NEWSLETTER FOR THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN DENMARK

2015July – August

ST ALBAN’SCHURCHCOPENHAGEN

www.st-albans.dk

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WORSHIP IN JULY-AUGUST 2015

ST ALBAN’S CHURCH, COPENHAGEN

The Anglican Parish of St Alban's covers the whole Kingdom of Denmark, with St Alban's Church in Copenhagen gathering for worship at 1030 every Sunday and Wednesday. Our Chaplain, Revd Darren McCallig, will be the preacher at each Sunday morning service unless otherwise stated.

The services in July and August are as follows:

Wednesday 1 July Morning Prayer, Jane Passant, Reader in Training.

Sunday 5 July 5th Sunday after Trinity, Revd. Palle Tordahl Wednesday 8 July Morning Prayer, Revd. Palle Tordahl Sunday 12 July 6th Sunday after Trinity, Revd. Palle Tordahl Wednesday 15 July Holy Communion Sunday 19 July 7th Sunday after Trinity Wednesday 22July Holy Communion Sunday 26 July 8th Sunday after Trinity (James the Apostle) Wednesday 29 July Holy Communion Sunday 2 August 9th Sunday after Trinity Rvd Canon Ulla Monberg

Wednesday 5 August Holy Communion Sunday 9 August 10th Sunday after Trinity –

(Transfiguration of our Lord) Wednesday 12 August Holy Communion Sunday 16 August 11th Sunday after Trinity(Birth of Virgin Mary)

Mary Hawes, National ‘Going for Growth’ (Children and Youth) Adviser for the Church of England

Wednesday 19 August Holy Communion Sunday 23 August 12th Sunday after Trinity & Confirmation Suffragan Bishop David Hamid

Wednesday 26 August Holy Communion Sunday 30 August 13th Sunday after Trinity If you use a hearing aid, please use the T-switch to connect to the loop system.

x Coffee and tea is served after the Sunday service. All are welcome. x The Sunday school starts at 10:25. Children wishing to join Sunday school will

meet at 10:25 at the Font. After opening prayers children will accompany the Sunday school leaders to the Upper Room, returning to their parents in time for communion.

x Baptisms are held on the 1st Sunday of each month.

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ST ALBAN'S CHURCH IN JUTLAND

We also have three English-speaking congregations in Jutland, in partnership with the local Danish Church, that gather on these dates; AARHUS Monthly: Møllevangskirke on Sunday 30 August at 18.00. (see p.8) The service will be led by The Revd Darren McCallig. Details from Angela Hansen. JELLING 30th July (social fellowship from 5.pm, Eat- Sing and Praise); 30th August: English service at 2pm. Details from chndi2011@gmail.com VEJLE Løget Center 2 12th July and 9th August, led by Deacon Christophe. Details from chndi2011@gmail.com

All are warmly welcome.

PRAY FOR FRIENDS AND RELATIONS Prayer requests (to be included in our intercessions) should be sent to: prayer@st-albans.dk, or you can contact Pauleen Bang in church.

Please give the name of the person to be prayed for, the reason and how long you wish them to remain on the prayer list.

St Alban’s bi-monthly magazine is published 6 times a year by JESPERSEN TRYK, Ved Langebro 1,2300 København S.

Email: mail@jespersentryk.dk It is available on our website: www.st-albans.dk, and Maria Kvan Mortensen kindly distributes it to members of our Anglican community who cannot receive it electronically by post. Copies are always available in church for collection. Managing Editor: Revd Darren McCallig (Chair of Communications Team) Editor: Claire Clausen Regular photographers: Beverly Lloyd-Roberts and Anita Wales. Contributions articles and photographs are gratefully received.

