On the feast of Stephen

On Sunday 26 December BBC Radio 4 will broadcast a special service from St Clement's, our Diocese in Europe sister church in Prague.

St Stephen, whose feast is celebrated on the day after Christmas Day, gets a mention in the old Christmas carol, “Good King Wenceslas looked out, on the Feast of Stephen”. St Clement's is not far from Wenceslas Square.

To hear the service tune in to BBC Radio 4 at 9:10 ECT or listen to it on the BBC iPlayer.

God keeps his promises

In his Christmas sermon, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, focuses on how the birth of Jesus is but one stage of the fulfilment of God's unchanging promise of support in the struggle for human redemption, how 'the story of Jesus is the story of a God who keeps promises'.

The full text of the sermon can be read on the Archbishop's website.

The Queen's Christmas message opens with a reference to the importance of the King James Bible which is celebrating 400 years in 2011. The Queen's message is available on YouTube.

Services over Christmas

Service times over Christmas are:

Friday 24th December – Christmas Eve

18.00 First Mass of Christmas (please note earlier time!)

Saturday 25th December – Christmas Day

10.30 Christmas Eucharist

Sunday 26th December 1st after Christmas

10.30 The Parish Eucharist

For printed information click here.

Come All Nations Sing!

Thursday 9th December at 19:00 in the Hauptkirche St. Petri Mönckebergstaße Hamburg Churches Together (ACK) invite us to join the annual Advent Singing Festival that brings together people and music of many nationalities in Hamburg. Do join if you you can.

We give thanks for the work of ACK and its leader Pastorin Martina Severin-Kaiser.

The Advent course continues Wednesday 8th December 19:00 and concludes 16th December.