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Current Services
Welcome to these services we have planned for February 2012 (all at Erlöserkirche, Plöck 44):
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Sunday February 5, 3rd before Lent: Morning Prayer at 12 noon Revd Canon Peter Johnson
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Sunday February 12, 2nd before Lent: Holy Communion at 10.30 a.m. Revd Canon Peter Johnson
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Sunday February 19, Next before Lent: Holy Communion at 12 noon, with Confirmation and Reception into the Church of England. The Suffragan Bishop of our Diocese, the Right Revd David Hamid, will preside and preach. At this service Matthew Stallings and Jan Snoek-Genannt will be confirmed, and Petra Snoek-Genannt will be received into the Church of England. After the service: lunch eíther at church or at Kaiserstraße 5. Details to follow.
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No Ash Wednesday service this year. We are welcome as always at the Old Catholic service in church.
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Sunday February 26, First Sunday of Lent: Morning Prayer at 12 noon Rosemary Selle. Collection for our project in Haiti.
Other events:
Wednesday February 1, 8 p.m. at the clergy flat, Erbprinzenstraße 30 in Heidelberg-Rohrbach: "Encounter with Amos": An evening under the guidance of our locum chaplain Canon Peter Johnson. Light refreshments. If you can, please read the (short) Book of Amos and bring a Bible with you (any English-langauge translation). All are welcome! If you need directions, please call Rosemary, Tel.06221 804146.
Wednesday February 8 at the Kurpfälzisches Museum Heidelberg (Hauptstraße), Großer Salon, at 7 p.m.: A talk by our member Dr Stefan Mörz, head of the Municipal Archive in Ludwigshafen, entitled "A firmly established and much respected institution: Die Englische Kirche Heidelberg". The talk will be in German, and there is an admission fee of 3 euros.
Looking ahead: A Memorial Service for Frau Gladys Fischer MBE who died last August is planned for Sunday March 18, 3 p.m. at the church. There will be details later.
Our Annual Church Meeting will take place on Sunday April 22 following Morning Prayer and lunch.
Notes and News:
We welcome Canon Peter Johnson and Philippa Johnson among us!
Our Haiti project has been well supported so far - thank you to all givers! Have a look at the informative display at church, and donate through the collection basket or the envelopes provided. Next collection at the service: February 26.
Some of our fund-raising has come from the sale of our anniversary items (still available at church) and Pat Benbow's delicious homemade jams, as well as the successful book sale in November.
Church cleaning: this is planned for Saturday February 11 and Saturday April 21 from 2 p.m. Please let Michelle Prelle or Margaret Busby know if you can join the team.
As well as giving money, many are generous with their time and talents, helping to shape our church as a place of worship and welcome, Christian growth and mission. The season of Lent could be a good time to reflect on your part in our church life and whether you can contribute in a new way. A Lent, Holy Week and Easter programme will be available soon.
Recommended: our former member Revd Dr Charlotte Methuen, now at Glasgow University and Canon Theolgian of Gloucester Cathedral, has just published 'Luther and Calvin: Two Religious Revolutionaries'. Very readable and informative!
For our prayers: Peter and Philippa Johnson - our Confirmation and Reception candidates, and Bishop David visiting us - Heinz Gladbach, Cheryl and all the family - parents and grandparents who are frail and anxious - Gill and Thomas and their twin daughters Amelie and Sophie - Revd Tony Noble coming to be our Lent and Easter chaplain.
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