Cover photo: “Pentecost” by Anita Wales

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MESSAGE FROM OUR CHAPLAIN Dear friends,

The ministry of music and the sacredness of sound has been very much to the forefront here in Saint Alban’s in the last few weeks and months. First up was the visit of the Trinity College Dublin Chapel Choir, which sang (with our own St Alban’s Choir) at the two services on (appropriately enough!) Trinity Sunday. For seven years I was blessed by the splendid liturgical music of this group of students and it was great to welcome them to my new parish. Those who attended the Sung Eucharist or the Choral Evensong on Trinity Sunday will long remember the combined singing of the two choirs — in a word, it was heavenly! Then, just a short time later we announced that the next Organist and Coordinator of Music Ministry at Saint Alban’s will be Mie Othelie Berg. Mie, who hails from Norway, received her Bachelor’s Degree in Church Music from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim and is currently studying for a Master’s Degree in Performing Organ at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, here in Copenhagen. We look forward to getting to know her and welcoming her to our community. Finally, on Saint Alban’s Day (21 June) we bade farewell to Iain McLarty, who is returning to Scotland after two and a half years as our Organist and Coordinator of Music Ministry. As a newly-arrived chaplain I was very fortunate to have had such a talented and committed colleague to work with during my first few months here. We shall miss him. I am glad to say, however, that Iain got a truly magnificent musical send-off on Saint Alban’s Day. From Junior’s drum-beat backing to “We are Coming Lord to the Table”, to Lauren’s beautiful recorder playing, and on to Steve’s trumpet accompaniment to “All People that on earth do dwell”, it was one of those days when great music and meaningful liturgy enabled our spirits to soar. As the novelist Ian McEwan once wrote, music can “give us a glimpse of what we might be, of our best selves, and of an impossible world in which you give everything you have to others, but lose nothing yourself.” Or, to put it in other words, music can bring us closer to God. Long may it continue to do so.

-Darren-

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ST ALBAN’S SUMMER FAIR OUR ANNUAL FUNDRAISING EVENT

22 AUGUST 2014

- WE NEED EVERYONE! -

Same procedure as every year…..Have a look at these lists and choose one or two to sign up to. We need lots of contributions:

books, gifts, bric-à-brac, kitchen produce, marmalade, jams, jellies, cakes, biscuits, plants and new this year…. a bottles tombola!

Donations can be delivered to the church from 16 August onwards. We need lots of help:

to sort out prior to the Fair to set up, to man stalls, to label jam jars, to clean up afterwards, to entertain, to help as needed.

There will be music, dancing, games for children, a BBQ and refreshments galore. Talk to Rosemary Bohr (rosemary.bohr@gmail.com, tel: 45 88 31 32) or sign up on the board in the narthex if you would like to be part of our annual fundraising effort AND have a really rewarding and happy day, as well as about earlier delivery of donations. And finally

TELL EVERYONE!

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MA MADE ‘MARMAID’ MARMELADE It’s marmalade time of the year again, folks! Another quick reminder

The Summer Fair is famous amongst the expatriate community for its marmalade – well, also for its books, etc. of course! But we still have cans of Marmaid which is the easiest way of making marmalade and raising

money for the church. On Saturday August 22nd this year, Jean Gram-Andersen and her team are calling for a groaning stall, full of all kinds of preserves. Once you have made up a can to two of marmalade, you might like to

donate a jar or two of pickle, chutney, jelly or lemon curd. There is a sign-up list in the sink room so the ladies can plan. Jean would also like people to bring cakes and sweets wrapped in plastic or cellophane ready to sell. Please bring them to church on Friday 21st August if

at all possible. 50 BOOKS NEED A RIDE FROM FREDERIKSHAVN TO CHURCH

If by any happy chance, you happen to be driving near Frederikshavn this summer – before the Fair – there are about 50 beautiful books waiting to be transported to Copenhagen. It rather defeats the purpose of the gift if we are obliged to pay for transport

but the owners, faithful Anglicans who can no longer manage to worship with us, are determined that St Alban’s must have the benefit of the sale of these books.

Please contact: Ingrid Als on 98 43 8116 if you can possibly help. If you have books to donate, please sort them into categories if possible, and leave them in the back of the church from 16 August.

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ST ALBAN’S IS GROWING IN JUTLAND Our Chaplain has many talents, and one is for publicity and presentation. He designed this flier, with the help of Charlotte Lindhardt of the Aarhus congregation to ensure that the people of Aarhus and wider Jutland can hear that from 30th August this year there will be a monthly Anglican service at Møllevangs Kirke, and that it will begin earlier. Deacon Christophe already holds international services in Jelling and Vejle. If you would like copies of the flier just contact Chaplain@st-albans.dk and he will make sure you get some. It is worth remembering that St Alban’s Church in Aarhus solely relies on private donations. These contributions allow us to hold the services, and pay the organist, etc. The contributions are tax deductible. Please, contact our Treasurer, Angela Hansen at angelabream@yahoo.dk for further information, and if you would like to consider donating.

