Author: Jo Dawes

We add our prayers and good wishes to many who have welcomed the appointmend of Just Welby, Bishop of Durham to be the next Archbishop of Canterbury to succeed Dr Rowan Williams.

This can't be the job that anyone would seriously choose to do, but having been chosen it is very good news for the Anglican Communion that Bishop Justin Welby has accepted.

Further information is to be found on the Archbishop of Canterbury's
website.

There is a comment about Bishop Welby's European credentials on Bishop David's blog.

The Wanderers are walking from Elmshorn to Barmstedt along the Krückau Hiking Trail this Saturday.

Meet outside the Reisezentrum at Altona Bf at 09.25 to catch the 09.45 train to Elmshorn arriving 10.11 in Barmstedt.

Walk is c. 12kms Well-marked paths but ground could be wet in places, so stout boots or shoes essential. Please bring a picnic lunch, as usual.
Return from Barmstedt station after K u. K at the Café Schlossgefängnis

Please let Cicely know by Friday. 9 November lunchtime if you are planning to come.

Contact: Cicely-hollingsworth(at)t-online.de; tel: 040/86 07 90; mobile 0162 635 93 98

Tuesday 19:30 there will be a Taizé Service –
a prayer service with candles, music and silence.

On Sunday 11 November there will be a Remembrance Day Service at 10:30 followed by prayers at Ohlsdorf Commonwealth Cemetery at 12:45.

There will be a special Choral Evensong with a children's choir this Saturday 27 October at 17:00.

Other services for the coming month are posted on this website – see Services page.

Confirmation classes begin Sunday 14 October 13:00-15:00 in the West room. They will run for four consecutive Sunday's and are open to anyone seeking this sacrament. Please inform the Chaplain of your interest – or just turn up.

Church Council will be meeting on Thursday at 6:30 pm this week instead of the usual Monday. There are important matters at hand and we offer our prayers of support.

Today's service celebrating for the Feast of St Francis marked the end of Junior Church's fund raising project to buy two milking goats. They surpassed this goal by a long way and have raised money for 7 pairs of goats who will be able to produce lots of baby goats so there will be significantly more than 2 goats to provide fresh milk for poorer families.

This a fantastic result and bodes well for the next generation of church fund raising! (Where were these kids when stb400 started?).

Well done Junior Church.

Becket News Issue 52 is hot off the press. For those who can't wait to purchase a hardcopy in church there is a sneak preview version here, also for those who live out of reach of hardcopies.

Enjoy your reading!

Do come and experience Africa in Hamburg! Join us on Saturday 6 October 12:00-18:00 for a joyful multicultural African event. Drumming, Songs, Quiz, Traditional Cuisine, Dancing, Story telling and much more.

Following Deborah Ockert's resignation as churchwarden, we are pleased that Phil Zeni was duly elected unopposed last Sunday to servce as churchwarden until the next AGM.

We are very grateful to Phil for his willingness to step into this important role and offer our good wishes and prayers of support.

We are also indebted to Deborah for her enormous commitment to the church over many years and thank her for doing so much, so diligently, to support the life of our church.