News

The July-September 2010 issue Becket News is available as hardcopy in Church from this Sunday, 11th July. You can already get you hands on a copy from this website by clicking here.

This 20 page Meisterwerk contains a variety of articles and more photos than ever.

For our many website readers living afar, we hope that Becket News provides a good overview of the life of the Church to let you keep in touch.

Our thanks once again to the editor for putting this together. Never an easy task!

Gute Lektüre!

The Church of England's website announces that the full text of the Book of Common Prayer is now available online.

Qutoing from the press release

'The 1662 Book of Common Prayer is a permanent feature of the Church of England's worship. It is loved by many for the beauty of its language and its services are widely used. It is also the foundation of a tradition of common prayer and a key source of the Church of England's doctrine. The services which it contains – especially Morning and Evening Prayer and Holy Communion – are still used (with minor modifications or additions) in many churches.'

The text of Common Worship is also available online here.

Please reserve Saturday 4th September for the Church Outing. It would be great to have lots of people come along. Details to follow.

Also a reminder that Sunday 17th October Bishop Geoffrey will be paying us a visit and confirming our confirmation candidates who have just started their course of reflection and instruction.

The next Wanderers outing will be 10th July, meeting at Kornweg S-Bahn station at 10:50 to walk along the Alsterwanderweg, ending up at Poppenbüttel station.

Further details on the Wanderers page under 'Activities'. Please let Sarah know if you are coming.

Pleasse note Wanderers walk in all weathers – especially when the sun shines! Newcomers welcome to join the party

At the Chaplaincy Council meeting 21 June, two new USPG-Anglicans in World Mission Projects were chosen to be supported over the next couple of years.

These are

• The Koforidua Health Clinics in Ghana
• The Women‘s Centre in Trivandrum, South India

We also will continue to support Africa-Action, with its essential medical care in Africa, led by German doctors. Their magazine is called Weiter Sehen!

Please support these activities with donations and fund raising where possible.

4th July is not only Independence Day for our US friends, but also the date of a Service beginning with Favourite Hymns and a deadline for articles for Becket News. Don't miss either!

Sunday 27th June 10:30 Eucharist with Junior Church. Young and young-at-heart welcome to join Junior Church afterwards in the park for picnic if sunny, or in the School Tumhalle, if wet.

A reminder that the Young Adults Group is meeting this Friday at 8:00 pm. Details of where to meet on Young Adults page under activities.

There is more going on in South Africa than just football!

Between matches, readers may like to consider the thoughts of the Archbishop of Cape Town on what the Anglican Communion can learn from the Apartheid era in tackling the divisive issue of human sexuality.

For the full article from the USPG website click here

USPG is one of the organisations St Thomas Becket Church supports as part of its Mission Activities.

Well, only those who have cut themselves off from the world can have failed to notice that the World Cup is underway.

There are those who even suggest that football is the new religion of our age.

Many UK churches are putting the two together, as an article in this week's Church Times suggests!