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Photo: Anita Wales

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PENTECOST 2015 – MANY VOICES – ONE SPIRIT

Pentecost is the perfect time to celebrate the exciting nature of our growing multicultural church. We held a ‘pot-luck’ lunch in the garden and shared our own culinary traditions. And we all wore red!

Grace and Michelle brilliantly red and blue

Anne-Marie in Danish national costume

In his traditional red Pentecostal robes, Darren preached of tolerance and love across borders. He had arranged for all the readings to be in the many different languages spoken by our worshippers. (Translated on the pew sheet into English.)

Dorothy in brilliant Ugandan scarlet

Emanuel in a burgundy red African shirt.

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YOUR FLOWER TEAM NEEDS YOU! Have you ever looked at the wonderful flowers in St Alban's and thought that you would like to join in and do some flower arranging, but then maybe felt a little apprehensive because you are not sure of your flower arranging skills? Well, you are not alone, that is exactly how I felt before I volunteered to help with the flowers sometimes. Jean Gram Anderson and the other members of the flower arranging team are all really

friendly and will help you out with tips and advice. The fact is though, for most weeks of the year the flowers on the altar are simple (yet still beautiful) arrangements in two or four vases. More volunteers are needed for these weekly displays, you do not have to buy really expensive, flowers, a couple of bunches of flowers from your local shop can do wonders. Now, don't go thinking you need to be a lady for this task; oh no, we are part of the liberated 21st Century at St Alban's and one of the regular flower arrangers is Junior Williams. Of course on the special days in the Church calendar the more experienced members of the flower team create breathtaking artistic displays. Today, I had the opportunity to help Jean out with the floral displays for St Alban's day. It was a pleasure to work with such a talented artist, and yes flower arranging of the display kind is an art, even if the artwork soon dies.

So when you next look at the flowers in Church and think how lovely they are, why not think about joining the team of flower arrangers? The list is in the narthex, just waiting for names, maybe the next will be yours?!

Text and photos by Bev Lloyd-Roberts

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SERMON PREACHED ON SAINT ALBAN’S DAY, 21 JUNE 2015, by the Chaplain, the Revd Darren McCallig. Happy Saint Alban’s Day! How wonderful it is to be here with you as your new-ish Chaplain on this my first Saint Albans Day. I hope I don’t shock you when I admit that — as a proud Irishman — before coming here to Saint Alban’s I knew next to nothing about our patron Saint — this Alban we remember today. I do, however, have a good excuse for my ignorance. I checked it out during the week. Listen to this: Saint Alban’s Day is listed as what is known as a “Lesser Festival” in the Church of England. Saint Alban’s Day is listed as what is known as a “Commemoration” in the Episcopal Church in Scotland. Saint Alban’s Day is listed as a “Grade V” commemoration in the Church in Wales. Yes, who knew there were five grades of commemoration! But, Saint Alban’s Day does not feature at all — not even as a Grade V commemoration — in the Church of Ireland. So, you see, how was I to know anything about him? However, I’ve been doing my research and there are some really fascinating traditions and legends which have grown-up around Saint Alban over the centuries. The basic story of Alban can be told in just a few sentences. He was a citizen of the Roman city of Verulamium — now St Albans in Hertfordshire — and he gave shelter to a Christian priest fleeing persecution. After some time in this company of this priest, Saint Alban was so impressed by what he saw that he converted and became a Christian. When the priest’s hiding place was discovered, Alban dressed himself in the priest’s cloak and was arrested in his place. Tortured by the Roman authorities, Alban refused to renounce his faith and so was beheaded on 22 June, probably in the year 250. That’s the basic story. But as I said various legends have developed over the centuries in connection with Saint Alban. For example, the Venerable Bede — the famous historian — writing in the eighth century added to the basic story. He added details such as how the river Alban had to cross on the way to his execution miraculously divided in two to let him cross. Or, how a spring of water appeared out of nowhere to give Alban a drink. Or — my personal favourite — how the executioner’s eyes popped out of his head, dropped out of his head, as he killed Saint Alban! And I suppose the danger is — and in a way perhaps the legends add to this danger — the danger is that all of this came seem so far removed from us, our twenty-first century lives and our twenty-first experiences that we struggle to identify with Saint Alban. And that would be a great shame, because here’s the thing: Alban was a martyr for his faith. Alban was a Saint. Alban did something truly remarkable for which he has never been forgotten. But, really, when you come down to it, he only did what we are all supposed to do.

