Bishop David reports on his Blog that Canon Ann Turner (Antwerp) and Mrs Madeleine Holmes (Aquitaine) have been elected to represent the Diocese in the House of Laity and the Revd Canon Ian Hutchinson Cervantes (Madrid) and the Revd Canon Debbie Flach (Lille) in the House of Clergy.
We thank them for their willingness to serve and offer our prayers of support for this challenging task.
The Archbishop of Canterbury is currently on a 16 day tour of India visitng congregations and development initiatives of the Church of North India, the Church of South India and the Mar Thoma Church.
In Kolkata he preached a sermon abput the Millennium Development Goals at St Paul's Cathedral – reported in the Guardian.
“Fasting is about more than going without food – it is connecting with reality and noticing the suffering of your neighbour” – food for thought!
A full text of the sermon and further reports about the trip can be found on the Archbishop's website.
The autumn edition of the Newsletter from the Diocese of Jerusalem is available here.
This edition of the Newsletter reports on a number of medical initiatives including the New Anglican Cardio-Vascular Diabetes Clinic in Ramallah, West Bank and Educational Ministry in Jordan and Lebanon.
The “Services” flyer with a review of the Harvest Weekend has been posted on the 'Services' page.
And new 'Pause for Thought' for readers to consider has been added (by a different author than usual).
The Wanderers are venturing further afield Saturday 9 October with a walk into Timmendorf, along the promenade, over the cliffs (Brodtener Ufer) to Travemünde. Well-made paths, mainly flat, a few gentle inclines.
Please refer to 'Wanderers' page for further details.
Thank you everyone, who worked so hard for our Ghana Event and Harvest Festival on 2nd-3rd October.
The Church was decorated with Ghanan banners and cloths, African animals and birds, hens and village utensils. We enjoyed the singing and dancing in church to different rhythms and different beats.
It was good to welcome visitors from other congrgations and to make contact with people who came in, not knowing quite what to expect. But everyone seemed to enjoy being caught up into the vitality and exuberance of the weekend.
It was a suitable cllimax to our Creation Month. We thanked God for the wonders of the world and tried to affirm our determination to respect this planet and its peoples.
Give us, Lord, the energy, time and means to do what you want us to do!
The Autumn 2010 Edition of Becket News is ready for printing, but can already be downloaded here. The download version is much more colourful in any case!
It includes reviews of the summer activities including the Church Outing, as well as details of events in the run up to Christmas and announcement of a very special birthday!
We hope that it is of interest to readers near and far!
Gute Lektüre
Aside from supporting our own mission charities – don't miss the Ghana Event 2nd October 15:00-18:00 – you can beforehand purchase secondhand clothes from 9.00 – 13.00 hrs same day in the Church Mariä- Himmelfahrt, Hamburg-Rahlstedt, Oldenfelder Str. 23 (train station Hamburg Rahlstedt). Good quality secondhand clothes for ladies and gents at give away prices from 1 Euro!
Please follow the signs. All the money earned will go to a Mission project of Pater Hillen in South-Africa.
Monday 20th Sept. 18:00 – Archdeacon Jonathan LLoyd meets the Church Council.
Sunday 26th Sept. – Parish Eucharist with Baptism (3 children).
Deadline for Becket News!
Harvest Festival Weekend 2nd-3rd October:
Sunday 10th October 10:30 Eucharist with Baptism of two Confirmation Candidates.
Sunday 17th October 10:30 Bishop Geoffrey comes to Confirm our Candidates.
Early notification for the October walk to take place 9th October and will be an outing to Timmendorfer Strand. Not to be missed! Details under Wanderers.