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Lent2013
Newsletter for St Alban’s Church, Diocese in Europe, Copenhagen.www.st-albans.dk
Church Calendar
Wednesday 20 Feb 10:30 Holy Communion Sunday 24 Feb Second Sunday of Lent 10:30 Parish EucharistWednesday 27 Feb 10:30 Morning Prayer (George Herbert, Priest & Poet 1633)Sunday 3 March Third Sunday of Lent 10:30 Family Eucharist with Holy Baptism Wednesday 6 March 10:30 Morning PrayerSunday 10 March 10:30 Mothering Sunday EucharistWednesday 13 March 10:30 Morning Prayer Sunday 17 March 10:30 Passion Sunday Eucharist Wednesday 20 March 1030 Holy Communion (Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne 687)Sunday 24 March 1020 Palm Sunday Eucharist (note earlier time)
You are invited to join us for refreshments after the 10.30 Sunday Service.
Sunday School meets every Sunday at 10.30.
St Alban’s Services in Aarhus and Vejle
The next Anglican service at Aarhus will take place at Møllevangskirke, Møllevangs Allé 47–49, 8210 Aarhus, at 19.00 on Palm Sunday, 24 March, followed by refreshments in the church hall. Details fom Rogena Holst on 86 22 06 45.
Eucharist in English at Løjetkirke, Løjetcenter 2, 7100 Vejle, at 14:00 on Sunday 17 February. Details from Deacon Christophe on 71 41 21 14.All are welcome to both services.
February · 3
Dear Friends,
Welcome to this new-look monthly newsletter for St Alban’s. I am most grateful to David Engelby for the redesign and to Scott McAusland for kindly agreeing to edit the newsletter for the interim period until a more permanent editor can be found. There is so much happening at St Alban’s, so do also keep an eye on our website, http://www.st-albans.dk/ as well as our noticeboards. It’s not just the Roman Catholic church that’s facing a period of transition right now. We are going through our own times of transition this Lent. Our new archbishop, Justin Welby, will be enthroned into the Augustine Chair at Canterbury Cathedral as the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury on 21 March. It will broadcast live on BBC TV, as he takes the oath of office with his hand placed on the bible that was brought to Canterbury by the first archbishop, Saint Augustine. He becomes the leader of the Worldwide Anglican Communion, and our spiritual leader. Archbishop Justin knows this diocese well. He once worshipped at our Anglican Church in Paris and was a member of the Church Council.
The Anglican Communion is an incredible global network of churches, as we heard on Sunday 10 February when Canon Ulla Monberg gave us a presentation of her recent participation in the Anglican Consultative Council that met for three weeks in Auckland late last year. Another transition is that Peter Rohling - our organist at St Alban’s for the last 25 years - has decided to retire after a quarter of a century. I am deeply grateful for all Peter has given us, playing the organ and leading our choir with deep dedication and comittment. Our music is a vital part of our worhsip. Thank you Peter. Lent, the 40 days leading up to Holy Week and Easter, is starting on 13 February, and I do commend the ‘Abiding’ Study Group that will meet after the service in The Lady Chapel at 1215 until 1300 on the five Sundays of Lent (see the following page for more details). Grace and Peace,Jonathan
New MU President On 1 February Bishop Geoffrey Rowell formally admitted Mrs Carol Johnston as the Diocesan President of the Mothers’ Union (MU). Carol assumes this post following on the pioneering work of Barbara Woods who was our first Diocesan MU President and who tirelessly worked for the promotion and support of the MU in our congregations.
All are welcome to the Lent Study Group
Sundays 17, 24 Feb, and 3, 10, 17 March at 1215 (until 1300) in the Lady Chapel.
‘Abiding’ speaks of the centrality of order, consistency and continuity in the Christian tradition, of God’s commitment to us and ours to our communities.
The kind of ‘abiding’ that Jesus calls his followers to is one of relinguishment, openness and change, living a life out of one’s own control so as to ‘abide’ in him.
Drawing on the wisdom and imagery of modern fiction, film and art, and key figure in classical Christian tradition, Ben Quash’s book creatively explores the implications that ‘abiding’ has for our bodies and minds, our relationships and communities, and our spiritual lives.
We will be using The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent Book 2013, ‘Abiding’’ by Ben Quash, Professor of Christianity and the Arts, King’s College London. Copies of the book (which you need to take part in the group) are available from Church House Bookshop, tel: +44 20 7799 4064.