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And that’s to be a witness. After all, the word “martyr” comes from the Greek word “martus" which means “witness”. A martyr is a person who gives witness; a person who gives witness to the Truth; Who stands up for the way things ought to be. Who gives witness to God. In that sense then, we are all called — by virtue of our baptism — to be witnesses. We are all called to be martyrs. And, for some people, that bearing witness will possibly cost them their lives. As we know religious persecution is increasing around the world — and many Christians, and indeed many members of other faiths — are paying the ultimate price for their convictions. But, for most of us, more usually, the call to be a witness will probably be less dramatic. But even if it is less dramatic, it can begin for us, I believe, in exactly the same place as it began for Saint Alban. And where was that? Well, that was in the unexpected encounter, wasn’t it? The unexpected encounter with Christ. The encounter with the Christ who came to Alban as the unknown stranger. Christ who came in the guise of the person — the priest — in need of protection, in need of help. You see, that’s the truly remarkable thing about the story of Saint Alban — forget the parting rivers and the popping eyes — that’s just window dressing. The real miracle of the story is when Alban looks at this bedraggled member of a suspect and persecuted, “dodgy” minority and sees a fellow human being. And even though he Alban himself is not being persecuted. Even though he Alban himself is not one of these strange “Christians”. Even though he Alban probably shares little or nothing — politically, ethnically, socially, culturally — with this persecuted person, still he acts. Even though, you might say it has little or nothing to do with him, Alban still welcomes the stranger. Still he lets the priest in. Still he does what is right. And I often think that that is the great spiritual challenge for the likes of ... well, me. Let’s be honest — many of us here this morning — not all of us, that’s important to say — but many of here this morning lead extraordinarily privileged lives. Look at me for example: I am a white, Western, in global terms very well-off, educated, straight, man. I have won the lottery of life! In other words, I will never have to personally experience some of the great persecutions, some of the great systemic injustices, in our world. I will never have to face the kind of prejudice and discrimination that people of colour face in so many parts of the world. I will never have to face the kind of hardships and frequent scapegoating that many migrants face in so many parts of the world, particularly here in the Western world. I will never have to face the kind of inequalities and injustices that so many women face all over the world. I will never have to face the kind of bigotry and persecution that gay people still face, in so many part of the world.

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And because I don’t personally face those persecutions and prejudices, should I just say, “Well, it’s nothing to do with me?” Should I just mind my own business! Should I walk by on the other side? No way! Not on this Saint Alban’s Day, of all days. Not on this day when we celebrate how Christ came precisely in the guise of the unknown persecuted stranger, and made Himself known to a man named Alban all those years ago. Not on this day when we are reminded how Christ still comes to us and still makes Himself known to us. Still makes Himself know in this sacrament of bread and wine. Is still to be encountered in the lives of the naked, the imprisoned, the hungry and the thirsty. And still teaches that in so much as we do it, or fail to do it, for the least of these — His brothers and sisters — we do it to Him. There’s a famous quotation from a man called Martin Niemöller that I want to end with. Niemöller was a very interesting character. He was German. And he was a young man — a young pastor and theologian — when Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933. And although Niemöller initially supported the Nazis he came in time to realise just how evil that system was. And so he was involved in setting up the German Confessing Church, which was in opposition to the official Protestant churches which had pretty much lost their prophetic voice. And because of this opposition Niemöller was imprisoned in Sachsenhausen and then in Dachau concentration camps. But he survived. He survived that ordeal and after the War he spoke very often about his deep, deep regret that he and many others had not seen the dangers of Nazism sooner and had not done more to speak out. You get a sense of that deep regret from a famous quotation which is often attributed to him. The quotation goes like this: “First they came for the Communists, but I did not speak out – because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists, but I did not speak out – because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, but I did not speak out – because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me – and there was no one left to speak-up for me.” On this day when we celebrate Saint Alban — the one who witnessed for Christ, who stood up for Christ, who spoke-up for Christ by standing-up and speaking up for the persecuted stranger — let us pray that God will give us the grace to go and do likewise. In Jesus’ name Amen.

