Beweging op de Hoeve Bewogen periode veel geestelijke strijd Vacature in de spotlight Agenda info-avonden We zijn een beweging, meer dan een organisatie Met deze uitspraak opende Gerard van der Schee dit voorjaar een teambespreking. Daarmee gaf [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nieuwsbrief"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Juli 2025- Nieuwsbrief Friends of Esthers - Licht op Levens<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/en\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Juli 2025- Nieuwsbrief Friends of Esthers - Licht op Levens\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Inhoud We zijn een beweging &#8211; meer dan organisatie Beweging in de politiek? In beweging komen naar anderen Beweging op de Hoeve Bewogen periode veel geestelijke strijd Vacature in de spotlight Agenda info-avonden We zijn een beweging, meer dan een organisatie Met deze uitspraak opende Gerard van der Schee dit voorjaar een teambespreking. Daarmee gaf [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/en\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Licht op Levens\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-08T17:55:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-08T20:19:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/download.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"752\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"752\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"direct\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"direct\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"direct\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/54309fdb8bca667b65b18d90853ca513\"},\"headline\":\"Juli 2025- Nieuwsbrief Friends of Esthers\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-08T17:55:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-08T20:19:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1178,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/download.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Nieuwsbrief\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\\\/\",\"name\":\"Juli 2025- Nieuwsbrief Friends of Esthers - Licht op Levens\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/download.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-08T17:55:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-08T20:19:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/54309fdb8bca667b65b18d90853ca513\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/download.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/download.png\",\"width\":752,\"height\":752},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Juli 2025- Nieuwsbrief Friends of Esthers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/\",\"name\":\"Licht op Levens\",\"description\":\"Trek Overlevers Uit Hun Inktzwarte Wereld\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/54309fdb8bca667b65b18d90853ca513\",\"name\":\"direct\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8fe0d0e7d843ebc55f9db5475db60e5cdd8641dfbb1a2826bc8daa3a5b596329?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8fe0d0e7d843ebc55f9db5475db60e5cdd8641dfbb1a2826bc8daa3a5b596329?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8fe0d0e7d843ebc55f9db5475db60e5cdd8641dfbb1a2826bc8daa3a5b596329?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"direct\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lichtoplevens.nl\\\/en\\\/author\\\/direct\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Juli 2025- Nieuwsbrief Friends of Esthers - Licht op Levens","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/en\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Juli 2025- Nieuwsbrief Friends of Esthers - Licht op Levens","og_description":"Inhoud We zijn een beweging &#8211; meer dan organisatie Beweging in de politiek? In beweging komen naar anderen Beweging op de Hoeve Bewogen periode veel geestelijke strijd Vacature in de spotlight Agenda info-avonden We zijn een beweging, meer dan een organisatie Met deze uitspraak opende Gerard van der Schee dit voorjaar een teambespreking. Daarmee gaf [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/en\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\/","og_site_name":"Licht op Levens","article_published_time":"2025-07-08T17:55:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-08T20:19:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":752,"height":752,"url":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/download.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"direct","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"direct","Estimated reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\/"},"author":{"name":"direct","@id":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/#\/schema\/person\/54309fdb8bca667b65b18d90853ca513"},"headline":"Juli 2025- Nieuwsbrief Friends of Esthers","datePublished":"2025-07-08T17:55:46+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-08T20:19:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\/"},"wordCount":1178,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/download.png","articleSection":["Nieuwsbrief"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\/","url":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\/","name":"Juli 2025- Nieuwsbrief Friends of Esthers - Licht op Levens","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/download.png","datePublished":"2025-07-08T17:55:46+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-08T20:19:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/#\/schema\/person\/54309fdb8bca667b65b18d90853ca513"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/download.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/download.png","width":752,"height":752},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/juli-2025-nieuwsbrief-friends-of-esthers\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Juli 2025- Nieuwsbrief Friends of Esthers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/","name":"Light on Life","description":"Pull Survivors Out of Their Ink-Black World","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/#\/schema\/person\/54309fdb8bca667b65b18d90853ca513","name":"direct","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8fe0d0e7d843ebc55f9db5475db60e5cdd8641dfbb1a2826bc8daa3a5b596329?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8fe0d0e7d843ebc55f9db5475db60e5cdd8641dfbb1a2826bc8daa3a5b596329?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8fe0d0e7d843ebc55f9db5475db60e5cdd8641dfbb1a2826bc8daa3a5b596329?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"direct"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl"],"url":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/en\/author\/direct\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4395"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4422,"href":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4395\/revisions\/4422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lichtoplevens.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}