The MU is one of the oldest mission societies of the Church. It is active in over 80 countries and has an extensive programme supporting marriage and family life and working alongside vulnerable and marginalized communities around the world. In the Diocese in Europe we have 13 branches and many additional individual members.
for Diocese
Invitation to join the new St Alban’s Electoral RollEvery six years, by canon law, every church in the Church of England must prepare a brand new electoral roll. We last did this in 2007, and the time has now come round again. The chaplaincy council will also do all it can to alert every person currently on the electoral roll that a new roll is being prepared, and that if he/she wishes to have his/her name entered on the new roll he/she must apply for enrolment. It is not automatically carried over from last time.
The preparation of the new roll needs to be completed at least 15 days before our annual church meeting. On 31st March 2013, a copy of the new roll will be published by being exhibited on the notice board in the narthex for two weeks (until 14th April). During this two week period additions can be made. After 14th April, the new roll will continue to be exhibited, but no further changes can be made until after our annual
church meeting (28th April 2013). Only those on the new electoral roll can attend the annual church meeting and vote.
Our electoral roll is the official listing of our church family. We would strongly encourage everyone who considers this church their ‘home church’ to apply for enrolment on the electoral roll.
The form enclosed within this newsletter and available in church can be filled in and either sent by post to the Electoral Roll Officer at St Alban’s Church or brought to church and given to the Electoral Roll Officer.
Pauleen BangElectoral Roll Officer
SATURDAY SPRING CLEAR OUT
Swap and sell your clothing & fairtrade fundraiser
Saturday 16 March 13From 10-16
At St. Alban’s Church,For St. Alban’s Church
(The church will be open from 16.00 - 18.00 on Friday 15th and from 08.00 on Saturday 16th for deliveries)
LADIESWEARJACKETS 100.-SKIRTS 60.-BLOUSES 50 (3 for 100)T-SHIRTS 20 (3 for 50)DRESSES 100 - 200TROUSERS/JEANS 60 (2 for 100)SUITS 200
MENSWEARSUITS 200SHIRTS 40 (3 for 100)TROUSERS/JEANS 50T-SHIRTS 20 (3 for 50
KNITWEAR negotiable (100 – 300)
SHOES LADIES 30 (2 for 50) MENS 40 (2 for 70)
HANDBAGS 45 (2 for 80)
SCARVES 3 for 20 kr (4 for 25)
PRICE LIST
SATURDAY SPRINGCLEAR OUT
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I a
m b
aptiz
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m a
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16 o
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e 16
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2A
I a
m a
mem
ber o
f the
Chu
rch
of E
ngla
nd (o
r of a
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rch
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com
mun
ion
with
the
Chu
rch
of E
ngla
nd) a
nd a
m n
orm
ally
resi
dent
in
the
area
cov
ered
by
the
chur
ch.
2B
I am
a m
embe
r of t
he C
hurc
h of
Eng
land
(or a
Chu
rch
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omm
unio
n w
ith th
e C
hurc
h of
Eng
land
) and
, not
bei
ng n
orm
ally
resi
dent
, I h
ave
habi
tual
ly a
ttend
ed p
ublic
wor
ship
in th
e ch
urch
dur
ing
the
perio
d of
si
x m
onth
s prio
r to
enro
lmen
t.
2C
I a
m a
mem
ber i
n go
od st
andi
ng o
f a C
hurc
h (n
ot in
com
mun
ion
with
th
e C
hurc
h of
Eng
land
) whi
ch su
bscr
ibes
to th
e do
ctrin
e of
the
Hol
y Tr
inity
and
als
o de
clar
e m
ysel
f to
be a
mem
ber o
f the
Chu
rch
of
Engl
and
and
I hav
e ha
bitu
ally
atte
nded
pub
lic w
orsh
ip in
the
chur
ch
durin
g th
e pe
riod
of si
x m
onth
s prio
r to
enro
lmen
t.
I d
ecla
re th
at th
e ab
ove
answ
ers a
re tr
ue a
nd I
appl
y fo
r in
clus
ion
on th
e ch
urch
ele
ctor
al r
oll
Sign
atur
e
Dat
e
Plea
se re
turn
to th
e E
lect
oral
Rol
l Off
icer
, Pau
leen
Ban
g, p
lace
the
form
in th
e bo
x in
the
Nar
thex
, se
nd (o
r sca
n) y
our f
orm
by
emai
l to
elec
tora
lrol
l@st
-alb
ans.d
k N
otes
1.
The
onl
y ch
urch
es a
t pre
sent
in c
omm
unio
n w
ith th
e C
hurc
h of
Eng
land
are
oth
er A
nglic
an C
hurc
hes a
nd c
erta
in fo
reig
n C
hurc
hes.
