Category: Congregation
Messages and updates for the congregation
STB Handicrafts Club will meet again in October
This will be the second meeting of the group, and anyone who enjoys crafting is very welcome to come along. This time, the plan is to meet in the church building in Zeughausmarkt. There will be the chance to learn new skills, and/or you can bring along whatever you are already working on.
For details contact Arwen and Ale on stthomashandicrafts (at) gmail.com
This week’s additional opening times and service
Our church building will be open again this Tuesday from 17.00 – 20.00 and on Thursday from 11.00 – 15.00 to anyone who wishes to come in and pay their last respects to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
The open book of Condolence will also still be available. Please note that on Thursday there will also be a short Eucharist at 12:00, with special prayers for Her Majesty.
STB at British Flair 2022
At this year’s British Flair, that took place over the weekend, STB had its very own stand for the first time!
Thank you to Katja for the photo below!
Also, here is a short report by the NDR Hamburg Journal on the event in general: https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/hamburg_journal/Von-elegant-bis-skurril-British-Flair-in-Klein-Flottbek,hamj126002.html
Choral Evensong back this month
After our July break, Choral Evensong will be back this month. Join us for this traditional Anglican service on Sunday, 21 August from 16:00.
STB at British Flair – come and visit, and/or help with our stand
This year Council have decided that as the Anglican Church in Hamburg, we should have our own stand during the three days of the British Flair event. Friday 26th, Sat 27th and Sun 28th August: https://www.britishflair.de/start.html
This takes place at the Hamburg Polo Club, a short walk from S Klein Flottbek. It’s a high-profile and charmingly anglophile event, which raises money for good causes too; so it offers us great opportunities, especially in this the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee year, for networking and mission.
Many of you I know already attend British Flair, and/or the Saturday evening concert: ‘Klassik unterm Sternenhimmel’. So, if you’re coming this year, please do make sure you visit the STB stand. And, Wendy Sprock can offer reduced price concert tickets for €25. Contact her directly: wendysprock (at) t-online.de
There is still opportunity to help on the STB stand. Should be fun! Please consider helping, and if you can do a stint, get in touch as soon as possible with Norbert Schoen (norbertwschoen (at) web.de), who is coordinating the rota for our church stand: thank you! We need 3 or 4 people during the whole time, signing up in advance, for shifts of a few hours. It would be good to have people of different ages and nationalities, so that we can show the diversity of STB in all its fullness. Please contact Norbert as soon as you can.
Booklet ‘Our faithful Queen’ now on sale at STB
In this Platinum Jubilee year, copies of this lovely booklet ‘Our faithful Queen’ are now on sale at STB (on Sundays and during Open Thursdays).
Euro 5 per copy.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth ll is of course Supreme Governor of the Church of England – OUR church!
Heads-up: No Junior Church from 17 July, back in September
Our Junior Church team is going to have their summer break starting Sunday, 17 July, and all through August.
They will be back on the first Sunday in September!
Open Thursdays are back starting 7 July!
Our church building in Zeughausmarkt is there ‘7 whole days’ – so why not spend some time there on a Thursday this month too?
Every week, the building will be open between 11.00 and 15.00.
So, pop in and visit or take a quiet moment; meet a friend, or have a cup of tea, or bring your summer visitors to have a look around our historic building. There is also a short said Eucharist starting at 12.00 noon each week, and lasting 30 minutes.
Our chaplain, Jules, will need someone to be officially ‘on duty’ with her during these ‘Open Thursdays’, so if you can volunteer, please sign up on the list in church, or email Jules (chaplain (at) anglican-church-hamburg.de) with the date(s) you can do. Thank you!
Calling musicians for our ‘Family Services’
Our new Family Services which will take place on the third Sunday morning of each month, starting September (at least that’s the plan!)
Do you play an instrument / sing in a band? Would you like to take part in this more informal service, on a regular or occasional basis?
Repertoire will be varied, but include worship and children’s songs, as well as some more traditional hymns. Rehearsals will be on the day, at 09.45, just before the service, and we are especially keen to attract some new musicians. (Our choir and organist have 3rd Sunday mornings off!)
If this might be your thing, don’t be shy. Please contact the Director of Music (Yotin, music (at) anglican-church-hamburg.de ) or the Chaplain (Jules, chaplain (at) anglican-church-hamburg.de ).