News

We extend a warm welcome to the Revd Clifford Poole who is to be our Locum Chaplain until the beginning of September. We appreciate very much that he is able to spend an extended period with us over the summer.

Revd Poole has experience from the Diocese in Europe having previously been a Chaplain in Luxembourg. He studied and taught languages, including German so is no stranger to the culture either. Revd Poole will be joined by his wife Jean for part of the time. Wilkommen in Hamburg!

A bumper, more colourful edition than ever of Becket News is available by clicking on the link above or as a hardcopy in church. Lots and lots of reports of things that that have happened or about to happen!

Happy summer reading!

Following the success of the workshop to perform Stainer's Crucifixion, our choir masters are providing another opportunity to learn more English Choral Music.

On 3rd-4th September a choral workshop will be held in Aumühle.

Please click here for further information.

MOGO: Hamburg celebrates the Harley Days next week, complete with a motorcycle church service on Sunday, 26th June, from 12:30 – 13:30 h at the Michaelis church. Be aware that driving to and from our church will be difficult next Sunday!

But there will be a service as usual, the Revd John Knott is back to take the service.

June 20th at 6:00pm there is a Chaplaincy Council Meeting. The Chaplaincy Council are doing a magnificent job in keeping things going during the vacancy period.

On Tuesday 21 June there is a choir practice at 6:30 pm. Newcomers are very welcome.

Please note deadline for Becket News is 25th June. Get your articles in – give the editor something to edit!

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The Junior Church invites everyone in the congregation to the Church picnic on Sunday, 19 June, after the service. There will be a Service of the Word with participation of the Junior Church at 10:30 h on 19 June and prizes for the children of the Junior Church. This will be the last Junior Church meeting before the summer holidays.

Please do come along – it will be a lot of fun!

The deadline for contributions to the next issue of our church magazine is Friday, 25th June. Please send your articles and/or pictures to John Finn at BecketNews(at)aol.com. As John is travelling, we get an extra week since original deadline was 17 June. So get writing!

Thanks.

The Wanderers will be wandering from Krempe to Glückstadt via Borsfleth and the Deich on Saturday, 18 June, 2011. Length approx. 12 kms.

Meet in front of the Reisezentrum at Hamburg-Altona Fernbahn station at 10.15 am to catch the 10.37 train. As usual we shall travel on Schleswig-Holstein tickets and divide the cost equally. Return by train from Glückstadt to Hamburg. Trains dep at 39 and 50 mins past each hour.

Please wear suitable clothes and footwear and bring a picnic lunch. Eileen knows a good place for Kaffee u. Kuchen.

IMPORTANT Please let Cicely tel: 040/ 86 07 90 or 0162 635 93 98 know by the evening of Friday,17th, if you plan to come.

There will be a special church service at 6.30 pm on Wednesday 8th June at St. Petri to celebrate Tag der Ökumene. Members of St Thomas Becket church and others are welcome to attend.

For those not out of town at Kirchentag, do please try and make it to the Ascension Day Service at 10.30 am, Thursday 2nd June.

A good sermon is promised – our current locum Dr John Arnoid, former Dean of Durham Cathedral will be taking the service.