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1 building a community of grace anglican church in freiburg newsletter October 2014 Church freiburganglican@gmail.com Address: Adventgemeinde, Turnseestrasse 59, Freiburg Interregnum Time Table SEPTEMBER 2014 MARCH 2015 Sept. 21 December 28 Rev. Clifford Poole January 18 February 28 Rev. Bruce Lyons Harvest Festival Sunday 12th October On 12th October we will be celebrating Harvest Festival. Please bring some tins of food or non-perishable items. After the service the food will be given to the Salvation Army. Consecration of new community rooms in the Petrus church on 1. Advent 2014 Please note the following dates in your diary: Saturday :00h Service with Dekan Engelhardt followed by Opening Ceremony and welcome speech, followed by Sekt and nibbles in the foyer 20:00h Concert with artists from the community and guests Sunday 1. Advent, :00 Family service Petrus Gemeinde mit Kindergarten und Kleine Kirche, followed by open day: Lunch, coffee and cakes Further details to follow regarding dates and times of services for the Anglican Church Freiburg in this new Intercultural Ecumenical Centre. Stewardship Training In recent correspondence the council mentioned they would be concentrating more on improving our church s financial situation and considering how we can raise funding so as to be able to guarantee the employment of a full-time minister. An important part of this project is to increase the awareness of the congregation as to our financial situation. During our deliberations on the profile papers submitted to the Diocese of Europe, Archdeacon Peter Potter and Area Dean Kenneth Dimmick generously offered their time to come to Freiburg and offer training in Finance and Fund-raising ministry. They will be coming on Thursday 9th October and the training session will begin at 19.30h at the church. If you are interested in finding out more you are warmly invited to attend this training session. All you need is a Bible, note paper and pen. For further information please speak to any council member. Tiddlywinks The group for babies and toddlers with their parents! The Anglican Church in Freiburg has a group for the very young members of our congregation, babies and toddlers up to the age of three, and their parent(s). It meets twice monthly, on the first and third Thursday of each month, from 9.30 to We aim to interact with our young members in a playful way, and meet the needs of the parents in a supportive discussion on a given topic, all provided with juice, tea, coffee and biscuits. Bank Details: Anglican Church in Freiburg: Sparkasse Freiburg IBAN: DE BIC: FRSPDE66XXX (Konto Nr.: BLZ: )

2 ANGLICAN CHURCH IN FREIBURG NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 Sunday Services in October Oct. 5 10:30 All Age Worship 19:30 Taizé Service with Holy Communion Oct :30 Holy Communion / Harvest Festival Oct :30 Morning Worship Oct :30 Holy Communion Activities Oct. 2 19:30 Roots and Shoots - Bible study led by Clifford Poole Oct. 4 08:00 Men s breakfast Oct. 9 19:30 Stewardship Training - Archdeacon Peter Potter and Area Dean Kenneth Dimmick Oct. 9 19:30 Women s prayer group Oct :30 Roots and Shoots Oct :00-15:00 ACF Bazaar at Thomaskirche, Tullastrasse Nov. 1 Combined Men s/women s Breakfast Tuesday morning Women's Group every Tuesday at 10:00 at Cindy s house. Please contact Cindy or Margaret for details. North Freiburg homegroup. Please contact Ceri or William for details South Freiburg homegroup. This is a new group we are trying to get started. Please contact Margaret, Ina, or Michael for details Tiddlywinks is not meeting at the moment, but it will resume once we move to our new venue, and it will (hopefully) open up to new parents and children who visit the Petrus Gemeinde. COMBINED WOMEN'S/MEN'S BREAKFAST SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1st The United World College (UWC) Robert Bosch College, situated in the Kartaus of the old Carthusian Monestary (Kartausersraße 119, 79104) officially opened on the 23rd September to much publicity. This new school is part of the United World Colleges movement which has as its mission to make education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future. The first 102 students come from 71 countries, from a wide range of cultures, faiths (and no religious faith) and economic backgrounds. Most require full financial support to be able to attend. They will spend the last two years of their secondary education at the College. Clifford Poole: poole_clifford@yahoo.co. uk Church Wardens: Almut Schulz, Judith Moratscheck, Please visit our website: freiburganglicanchurch.wordpress.com November Newsletter If you have any items for the November newsletter, would you please send them to Cindy by October 27th. Thanks. cindywyneken@ gmx.de The Anglican Church in Freiburg is a part of the Diocese in Europe of the Church of England. It is also in partnership with the Anglican Church in Basel. admin@anglicanbasel.ch

