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| Warm welcome to our German communion service with the theme “Baptism – more than a ritual?” this Sunday with Pastor Kim at 11am. Parish worker Yasmina Buhre invites you to attend Sunday school again this Sunday from 11 a.m.: We start our service at 11 a.m. in the church and then move with our candle into the Kigo room. We revisit the topic of “symbols”, this time it’s about the symbol “fish”. At the same time, we discuss the first details about the nativity play and start with the first craft work. |
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| Playgroup We will meet next Thursday, 9/11, as usual from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. under the lemon tree at our church. New families are welcome to join us at any time. More information is also welcome by email at pw@kirche.org.au. |
| Christmas Market |
 The Nuremberg Christkind will open our Christmas market digitally this year – we are looking forward to this wonderful collaboration with the city of Nuremberg. Photo credit: City of Nuremberg / Christine Dierenbach. |
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| Raffle donations needed! Unlike in Germany, our church is self-financed and therefore dependent on fundraising. The Christmas market and the raffle are a good opportunity to secure financing for our activities next year. That’s why we’re asking for donations in kind of a raffle. Maybe you work at a pharmacy, in retail, … or or or and have the opportunity to ask for donations in for our raffle in stores in your area? Jam, chutneys, cookies, wine, anything you can turn into a hamper is more than welcome. If you can help us with donations, you may drop them off in the church hall after the service or contact Kim or the office. Thank you! |
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| More events and notices |
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| Events at St. Johns’ Springvale every Wednesday @ 10 – Bastelkreis Johannesbaeren – wir suchen noch jemanden, der die Organisation uebernimmt 11.11. 10:00 Working Bee 12.11. 10:00 Service English w. Communion Drittl. So. D.KJ 15.11. 19:30 Time to Worship 11.11. 10:00 Working Bee 24.11. 19:00 Lebkuchenhäuser zusammenbauen 26.11. 10:00 Abgabe selbst-gebackener Plätzchen 01.12. 10:00 Kartoffelsalatherstellung, Adventskranz-binden, Aufbau der Tische und Pavillons 02.12. – Christmas Bazaar |
| Events of our friends and neighbours |
| The Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany requests the honour of your presence at a memorial service on Sunday, 19th November 2023, from 11:00am to 12:00noon, at the German War Cemetery in Tatura, Victoria. The commemoration ceremony will be held to honour the German and Australian War Dead. A wreath laying ceremony at Tatura Cenotaph will follow the memorial service. The German Embassy has the pleasure to invite everybody who will be present at the memorial service to a lunch, which will be held at the “Tatura Hotel“. Places are limited, please confirm your attendance and advise if you prefer a vegetarian or non-vegetarian meal. After lunch you may like to visit the Tatura & District Irrigation and Wartime Camps Museum at 49 Hogan Street, Tatura. RSVP by 10th November to Chief Petty Officer Björn Stanislowski at mil-100@canb.auswaertiges-amt.de |