Author: Jo Dawes

This Sunday 10th July there will be a Blessing of the Marriage between Sally and Timo as part of the Sunday Service, to be followed by a buffet.

We wish Sally and Timo a wonderful day, and many happy, blessed years together.

Regular visitors to this site will be aware that there has been an absence of new Thoughts for a while. Your webmaster is pleased to report this has now been rectified, with a very Thoughtful piece from our new locum on the small matter of doubt!

Pastorin Martina Severin-Kaiser from the Nordelische Kirche will be holding an ecumenical Service in St Petri Kirche, Mönckebergstrasse at 17:15 Monday 4th July. Do come along if you can.

We extend a warm welcome to the Revd Clifford Poole who is to be our Locum Chaplain until the beginning of September. We appreciate very much that he is able to spend an extended period with us over the summer.

Revd Poole has experience from the Diocese in Europe having previously been a Chaplain in Luxembourg. He studied and taught languages, including German so is no stranger to the culture either. Revd Poole will be joined by his wife Jean for part of the time. Wilkommen in Hamburg!

A bumper, more colourful edition than ever of Becket News is available by clicking on the link above or as a hardcopy in church. Lots and lots of reports of things that that have happened or about to happen!

Happy summer reading!

Following the success of the workshop to perform Stainer's Crucifixion, our choir masters are providing another opportunity to learn more English Choral Music.

On 3rd-4th September a choral workshop will be held in Aumühle.

Please click here for further information.

MOGO: Hamburg celebrates the Harley Days next week, complete with a motorcycle church service on Sunday, 26th June, from 12:30 – 13:30 h at the Michaelis church. Be aware that driving to and from our church will be difficult next Sunday!

But there will be a service as usual, the Revd John Knott is back to take the service.

June 20th at 6:00pm there is a Chaplaincy Council Meeting. The Chaplaincy Council are doing a magnificent job in keeping things going during the vacancy period.

On Tuesday 21 June there is a choir practice at 6:30 pm. Newcomers are very welcome.

Please note deadline for Becket News is 25th June. Get your articles in – give the editor something to edit!

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The Junior Church invites everyone in the congregation to the Church picnic on Sunday, 19 June, after the service. There will be a Service of the Word with participation of the Junior Church at 10:30 h on 19 June and prizes for the children of the Junior Church. This will be the last Junior Church meeting before the summer holidays.

Please do come along – it will be a lot of fun!

The deadline for contributions to the next issue of our church magazine is Friday, 25th June. Please send your articles and/or pictures to John Finn at BecketNews(at)aol.com. As John is travelling, we get an extra week since original deadline was 17 June. So get writing!

Thanks.