2. M
embe
rshi
p of
the
Elec
tora
l Rol
l is a
lso
open
to m
embe
rs in
goo
d st
andi
ng o
f a C
hurc
h no
t in
com
mun
ion
with
the
Chu
rch
of E
ngla
nd w
hich
su
bscr
ibes
to th
e do
ctrin
e of
the
Hol
y Tr
inity
whe
re th
ose
mem
bers
are
als
o pr
epar
ed to
dec
lare
them
selv
es to
be
mem
bers
of t
he C
hurc
h of
Eng
land
.
3. E
very
six
year
s a n
ew r
oll i
s pre
pare
d an
d th
ose
on th
e pr
evio
us ro
ll ar
e in
form
ed so
that
they
can
re-a
pply
. If y
ou a
re n
ot re
side
nt b
ut w
ere
on th
e ro
ll as
an
habi
tual
wor
ship
per a
nd h
ave
been
pre
vent
ed b
y si
ckne
ss o
r abs
ence
or o
ther
ess
entia
l rea
son
from
wor
ship
ping
for t
he p
ast s
ix m
onth
s, yo
u m
ay w
rite
“wou
ld”
befo
re “
have
hab
itual
ly a
ttend
ed”
on th
e fo
rm a
nd a
dd “
but w
as p
reve
nted
from
doi
ng so
bec
ause
” an
d th
en st
ate
the
reas
on.
4. If
you
hav
e an
y pr
oble
ms o
ver t
his f
orm
, ple
ase
appr
oach
the
cler
gy o
r lay
peo
ple
resp
onsi
ble
for t
he c
hurc
h, w
ho w
ill b
e pl
ease
d to
hel
p yo
u.
Tick
one
onl
y of
bo
xes 2
A, 2
B o
r 2C
Th
ose
who
bec
ome
16
in th
e ne
xt tw
elve
m
onth
s may
com
plet
e th
e fo
rm a
nd b
ecom
e el
igib
le to
be
ente
red
on th
e ro
ll on
thei
r si
xtee
nth
birt
hday
.
Th
e D
ioce
se in
Eur
ope,
The
Chu
rch
of E
ngla
nd
A
PPL
ICA
TIO
N F
OR
EN
RO
LM
EN
T
ON
TH
E C
HU
RC
H E
LE
CT
OR
AL
RO
LL
St A
lban
’s A
nglic
an C
hurc
h, C
open
hage
n Fu
ll N
ame:
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____
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____
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____
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_
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e ad
dres
s:
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l add
ress
:
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e nu
mbe
r/mob
ile
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____
_ N
atio
nalit
y:
__
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
___
I dec
lare
that
1
I a
m b
aptiz
ed a
nd a
m a
ged
16 o
r ove
r (o
r, be
com
e 16
* on
___
____
____
____
____
____
)
2A
I a
m a
mem
ber o
f the
Chu
rch
of E
ngla
nd (o
r of a
Chu
rch
in
com
mun
ion
with
the
Chu
rch
of E
ngla
nd) a
nd a
m n
orm
ally
resi
dent
in
the
area
cov
ered
by
the
chur
ch.
2B
I am
a m
embe
r of t
he C
hurc
h of
Eng
land
(or a
Chu
rch
in c
omm
unio
n w
ith th
e C
hurc
h of
Eng
land
) and
, not
bei
ng n
orm
ally
resi
dent
, I h
ave
habi
tual
ly a
ttend
ed p
ublic
wor
ship
in th
e ch
urch
dur
ing
the
perio
d of
si
x m
onth
s prio
r to
enro
lmen
t.
2C
I a
m a
mem
ber i
n go
od st
andi
ng o
f a C
hurc
h (n
ot in
com
mun
ion
with
th
e C
hurc
h of
Eng
land
) whi
ch su
bscr
ibes
to th
e do
ctrin
e of
the
Hol
y Tr
inity
and
als
o de
clar
e m
ysel
f to
be a
mem
ber o
f the
Chu
rch
of
Engl
and
and
I hav
e ha
bitu
ally
atte
nded
pub
lic w
orsh
ip in
the
chur
ch
durin
g th
e pe
riod
of si
x m
onth
s prio
r to
enro
lmen
t.
