building a community of grace
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- The first candle of the advent wreath lit is traditionally the candle of Hope. The Christmas season is a season of waiting and hoping. The birth of Jesus took place in a dark oppressive time in Palestine’s history. Rome was the one calling the shots... Continue Reading →
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 →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- End of November 2018: I was getting frustrated! It had dawned on me: I was facing yet another advent that would run through my fingers like grains of sand. Just like in recent years it wouldn’t leave any impact on my heart - despite all... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- When going about our daily lives, making numerous choices ever so often, are we alone or is there some unseen force doing the prompting/bidding?The wisest man, who ever lived, according to the bible, did not believe that he was wise enough to make the necessary... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations: thoughts, inspiration and encouragement from ACF community members --- Did you know that we live in a holy world?Holy not because it is perfect, holy not because it is always good or friendly, but holy because everything within it was created and redeemed by a holy God. This holiness is hard to... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations: thoughts, inspiration and encouragement from ACF community members --- The fruit of the Holy Spirit are the 9 attributes of a person and a community who live in accord with the Holy Spirit. St. Paul lists these attributes in his letter to the Galatians: But the fruit of the Spirit is love,... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations: thoughts, inspiration and encouragement from ACF community members --- My Dad sometimes calls time the Old Enemy. As in, instead of saying, “What’s the time?”, he might say, “How’s the Old Enemy?” Now, I have never really been a fan of military metaphors, particularly in Church. Thinking of our faith as a... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago we invited you to take part in a diocese-wide virtual service. (You can read the post here) This service on 18 September was a great opportunity to gather together to mark Creationtide as we focused on our duty to preserve the gifts we have received in God’s creation and be prayerful... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations: thoughts, inspiration and encouragement from ACF community members --- Over the past week I have had a worship song stuck in my head, more specifically, one line: “O Lord, you’re beautiful. Your face is all I see.” (listen here) The text popped into my head and caused me to think through the... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations: thoughts, inspiration and encouragement from ACF community members --- The Lord is my shepherd,I shall not want.Psalm 23:1 These are the first of David’s well-known words. Written by a shepherd boy out in the wilderness, they talk about his very personal way of relating to God, using images he was surrounded by... Continue Reading →
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