Lutheran Church in Great Britain

Anglican-Lutheran Society organises a unique ecumenical event that will bring together theologians, church leaders and members from different countries and contexts. Because of serious concerns about the continuing spread of COVID-19 in many countries, the Anglican-Lutheran Society cancelled a conference that was to take place in Rome in October 2020. Instead, a virtual conference will explore the achievements and outstanding issues on the road to unity, featuring in particul

What do Lutherans in the UK and abroad do in Lent? Council of Lutheran Churches in the UK has asked its member Churches to share their stories, reflections and Lenten greetings with others every week. Today we are welcomed by the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church on our journey through Lent. Archbishop Urmas Viilma reflects on fasting as a way of getting closer to God. He also informs us about the situation of his Church during the pandemic and asks us to spread hope.

What do Lutherans in the UK and abroad do in Lent? Council of Lutheran Churches in the UK has asked its member Churches to share their stories, reflections and Lenten greetings with others every week. Our next stop on our way through Lent is at the International Lutheran Student Centre. We are shown how community spirit can both help to overcome challenges and be kind to our planet.

Pastor of St. Paul’s Corby Lutheran Church and Trinity Leicester-Nottingham Lutheran Church Revd Paulina Hlawiczka invites you to the Lenten Bible Study on God’s Character. In this week’s Bible Study, we’re looking at the character of God as revealed to Moses in Exodus chapter 34. We see in this passage that though God is first and foremost a loving and merciful God, he will not ignore injustice or evil. We see in the story of the Bible that God is willing to put up with a lo

What do Lutherans in the UK and abroad do in Lent? Council of Lutheran Churches in the UK has asked its member Churches to share their stories, reflections and Lenten greetings with others every week. Swedish Church in London introduces a hymn for Lent that takes us on a journey to Jerusalem. Photo by Matthew Ross – Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1561235

What do Lutherans in the UK and abroad do in Lent? Council of Lutheran Churches in the UK has asked its member Churches to share their stories, reflections and Lenten greetings with others every week. We start with the Norwegian Church in London. Saint Olav’s Norwegian Church and Seamans Mission, Albion Street, London. Photo: Barry Marsh

Barts Health NHS Trust (Royal London Hospital) is looking for an enthusiastic, and experienced Christian minister committed to working within a multi-faith chaplaincy team, to provide high quality Spiritual and Religious Care to patients, visitors and staff. The post holder must be an ordained priest in the Church of England and be licensed by the Bishop of Chelmsford or have an equivalent authorisation from their own denomination. The post holder must be an accredited member

The issues surrounding the “Black Lives Matter” (BLM) movement triggered by the death of George Floyd in the USA and spread around the world was discussed at the last Synod of the LCiGB in April 2020. The discussion led to the important decision that a group be formed by like-minded church leaders to address the issues on racism. The group will deal with questions such as what could the Church do about racism and how it has affected the church and its people and what could th

Worship together with us! Message by Bishop Tor B. Jørgensen, participants Dean Elīza Zikmane, pastors Paulina Hławiczka, Sarah Farrow, Wendy Sherer, ordinand Meelis Süld, members Christine and Andrew Kenedler. Wishing You a blessed Advent!

Join us online for a Christmas reflection on PEACE, Bible readings and the chance to listen to the outstanding voices of the Viva Voce Choir and special gospel and classical soloists. This event combines a wonderful mixture of traditional and contemporary Christmas songs. Old University tradition holds the Christmas Carol Service every year in the cathedral church St Mary Lace Market in the town of Nottingham. It gathers attendees from both city universities, the High Sheriff

The Council of Lutheran Churches (CLC) is honoured to be supporting Mansfield College, Oxford University , through the funding of a new scholarship. From October 2021, Mansfield will offer a fully funded graduate scholarship for an outstanding scholar who has been forced to migrate from their home and has sought sanctuary in the UK. According to the UNHCR, while half of refugees worldwide are under the age of 18, only about 3% enter higher education and funding is a major ba

Today th e Lutheran World Federation's Advent calendar t akes people to the Lutheran Church in Great Britain singing, “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.” Sings Revd Paulina Hlawiczka, soprano and pastor at Trinity Leicester-Nottingham, St Paul’s Corby, and chaplain at the multi-faith student’s chaplaincy at Nottingham University. The video highlights the ministries and diverse congregations of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain (LCiGB). The LCiGB synod offers Lutheran chaplaincy at

The woodblock print, “The flight to Egypt”, by the local artist Watanabe Sadao, has Watanabe Sadao – “The flight to Egypt” followed us from our missionary days in Japan. The new-born child, Jesus, followed his parents into uncertainty. To stay in Bethlehem was not an option for Joseph and Mary. UNHCR tells us that there have never been so many refugees in the world as there are today. It is a symptom of the many crises facing us as we move towards Christmas in 2020. The globa

Join Trinity & St Paul’s Advent Bible Study, 4 weeks – every Thursday – 6:30pm. First meeting this coming Thursday 26th Nov. We meet online via GoToMeeting platform. For the details of the online meeting email Anita – Anita05@vp.pl . In this week’s Bible Study, we reflect on how the biblical theme of hope speaks to us in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. As we all continue to endure this season of Advent & Christmas, it’s becoming more difficult to be optimistic that circu

The Council of Lutheran Churches invites you to a service to mark the start of the Lutheran Reformation, held on the anniversary of when it is thought Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the church door. The service will be led by Bishop Tor Berger Jørgensen, CLC Chair and Bishop of the LCiGB. Bishop Tor invites us to remember that Martin Luther stood up for what he regarded as the truth, “The truth of the Gospel of God’s grace gave him power to endure the challenges facing

The LCiGB together with other representatives of the Churches of the Porvoo Communion participated in an on-line theological conference and in the Porvoo Contact Group on-line meeting on October 7-8. The Porvoo Communion is a communion of Churches that have signed an agreement to “share a common life in mission and service”. These churches are either Anglican or Lutheran, the LCiGB joined the communion in September 2014 together with the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Ab

Trinity Leicester-Nottingham is to give thanks for this year’s harvest, and to share their experiences regarding the Black History Month (October) on Sunday 18th Oct 12:30pm. “We will pray with thanksgiving for: the gift of food, and God’s creation around us; all who take part in different activities to raise awareness of systemic racism during October – Black History Month; all who struggle with covid19, grieving families, survivors, infected (especially the students in Nott

The LCiGB looked forward to hosting Lutheran World Federation (LWF) European Church Leadership Consultation in Oxford in September. Unfortunately due to Covid-19 pandemics this was not possible, but we had a privilege to prepare the Opening Service for the virtual leadership meeting. Follow the service and short sermon by the Rt Revd Tor B. Jørgensen on YouTube or below. European Church Leadership Consultation took place on 22 and 23 September 2020 on Zoom. Participants fro

You are all one in Christ Jesus / Galatians 3:28d The Lutheran Church in Great Britain stands with the global Black Lives Matter movement following the cruel death of African American George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. We strive to see the end of systemic racism and the enduring oppression of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people in the UK and across the world. We believe that every human being is God’s creation, to be loved, cherished, respected and i

For the first time in the history of the Lutheran Church in Great Britain, the 59th Synod meeting (AGM) will be arranged by zoom. The decided theme for the meeting has for a long time been: “Building on the Roots of our Faith: A New Era for the LCiGB”. The experiences from the last four months will add new dimensions to reflecting on the theme. The meeting will start on June 27th at 10:30 (BST) and can be joined by members and others interested can also join us by zoom. We wi