Don’t miss one of our annual highlights! In what has become a traditional start to the Advent season at STB, our very own Anglican Consort will be singing an Advent Carol Service on Sunday, 30 November at 19.00. It is a meditative and reflective way to begin the journey towards Christmas, and the music – sung this year by upper voices only – will be a feast for the senses. And yes, there are carols for the congregation to sing, too!
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New Becket News edition
Our chaplaincy magazine, Becket News, is out in a new edition with lots of news from the chaplaincy and beyond, including a look ahead to what’s coming up in Advent and over Christmas. Read it online or download it here.
Gala Charity Concert
December 13 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
An evening of music, from Baroque to musical – from folk to Christmas, in aid of the Anglican Church of St Thomas à Becket. With Darlene Dobisch, Mardon & Vaughn, Petter Bjallö, Christian Sach, Collegium Musicum and Jon Mortimer. Tickets €20 adults, €18 concessions, free entry for children up to 16. Click here for the flyer. Tickets available here.
Advent and Christmas at STB
It’s that time of year again! We kick off the Advent season on 30 November with an Advent Carol Service sung by our very own Anglican Consort. Other favourites follow, such as Carols and Cakes on 6 December, the Nativity Play performed by Junior Church, and of course Nine Lessons and Carols sung by our Sunday Choir, both on 21 December. You can find details of all special services and events in our flyer – view or download here, We hope to see you.
Christmas is coming – time to order your cards
We have been producing Christmas cards by recycling used cards in aid of the historic English Church of St Thomas à Becket for over 30 years. For several years now, we have offered online ordering alongside physical sales. The double cards, complete with envelopes, are 148 x 110 mm and have a Christmas and New Year greeting in English and German. They cost €15 for 10 cards and can be ordered online using this form or bought at various events, including the Church Bazaar, giving you the opportunity to choose your motifs personally.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – Our Churchwardens and Church Council
At this year’s Annual General Meeting, the following individuals were elected as Churchwardens and Lay Members of the Church Council.
We give thanks for their willingness to serve and ask the congregation to pray for them as they take on these responsibilities.
May God guide and strengthen them in their ministry and in their work for the life and mission of our church.
Wardens
Angeline Wilson
Norbert Schoen
Lay Members
Penelope Loehrig (Council Secretary)
Monica Schofield (Treasury Liaison)
David Delaire
Jo Dawes
Jonas Karlsson
Idowu Ogunleye
Nolene Sheppard
Emmanuel Saarkodie
Irene Windsor
We also extend our heartfelt thanks to those who did not stand for re-election this year, after faithfully serving on the Church Council for many years.
Peter Alexander
Nissi Marapatla
Madeleine Resühr
We are deeply grateful for their dedication, wisdom, and the time they have given to the life of our church.
May God bless them in all that lies ahead, and may they continue to know His guidance and peace.
Hamburg marks 80 years since the end of WWII
Servicemen and women from the UK, from the wider Commonwealth and from Germany and Ukraine – together with local inhabitants of Hamburg – gathered at Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Hamburg on Thursday, 8 May 2025.
Led by Canon Colin Williams, they marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, commended those servicemen whose remains are interred there to God’s safe keeping and prayed for peace. Wreaths were laid by representatives of the UK and German Armed Forces. At the conclusion of this time of
prayer, the Last Post was sounded in honour of those whose sacrifice had made possible the end of hostilities in Europe on 8 May 1945.
Ohlsdorf Cemetery is the largest non-military cemetery in the world. Covering 389 hectares, the parklike cemetery is also Hamburg’s second largest green space. Among its many graves is a Commonwealth War Graves site containing more than 2,500 burials, mostly of British and Commonwealth servicemen who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars. The Second World War plot alone contains 1,466 burials, mostly of servicemen who died with the occupying forces, or airmen lost in bombing raids over Germany.
Holy Week and Easter services at STB
Join us as we journey from Palm Sunday to Easter Day:
SUNDAY 13 April
10.30 Palm Sunday; Liturgy of the Palms & Liturgy of the Passion; President & preacher: Revd Canon Colin Williams
MONDAY 14 April
18.00 Stations of the Cross
TUESDAY 15 April
20.00 Stations of the Cross
THURSDAY 17 April
19.00 Maundy Thursday; President & preacher: Revd Canon Colin Williams
FRIDAY 18 April
13.30 Good Friday; President & preacher: Revd Canon Colin Williams
SATURDAY 19 April
20.30 Easter Vigil
SUNDAY 20 April
10.30 Easter Day; President & preacher: Revd Canon Colin Williams
All services at Zeughausmarkt 22, 20459 Hamburg
You can download a PDF here
April Becket News out
A new edition of our chaplaincy magazine, Becket News, is hot off the virtual press, including lots of news from our groups and details of all the Holy Week and Easter services. You can read it here.
First Wanderers outing of 2025
Our walking group, the Church Wanderers, meets for the first time this year on 8 March for a central Hamburg walk, about 6km. We’re starting at 10 a.m. at U St. Pauli to walk through the Wallanlagen and by the Alster. Please contact Jo on wanderers@anglican-church-hamburg.de if you want to join us.