I d
ecla
re th
at th
e ab
ove
answ
ers a
re tr
ue a
nd I
appl
y fo
r in
clus
ion
on th
e ch
urch
ele
ctor
al r
oll
Sign
atur
e
Dat
e
Plea
se re
turn
to th
e E
lect
oral
Rol
l Off
icer
, Pau
leen
Ban
g, p
lace
the
form
in th
e bo
x in
the
Nar
thex
, se
nd (o
r sca
n) y
our f
orm
by
emai
l to
elec
tora
lrol
l@st
-alb
ans.d
k N
otes
1.
The
onl
y ch
urch
es a
t pre
sent
in c
omm
unio
n w
ith th
e C
hurc
h of
Eng
land
are
oth
er A
nglic
an C
hurc
hes a
nd c
erta
in fo
reig
n C
hurc
hes.
2. M
embe
rshi
p of
the
Elec
tora
l Rol
l is a
lso
open
to m
embe
rs in
goo
d st
andi
ng o
f a C
hurc
h no
t in
com
mun
ion
with
the
Chu
rch
of E
ngla
nd w
hich
su
bscr
ibes
to th
e do
ctrin
e of
the
Hol
y Tr
inity
whe
re th
ose
mem
bers
are
als
o pr
epar
ed to
dec
lare
them
selv
es to
be
mem
bers
of t
he C
hurc
h of
Eng
land
.
3. E
very
six
year
s a n
ew r
oll i
s pre
pare
d an
d th
ose
on th
e pr
evio
us ro
ll ar
e in
form
ed so
that
they
can
re-a
pply
. If y
ou a
re n
ot re
side
nt b
ut w
ere
on th
e ro
ll as
an
habi
tual
wor
ship
per a
nd h
ave
been
pre
vent
ed b
y si
ckne
ss o
r abs
ence
or o
ther
ess
entia
l rea
son
from
wor
ship
ping
for t
he p
ast s
ix m
onth
s, yo
u m
ay w
rite
“wou
ld”
befo
re “
have
hab
itual
ly a
ttend
ed”
on th
e fo
rm a
nd a
dd “
but w
as p
reve
nted
from
doi
ng so
bec
ause
” an
d th
en st
ate
the
reas
on.
4. If
you
hav
e an
y pr
oble
ms o
ver t
his f
orm
, ple
ase
appr
oach
the
cler
gy o
r lay
peo
ple
resp
onsi
ble
for t
he c
hurc
h, w
ho w
ill b
e pl
ease
d to
hel
p yo
u.
Tick
one
onl
y of
bo
xes 2
A, 2
B o
r 2C
Th
ose
who
bec
ome
16
in th
e ne
xt tw
elve
m
onth
s may
com
plet
e th
e fo
rm a
nd b
ecom
e el
igib
le to
be
ente
red
on th
e ro
ll on
thei
r si
xtee
nth
birt
hday
.
Wanted: Dead and Alive
Journeying with Jesus from Gethsemane via Golgotha to the Garden Tomb confronts us with life and death issues as matters of fact, fantasy and faith. At services in St Alban’s from Maundy Thursday to Easter Day, Bishop John Saxbee will dig a little deeper into these well-known narratives in order to enrich as well as enjoy our experience of Holy Week 2013. Bishop John Saxbee was born in Bristol and studied Theology at Bristol and Durham Universities. His Ph.D thesis was on the writings of Soren Kierkegaard and he is looking forward to being in Copenhagen as we mark the bi-centenniel of Kierkegaard’s birth. He ministered as Bishop of Ludlow and then Lincoln before his retirement in 2011. He is married to Jackie with one daughter. Maundy Thurday, 28 March at 8.00pm Commemoration of The Last Supper and The Watch
Good Friday, 29 March at 2.00pm An Hour at The Cross
Easter Eve, 30 March at 8.00pm Easter Vigil, Renewal of Baptism Promises, Easter Eucharist
Easter Day, 31 March at 10.30am Easter Day Parish Eucharist
NB remember to change your clock forward by one hour on the night of Easter Eve!
God in Music The Rev Michael Burgess continues his series looking at great works of music.
‘In sweet music is such art’: Purcell’s ‘My beloved spake
February is traditionally the month of love and romance because of St Valentine’s Day. Why a third century Roman martyr should be linked to the outpouring of the human heart is veiled in the mists of time. There was a tradition that 14th February is the day when birds are supposed to mate, and by the late Middle Ages a belief had grown up that St Valentine performed clandestine marriages during the persecution of Christians. His patronage had been transferred from the world of nature to the arena of human courtship. And if there is a musical work appropriate to his day, it is the anthem composed by a teenage Henry Purcell, ‘My beloved spake.’