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SAINT ALBAN – THE DANISH CONNECTION

Sankt Knud’s Kirke in Odense, also known as Odense Cathedral, is named after Knud IV who was murdered in the church of St. Alban’s Priory in 1086. He had ruled Denmark from 1080, and is particularly noted for accompanying the Danish fleet on the last great Viking raid of that age; during this raid in 1075 he is said to have stolen the relics of St. Alban from Ely and deposited them in St. Alban’s Priory in Odense. The first Sankt Knud’s Kirke, built close to the priory, was erected to house the earthly remains of Knud IV, but the church burnt down in 1247. It was replaced by the present church on the same site that contains in the ancient crypt beneath the choir the remains of Knud (Canute).

The Canons of the church claimed to have in their possession the relics of St. Alban, but these are not on display. In his 1934 book on “The English Episcopal Church in Denmark” Alex Jarvis remarks that the relics of St. Alban were also said to have been preserved in St. Mary’s Church in Copenhagen, Lund Church (in Sweden), the Francescan Church at Roskilde, and the church at Seloe in Norway. It is much easier to verify that Odense has an Albanigade, that the nearby Albani Bryggerierne A/S was built in 1859, and that the brewery produces Denmark’s oldest Julebryg (Christmas beer) that goes by the name of “Blålys”.

Tony Higgins (Church archivist)

Sankt Knuds Kirke, Odense: From a file by Malene Thyssen posted on Wikimedia Commons.

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ST ALBAN’S DAY – PARISH BBQ After a pretty miserable month of June – one of the coldest ever, the day dawned overcast but dry with the promise of sunshine. After a wonderful service, some rushed to the vicarage to start the new-last-year BBQ and sort out food. The rest of the congregation was treated to a marvelous “Farewell Concert” by our outgoing organist, Iain McLarty. Food contributions piled up and there was a lovely spread of salad and even more desserts. The gas bottle proved faulty so panic ensued for a while and thanks to Carsten and Elizabeth, who rushed home and collected their own BBQs we were able to continue and sausages could be cooked over smoke. Peter “Fix-it” Fitzgerald managed to engineer a solution to the gas, and Phil D kindly took over the cooking of a multitude of semi-cooked chops. Jean and Stella were un-phased by all the outdoor shenanigans, and quietly put things in the oven in readiness for final sizzling. This was a parish picnic in the true sense of the word. Where there weren’t sufficient chairs, people spread rugs on the lawn and lazed in the sunshine. Thanks are due to the many who brought wonderful food to share and to those who, before and afterwards, bought, sorted, cooked, cleaned and generally pulled their weight. It was a happy afternoon, very much in the spirit of our patron saint, whose generosity cost him his life. Our own lives were in no danger at all but a spirit of giving pervaded enhancing the enjoyment of the time we spent together.

Carsten and Junior sizzle sausages The Aproned “Cook” and Grace (Photos from Palle and Julia Tordahl)

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Waiting for the after-lunch bongo player!

Two happy ladies – waiting patiently for the men to serve their meat!

Skål! – Happy St Alban’s Day, and applause for Darren, our host.

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One final hug from Dorothy to her Siff and Nils inspect the BBQ! Choirmaster, Iain, before he leaves us

”Ja Ja, hej med dig!” Julia, Palle and Stephen enjoy the sunshine after lunch.

