The Bishop in Europe: The Right Reverend Dr. Robert Innes October 2017 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, This year’s Advent Appeal aims to support homeless refugees and asylum seekers in Rome with humanitarian assistance (a daily, cooked breakfast and essential items for personal dignity and warmth) for 6 months. We are doing this through a well-established and well-run project established by our Episcopal sister church of St. Paul’s Within the Walls. The Joel Nafuma…
As we move into December, you are welcomed to Playgroup on three Fridays of this final month of the calendar year. December 1: Playgroup and art & craft for St Nicholas (Sinterklaas) December 8: Playgroup December 15: Last Playgroup of 2017. Christmas celebration All Playgroups start at the usual time of 10:00 am. Playgroup page
Last summer André, Angela, Vera, Julia, Emilie, Thomas and Arthur went to Taizé to deepen their faith. In this article Thomas, Julia and Emilie share their experiences with us. Thomas’ story I had never been in Taizé before, nor had any idea what to expect. We found a nice spot where we set up our camp after a ten hour drive from Amersfoort. We started the program with the light service, where everyone received a…
This contribution was written by Sandra Sue From the 5th October tot he 7th October seven of us from Holy Trinity Church Utrecht attended the Archdeaconry Synod for North West Europe (i.e. Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) in Belgium. They were fathers David and Grant and the archdeaconry reps Maria Koppenol, Adrian Los, Sandra Sue, Simon Urquhart and Nora Westerbeek van Eerten. (If you are wondering why I do not mention All Saints Amersfoort, it…
This contribution was written by dr. Ineke Cornet, safeguarding officer As a chaplaincy of the Church of England in Europe, we are committed to the Church’s official policies concerning safeguarding. In response to the growing awareness of abuse, many Churches have designed policies to protect children, the young, and the vulnerable.The Church of England has been considering, reviewing and improving its existing practice so our churches and activities can be safe thriving places, and has…
From Thursday 14th to Monday 18th September, Revd Grant and Peter Gillies visited an overseas mission link which All Saints has formed. This link is with a church planting network called Illyricum Movement – www.illyricum.org – which is an Albanian established and run organisation. This organisation has planted three churches – called ‘Ekklesia, Disciple, Sun Hill’ – to date, with a fourth church plant planned for next summer. It is led by a man called…
18 november concert Gospelgroep Vision Voor degenen die ons nog niet kennen: wij zijn Gospelgroep Vision uit Hilversum. Wij oefenen elke woensdagavond in de Emmauskerk van 19.30-22.00 uur. Wij verlenen onze medewerking aan kerkdiensten in de Emmauskerk. Daarnaast treden we ook nog op in andere kerken en verzorgingshuizen in Hilversum en omgeving. We vinden het een uitdaging om eens in de drie jaar een wat groter project neer te zetten . En nu, na maanden…
On Sunday October 15th, our long singing alto Ella was honoured for her contribution to worship at Holy Trinity church over the past 60 years. In recognition of the gift of her voice, and indeed her achievement in being ever present during those years, she was presented with a hand-made brooch and a few well chosen words from the Choir master, Henk Korff. This on behalf of the church and congregation. We hope that Ella’s…
After a two-week break, Playgroup resumes on Friday October 27th. Everyone is welcome! Click here for more information about Playgroup.
“Tolerance and permissiveness in a historical context” This contribution was written by Hans Baars Friday October 27 we* are organizing a symposium with this title. In this year of remembering what’s called “the Reformation”, the KKU guides of the St James church and the St James protestants parish take the opportunity to learn lessons from some very special developments in religion, which took place around 1580. The last priest of the St James parish Huibert Duifhuis…