Content & Schedule of Community Hours
Content of Community Hours
Not only his words but also the experiences of people with his teachings should be part of such a community hour.
“This is the purpose of the community, of the “community hour”, he is the teaching when everybody tells (…) how he experienced true in himself or at the person next to him, what he is convinced of. The untruth is not allowed to be carried in here, no spitefulness, no evil spirits. Here we do not talk about disease, here you are even not allowed to attach to the thought (…), you have to talk about the disease now! (…) When you have lost the evil (disease), that you are caught by the healing, then you can say: ‘So it was, and so it is, (…).’” (5th Oct 1958)
Reports of healing can help in particular that the belief in the almightiness of God becomes strong again. This was a high value to Bruno Gröning. He himself reported healing of a lot of people or let healed people speak in the community hour. Sometimes reports of healing were read to the group.
Not only the teachings but also the absorption of the divine healing power is an additional important aspect of the community hour. The more people open themselves for this divine power, the more it can fill up the room.
Praying for other people should be another topic of the community hour.
“I know, (…), that the one or the other aksed for help for his relatives, for his befriended or related sick person so that also he will get the help. He has to stay in bed, he cannot walk, he can not be driven, he gasps for breath, he cries for God, he pleads for his life, he pleads for help. This person shall receive the help as well.” (Sept 1949)
The pleas of the individual people have their place in silence during the music at the end of the meeting. Bruno Gröning never recommended or practiced praying aloud.
Schedule of the Community Hours
You are welcome to download our „Short Introduction into Bruno Grönings Teachings“ here:
Short Introduction as pdf
On the basis of our knowledge Bruno Gröning did not give instructions in which intervals the community hours should be held. Often a 3-weeks rhythm is chosen. But also every week or once a month community hours take place.
The word “community hour” is somehow confusing because seldom it’s only one hour. There are times that these gatherings are up to four hours long. In our opinion it makes sense to offer the possibility for such a meeting at least every four weeks. Especially for healing seekers who are in urgent need of help the distance between gatherings should not be too long. The decision about the length of these community gatherings is up to the intuition of the community leader. We think that it is important that one observes very closely if the capacity of the individual to absorb what’s given is still there.
Bruno Gröning wanted to avoid much too big communities. Referring to that on a tape one can find the following proof:
Furthermore, he tells on this tape that there was a community in Munich with way over 600 people.
A woman said thereupon: “This goes too public, right?!”
Bruno Gröning answered:
Additionally, Bruno Gröning advised not to leave the room immediately after the community hour:
“I ask you not to rush down the steps all at once, stay for a little while at your place (…). Take with you, take with you how much you can because especially now at the end it is often so that you (…), if you understood it correctly, then you can receive and indeed become healthy again.” (1st Sept 1950)
“Don’t talk, be quiet.” (5th Sept 1950)
“ I ask you to spend some more minutes here. (…) Listen a few minutes into yourself.“ (23rd Sept 1950)