We are not sure why Purcell composed his anthem, but it would be nice to imagine that as an 18 year old ‘composer to the king’s band’, he was using his considerable gifts
to praise the reality of love that can make the world go round.
The words Purcell set are from the Song of Songs, a short book of eight chapters which is tucked in between Ecclesiastes and Isaiah, and a great contrast to them both. The book is perhaps a celebration of a wedding, like John Donne’s poem in praise of the marriage of Lady Elizabeth and Count Palatine on St Valentine’s Day. Or it is more simply a set of love poems. The early Church Fathers were never quite sure how to react to such obvious sensuality and erotic power in the Old Testament: they preferred to see the Song of Songs as an allegory of Christ and the human soul.
For Henry Purcell music is the food of love and the expression of love in all its energy and ecstasy. The anthem is dramatic, vivid and full of life from the opening symphony to the final alleluias. We hear how the lovers meet in springtime. The winter has gone, the flowers are appearing and the birds are singing. Fruitfulness and growth are all around. Purcell captures that mood as he mixes the current style of anthem writing with the Italian singing tradition. When we hear the voice of the turtle dove, there is a key change that is both sensuous and enthralling. The tenor then sings with a solo violin of the
figs and vines putting forth fruit, and the two weave around each other like the tendrils on the vine.
Did Purcell compose this work as an allegory of the spiritual love between our Lord and his followers? He certainly wrote a vast repertory of anthems and odes and church services. But he also composed a large amount of music for the stage and the theatre. This work ends with a lively three in the bar setting of ‘My beloved is mine, and I am his.’ Perhaps Purcell was saying that this is all that matters on St Valentine’s Day, or any other day.
Archbishop: older people ‘are still participants in society, not passengers’
In his final appearance in the House of Lords as Archbishop of Canterbury late last year, Dr Rowan Williams led a debate about the place and contribution of older people in society.
Dr Williams argued that instead of society seeing older people as ‘a burden’, they should instead
be recognised for the enormous amount of work that they do in their communities. “More than half the over-60 population are involved in some sort of formal and structured voluntary work... a majority of the older population are ready to do what they can, unpaid, to support the fabric of society; they are doing exactly what we expect responsible citizens to do. “
Though older people may well find their physical independence reduced, the Archbishop urged that they should be supported so as to allow them to continue making their valuable contribution to their communities. Dr Williams also stressed the importance of different generations engaging with one another, and said that the Churches and other faith communities have a key role in facilitating this at grass roots level.
“We tolerate a very eccentric view of the good life... as one that can be lived only for a few years between, say, eighteen and forty. The ‘extremes’ of human life, childhood and age, when we are not defined by our productive capacity.... these are hard for our society to come to terms with.”
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The next Newsletter will be the April 2013 issue. The deadline for material to reach me is 15 March. We always welcome contributions and content ideas from the congregation.
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Registrar’s Report
Wedding12 December 2012Tatjana St Angelo and Peter St Angelo Funeral5 January 2013 Sally Dawn Budde-Lund 6 September 1927 to 15 December 2012 Baptisms All on 3 February 2013 Amelie Rose Dawber and Bradley John DawberParents: John Christopher Dawber and Karen Joy Dawber Edward Volfsberg BurgessParents: Tejs Volfsberg Carstensen and Camilla Brugess Abigail Rebecca MusanaParents: Apollo Musana and Habiibab Kabenge Tobias Frost PedersenParents: Kristian Frost Pedersen and Sarah Jane Frost Pedersen
Saint Alban’s ChurchChurchillparken 11, 1263 Copenhagen KUnder the Patronage of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II
Weekly EucharistsSundays and Wednesdays at 10:30All are welcome – we have a Sunday School for children.
Open Vestry Morning is on Wednesdays 09:00–10:30Please call in if you are seeking baptism, confirmation, marriage or have any other pastoral or prayer request.
Church Office is open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday morningsVerger Jane Passant 33 11 85 18 [email protected] 51 28 12 42
Your Ministry TeamChaplain Archdeacon Jonathan LLoyd 39 62 77 36 [email protected] Director of Training Canon Ulla Monberg 35 26 06 60 [email protected] Deacon Christophe Ndikuriyo 71 41 21 14 [email protected] Deacon Linda Brondsted [email protected] Reader Mr Graeme Lloyd-Roberts 50 84 55 19 [email protected] Claire Clausen 28 12 01 28 Christopher Parker 32 11 73 90 [email protected] of Music Ministry Iain McLarty 40 19 05 52 [email protected]
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