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STB needs items to sell at the Summer Flea Market at church on 16 August. We welcome donations of furnishings, household goods, games, porcelain, you name it. No fleas, please. Please bring things to church on Sunday or ring to arrange a time to drop them off.

Father Matthew is arranging a parish retreat at Ansverus Haus in Aumühle on 19-21 June on the theme of prayer. The cost per person is EUR 112. Please add your name to the list by the church door if you would like to attend or speak to Fr Matthew.

A first meeting on the planned Church Recording Project will be held in the church on Thursday 15 May, 2014 at 6pm – all welcome. In this joint project between BRIDFAS Hamburg and the Anglican Church of St Thomas Becket, groups will work together on different areas of the church, such as metalwork, stonework, textiles, paintings, windows, library, compiling and photography. We need as many hands as possible, including people who can offer some sort of expertise in these areas. Participants will be able to offer as little or as much work or help as they wish and the recorders will be a mix of those from within BRIDFAS and the church community, as well as anyone outside who wants to get involved. For further information, see the BRIDFAS website.

Don't forget it's the Hafengeburtstag this weekend, 9-11 May. The roads will be busy and parking near the church will be scarce. Maybe it's yet another Sunday when public transport would be better.

The Church Wanderers' walk for tomorrow, 10 May 2014, has been cancelled.

The next Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe will be the Reverend Canon Dr Robert Innes, currently Senior Chaplain and Chancellor of the Pro-Cathedral of Holy Trinity Brussels. For details see the Diocese in Europe website. You can find an interview with the new Bishop by Diocesan Communications Officer Paul Needle here.

Our very own St Thomas Becket Consort is singing choral evensong on Thursday, 8 May at 7pm. All the music is from the great Tudor period of English choral composition, with the introit by Tallis, the canticles by Gibbons and the anthem by Byrd. You can find more information on STB's Facebook page.

On Sunday 4 May it's the Hamburg Marathon. There will be no vehicle access to St Thomas Becket, as we're within the marathon route. Please leave your car at home and come by public transport instead. Leave yourself plenty of time, too, because the trains and pavements will be full.

On Saturday, 12 April, the Wanderers will be off for a walk in Burg (Dithmarschen), led by Eileen Liebender. The 10/12km route leads through lovely countryside and then along the towpath of the Kiel canal.

Walkers should meet at 9.10am at Altona main station, outside the Reisezentrum, to buy sufficient Schleswig-Holstein Tickets for those taking part. You will be catching the 9.33 NOB train arriving at Itzehoe at 10.21 where you will change on to the RB train leaving for Burg at 10.47.and arriving at 11.06. Eileen will meet the train.

Please bring a picnic for lunch, but the aim is to to go for K u. K. at the “Hacienda” (set price – eat as much as you like, even if it is still Lent!) before returning to the station for the train home.

Eileen doesn't need to know how many are coming, but if you have any questions please call her on 04825/1855.

Music by Vivaldi and Handel and a premiere of five songs by Katja Krüger are on the programme at St Thomas Becket on Saturday, 12 April at 5pm. The “Sicilian programme” will be performed by Claudio Branca and Jana Lubach, violin, Hjördis Krüger, soprano and Emré and Yunus Simsek, Saz, with the Inselfinken and Sonntagsorchester conducted by Susanne Schott. Admission is free but donations are welcome. For more information see Musikinsel Finkenwerder or telephone 040/ 679 535 05.