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. Freiburg im Breisgau in south-west Germany is the (sometimes temporary) home of the wonderful individuals who worship with us. Our... Continue Reading →
Browse news, upcoming events and more... EVENING PRAYEReach Wednesday night at 9pmfor 20-30minhere on zoomOur Thy Kingdom Come prayer meetings were such a success that we launch a weekly Evening Prayer. We would love for you to join us! Women's Prayer meeting(bi-weekly via zoom)Please get in touch to receive their contact details if you would... Continue Reading →
National Monument against Violence and Aggression --- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Last week we read about the angel that sits on the work desk of one of our community members. This week we see a very different angel which can stir up quite conflicting emotions. It is a contemporary sculpture,... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- This wooden angel sits in my room at work, between my desk overloaded with patient charts waiting for their turn and the big glass window separating my inside world and the much larger outside. He (or She ?) hovers there, steadfast, never leaving, quietly over... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.Psalm 32:1 For as long as I can remember, forgiveness has been my absolute favourite theme. I still have to cry when I read the account of Joseph forgiving his brothers, despite all their... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Since I grew up in the US in a non church-going home I never heard much about the two public German holidays that follow Easter. Because of my confusion, the first book in German I purchased was a book describing where the majority of celebrations... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- I have a book in our loo room called “10 Second sermons” by Milton Jones. Milton Jones is an English comedian known for his one-liners, having multiple grandfathers and his crazy hair. Search for him on YouTube to see his more mainstream comedy appearances (like... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- These Wednesday meditations have been such a source of inspiration. It has been so enriching seeing where others find support to uplift, to carry on through times of despair, to reach deeper into sources that can guide us on our spiritual journey. I myself have... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- I LOVE eating sour gummies—especially the multi-colored tongue shaped ones. I love the combination of sour and sweet, their chewiness and their bright colors. I also love eating ice-cream—almost any flavor, but most of all coconut, pistachio, or flavors with crunchy things like chocolate bits... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Quite often in the Caribbean, a shower of rain, whether morning, noon or afternoon; is followed by a breath-taking glimpse of a beautiful rainbow, with two or three radiant colors to the naked eye. (see picture above, taken from my balcony in March 2021) The... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- On 9 April 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran pastor and anti-Nazi resister, was executed as a traitor by the SS on the order of Adolf Hitler. The date is commemorated in the Church of England calendar as that of the death of a martyr. It is... Continue Reading →
