Church Outing 10th Sept. - bus nearly full

Do hurry and let Birte know if you would like to join the Church Outing to Stade. It is a great programmeproviding a fantastic day out for just €15.

Your webmaster has a soulmate!

Ever wondered why this website is the way it is? Read this!. At last signs of stirring in church communications?

We hope that those of you just passing through on the site find something interesting that may encourage furthre exploration.

Please visit the website of Christchurch Harrogate as an example of another good website.

Christians and a sense of humour

Thanks to our highly effective locum we have managed to keep a steady stream of Pause for Thoughts for wet summer reading. The latest reminds us to keep a sense of humour! Do read it under the Pause for Thought button.

This week

Church council meets Monday, 15 August

Choir practice on Tuesday, 16 August, at 18:30 h in church.

Carillon concert - Saturday, 20 August, the Nordelbischen Carillonneure will hold carillon concerts at the St Nikolai memorial ruins, Willy-Brandt-Straße 60, at 11:00 h and 15:30 h. The concerts are free of charge, and coffee and cake will be offered in exchange for donations to the upkeep of the monument.

C of E Bishops speak out about the riots

None of us can quite comprehend what has been going on in England last week, but leading church ministers and Bishops have spoken out.
This Blog entry from the Bishop of London and the associated links to be found on the page may be of interest.

Why I Am Not An Atheist

Bishop Pierre Whalon, Bishop of Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, puts his case in the Huffington Post.

Seen any good art recently?

A new Pause for Thought makes the connection between art and faith. This season of travel may well cause us to stumble on an image that makes us wonder...

Choir rehearsals

Our new Choir Director Yotin who formally takes up the post in September is already in action and has provided the website with a list of rehearsal dates that can be found on the Music Page under Activities.

The Choir has an exciting time ahead, for which it needs more singers! Please do consider joining!

Church Outing 10 September

Our church outing this year will take us to Stade where we will visit at least 2 beautiful churches, have a shared lunch together and those who want to can take an extra guided tour in English (1,5 hrs. for 4,-- € extra/person - max. 25 people) through Stade.

Price will be 15,00 € per person. Please sign up on the list in church, or send an e-mail to Birte - fischer_birte(at)web.de. Money is to be paid in advance.

Calling Church Wanderers to Sachsenwald

On Saturday, 13 August the Church Wanderers are off on another excursion. Nicki Schiller is organising a ca 10 km walk in the Sachsenwald from Aumühle.

Walk starts at 11:00 am from Aumühle station. Take S21 leaving Hamburg Hbf at 10:24 for Aumühle (note train is the one to Aumühle).
Please let Nicki know if you are coming - Tel: 04104-695537 or nicki.schiller(at)gmx.de, and bring a packed lunch and cheerful spirits.

New Choir Director

We are pleased to announce that the musical life of St Thomas Becket is to be strengthened by the appointment of Yotin Tiewtrakul as Choir Director starting September. Yotin has been singing with the choit for sometime and has been the instigator of the performance of Steiner's Crucifixion and the Choral Workshop on English Church Music to be held 3rd-4th September 2011. Yotin is also cantor at Ansverus-Haus in Aumühle and composed our STB music setting.

Many thanks, Yotin for taking this on!