Gardening and cooking done, the sun shining, Phil C and Phil D with Anne Christina, can relax and picnic happily. Photos: Bev Lloyd-Roberts

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SPIRITUAL DIRECTION In November of last year, Canon Ulla Monberg, the Diocesan Director of Training led a weekend introductory course for a group of volunteers, clergy and lay, who have a ministry of spiritual direction, or who want to develop the skills needed for this sacred work. The weekend, at St Cuthman's Retreat Centre in Sussex, was the first of a series of ongoing training and preparation events which are being organised in response to the need within the Diocese in Europe for trained spiritual directors. Ursula Sonnewald (who will, later this year, be licensed as a Reader in St Alban’s – having previously been licensed for ministry in Norway) was at the weekend in Sussex and explains what spiritual direction involves: “Spiritual direction is the practice of being with people as they attempt to deepen their relationship with the divine, or to learn and grow in their own personal spirituality. The person seeking direction shares stories of his or her encounters of the divine, or how he or she is experiencing spiritual issues. It is advisable that the director and the person seeking

direction are not in a close relationship — be that friends, family or in a work related relationship.” As part of her training, Ursula is seeking to find some people who wish to receive spiritual direction, either in person or via Skype. She can also put people in contact with other spiritual directors around the Diocese. If you are interested, or would like further information, please contact Ursula at: usonnewald@gmail.com

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WORDS TO A RAINBOW GOD

A meditation for August 6th

Day of Disfiguration and Transfiguration*

YOU that gave us earth for our devising Tjernóbyl, Hiroshíma, Hólocaust: what name have you to set alongside?

where are the places of your presence now? What you delight in

may elude us in our wastelands as in confusion we mistook it on the mountain-top.

Rouse us daily in our summer sleekness to the signals of forgotten winter worlds; and as we put out feelers to restore the earthscapes we have flooded with our bane, may many wings returning thrill our air and bring us olive branches for our greening. Do not let an easy love of light blur our remembrance of un-heavened enterprise; but fan our grieving into protest as for the untold burnt ones and ourselves we cry: You are the furnace and the fragrance of all making all mystery and all abandon; so through the hard rain falling we shall see the myriad refractions of your rainbow joy.

John Nicholson

*Hiroshima and Tabor

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CLIMATE PILGRIMAGE 12 SEPTEMBER, 2015 The Danish National Council of Churches, the International Church and St Alban’s Church invites you to Join a pilgrimage for climate justice on 12 September 2015 Time: 13.00-16.00 Place: Vestamager Naturcenter. The climate is changing and climate change is affecting every one. Climate change threatens creation and humanity and the poorest in our world suffer the most. With this pilgrimage we will walk for hope for creation. We will walk with thousands of others around the world to encourage the worlds' leaders to negotiate a fair international climate agreement at the Climate Summit in Paris later this year. When we walk - alone or together with others - the walk changes us. The rhythm and the simplicity affects our hearts and helps us focus on what is important. As climate pilgrimages, we have a goal: to walk for hope in the world. The pilgrimage will include a walk of about 5 km and end with a service of worship. If you are unable to do the walk, please visit the Nature Center and join us for the service. The Nature Center has exhibitions and a small restaurant. Program: 12.45: Walk from Vestamager Metro station for those who don't know exactly where the Naturcenter is. 13:00 - 15.30: Opening liturgy and pilgrimage walk of about 5 km with various stations 15.30: worship at/near the Nature Center The pilgrimage is planned in a collaboration between St. Alban's Church, the International Church of Copenhagen and The National Council of Churches in Denmark. All are welcome and it is free.

From Hanna Smidt Communications and Green Church Coordinator

National Council of Churches in Denmark

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Bjørn’s International School is a small and friendly school in Copenhagen, offering a quality education for children from 6 to 16 years of age. Students from throughout the world attend Bjørn’s International School and follow either an English or Danish curriculum. Bjørn’s International School is partially subsidized by the state and adheres to the national standards and qualifications for schools in Denmark. Those students who plan to live in Denmark for at least four years and enrol in the Danish-speaking Department will receive an education that follows the Danish School Curriculum. Upon graduating from Bjørn’s International School, students in the English-speaking Department will have followed the curriculum requirements of the IGSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education). The students will have had the opportunity of taking the IGCSE examinations in up to six subjects (English, Maths, Science, Geography, History, and Art and Design). The Danish and English departments are frequently combined so there is constant interaction between the students in both departments. Please feel free to contact the school and arrange a time for a visit. We would be happy to answer your questions and show you the school. Address: Bjørn’s International School Phone: (45) 39 29 29 37 Gartnerivej 5 2100 Copenhagen Ø School Leader: Pia Drabowicz

