Author: Jo Dawes

We’re setting up an electronic mailing list for the church, to keep the congregation and friends up to date with news and events. We’ll also distribute our parish magazine, Becket News, to the list.

If you’d like be on the list, please send an e-mail to communication (at) anglican-church-hamburg.de asking us to add your e-mail address to the mailing list. We’ll only use the list for legitimate church business and won’t share it with or sell it to anyone else. You can ask us to remove you from the list at any time if you change your mind.

The October edition of our parish magazine, Becket News, including lots of photos from the licensing of our new chaplain, Fr Leslie, is now available. You can download it here or pick up a copy in church. Back numbers can be found in the Becket News archive.

Bishops Robert and David have been nominated by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and Pope Francis to be commissioned among 19 pairs of Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops from across the world to take part in united mission in their local areas. Read more on this story on the Diocese in Europe website or on Bishop David’s blog.

Bishop David’s sermon preached at Father Leslie’s licensing on 17 September 2016 is now online. You can view or download it here (127 kB).

The Primus of Scotland, the Archbishop of Wales and the former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams have called on the British government “urgently to revise its policy towards refugees”. They are amongst a large number of Anglican bishops and clergy from the UK who have put their name to an open letter to British Prime Minister Theresa May. It has been signed by 224 faith leaders including our Suffragan Bishop, Rt Revd David Hamid. Read the full story on the Anglican Communion News Service website.

It is 25 years since the Meissen Agreement between the Church of England and the Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland was signed, with one of its goals the full visible unity between our churches. In a message to the Meissen Commission to mark the 25th anniversary, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby writes: “As we celebrate 25 years of Meissen and plan the 500th anniversary of the Reformation I pray that we continue in our efforts to build a confident church in a pluralistic and troubled Europe across all barriers.” The full text of the message, in which he also thanks our chaplain designate, the Revd Canon Dr Leslie Nathaniel, and the other co-secretary of the commission, OKR Revd Christoph Ernst, for their tireless work, can be found here. You can read more about the Meissen Commission on the websites of the Church of England and (in German) the EKD.

The next walk with the Wanderers is on Saturday 10 September. Eileen will be leading us on the Burg (Dithmarschen) circular route through delightful countryside and along the fascinating Nord-Ostsee Canal. A short ferry trip and the promise of a coffee break in Burg’s Fährhaus are additional attractions! Meeting point is in front of the DB Reise Zentrum at Altona Bahnhof at 9:15 to allow time to get Schleswig-Holstein tickets. Arrival in Burg is 10:56. Please let Nicki know by Wednesday 7 September at 10:00 p.m. if you want to come along: 0176 30 393 063, nicki.schiller(at)gmx.de

The institution and licensing of our new Chaplain, The Reverend Canon Dr Leslie Satianathan Nathaniel, will be on Saturday 17 September at 11 am. Our Suffragan Bishop, Rt Revd David Hamid, will preside at the Eucharist and preach.

Would you like to sing in the choir for the service welcoming our new chaplain? Or at this year’s Carol Service? Here are all the important dates