Author: Jo Dawes

Bishop David Hamid asks for our prayers for these candidates in preparation for their ordination: The Revd Jennifer Elliott de Riverol and Revd Nigel Thomas to be ordained as priests on 30 June. Mrs Dana English, Dr Mary Styles and Ms Verna Veritie to be ordained as deacons on 01 July.

Our Chaplain has pointed out that much of Jesus ministry involved food and wine. So appropriately Irene and Eileen have been gathering favourite recipes from members of the congregation and associates to produce a magnificent 400th Anniversary Cook Book. It costs just 10 euros and will be a sell out. The money earned will go towards the 400th anniversary fund.

A big thanks to Irene and Eileen for taking the initiative on this.

The Wanderers are off on a walk from Aumühle to Bergedorf along a favourite route, length about 13 km for full walk. Those wishing a shorter walk can return by train from Reinbek after the picnic lunch, but you will then miss K. und K. at the Schlosscafé in Bergedorf!

If you would like to join the walk, please meet on the S21 platform at Hamburg Hbf at the bottom of the steps leading down from the Kirchenallee – Mönckebergstr. end (i.e. not the Wandelhalle end), to catch the 10.24 train (direction Aumühle). This arrives at Bergedorf at 10.45 and at Aumühle at 10.56.

Please let Cicely know by the evening of Friday, 8 June, if you are planning to come. Tel: 040/86 07 90 mobile: 0162 635 93 98

The new Diocese in Europe website looks good and has very well written reports from around the Dicocese, including one about our celebration of the HM Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
HM Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

There will be a joint Ascension Day service with the Swedish Church in Hamburg at 10:30 in church.
Every one is welcome. Alla är hjärtlig välkomna!

Lots happening this week, folks…

Bible study group continues at the Chaplain's flat on Wednesday 9 May 19:00.

Hafengeburtstag ecumenical opening service in St. Michaelis 11 May at 13:00. Our Chaplain and Renu will be taking part.

Later that day you can join Stuart for the guided walk In the Footsteps of the Merchant Adventurers you missed last Saturday! Meet at 19:00 in front of Gröninger Brewery, Willy-Brandt-Str- 47. PLEASE REGISTER ON WWW.STBECKET400.DE FOR THIS IF YOU CAN

Hafengeburtstag 11-13 May!Our Church will be open 12 May 10:00-16:00.

And later that evening, 12 May 20:00 a concert of Traditional and Baroque music of the British Isles will be held in church. Tickets will be available at the door.

As the Treasurer has billed it – this extraordinary, i.e. inaugral walk 'In the footsteps of the Merchant Adventurers' will take place this Saturday 5 May 15:00-17:00.

We trace on foot a number British people who have left their mark in the development of Hamburg, from the foundation of the English Church in 1612, through architecture and engineering to media and music of the 20th century.

Meet: at 15:00 in front of the Gröninger Brewery, Willy-Brandt-Straße 47.

A special service of 'ninth hour' or None Prayers will said this Thursday 3 May at 19:30 in church. The service is in harmony with prayers conducted at Merton Priory, England where our patron Saint Thomas Becket was trained.

Do come along and join this special tradition.

Your webmaster was very pleased to see that after many years of campaigning, the Diocesan website has had a facelift. Now much more visually appealing, easy to use, and informative – check it out yourself
here.

Susanne Gommert of NDR Info has been taking an interest in our church. Her radio programme 'Wo sich fremde Welten treffen: 400 Jahre Englische Gemeinde in Hamburg (Where Foreign Worlds Meet 400 years of the English congregation in Hamburg) will be broadcast on NDR Info, 92.3 MHz or Kabel 94.05 01 May, Program “Lebenswelten”, at 06:05 and repeated at 17:05.
It stars some people church regulars may know!

Click here for Programme info.