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THREE MYSTERIES Trysting in the mist of God strange forms arise surprise devise new ravishments which allure obscure cure our settled ways of seeing Knocking on the rock of God strange waters spring sing bring secret ripplings of a surd unheard blurred by common hearing Nestling in the rest of God strange slumber falls enthrals recalls a once and future lambency which in the dark may mark embarkment for another shore a greater light

v1. “mist” – perhaps recalls the cloud on Sinaï or Tabor? (the mount of Transfiguration) v2. “Knocking on the rock of God” – Exodus 17:6 “surd” 1.Phonetics . voiceless consonant (opposed to “sonant” ). 2.Mathematics . a quantity not capable of being expressed in rational numbers v.3 ”rest of God” – Hebrews 4:9,10 etc.,

and also other times of rest throughout our lives which recall where we have come from and where we are going. “another shore a greater light” – Eric Milner-White’s words in the bidding prayer to the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols

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SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATE - ANGLICAN VOICES Recently Pauleen Bang was honoured to be asked by the Diocese, to participate in this e-based initiative. She agreed joyfully and gratefully. "Anglican Voices is a new initiative from the Archbishops’ Council which will train and support about 100 nominated people to speak about their lives as practising Christians in the social and digital media. Those who are nominated, trained and who agree to abide by the principles and ethos of the initiative, will be known as Advocates and will be a member of the Anglican Voices Community." There will probably be four representatives from our Diocese, although we don't yet know who the other three are. Pauleen will be trained for this Advocate role in October in London and is really looking forward to being a part of this exciting new community, especially because even though we are outside the UK, is an initiative that our Diocese can truly be a part of. The official launch will be in November this year, and Pauleen will keep us up to date on developments.

**** Continuting our Social media work, the Communication Team continues to welcome photos from both Copenhagen and Jutland. If you take a photo which we may use on our website, on Facebook and on Twitter, please send it to socialmedia@st-albans.dk.

Our Twitter account is also getting more popular. we will make sure they get to the relevant media (website, Facebook, Twitter, newsletter and even the Diocesan website). Thank you all for your support.

Pauleen Bang & Charlotte Lindhardt (Social Media administrators)

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MEET THE CHOIR: CHRISTOPHER PATRICK 1. What brought you to St Alban’s Choir? I moved to Denmark in 2014 to work as a postdoctoral researcher in physics at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in Lyngby. As someone who regularly attended church in the UK, I was keen to find somewhere to go on Sundays, and quickly found St Alban's. After a few weeks sitting in the pews, I thought that the choir seemed to be having a good time (and looked a bit thin on tenors!) so got in touch with Iain the organist - and in no time found myself in a cassock and surplice.

2. Why do you enjoy singing there? First the people - from the first time I turned up on a Sunday morning, I was made to feel really welcome. Second, the music - I think it's great that one week we can be singing Mozart backed by the organ, and the next week we'll be singing an African worship song backed by Junior on the drums! Finally, the church itself - it means a lot to me to be able to play a small part in such a diverse church community.

3. What is your favourite music?

That's a very tricky question... however my favourite church service is choral evensong. I studied/worked in Oxford for a number of years, and would sing evensong with my chapel choir during term time - it was a real treat to join the Trinity College Dublin choir here at St Alban's a few weeks ago! The Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis have kept the same words for hundreds of years, but have been set to music by so many different composers. If I had to choose one piece of church music, I would probably go for the anthem "And I saw a new heaven" by Edgar Bainton, which sets words from Revelation. However if asked again tomorrow, I'd probably choose something different! 4. "Is music important for your spiritual life?"Yes - especially choral singing. Whilst singing on your own is all very well, when you join together with other voices you can produce a sound which is much greater than the sum of its parts. I'm sure there's a metaphor in there somewhere... Also, when singing or playing music, I find that the other distractions of daily life tend to fade into the background and allow me to participate more fully in the service.

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COFFEE ROTA JANET’S TEAM NEEDS VOLUNTEERS

Well now - who wouldn’t like to help this lovely lady and her team?

Doing the coffee after the service is a very important part of our fellowship. -You find a fellow helper. -You buy the milk, make or buy a cake and/or biscuits. -You come to church early to make the coffee and tea downstairs. -You serve it inside or out in the garden -You put the cups into the dishwasher.

