Please note that this year there will be a separate service of Nine Lessons and Carols at 17:00 Saturday, 15 September.
The Junior Church Nativity will be performed as part of the Sunday Eucharist for the third Sunday in Advent at 10:30.
Everyone is most welcome at both these services.
Wanderers please meet outside the Hauptbahnhof Reisezentrum at 10.20 to catch the 10.50 Metro train to Lüneburg arriving at 11.22.
Please let Cicely know by Friday midday at the latest, if you are coming.
Snow is forecast for Saturday which will add to the Advent atmosphere, but do come warmly clad and with suitable footwear. No picnic lunch this time, as there will be plenty of stalls at the Weihnachtsmarkt selling tempting snacks. However, a warm drink (or a tot of something stronger?!)would be a good idea to cheer us on the walk.
Trains back to Hamburg run hourly at 28 mins past each hour.
Come and join the Advent singing in St. Petri Kirche 19:30 Thursday 6 December with Churches Together (ACKH). STB's Choir will be singing too!
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So the Christmas Markets are upon us again. This is a great time of year to meet up with friends for glühwein and chat.
It is also a time when the city is pretty full and you may desire to escape the crowds and find a space for a bit of peace and quiet.
We offer just such a space in STB church. A team of enthusiatic carpenters and model builders have built a real life sized stable where we invite you to enter and reflect on the true meaning of Christmas, inspired by this month's Pause for Thought.
We are now in the season of Advent. Advent marks the start of the Church calendar and traces the preparation of God's people for the coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ.
To mark this season, the Church of England offers a series of daily reflections available as a podcast which can be accessed here.
Wanderers and would be Wanderers are asked to note the following:
Saturday, 8 December We shall take the train to Lüneburg to have a walk around the town and enjoy the Weilnachtsmarkt.
Saturday, 12 January New Year's walk and annual lunch. Route and restaurant to be decided. (Suggestions welcome.)
Please note that in 2013 walks will take place on second Saturday each month.
For those who did not stock up on quite enough stuff at the Church Bazaar there is another opportunity to purchase produce and handicrafts at the Victorian Christmas Market this weekend 1-2 Decmeber at the Basler Hof 12:00-18:00.
At the Feast of Christ the King, STB400 – the project running the 400th anniversary came to end and now we will build on the legacy helped by a new mission statement forged with much engagement and now commissioned by Bishop David.
Bishop David's Sermon is available here
STB's mission is to be 'An active and inclusive church, growing in our relationship with God and the wider community'.
This weekend we welcoem Bishop David who is here to be with us for the end of the celebratory 400th anniversary year (project stb400), and to commission us for our future journey together. A new mission statement will be revealed!
At the Service for Christ the King, 10:30 25 November, Bishop David will also be confirming a number of candidates. He will be joined at the service by Archdeacon Jonathan who has kindly come down from Copenhagen.
So expect a joyful, action packed service!
A big thank you to Mark Lyndon for a fantastic evening on 'How to be a Hamberger', performed in front of a packed church. Mark generously donated his fee which meant the evening raised a substantial amount for the STB400 fund.
Thanks too to Pat Pledger, Business English Training, who sponsored the evening with her time in organising the event, a very successful result of many months of work.
This was a great culmination to the STB400 project which finishes on Sunday. Anyone who has been involevd is welcome to join members of the church for drinks and finger food with Bishop david on Friday evening from 19:30.