St Alban’s Copenhagen Plans a Spiritual Presence During the UN Climate Summit COP 15St Alban's Copenhagen will be open every day during the UN Climate Summit, COP15, to provide a place of welcome, hospitality, prayer, stillness and engagement with the issues. The chaplain, the Revd Jonathan LLoyd, has invited a team of Franciscan brothers, a Franciscan sister and Anglican clergy to be based at the Church during the summit, to meet and welcome visitors, and be a spiritual and praying presence in the heart of the Danish capital during this important international gathering which runs from 7 – 18 December. The church will be open every day during the period of the summit between 0815 and 1930. The hospitality on offer will include coffee, wireless broadband connection, toilets, stillness and prayer, maps, advice, conversation and a place to warm up and dry off! The weekday programme will be: The Church will also be a meeting place for campaigners from the European Christian Environmental Network (ECEN), the World Council of Churches, Christian Aid, TearFund, Operation Noah, Arocha, CAFOD and other faith organisations and churches from across the world, providing a hub for networking, sharing stories, and making new friends. Some special events which St Alban’s is organising include a quiet Evening Service/Vespers at Trinity Church on Saturday 12 December at 1800 at which the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, will give a reflection. Dr Williams will also preside and preach at the Parish Eucharist at St Alban’s Church on Sunday 13 December at 1000. The St Alban’s COP15 Chaplaincy Team can be contacted on [+45] 29 79 40 36. Visitors should know that the address of the Church is Churchill Parken 6, Langelinie, DK 1263 Copenhagen St Alban's has a webpage focussing on their COP 15 programme www.st-albans.dk/cop15/ Your prayers for St Alban’s initiative and, of course, for those who must make decisions on our behalf at COP 15 are encouraged.
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