We start at 10:15 with a Silent Prayer Vigil.
Come early this Sunday (27th) to pray for peace
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Missing your building? Come to Choral Evensong at 15.30, Sunday, 20th Feb
In STB Zeughausmarkt. NB 2G+entry. Guest preacher Revd Prof Dr Martin George.
Sunday morning Services during February in the Michel crypt
Due to the ongoing heating situation in our church, St Michael’s Church (Michel) kindly offered us their crypt to temporarily use for Sunday worship. For now, this is going to be the case for all February services. They are going to take place during our regular time, starting 10.30.
Please enter the Michel through the main door at Englische Planke. The crypt is downstairs to the left hand side.
Sunday morning worship at 10.30 on Zoom, during January
(2nd – 23rd inclusive in the first instance.)
If you would like to be sent the Zoom invitation, please contact Emma Richter on therichters (at) web.de)
New Becket News out
The November edition of our magazine, Becket News, is available. It can be downloaded here. Back numbers are also here to read and can be found on the Becket News archive page.
2G Church Bazaar
Due to the new Hamburg covid regulations, the Church Bazaar on 20 November will be run as a 2G event.
Access to the bazaar will be permitted only for people who are
- vaccinated
- recovered fully from covid with written proof
- under 18
- or have a medical written document exempting them from vaccination
This will be cross checked against ID cards/passports/your smartphone before entering the church.
Standard precautions – masks, social distancing – apply. Not more than 50 visitors may be in the church at any one time.
We hope you still come, enjoy and buy all the wonderful things on offer.
Fundraising Project: Help us get our heating back on track!
We are currently in need of your assistance with our Heating Project Appeal. Any donation, no matter the size, helps us get closer to our goal, and we are grateful for everyone who gives and/or helps spreading the word. 
Please visit our project page on betterplace.org:
Order your Christmas cards in aid of our church – on sale now
After the success of last year’s online sales of our popular recycled cards sold in aid of the historic English Church of St Thomas à Becket, we are repeating the online ordering option this year alongside physical sales. Motifs range from religious and nativity scenes, winter landscapes, robins, Christmas scenes, animals, humorous, and other festive themes such as wreaths, flowers candles, etc. The cards, complete with envelopes, are 148 x 110 mm and have a Christmas and New Year greeting in English and German.
Cards can be ordered using this Order Form or by telephoning Judith Holst. The cards will also be on sale at some events including the Church Bazaar on 20 November, and after the Sunday service from 21 November until 19 December.
Come and visit us for Nacht der Kirchen 2021 on 18 September
We are excited to participate in Hamburg’s “Nacht der Kirchen” again, which is going to take place on 18 September this year. We will be open from 5pm to 10pm.
Please find details below:
From 5pm: Open Church
Our church will be open for tours from 5pm to 10pm continuously. Just come and visit! Parishioners will be present and happy to answer your questions (in German or English).
6pm – 6:30pm: Evening Prayer
Traditional Anglican Evening Prayer, led by Susanne Hergoss.
9pm – 9:30pm: Compline
“Compline” derives its name from a Latin word meaning “completion” (completorium). It is primarily a service of silence and reflection before rest at the end of the day. Led by Revd Jules A. Barnes.
Banker, Bankrupt, Builder – Henry Canning Esquire
A short illustrated biography researched and written by Dr. Madeleine Resuehr is available now.
It is thanks to Henry Canning, British Consul General to Hamburg from 1823-1841 that we have the historic building in Zeughausmarkt, and can still worship there as STB church today. Henry succeeded in persuading the Hamburg Senate to give the British community a plot of land on which to build a new church and in encouraging British merchants, their Hamburg associates and the British Government to donate the funds necessary.
The new English Church was dedicated in 1838 and, as a mark of respect, Henry Canning was laid to rest there after his death in 1841.
This short booklet fills in the gaps about his childhood, tells of his business ventures, his marriage and family, and solves a mystery.
You can buy a copy after Sunday morning services (see Madeleine) or order one, by sending an email to info@anglican-church-hamburg.de. Price: €7.50. All proceeds go to church funds.
