This Saturday
Saturday 16th March @ 14:30 – Workshop for 9-19 year olds in church (more details and sign up by e-mailing tweens@stcatherines-stuttgart.de)
Saturday 16th March @17:00 – Eucharist – Lent V
This Sunday
No service on Sunday as the Old Catholics are having their Gemeindeversammlung all day.
Council Meeting @ 10:00 in the Anglican Centre
Chaplain’s Office Hours
The Chaplain’s Office Hours have changed. He is now available at the Anglican Centre Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 15:00 to 19:00 or by appointment.
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.
Prayers
We pray for our young people, for the Chaplain, Wardens and Council as they meet this weekend
We pray for our brethren, the Old Catholics, as they hold their Gemeindeversammlung this weekend
We pray for all those seeking election / re-election. Guide those deciding how to cast their vote, that those elected may serve the common good
We pray for peace in areas of conflict and trouble
