building a community of grace
Welcome to the Anglican Church Freiburg! We’re thrilled to have you.We are a Church of England congregation in the Diocese in Europe, made up of people from 25 different nations from all over the world. Join us for worship on Sunday 11:30 am at the Petrus-Paulus Church (corner Merzhauser Str. / Lorettostr.).More information here. Find... Continue Reading →
Chaplain's Letter: When God’s Tenderness Becomes Our Hands In his November letter, Vinod looks at the promise in Revelation 7 that God will wipe away every tear. As the month draws us into remembrance, he asks a simple question: whose tears might we have overlooked? He writes about noticing people who are struggling, staying close... Continue Reading →
A message of solidarity, thanksgiving and prayer to the Petrus-Paulus-Gemeinde on the occasion of its final service and decommissioning, Saturday, 7 November 2026 Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, “The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.” Deuteronomy 31:8 Moving on is woven into... Continue Reading →
“God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.” Revelation 7:17 Dear Friends, There is something profoundly moving about a God who comes close enough to wipe away tears. In Revelation 7, the multitude gathered before God comes from every nation, tribe, people and language. These are people who have come through great tribulation. Their... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- “As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the tax office, and He said to him. [...] And he rose and followed Him.” Matthew 9.9 And so it was that Matthew followed. God called Abraham, to leave the land... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Last summer, work took me to Liverpool for a week. Among the churches and cathedrals, pop culture and pubs, my most memorable discovery was a simple inscription on what I learned later is the oldest building in the city centre: “Let us see what love... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- The outlook of our time places great importance on scientific truths. We tend to believe what has been proven or, at the very least, what has been supported by scientific research. In fact, when something happens for which there is no possible scientific explanation, rather... Continue Reading →
“The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.”Psalm 24:1 Dear Friends, October invites us to notice the world around us. Leaves change colour, the air becomes cooler, and the earth prepares for another season. There is beauty in this transition, but also a quiet lesson: we live within rhythms we did not create and... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- I come from a Free Church-Evangelical background. In my religious life, a direct relationship with God and the divine has always been important to me – both during worship and beyond. I drew on an inner conviction, not expressed outwardly, of God’s ever-present presence, and... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- In her recent sermon, Christine mentioned the burning bush catching Moses´ attention and drawing him near. This caught my attention to read again the Bible passage in Exodus 3. It is truly a miraculous sign, energy production always consumes, fires leave ashes, yet the bush... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Shortly after the events of 9-11 twenty-five years ago, my family moved to a small village in Lower Saxony. One of our first contacts with the locals was at a VFD Open House event only a few days later. I was asked whether i could... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- I lost my glove. I lost my cat. I lost my job. I lost all hope. I lost my best friend. There is nothing positive, nothing pretty, about this word. It’s not something we wish for. Loss signifies vacuum, emptiness. A state that we do... Continue Reading →
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