On October 31st, 2011, Director Pastor Peter Weigand (in front of the tree) planted a small leaved linden tree on behalf of Mission EineWelt (Mission OneWorld) – Center for Partnership, Development and Mission of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria. On the occasion of the bishop’s installation of Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, representatives of churches in partnership with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria traveled to Wittenberg for the tree planting. A child from the Protestant Elementary School in Wittenberg is ready to help by watering the tree.
On October 29th, 2011, during an international, ecumenical reception on the occasion of the installation of Prof. Dr. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm as Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria, Germany, Bishop Dr. Bedford-Strohm planted a tulip tree in Neundettelsau as the partner tree for Mission OneWorld (Mission EineWelt).