On Sunday, 1 December at 6.30 p.m. the Anglican Consort will be singing our annual Advent Carol Service, with readings and Advent music, including by contemporary female composers. Of course, there will be carols to join in, too. Do come along – and wrap up warm!
Month: November 2024
Order your Christmas Cards!
As many of you know, last year our STB card-recycling project once again raised a total of 6,000 Euros (including a generous donation from the former Hon. British Consul Claus Budelmann.) The team is once again in full swing for 2024, preparing high quality Christmas and greetings cards for sale at the Bazaar, Victorian Christmas Market and various other church and local events. The Christmas greetings are in both English and German with motifs to suit all tastes!
If you would like to order your Christmas cards online instead, you can access the order form right here, right now:
Please pray for our confirmands
Bishop Robert will be taking the service on Sunday 17th November at 10.30, both preaching and presiding on this significant occasion.
We have three adult candidates, and seven juniors this year, and they have all been preparing since soon after Easter: meeting to learn more about God, the Bible, Christian doctrine, our Anglican church and liturgy. It has been a rich and joyful time, and we wish each one of them well as they take this next step forward in affirming their faith, and also receive the sacrament of their first holy communion.
A reminder as the Confirmation becomes imminent, that no photography or video recording during services is permitted. Notices to this effect are displayed all around the church, but after a while, they do tend to become just ‘part of the wallpaper’! This is a general rule, and any potential exceptions must be discussed in advance with the Chaplain, along with receiving the permission of all those likely to be recorded. This applies to any recording, and whether or not you may intend to publish it on any sort of social media platform. When it comes to music, we are subject to performing rights and copyright considerations, and the Data protection and safeguarding rules are there to protect us all. So, please respect the privacy, property and wellbeing of others, most especially when you are in church. Thank you.
Article on Mabel Wulff (and our church) on bbc.com
Two journalists from Wales recently discovered the story of Mabel Wulff, our church’s caretaker, who courageously kept it safe during WWII. They interviewed Eddie Wulff, Mabel’s grandson, and also contacted us for photos and videos of the church, which Madeleine Resühr provided. You can read the final article at the following link.
Secret WW2 bravery of Welsh mum who survived Nazi Germany and saved an historic church