Lutheran Church in Great Britain

The newest episode of CLC’s podcast “Lutherans in the UK: Living Grace” shares our thoughts, prayers and actions in the middle of the war in Ukraine – ecumenical prayer in front of Ukrainian Embassy in London, pastor Paulina Hławiczka-Trotman talks about helping refugees in Poland, and Jan-Eric Österlund , Deputy Chair of the Council of Lutheran Churches in Great Britain, gives an overview about the decision to support those fleeing the war through the Lutheran World Fede

The Spirit of Renewal Pentecost is a feast for GIFTS. Pentecost 2022 is a feast for celebrating one special gift to the British people – and, indeed, to whole world. We are celebrating our Queen, Her Majesty Elizabeth II. 70 years of service! Quite unexpectedly I was invited to the Thanksgiving service in St Paul’s Cathedral on Friday. What a Service – even if the Queen was not able to attend. She is hailed all over for, her integrity, her credibility, her consistency, trustw

On Saturday April 23 Joseph Nelson was ordain in the Lutheran Church in Great Britain to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament. He is now the priest in St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Leeds. Photos: Hannah Hancock.

Easter Message 2022 – Bishop Tor B Jørgensen, The Lutheran Church in Great Britain The Big Issue I was in London on Palm Sunday. Celebrating with the congregation in Southwark Cathedral. Arriving some minutes before the service I was surprised by the fact that the Borough Market, close to the Cathedral, was already filled with people. In Norway Sunday mornings are silent and the streets are empty. Especially during the Easter Holidays. “Everyone” is lifting their hearts to

By the grace of God and the call of the church Joseph Nelson will be ordained to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament in the Lutheran Church in Great Britain. Saturday 23rd of April 2022 at 3.00pm. Rite of Ordination and Service of Holy Communion at Headingley St Columba URC70 Headingley Lane, Leeds LS6 2DH. The Right Reverend Tor B Jørgensen, Bishop of the LCiGB, presiding.There will be a reception following the service in the church hall. * Guests should be seated by 2:45

On Tuesday, March 22 at 6pm the Council of Lutheran Churches invites all to a short lecture on Lutheran understanding of Grace, inspired by one of the Lutheran theological principles “Grace Alone”. CLC General Secretary Dr Anna Krauß will deliver a little lecture, Bishop Tor B will lead the evening prayer, and thereafter all are invited to a reception with drinks and nibbles. The event takes place at St. Marien mit St. Georg German Lutheran Church London, 10 Sandwich street,

Lent Reflection This Lent is different from any other Lents I have experienced. Traditionally Lent is a period of mourning and grief. No candles to be lit in the Church. The white altarpieces are changed with black clothing. The Gloria is not sung in the liturgy. And we sing the full old litany instead for the usual intercessory prayers. Lent is time for the litany – starting with the kyrie eleison . When we now enter Lent, churches all over Europe and around the world are fi

I didn’t sleep much on Wednesday night. I had a nightmare. Unfortunately, not in a dream-version, but in a news-version transmitted through the news channels I was listening to through the night. The threat of Russian invasion of Ukraine has been a scenario the last few weeks. But most of us have clung to a hope that reason and fear for the consequences would have the upper hand also in the Russian leadership. But the events on the 24th of February have proven that those hope

“Peace must prevail,” say four global Christian communions who will host online prayer service on Ash Wednesday Four Christian World Communions are strongly condemning the advance of the Russian military into Ukraine and the assault that began on the night of 24 February 2022. They call for Russian troops to be brought back to Russia and an immediate end to the conflict. “Peace must prevail,” they insist. The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), the World Communion of Reformed Ch

In the run up to Valentine’s Day, the International Lutheran Student Centre has put together a reflection on love created by a wide variety of voices from around the world including Dr Anna Krauss, General secretary of the Council of Lutheran Churches in Great Britain , Rev Dr Raj Bharat Patta, Presbyter at the United Stockport Circuit , Rev Nicqi Ashwood, Program Executive for Just Community of Women and Men in the World Council of Churches , Rev Dr Chad Rimmer, Program Exe

