Programme

28th July
Guests gradually arriving Balestrand and finding their lodging places
In the evening: Welcoming assembling with concert, film and information

29th July
Pilgrimage wandering to Kvamsøy
Pilgrimage service in Kvamsøy church
Seremony of Unveiling the sculpture ‘The Worry Tree’ and Blessing the ‘Worry Tree House’

30th July
Pilgrimage wandering to Tjuatoten mountain
Ceremony at The Old Stone Cross on the top plateau 

Alternative arrangement for those who wish for a ‘lighter’ wandering

31th July
Departure
or longer stay in ‘the green lounge’ of Balestrand and surrounding areas

Kvamsøy
is the smallest island in Norway
with a church
It is dated from 1280
and is unique of its kind
The ‘naked’ but rich interior
gives a particular atmosphere

The thousand Year Oak
at Målsnes farm
close by the pilgrimage path
towards Kvamsøy
Under the wide tree crown
is the right surroundings
for a gathering
for meditation
reflection
and a short devotional

Tjuatoten 1089 m
with wide view to ‘seven kingdoms’
is the destination 
for a pilgrimage
to The Stone Cross
on the top plateau
and it rewards you
for the efforts
in the steep hills above the fjord

When you wish for more information or you want to enlist,
conact by e-mail: bjoergfb@online.no

or by post address: Pilegrimsvandring Balestrand
Bjørg F. Bjøberg, Fjærestad 44, 6899 Balestrand

or you may simply phone me.: oo47 915 62 842
We are looking foreward to hearing from you!

Lodging:
Balestrand have got several excellent possible lodgings
in the following ‘Pilgrimage news’ on our website we will give more practical information
So, please follow…..

We all wish to be part of a fellowship

A fellowship… a group of people working towards a joint goal… The goal is important for a good fellowship. All are equally important and worthful…… all can use their talents… and everybody gets support from everybody… Utopia?? We have to believe is is possible to have such a society!
Pilgrimage fellowships have grown many places in the world… in the latest years new paths have been cleard, old carriage roads have been discovered and got renewed value. Pilgrimage destinations that are far away from the certificated pilgrimages  are increasing here in Norway during the last 10 years. Kvamsøy island and its medieval church, the 1100 m high mountain Tjuatoten and The still water are among these.The closest we come is about 100 km away, to Lærdal in the eastern and Solund in the western direction. So here lies Balestrand in between these two places …. outside the pilgrimage tradition.
We are just in the beginning of creating a new tradition and piece by piece.. in some years we might have got a connected pilgrimage road from the very inner to the outer part of the longest fjord in the world.  We are on the starting point of creating a new tradition, and gradually we will see a joint ‘Pilgrimage Sognefjord’ from Lærdal in east to the most westerlny piont of Norway, Solund…. Then it is no fault to be ‘n the ‘midway’… with Kvamsøy church from 1280! It stands as a representative of thew mid agse’s tradition og pilgrimage!
The view are enormous, and so they have to be, in order to reach new goals in the distance. But now…to the path! taht we now make ready and even…. like a famour tortoise in Aesop’s fables: metre by metre after metre………

«Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.»

Ode
til vandringa
Gleden
begynner
innenfra
Men en liten tur
på stien
kan hjelpe med
å finne
den indre
tonen
frå djupet
frå sjela
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Come with us on the first Pilgrimage wandering Balestrand
Olsokday July 29th  2014

Put marks in your agenda for 28th-31st Juli for the whole arrangement
More information will come.

Keep an eye on the home page’s ‘Pilgrimage news’ !
Every new ‘Pilgrimage news’ will be announced through a link to my Facebook profile: Bjørg Frøisok Bjøberg.
Give me a hint if you want to get direct updates.
Tlf.: 91562842 e-mailt: bjoergfb@online.no
..We can be friends on facebook as well…

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Parallell verses from the Bible
Norsk (1930)
Hør! Det er en som roper: Rydd i ørkenen vei for Herren! Gjør i ødemarken en jevn vei for vår Gud!

Dansk (1917 / 1931)
I Ørkenen raaber en Røst: »Ban HERRENS Vej, jævn i det øde Land en Højvej for vor Gud!

Svenska (1917)
Hör, man ropar; »Bereden väg för HERREN i öknen, banen på hedmarken en jämn väg för vår Gud.

King James Bible
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

English Revised Version
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Welcome to Balestrand!

It is a great honour and joy to wish you welcome to the very first pilgimage in Balestrand. This idea was born 12 years back in time, so it is now become a teenager. On time to send the one out into the world! Will you join us? If your interest is caught, set the date in your agenda already now! To get new information and be updated…follow the ‘Pilgrimage news’ under the www.detgylnehus.no…..  Many pieces are to be organised… but so fare we are on the scedule!
Whom are a pilgrimage wanderer?… If we take a broad view of the matter; we are all of us pilgrims…life itself is a pilgrimage.  We have all… once in our lifetime… need of stopping…for one or two days, one or four weeks… and go in to the silent room. Such a room might be ‘nature’.
Our pilgrimage is going on in a very special sort of nature…. with connection to fjord, mountains and pieces of great historical and spiritual worths. It is like a complete oasis…. and we have tried to arrange oasises into the oases….in order to give your soul and mind and body a refill….. according to your needs….

Nature medicine
Nature is there
waiting for you
until you discover it
Nature comes
to a meeting with you
with all its fragrances and scents
Nature comes
with peace for your mind
harmony for your soul
There is blessing in every sigh
healing in every air movement
Is this what you call nature medicine?
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[box style=»rounded» border=»full»]More information is already available under our website …link to http://www.detgylnehus.no/en/pilgrimage-balestrand-project/[/box]

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Wander out!
You were born for wandering.
wander  out!
There is somebody you should meet.
Where? Whom?
You don’t know it yet –
maybe yourself?

Go out!
Your steps will be your words-
the path your song,
your tiredness your prayers –
and in the end – when all is past
your inner tranquility will speak to you.

Go out!
Alone or together with others –
but come out of your self!
You had rivals –
you will find friends and companions.
You met enemies –
you will find brothers and sisters.

Go out!
Your head don’t know
to where your feet will bring your heart.

Go out!
You were born for the road –
the road of the pilgrim.
Somebody will come to meet you –
search for you
so that you can find Him in all the Holy
at the end of the road –
in the deepest of your heart.
He is your peace!
He is your joy!

Wander!
God is already wandering
together with you.

Anonymous
Translated byGunnar Siqveland to Norweagian
Translated from there to English by Bjørg Bjøberg
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