News

Lots happening this week, folks…

Bible study group continues at the Chaplain's flat on Wednesday 9 May 19:00.

Hafengeburtstag ecumenical opening service in St. Michaelis 11 May at 13:00. Our Chaplain and Renu will be taking part.

Later that day you can join Stuart for the guided walk In the Footsteps of the Merchant Adventurers you missed last Saturday! Meet at 19:00 in front of Gröninger Brewery, Willy-Brandt-Str- 47. PLEASE REGISTER ON WWW.STBECKET400.DE FOR THIS IF YOU CAN

Hafengeburtstag 11-13 May!Our Church will be open 12 May 10:00-16:00.

And later that evening, 12 May 20:00 a concert of Traditional and Baroque music of the British Isles will be held in church. Tickets will be available at the door.

As the Treasurer has billed it – this extraordinary, i.e. inaugral walk 'In the footsteps of the Merchant Adventurers' will take place this Saturday 5 May 15:00-17:00.

We trace on foot a number British people who have left their mark in the development of Hamburg, from the foundation of the English Church in 1612, through architecture and engineering to media and music of the 20th century.

Meet: at 15:00 in front of the Gröninger Brewery, Willy-Brandt-Straße 47.

A special service of 'ninth hour' or None Prayers will said this Thursday 3 May at 19:30 in church. The service is in harmony with prayers conducted at Merton Priory, England where our patron Saint Thomas Becket was trained.

Do come along and join this special tradition.

Your webmaster was very pleased to see that after many years of campaigning, the Diocesan website has had a facelift. Now much more visually appealing, easy to use, and informative – check it out yourself
here.

Susanne Gommert of NDR Info has been taking an interest in our church. Her radio programme 'Wo sich fremde Welten treffen: 400 Jahre Englische Gemeinde in Hamburg (Where Foreign Worlds Meet 400 years of the English congregation in Hamburg) will be broadcast on NDR Info, 92.3 MHz or Kabel 94.05 01 May, Program “Lebenswelten”, at 06:05 and repeated at 17:05.
It stars some people church regulars may know!

Click here for Programme info.

Please click on 'Service' page for services times for May – June. A flyer is available here.

Highlights include Choral Evensong, a Taizé service, and a joint Ascension Day service with the Swedish Church.

The Lent Bible Study was such a hit that there is a core group who have pestered the Chaplain to continue! All those who would like to join regularly or occasionally are welcome. Kick-off for the Bible Study group is Wednesday 2 May, 19:30 in the Chaplain's flat (Englische Planke 1A). Please bring your own Bible.

Sunday 29th April is Marathon Day in Hamburg. Please don't let this deter you from coming to church, but make allowances for traffic disruption.

A video summary based around the Service of Thanksgiving is available on www.stbecket400.de. Please look in video section for other webcasts.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, 2012 Holy Week lectures at Canterbury Cathedral are on the theme 'St Paul: the Man and his Letters'.

Outstanding listening that can be accessed here.