The new Church Council for 2015-2016 met for their first meeting last week (May 27), setting out some of the programme for the forthcoming year and electing the officers. The Council is made up of 16 clergy and lay members, some of whom we elected at the Annual Church Meeting in April, and some who have places “ex-officio” because of other roles they take in our Church. Clergy: The Rev David Phillips,…
We are hoping to expand our ministry! The following advertisement has been placed on Friday April 24 in the Church Times. If you are a priest and are intrigued about this possibility, please contact Hanna Cremer Eindhoven for more information. If you know a priest who might be interested in such a position, please forward this link. And join us in praying that God may send the right person. Holy Trinity Church Utrecht, The Netherlands The Chaplain wishes to…
Dear Friends in Christ, Happy Easter!!! At the time of publishing this Newsletter there are many sermons to prepare and I am saving my thoughts for those. But who better to express something of the joy of the Resurrection of our Lord than St John Chrysostom, “the golden-mouthed” doctor of the Church from Constantinople around 400 AD. I wish you every joy in the Risen Lord Jesus, in His love, David ——- Is there anyone…
Palm Sunday (March 29): 9am Sung Communion (English) 11am Solemn Communion (English) We begin marching triumphantly into Jerusalem following Jesus singing Hosanna! and then soon hear the horror of his passion and death on the Cross. Monday to Wednesday: 8pm Compline (English) At these quiet reflective services we hear read the passion of our Lord according to Mark (Monday and Tuesday) and Luke (Wednesday). Maundy Thursday (April 2): 8pm Sung Communion with foot washing (English) This Choral…
Have you been regularly worshipping at Holy Trinity Utrecht for the last six months? Then you can sign up for the electoral roll. Deadline is April 12th 2015. If you have already signed up on the electoral roll in the past year, it is valid for three years, so no need to sign up again until 2017. More information can be found here by clicking here to go to our Membership page.
Friday March 6, 6:30pm The next text we are considering is a famous work by Boethius from the 6th century (it is only about 150 small pages of text). Boethius was a Christian advisor to Emperor Theodoric, but was wrongly accused by envious rivals of treason. He was convicted and, while waiting in prison to be executed, he wrote this important work, one of the most widely read books after the Bible by scholars in the…
Dear Friends in Christ: In January I went to Savannah Georgia for a theological conference on the writings of Dionysius the Areopagite, a 6th century mystical theologian whose precise origins are unknown, and of Richard Hooker, a magisterial Anglican Reformer and apologist who wrote in the late 16th century, under the patronage of Queen Elizabeth I. Why would one possibly want to do this? Dionysius wrote five works that we are aware of. He was…
Our Diocesan Bishop Robert Innes has written the following appeal which we will plan to support through the blue bag offerings at Sunday services during Lent. Earlier this month I travelled to Athens. During my stay I had the opportunity to visit two detention centres on the outskirts of the city where irregular migrants are held. One of the centres is a dedicated facility for unaccompanied minors. The other is an adult prison, with a…
At the Wednesday January 21st meeting of the Holy Trinity Utrecht Chaplaincy Church Council members present (one absent) voted unanimously in favour of the proposal to establish a new church plant in the neighbouring city of Amersfoort. A new Selection Committee has been formed, a new position profile approved and the position will soon be advertised for a new Chaplain to establish and build a new Anglican church in Amersfoort. May God lead us in this…
At the Away Day last year council members discussed all kinds of topics. One of which was fellowship and outreach. For some reason the discussion in one of the small groups was quickly triggered by the words food, cooking, and dinner. It wasn’t a giant leap to propose starting a cooking group. So here we are: We hereby present to you the possibility of JOINING THE COOKING GROUP! No you don’t have to cook! You can also help…