Palm Sunday and Holy Week
Sunday 24th March @ 12:00 – Eucharist – with blessing of Palm Crosses and Passion Reading
followed by coffee in the Anglican Centre
Thursday 28th March @18:30 – Gründonnerstag – Eucharistiefeier danach Agape im Ökumenesaal
Friday 29th March @15:00 – Karfreitag – Feier des Leidens und Sterbens Christi
(Old Catholic Services in German to which we are all invited)
Saturday 30th March @21:00 – Ecumenical Easter Eve Service starting in the Leonhardskirch and processing to St. Catherine’s for Eucharist and Easter Fire
(service in German)
Sunday 31st March @10:00 – Easter Eucharist
followed by Bring and Share Lunch in the Gemeindesaal
Easter Bring and Share Lunch
To celebrate the Risen Lord together, we have decided to hold a Bring and Share lunch on Easter Day, after the 10am service. For those who don’t remember our great Bring & Share lunches from pre-Covid times, the concept is simple! Bring a plate or bowl of food, something which is easy to eat standing or with a plate balanced on your knee! Bring it already divided into pieces or portions and best with the required serving spoon. Place your contribution on the buffet table in the side room of the Church, before the service if possible. Afterwards, gather in the side room and enjoy a feast of food brought by our Church members! We will provide plates, napkins, cutlery and drinks.
Only bring something warm / hot if you have a way to keep it hot. We will not be warming or cooking anything at Church. It is also a good idea to bring a label for your dish explaining what it is and listing the key ingredients, especially if there is anything inside which people may be allergic to.
We are grateful to be able to use the side room of the Church, so we have lots of space! We hope that lots of people will stay and have a chat and get to know each other better. If you can’t or don’t want to cook, make it simple! Bring some fruit (cut up ready to eat), cheese on sticks, crisps, Bretzels or small sandwiches! It doesn’t have to be complicated. The main thing is that we celebrate together!
We look forward to seeing you after the service!
Revision of Electoral Roll
The annual revision of the Electoral Roll has begun. If you would like to have your name included on the Electoral Roll of St. Catherine’s Anglican Chaplaincy, Stuttgart the main requirements are:-
- you are baptised, over 16, a lay person i.e. not ordained minister within the Anglican Communion
- A – ignore – because we don’t live in England
B – an Anglican (which in some nations is known as Episcopalian) who has “habitually” worshipped at St. Catherine’s for longer than six months
C – a Christian of another denomination who has “habitually” worshipped at St. Catherine’s for longer than six months
It doesn’t matter where or when you were baptised – just that you are part of our church family. Having your name entered on the electoral roll entitles you to attend, vote and stand for election at the Annual Chaplaincy Meeting, but more importantly it allows the formal list of church members to accurately reflect those who actively participate in the life of the chaplaincy.
Inclusion on the electoral roll does NOT negate or require you to renounce any other church membership you may have.
It expires when you move away from Stuttgart / cease to worship with us.
Electoral Roll forms can be found here should be returned to electoral_roll_officer@stcatherines-stuttgart.de or in church to the Welcome Team by 31st March at the latest.
Annual Church Meeting – 21st April @11:30
Mark your diaries for this year’s Annual Church Meeting and look out for e-mail with more information.
Appeal for a new Church Warden and Chaplaincy Council Members.
Alison writes:
I am proud, and grateful, to have been able to serve St. Catherine’s as Church Warden for six years. I welcomed our former chaplain, Rev’d Kara Werner, to Stuttgart and was able, together with my co-Church Warden, Howard Perry, to hold the fort during the interregnum until Bishop Antonio joined us as our new Chaplain last October.
But now my term of office has come to an end and I would like to stand down.
I hope, and pray, that someone from our community, perhaps a bit younger than myself, will come forward to take on this very important role.
More information about what is involved can be found here and please talk to myself or Howard
There are also at least two vacancies for members of the Chaplaincy Council and we would love to the council to better reflect the many diversities in the congregation.
If serving in this way interests you please talk to the Chaplain or one of the current council members.
We would ask anyone wishing to volunteer for the role of Church Warden or Chaplaincy Council Member to hand in their nomination form before the Annual Church Meeting so that they can be duly elected on 21st April 2024.
Church Warden Nomination Form
Chaplaincy Council Member Nomination Form
Nominees and proposers/seconders must be listed on the current Electoral Roll.
Forms should be returned to the Electoral Roll Officer or Welcome Team.
Please prayerfully consider whether you are called to stand or to nominate someone and pray for those currently serving and those considering standing for election.
We pray …
for those who are welcomed with open arms
for those who share meals with friends
for those who are betrayed
for prisoners, captives and the persecuted
for those who mourn
for those who rejoice