The Council of Lutheran Churches in Great Britain (CLC) is happy to announce the second episode of our new podcast “Lutherans in the UK – Living Grace”. In this “Christmas” episode we highlight our responsibility as people of faith in the midst of a climate crisis – what we can do both as individuals and as active members of our communities. The episode also takes us to the Finnish Church Christmas market in London and describes the renovated St Mary’s German Lutheran Church

Thank you all for the fellowship we have experienced in the strange and challenging year we have behind us. Let us meet the new supposedly equally strange and challenging year ahead of us with the hope and expectations founded in the always renewing presence of God’s Grace in Jesus Christ. With my South-African background (my mother was born in Eshowe, just north of Durban by missionary parents who themselves went to Zulu-land in 1880) I have always felt close to archbishop D

St Anne’s Lutheran Church in London (St Mary-at-Hill). Photo: Meelis Süld Please find below the timetable of Christmastide services 2021 in our congregations Corby St Paul’s Lutheran Church (Anglican Church of St John the Baptist), Church Walk, Corby (NN17 1XF) Tuesday 21 December, 7:00pm – Carol Service on Zoom. Liverpool Nordic Church and Cultural Centre, 138 Park Lane, Liverpool (L1 8HG) Friday 24 December, 12pm–noon – Christmas Eve service on Zoom , readings and prayers l

Peace on Earth – Between despair and joy “Peace on earth”. These are words we often use in Christian services. They are part of the liturgical Gloria, Glory to God —the hymn that the heavenly angels were singing when Jesus was born. I always sing or listen to these beautiful words with a strange combination of despair and joy. Despair is created by the fact that there is no peace on earth . The clearest sign of that fact are the many refugees seeking peace and safety in Euro

Advent is a time of reflection and preparation for the birth of Jesus Christ. The Council of Lutheran Churches in GB is publishing an Advent Reflection for each Sunday that helps to guide our path towards Christmas. The first message is by Very Revd Tom Bruch, Dean Emeritus of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain. Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada Lutheran Church in Singapore

The LCiGB and the Council of Lutheran Churches asked pastor Paulina Hławiczka—one of our Polish-born priests in the Lutheran Church in GB—what it means to her and her colleagues that the ordination of women to the priesthood is now possible in Polish Lutheran church too. This is a real Revolution! We have been waiting and fighting for it for the last 70 years! Women will now finally be allowed to become priests and even bishops. In Polish language we don’t have enough words f

On 16 th April 1961, representatives of four independent English-speaking Lutheran congregations in England met together in the Latvian Lutheran Church Hall in Corby, Northamptonshire and organised themselves into a church body which took the name of ‘The United Lutheran Synod in Great Britain’. The church later changed its name to the Lutheran Church in Great Britain. We are therefore celebrating our Diamond anniversary this year. The main anniversary celebration will take

The Lutheran Church in Great Britain is turning 60! On Reformation weekend, the LCiGB is planning a celebration in Corby, where the LCiGB was founded in 1961. Much has changed since 1961, both in the world at large and in the Church that became the LCiGB, so we welcome the time to sit back and reflect on our founding and where that leads us in the future. Enclosed is the invitation to our Anniversary Celebration on October 30 in Corby. We have a number of events planned, star

On the 10th of October Bishop Tor B Jørgensen and Bishop Emeritus Walter Jagucki visited the Polish service in Edinburgh – one of the six Polish groups in the LCiGB, and the only one that meets in Scotland. Bishop Walter giving the Lutheran gown to pastor Arkadiusz. Photo: Meelis Süld The Sunday services in Edinburgh are conducted three times a year by Bishop Emeritus Walter, assisted by pastor Arkadiusz Kilanowski. The ministry in Edinburgh is part of St Matthew’s Polish co

The LCiGB had on 8-9 October its first in-person Ministerium meeting after lockdown – 2 year long break since our last gathering at Focolare Centre. The discussions were about the wellbeing of our clergy, spiritual development, virtual Eucharist, and preparations for the 60th anniversary of the LCiGB. The Ministerium consists of all the active licensed ministers of the church and invited guests. The Ministerium is an advisory body of the church, discussing issues that relate