We journeyed into Advent on 30 November with another pan-Diocesan Zoom Service, at which Dr Clare Amos offered reflections on the Gospel according to Mark.    

You can watch a video of the service

Chaplaincies across the Diocese have been sharing delightful images of their Advent celebrations ...   You can see more great pics on their social media channels.

Holy Trinity, Geneva

... are displaying some impressive Nativity sets …

La Côte Anglican Church

Another Swiss chaplaincy, La Côte Anglican Church has produced this colourful Advent calendar:

The Swiss Archdeaconry also …

Offered an aid to worship for everybody during this period of social distancing and reduced services. 

Choirs from chaplaincies across the Archdeaconry sang the Herefordshire Carol (also called Gloucestershire carol) and produced this video 

Holy Trinity, Geneva Facebook

Anglican Church Ostend-Bruges

In Belgium, meanwhile, children from the Ostend-Bruges chaplaincy are being asked to draw something in a weekly picture challenge.  It's circulated across the congregration by WhatsApp Group, which is their main means of keeping in touch with each other in these times.

The challenges and pics are posted on the Chaplaincy Facebook page

St. Alban’s Church, Copenhagen with Aarhus

Anglicans in Denmark are sharing daily Advent Windows videos with readings.  Here’s one from one from 6 December from Isaiah 42, read by The Revd Canon Ulla Monberg.

At All Saints’ Church Rome, Chaja Verkerk, one of the Diocese Ministry of Experience Scheme participants this year has preached the sermon:

And at Christ Church, Lille a full service of Nine Lessons and Nine Carols has been put together.  You can watch and enjoy at this link

St Andrew’s, Moscow

… had their carol service on 20 December, and went outside to sing a couple of carols - in snow and minus 5 degrees!

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Christmas Day: Bishop Robert at Holy Trinity, Pro-Cathedral, Brussels

Bishop Robert will preach the sermon at this service.   

A livestream is planned on Holy Trinity's YouTube channel

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Please keep sending in your Advent and Christmas contributions to Diocesan Communications at communications@europe.anglican.org

We look forward to publishing more from chaplaincies when we're back online on 4 January 2021.

We wish you a blessed, peaceful and restful Christmas.

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