The Arts Society London are running a series of free lectures – one every two weeks – accessible anytime during the two-week period via this link.
The current lecture is by Sarah Dunant on “Venice: Dressed and Undressed” and is available from 21 April. Thanks to Pat Pledger of the Arts Society Hamburg for sharing this news with us.
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Easter Candle and Easter Hymn
This morning the Easter Candle was also lit in a short Dawn Service in the church with some parishioners getting together via Zoom while our choirmaster joined from the church.
If you’d like to sing along or listen to some Easter hymns here’s “Jesus Christ is risen today”. Stephen Brown director of music at St Catherine’s in Stuttgart put together a “virtual choir” in which our choirmaster was also able to join.
Archbishop to broadcast national Easter service online
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, is to lead a digital Easter Sunday service from the kitchen of his flat in London.
The service will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and on the Church of England’s website and Facebook page from 09:00 BST (10:00 CET) on Sunday.
Praying at home in Holy Week 2020
We have received a new booklet from the Diocese in Europe. It contains the full complement of readings, intercessions and hymns and is meant to support each one of us in our common prayer during Holy Week.
You can download it here:
Flowers for Holy Week
Every day during Holy Week, starting on Monday, BBC Radio 4 is broadcasting a 15-minute programme on wild plants and flowers associated in history and folklore with the key moments of Christ’s Passion. Broadcast daily at 10:45 (9:45 in the UK), ‘The Passion in Plants’ can be found on BBC iPlayer Radio.
April edition of Becket News out now
The latest edition of our parish magazine, Becket News, is fresh off the virtual press. You can download it here or find it on the Becket News page of the website along with back issues. Happy reading!
Our locum returns to LA
Our locum chaplain, Fr Pete Wright, and his wife Penny have unfortunately had to return to Los Angeles, since the US State Department ordered the return of all citizens who normally reside in the USA. We hope still to be able to provide some opportunities for the congregation to participate in shared online services with Fr Pete. Please also see the information on this website, particularly the Covid-19 update section.
Making a Spiritual Communion
Our church services are currently suspended because of the coronavirus. However, we can still make a Spiritual Communion at home.
The term ‘Spiritual Communion’ is used to describe the means of grace by which a person, prevented for some serious reason from sharing in a celebration of the Eucharist, nonetheless shares in the communion of Jesus Christ. The Book of Common Prayer instructs us that if we offer ourselves in penitence and faith, giving thanks for the redemption won by Christ crucified, we may truly ‘eat and drink the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ’, although we cannot receive the sacrament physically in ourselves. A form of words for making a Spiritual Communion can be found on the Church of England website.
Want to be on our mailing list?
We have a small mailing list that we use to keep congregation and friends in touch with what’s going on in the church community. We are using it more frequently now that services and events are suspended because of the Covid-19 coronavirus. If you would like to be put on the list, please send an email with your first and last name and asking to be added to the mailing list to webmaster (at) anglican-church-hamburg.de
Gospel reading and sermon for 15 March – Third Sunday of Lent
Dear all,
in lieu of our regular Sunday service our locum priest, Father Pete, has prepared a recording of today’s Gospel and his sermon for you to listen to online.
The video is embedded below and can also be found here.