All are welcome to a service of Evening Prayer each Tuesday evening.

Each Tuesday during Lent, all are invited to join in 20-30 minutes of prayer for the needs of the world, our community, and ourselves. We meet on Zoom at 8pm, directly after Evening Prayer (7.30pm).

Evening Prayer on Fridays is followed by a Bible Study from 6.30-7.30pm. Please check at during holiday periods to make sure that the service is being held that week.

This is our main service each Sunday. Normally a traditional Eucharist with sermon. Always a warm welcome.

Our book for March is 'How to Have an Enemy: Righteous Anger and the Work of Peace’ by Melissa Florer-Bixler.
All are welcome to join in an hour's discussion on Zoom, no matter how much of the book you have read.

Jesus called us to love our enemies. But to befriend an enemy, we first have to acknowledge their existence, understand who they are, and recognize the ways they are acting in opposition to God’s good news. In 'How to Have an Enemy: Righteous Anger and the Work of Peace', Melissa Florer-Bixler looks closely at what the Bible says about enemies—who they are, what they do, and how Jesus and his followers responded to them. The result is a theology that allows us to name our enemies as a form of truth-telling about ourselves, our communities, and the histories in which our lives are embedded. Only then can we grapple with the power of the acts of destruction carried out by our enemies, and invite them to lay down their enmity, opening a path for healing, reconciliation, and unity.
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Jesus named and confronted his enemies as an essential part to loving them. In this provocative book, Florer-Bixler calls us to do the same.

During this introduction to contemplative prayer, we will explore Centering Prayer as well as the Ignatian method of using our imagination to draw us deeper into Biblical stories.

Centering Prayer is a simple method that helps us welcome God's presence into our inner being as we pray. It involves sitting quietly, perhaps using a "sacred word", image or our breath to gently let go of distracting thoughts when they come, thus opening ourselves again to God’s presence.

The Ignatian method of imaginative prayer helps us enter a Gospel scene using all five senses. By visualizing the setting, hearing, smelling, and touching, we engage with Jesus personally, allowing the scene to unfold in the imagination to foster a deeper, intimate relationship with God.

All are welcome, and light refreshments will be provided.

Schedule:
2:00 Welcome, all! Light refreshments (vegetarian soup, Brötchen)
2:30 Centering Prayer
2:50 Stretch Break
3:00 Ignatian Method
3:20 Short feedback and depart

Workshop facilitators:
Fr. Richard
Noreen Nanz
Cate Johnson

For more information, contact
Cate Johnson: [email protected]
Noreen Nanz: [email protected]

RSVP to Cate Johnson by
Wednesday, March 11
to ensure sufficient soup and Brötchen for all!

Our Prayer Shawl Ministry group meets again in Hürtgenwald on Saturday 21 March from 10am to 4pm.
This powerful ecumenical ministry and spiritual practice reaches out to those in need of comfort and solace, as well as in celebration and joy.
Prayer shawl ministry groups can be found all over the world. They knit or crochet shawls to console those who are grieving, comfort those who are ill, and bring hope to those in despair. Shawls may also be made to celebrate life and its milestones.
Many blessings are prayed into every stitch.
Please pray for our knitters and their work, and the people who will receive the gifts of this ministry of compassion.
https://www.shawlministry.com

Watching and waiting for the Good News of the resurrection.

Our annual meeting, where we receive reports, elect members to the Chaplaincy Council, and look ahead to the coming year. The meeting will be immediately followed by a brief meeting of the Chaplaincy Council.