Welcome to the website of the Anglican Church of St Thomas Becket, Hamburg.
We are an English-speaking church in Hamburg, located on Zeughausmarkt 22, part of the Church of England Diocese in Europe, worshipping in the Anglican Episcopal style, consisting of people of many nations and Christian traditions.
Please refer to these web pages for further information: read here our
Parish Profile, scroll down this page for latest
News, read our parish magazine Becket News or the
News Archive to see what goes on, or do
get in touch!
The Chaplain is the Revd Matthew Jones.
Contributions to the website from near and far are also very welcome. We also hope that newcomers to Hamburg, or those thinking of moving here, may find information of use, and be encouraged too, to get in touch.
You can find out more about activities of the Anglican Church in Europe by visiting the weblog of Bishop David Hamid .
CHAPLAINCY COUNCIL ELECTIONS.
At the AGM held 22 April Debbie Ockert and Stuart Cooke were elected as Churchwardens. We are extremely grateful to them for willingness to serve the STB community.
A very big thank you to Renu for a fantastic contribution to the life of the church as churchwarden these past couple of years, and during a period where the churchwardens had to do extraordinary feats!
Anglican Church Hamburg News
There will be a joint Ascension Day service with the Swedish Church in Hamburg at 10:30 in church.
Every one is welcome. Alla är hjärtlig välkomna!
Lots happening this week, folks...
Bible study group continues at the Chaplain's flat on Wednesday 9 May 19:00.
Hafengeburtstag ecumenical opening service in St. Michaelis 11 May at 13:00. Our Chaplain and Renu will be taking part.
Later that day you can join Stuart for the guided walk In the Footsteps of the Merchant Adventurers you missed last Saturday! Meet at 19:00 in front of Gröninger Brewery, Willy-Brandt-Str- 47. PLEASE REGISTER ON WWW.STBECKET400.DE FOR THIS IF YOU CAN
Hafengeburtstag 11-13 May!Our Church will be open 12 May 10:00-16:00.
And later that evening, 12 May 20:00 a concert of Traditional and Baroque music of the British Isles will be held in church. Tickets will be available at the door.
As the Treasurer has billed it - this extraordinary, i.e. inaugral walk 'In the footsteps of the Merchant Adventurers' will take place this Saturday 5 May 15:00-17:00.
We trace on foot a number British people who have left their mark in the development of Hamburg, from the foundation of the English Church in 1612, through architecture and engineering to media and music of the 20th century.
Meet: at 15:00 in front of the Gröninger Brewery, Willy-Brandt-Straße 47.
A special service of 'ninth hour' or None Prayers will said this Thursday 3 May at 19:30 in church. The service is in harmony with prayers conducted at Merton Priory, England where our patron Saint Thomas Becket was trained.
Do come along and join this special tradition.
Your webmaster was very pleased to see that after many years of campaigning, the Diocesan website has had a facelift. Now much more visually appealing, easy to use, and informative - check it out yourself
here.
Susanne Gommert of NDR Info has been taking an interest in our church. Her radio programme 'Wo sich fremde Welten treffen: 400 Jahre Englische Gemeinde in Hamburg (Where Foreign Worlds Meet 400 years of the English congregation in Hamburg) will be broadcast on NDR Info, 92.3 MHz or Kabel 94.05 01 May, Program "Lebenswelten", at 06:05 and repeated at 17:05.
It stars some people church regulars may know!
Click here for Programme info.
Please click on 'Service' page for services times for May - June. A flyer is available here.
Highlights include Choral Evensong, a Taizé service, and a joint Ascension Day service with the Swedish Church.
The Lent Bible Study was such a hit that there is a core group who have pestered the Chaplain to continue! All those who would like to join regularly or occasionally are welcome. Kick-off for the Bible Study group is Wednesday 2 May, 19:30 in the Chaplain's flat (Englische Planke 1A). Please bring your own Bible.
Sunday 29th April is Marathon Day in Hamburg. Please don't let this deter you from coming to church, but make allowances for traffic disruption.
A video summary based around the Service of Thanksgiving is available on www.stbecket400.de. Please look in video section for other webcasts.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, 2012 Holy Week lectures at Canterbury Cathedral are on the theme 'St Paul: the Man and his Letters'.
Outstanding listening that can be accessed here.
All hands on deck please!
Renu is calling all willing scrubbers to join the happy band 12:00-15:00, Saturday 7 April to help make the church look its best for Easter.
Please come along if you can!
Sunday, 1 April is Palm Sunday the start of Holy Week, which begins with the enactment of the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, only days later to find himself arrested and facing an agonising death. And there is the really interesting part... Easter!
Everyone is welcome to join in the drama of the week through the series of services noted above.
And to get you thinking, there is a new Pause for Thought - A question of loyalty?
'Just as the golden daffodils are blooming and spring is in the air, so the golden edition of the Becket News is published. Yes we have edition 50, a golden anniversary for our church anniversary year!'
So writes the editor BN editor in poetic mode! And it is a truly golden edition.
The editor and contributors hope you enjoy the read, as much as we in Hamburg are enjoying the 400th anniversary celebrations to date.
Please also take the chance and use the STB400 Memories page to leave a message or memory, it can be your way of joining in the celebration.
The news archive can be found at anglicanchurchhamburg.blogspot.com