3 ANGLICAN CHURCH IN FREIBURG NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 Our own Laurence Nodder, who is College Rektor at the UWC Robert Bosch College, is hosting us all at a combined Women's / Men's Breakfast at the College from 8.00 to 9.30am on Saturday 1st November. More information and the opportunity to sign up will be provided during the Notices at the end of the services in the next few weeks. Please mark the date on your calendars as this should be an interesting event. CAECG Meeting in Lübbecke Solveyg and I went to the CAECG Autumn meeting at the Church House in Lübbecke. Church House is owned by the British Army but is used as a Retreat Centre. Several lectures were planned and a meeting with our new Diocesan Bishop Dr. Robert Innes. Solveyg had the important task of bringing the Bishop from the station to Church House. You can see her in the Hogwarts style dining room with our former and present area dean and the Bishop. Bishop Robert took a great interest in our church when we had a chat after the bar closed. There were two sessions followed by a very open, honest, and interesting discussion about Church finances and German Vereinslaw. What a jungle! The speaker Heidi Grau-Easthill was treasurer for more than 10 years in Munich. She shared her immense knowledge with us and promised to help us if we need her advice. Her address is in my address book and Solveyg made a lot of notes. Ask her if you want to know more. The next day saw a cooperation between the northernmost and southernmost Anglican Churches in Germany. Fr. Matthew Jones from Hamburg and I did a session about What is a Churchwarden. You can see me here struggling with technical problems. But the warden of the house was a huge help and so our presentation was a success. It was a good feeling to meet our fellow Anglicans, to worship together, to talk, and to share our joys and sorrows. We are in their prayers. Almut Schulz

4 ANGLICAN CHURCH IN FREIBURG NEWSLETTER PAGE 4 ACF International Bazaar 'Engaging & Fundraising' Please note!!! New date & place!!! Saturday, 18th October; 10 am - 3 pm; Thomaskirche, Tullastraße 15 We'll have lots of fun together, enjoying our lovely community spirit. We'll present our exciting and colourful congregation to the people of Freiburg. We'll raise money towards financing our life as a church. What is on offer, what will be happening? International specialities Cakes and cookies, Buffet with savoury finger food, English groceries, Homemade jams and marmalade Crafts Decorative, useful and clever bits & pieces, handmade by our creative minds English Books Second hand literature Music Entertaining and meaningful tunes for a relaxed atmosphere Meet the ACF Presenting our 'Community of Grace' at an information stall and through conversation & delicious food How can I get involved? Donate Cakes, Savoury finger food (representing your home country), Biscuits (in bags to be sold), Handmade crafts, English books, Ground coffee, milk, sugar, empty plastic bags Help Set up the room (on Friday, 17th October 2014 from 2p.m.) Lend a hand during the event (two shifts: 8:45 12:00 and 11:45 15:00) Clear up afterwards (from 14:45) Advertise Invite your friends and family, distribute flyers and hang up posters Come along Enjoy a fun day of community building, Visit for some nice chats, delicious food and good music Anything else? Sign up Put down your name on the lists laid out after church or send an Make contact Solveyg Fischer (organisation): or , solveyg.fischer@web.de Nick & Christine Ghinn (food): , nic_ghinn@hotmail.com So please get in touch, donate as much and little of your time and resources as possible and become part of this wonderful event!

5 ANGLICAN CHURCH IN FREIBURG NEWSLETTER PAGE 5 News News News News News International Ecumenical Centre Dear All, An Intercultural Ecumenical Centre is being established by the Evangelische Kirche of Baden. It will be based at the church of the Petrus Gemeinde, Lorettostraße 59, Freiburg, our former host church. The idea behind the centre is to build a community comprised of different denominations that would sometimes worship, study and celebrate together, but also maintain their own unique congregations and services. The goals of this centre as defined by the Evangelische Kirche are: - To nurture our faith in Jesus Christ as witnessed in the Holy Scripture - A calling to honour Jesus and bear witness to the Gospels in our day-to-day lives - To build a community in His spirit, breaking barriers of language, nationality and denomination The Anglican Church in Freiburg has been warmly invited to participate in this project by the Petrus Church. Being part of this centre at its initial stage and playing an integral role in its setting up and development is an exciting project for the ACF. There will be a great deal of publicity and media attention surrounding this project, and we firmly believe this will give our church a higher profile within Freiburg and the surrounding neighbourhood, which will in turn lead to growth and more financial stability for the ACF. It is also a unique opportunity to start a local ecumenical partnership under the terms of the Meissen agreement. The Petrus Gemeinde has made us an offer to move back into the building in the Loretto Strasse and play a decisive role in setting up and developing this intercultural, ecumenical centre. They would like us to take an active and prominent role when the centre is officially opened 29th/30th November The timing could not be better as our contract with the Adventist Church expires at the end of Initially we would be partners solely with the Evangelisch community. Further communities would join the centre at a later date, as it grows and develops. The philosophy underlying this undertaking is outlined by the Petrus Gemeinde: - The centre is to be developed in partnership - It should be home to participating communities - The centre should encourage partnership and networking - It should radiate a sense of living faith in diversity As you know, we hope to have our new minister installed by 1 st March This is a wonderful opportunity for a new minister to become involved in the establishing and molding of this centre right from the very beginning and to be able to play an instrumental role in determining the course of its development. We are really very excited about the ACF playing a central role in furthering ecumenical growth in the town of Freiburg and beyond, which we believe will in turn raise the profile and standing of the of the Anglican Church Freiburg, attracting newcomers to visit us. Should you have questions, we are very willing to answer them as best we can. Yours in Christ The Church Council Anglican Church Freiburg