Author: Jo Dawes

The Chaplain, Fr Matthew, will be on retreat 21-28 September. He will later be on a well earned holiday and his first visit 'back home' since he arrived from 7 October until 5 November. During this period Fr Cliff Poole will be returning as locum.

Martin Leafe, former Lecturer at the Study of Religions Departments of Hannover and Bremen Universities, presents the second in series of talks on the history, theory, leading personalities and practices of four controversial religious groups.

The lecture to be given on Thursday 19 September, 7-9pm in church will be on the Mormons.

Attendance is free, but a donation to the church would be welcomed.

14 September is the 10th Nacht der Kirchen (Night of the Churches) when some 120 churches in Hamburg open their doors for people to be welcomed and see something of the different churches and church traditions.

The programme at STB is as follows:
19:00 Choral Evensong
20:00 Awake, my soul!
21:00 African Music
22:00 Musical Comedy
23:00 Compline (Night prayer)
23:15 The Lord's Prayer in different languages.

Please do come and join us!

For those not learning about liturgy this Saturday 7 September, (see side) the Wanderers will guide you through the Harburger Berge on a walk from Appelbüttelerweg to Waldfrieden via Sottorf (about 10 kms).

Meet at S Bahn station Harburg Rathaus exit Eissendorfer Strasse at 10.45 (S3 arrives 10.43. This is the train dep. Altona at 10.14, Landungsbrücken 10.20, Hamburg Hbf 10.28 and Harburg 10.41). We will be catching bus 144 at 10.55 arriving Appelbüttelerweg at 11.08am. Please don't be late. The next bus leaves 30 mins later!!

Please bring a picnic lunch and come suitably attired.

K. u. K. is promised at a pleasant Gaststätte at Waldfrieden before catching bus 240 to S Bahn Neugraben.

Please Cicely know by Friday, 6 September midday, if you are planning to come. Tel: 86 07 90; mobile 0162 635 93 98.

The Swedish Church community are this week celebrating their 130th anniversary – the Swedish Church of Gustaf-Adolf was founded 30 August 1883.

On Sunday 1 September members of STB joined with members of the Swedish Church for a joint Eucharist celebrated in both Swedish and English. Aside from divine music, we enjoyed drinking Swedish coffee afterwards.

We say Grattis på 130-årsdagen!

Martin Leafe former Lecturer at the Study of Religions Departments of Hannover and Bremen Universities, presents the first of series of talks on the history, theory, leading personalities and practices of four controversial religious groups.

The first lecture to be given on Thursday 5 September, 7-9pm in church will be on the Freemasons.

Attendance is free, but a donation to the church would be welcomed.

After spending time at British Flair, how about heading back in town to join in Fellowship with the Swedish Church – Gustav-Adolfskyrkan. They came to STB for Ascension so it is nice to have the opportunity for a return visit.

The Church is located right close to Landungsbrücke on Ditmar-Koel-Strasse 36. Readers might also like to congratulate the Swedish Church on their 130th anniversary which they are celebrating this week.

This weekend is British Flair at the Polo Club. British Flair, the successor to British Flair, continues the tradition of raising money for good causes. This year's beneficiary is Kinderhaus Mignon which supports severely traumatised children and young people.

Do come along to the Service led by STB Church at 10:30 on the Small Stage on Sunday.

Phil our Fabric Committee Chair, alias Dr Downspout, would be very grateful for support in removing weeds etc from the pavement surrounding the church Saturday, 24 August 9:30-11:30. Now the church is looking so magnificent, it would be great if we could make the effort to clear the ground so that everything is perfect for the grand lighting ceremony 10 September.

St. Katharinen Kirche was packed on 4 August as people gathered to recall the terrible events of July/August 1943. The scars that remain remind us of the constant need to work for peace and reconciliation. Drawing on parallels between the conflict between Australia and Japan, the Chaplain in his address challenges us to work towards ensuring 'Operation Gommorah' never happens again while reminding us that in many parts of the world people still have to face the destruction of war.

A copy of the address given by the Revd Matthew Jones can be found
here.