Author: Jo Dawes

Choir practice on Tuesday, 24 January, at 18:30 h in church.

Mothers’ Union meets on Thursday, 26 January, with Erika Anders and Father Matthew.

Fellowship group meets on Friday, 27 January. Please speak to Cicely if you wish to join.

There will be a special service in commemoration of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp on Friday, 27 January at 18:00 . The service starts at St Michaelis church, then proceeds to the Nikolai Memorial.

The choir is playing a key role in the 400th anniversary celebrations including singing at the Thanksgiving Service 18 February. Many special events are planned, such as a repeat of the John Stainer's 'The Crucifixion' project. For more details please see the Music page under activities.

Do come along – rehearsals are every other Tuesday 18:30-20:00.

Forthcoming dates:

• Tuesday, 24th January
• Tuesday, 7th February

Tuesday, 14th February

St George’s Anglican Church in Berlin is offering a 2-day workshop from
2 to 3 March on “Listening for Life”. For details and registration, see the notice board in church.

The annual Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kristliche Kirche in Hamburg (ACHK) St Ansgar Vespers is this year honouring our church tradition!

A very nice birthday present and we hope that many readers of this website will attend 19:00 3rd February. Further details are in the invitation letter
HERE!

Right, time to put New Year resolution into practice…

The first chance of some exercise with the Wanderers is Saturday, 14, January 2012.

Volksdorf to Poppenbüttel with New Year’s lunch at the Gaststätt Alte Mühle Length approx. 9 kms. (5kms to the Alte Mühle and then 4kms to Poppenbüttel). Anyone not wishing to walk the whole way can catch the 276 bus to Poppenbüttel after lunch.

Meet on the U1 platform (direction Grosshansdorf) at the Jungfernstieg at 10.45 a.m..

Please wear warm clothes and suitable footwear – it will probably be wet underfoot in places. Terrain – mostly level past ponds and meadows (Teichwiesen ) and along woodland paths.)

Important! Please let Cicely know (tel. 040/860790) by Wednesday, 11 January, if you plan to come.

Please click on Pause for Thought for a New Year Message from the Chaplian.

Click here for a Christmas Thought.

Click here to read Bishop Geoffrey's Christmas Message.

Becket News No. 49 is HERE!. Christmas is saved: plenty to read and discuss. Well done to the Editor for another miraculous creation!

And a HAPPY CHRISTMAS to all readers.

The deadline for contributions to the next issue of our church magazine, Becket News, is Sunday, 11 December. Please send your articles and/or pictures to John Finn at BecketNews(at)aol.com.