News

On Saturday 12th November 9.30am – 1:30 pm a two part bible seminar is being held at the Church of Christ the King in Frankfurt to be led by professor and
theologian Rev. Dr. Dittmar Mündel, with a focus on understanding and applying Scripture. An invitation is extended to STB members to join. Please see notice board in church for further details.

STB has been added to the attractions listed on hamburg.de thanks to a write up by Katy Trick –
click here to view.

Do you enjoy singing together with others? Do you like Christmas carols? For this year’s Christmas Carol Service which will be held on Sunday 18th December 2011 at 10:30 am the Choir of St Thomas Becket Hamburg invites everybody to join the choir. Rehearsals for the carol service will be held every Tuesday starting on the 22nd November. We won’t hold a grudge against you if you join us just till the Christmas carol service.

Refer to 'Activities' page under 'Music' for further details.

On Sunday, 16 October, at 18:30 h, the Ipswich School Chapel Choir from Suffolk, UK, under the direction of Andrew Leach will offer an Evensong service at our church. Many of you will remember this choir, as they have sung at our church in the past. The choir promises to make a “joyful noise”, so please come and enjoy!

Even more bumper, more colourful edition than ever of Becket News is available by clicking on this
link
or as a hardcopy in church. Lots of exciting things to read about, not least reflections of our locums, and the wecoming of our new Chaplain!

Happy reading!

Harvest festival will be celebrated next Sunday, on 2nd October, to coincide with the German Erntedankfest. Ellen Ziesmann will be in church on Saturday, 1st October, at 10:00 am to decorate the church with flowers and fruits – if you can help or if you would like to contribute items, please come on Saturday. Or you can give Ellen a donation for flowers today. If you would like to bring produce or canned goods on Sunday for the Salvation Army, please do! We will collect the gifts during the service.

Church Council meeting: On Monday, 26th September, at 6:00 pm in church.

Choir practice – Tuesday, 27th September, at 6:30 pm in church.

Junior Church staff meeting Wednesday, 28th September, at 7:30 pm in church.

Take a look at Pause for Thought!

Bishop David's Blog reveals what the clergy are currently up to in Munich. It seems they are not taking part in the Oktoberfest. Report

click here.

The 20th anniversary of the signing of the Meissen Agreement is being celebrated – well there is an interesting piece on the
Church of England website about it. The article includes a podcast with the

Bishop of Bradford in which he explains what Meissen means in practical terms today. There is also a posting on his
Blog.