It is not that hard and it is a lot of fun. Sign up to on the Coffee Rota in the Narthex.

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Our Electoral Roll Officer, Pauleen Bang would just like to remind you that if you change your address, telephone number, email address, etc.

ELECTORAL ROLL please don’t forget to let her know.

electoralroll@st-albans.dk

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DAME ANNE WARBURTON - OBITUARY Britain’s first female ambassador who served in Denmark and later became president of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, has died, aged 87. Quite a number in our congregation will remember her.

Dame Anne Warburton was Britain’s first female ambassador, at a time when women in the diplomatic service were often seen as mere appendages. She became ambassador to Denmark in 1976 by Foreign Secretary James Callahan. Until her

appointment, women had been “diplomatic wives” rather than equal players in the service; the general view had been that if women diplomats were pretty, they wouldn’t be taken seriously, and if they were clever, they would cause offence. Although some of the embassy staff were at first wary of a female ambassador, she quickly won them over. She later admitted that she would have been happy to leave the service had she wanted to marry, but was enjoying her life too much. Warburton, did not marry and devoted herself to a range of leadership roles, including nine years as president of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, which was set up to give educational opportunities to women over 21. She worked for women’s rights all her life, serving on the Equal Opportunities Commission from 1986 to 1988 and leading the European Community’s team investigating atrocities against Muslim women in Bosnia in 1992. Warburton was formidable – highly intelligent, uncompromising in her standards, perceptive and exacting. Yet she was also a kind and generous friend and a mentor for other women in the foreign service. As ambassador in Denmark, Warburton travelled widely across the country she grew to love. She hosted the Queen’s state visit there in 1979 (and that year was made a Dame) and 10 years after leaving the embassy published a guide to living in the country, Signposts to Denmark (1992). She befriended Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and in 1989, during her presidency of Lucy Cavendish, made her an honorary fellow of the college. After studying for her first degree at Barnard College, Columbia

Anne Warburton in 1976, the year she became

ambassador to Denmark. Photograph: PA

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University, New York. She later went to Somerville College, Oxford, where she gained an MA in philosophy, politics and economics. She joined the Foreign Office in 1957 and spent time in Bonn, New York and Geneva before becoming ambassador to Denmark at the age of 49. She told friends her happiest years were spent in Denmark and at Lucy Cavendish, where she took up the presidency in 1985, after a spell in Geneva as Britain’s ambassador at the UN. Of her time at Lucy Cavendish, Warburton said: “Perhaps the greatest personal reward for me is to see undergraduates, some so unsure of themselves when they first come up, being able to say when they leave, ‘Now I can do something.’” She continued as a friend and mentor when she retired, becoming an honorary fellow herself in 1994. In 1994, with retirement plans in place for a quieter life in her home near Eye in Suffolk – built in Danish style – Warburton was asked to be a member of the Nolan committee investigating standards of conduct in public life. Set up after the cash-for-questions scandal, it was to recommend measures to restore public confidence in politicians. Edited from the Guardian obituary by Jackie Ashley,15 June 2015

Dame Anne – memories of a friend Also here in Denmark the news of Dame Anne Warburton´s death fills many people with sorrow, - Denmark has lost a true friend. I was fortunate enough to know her, first as a formidable Ambassador at the British Embassy and later as a close friend. We spent many happy and interesting hours, in her lovely Suffolk home and in Denmark. During her time in Denmark she did a lot for the Church, she was very active President of the Church Council and was helping to plan the celebrations of the centennial Jubilee and the tower restoration at that time. After retirement she was able to fulfill an old dream of becoming a dog owner,- always from a dog rescue home. When she knew that her days were limited, she remained mentally clear and in control of everything and her estate was in perfect order. Dame Anne was a very generous person and shortly before leaving Denmark she decided to donate a unique painting of King Christian IV to Frederiksborg Museum. ….The picture was painted in 1606 during the King´s visit to England and had been in her family´s possession for generations. She felt that Denmark had given her so much during her time here, so the picture should now return home. Dame Anne Warburton was laid to rest at Thornham Parva´s lovely old thatched church.

From Birgit MacNaughton

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‘Post-Pentecost picture’ – a photo by Anita Wales