Our summer flea market takes place next Saturday, 16 August, 9am – 4pm. Please come and help in any way you can. We need people early to put out tables and carry the goods. We need sellers and people to give fliers to passing people on the footpaths.
Most importantly, please come and buy!
Author: Jo Dawes
Come and support STB at British Flair on Sunday
British Flair is taking place this weekend, 9 and 10 August at the Hamburger Polo Club (Jenischstraße 26, 22609 Hamburg), with plenty of fun for all the family. The Anglican Church of St Thomas Becket is performing a musical comedy routine on Sunday at 3pm on the Small Stage. Please come and support Matthew, Yotin and the rest of the team and help raise money for this year's British Flair charity, the Förderverein für Stadtteilarbeit in St. Pauli Süd e.V. The easiest way to get there is by S-Bahn to Klein Flottbek (Botanischer Garten). See the British Flair website for more information.
Shady stroll this Saturday
In view of the heat, the Church Wanderers are proposing to stroll gently under the trees in Ohlsdorf Cemetery on Saturday 9 August, meeting at the main gate at 10.15 am. If you want to join in, please let Cicely know as soon as possible: cicely-hollingsworth (at) t-online.de, tel: 040/86 07 90, mobile: 0162 635 93 98.
Like poking around in corners?
Can't resist a mystery? Good at photography or making lists? Then the BRIDFAS church recording team would love to hear from you. BRIDFAS is working with us to compile a church record of the Anglican Church of St Thomas Becket, known to many as the Englische Kirche. The project is still in its early stages, but there will soon be plenty of practical help needed, such as compiling records of silver, wall plaques and memorials, and textiles. You don't need to be a BRIDFAS member or part of the church to get involved; everyone's welcome. To find out more, click on the BRIDFAS logo on the right of this page or visit the BRIDFAS website.
No Worship@17:00 this Sunday
The Contemporary Worship Service “Worship@17:00” planned for 20 July will not take place.
Synod says yes to women bishops
The Church of England's General Synod has voted in favour of women bishops. The vote on the measure was carried by the required two-thirds majority in all three houses: Bishops, Clergy and Laity.
You can read how the houses voted, the reactions of Archbishops Justin Welby and John Sentamu and what happens next on the Church of England website.
Synod vote today on women bishops
The General Synod of the Church of England is currently meeting in York. Synod is due to vote today (14 July) on legislation to admit women to the episcopate. A livestream of the Synod meeting can be found on the Church of England website.
Read all about it!
The summer edition of Becket News is out, a bumper edition packed with news. Pick up your copy in church or read it here.
Bishop-designate builds his team
Bishop-designate Canon Robert Innes has appointed Ian White, an EU regional funding specialist, and David Fieldsend, an EU representation expert, to join the Bishop’s Office team in Brussels to strengthen links with the European Institutions. You can read more about the appointments on the Diocese in Europe website. Canon Robert will be consecrated on 20 July in Canterbury Cathedral and formally welcomed as the new Diocesan Bishop in Europe on 4 September in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Gibraltar.
Church Wanderers picnic in Stadtpark
It has become a tradition for the Church Wanderers to share a picnic lunch in the Stadtpark in July, and this year you are invited to come along on Saturday, 12 July to the exit from the U-Bahn station Sierichstrasse at 11.00am. Please come equipped with something on which to sit, food and drink to share and happy smiling faces. Eileen Liebender will be in charge, but there is no need to tell her whether you are coming. Just turn up.