Biblical Encounters Group

On Sunday the 26th of April we'll celebrate our 4th International Worship Service at 5 p.m., this time again in the Martin-Luther-Haus, Zuckerbergweg 26, Braunschweig! 

We are very happy to welcome Rev. Anne Matthys, an ecumenical co-worker of the Ev.-Luth. Mission in Lower Saxony (ELM) and Lutheran Pastor in Hildesheim (https://www.elm-mission.net/news/es-gibt-eine-menge-zu-lernen ). She is going to preach on the theme "Accept one another, just as Christ accepted you" (Rom 15:7). 

Also, we look forward to the ESG Choir to musically enrich our service, as well as Pop-Cantor Karsten Ruß and our int'l worship band who shall accompany us that day!

Please share this invite and bring others along to worship with us! There will be time before the service for a tea/coffee, and afterwards we invite you for fellowship and a bit of "open buffet" - bring & share style.
It also would be great if you could a little bit of finger food along so that we have a good variety of things to munch on...

On Sunday, the 18th of January 2026, the third Braunschweig International Worship Service took place in the Evangelische Studierendengemeinde (ESG), in the direct vicinity of the university, at Pockelstraße 21, 38106 Braunschweig at 17:00 o'clock. 

This time the service happened with a slightly different concept: greater emphasis was given to new songs for a sing-aong with all worshippers attending. 

The singing was led by pop-cantor of the Ev.-luth. Landeskirche Karsten Russ (in the picture on the right side), and accompanied by a small band from the Biblical Encounters Group, the ESG and St. Johannis.

The response was very good - John, one of the members of the band, said for instance: "This is exactly what is was dreaming about - I am so glad that we worshipped in the way we did!"

Welcome to the 2. International Worship Service Braunschweig!

After a very encouraging start in February 2025 (see report further below) we are excited to offer another worship service on the 16th of November. This time we have quite a number of new participants who have shown an interest. They include:

 - Ev.-Lutheran Circuit of Braunschweig 
 - International Student Congregation Braunschweig (ESG) 
- St. Johannis Ev.-luth. Church and India Partnership Group
-  Biblical Encounters Group 
- Tigrayan-Orthodox Group Braunschweig 
- Tamil Ev.-Lutheran Group Braunschweig 
 - Partnership Secretary of Ev.-Luth. Church of Braunschweig 

We are looking forward to worship with YOU in various languages. (The core language of the service will be English)

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Die Propstei Braunschweig lädt in Zusammenarbeit mit der Evangelischen Studierendengemeinde zum zweiten internationalen Gottesdienst ein. „Glaube, Hoffnung Liebe“ stehen im Mittelpunkt der biblischen Texte, der Musik und der Predigt, in der unterschiedliche, internationale Perspektiven zur Sprache kommen. Sie sind die Wege, die wir in der Begegnung miteinander als Brücke und Fundament im gemeinsamen Glauben an Jesus Christus gehen wollen. Wir freuen uns wenn Sie und Du dabei sein können: am 16. November um 16.00 Uhr im Martin-Luther-Haus im Zuckerbergweg 26, Braunschweig.

Die fremdsprachlichen Texte werden in englische Sprache übersetzt.

Vor dem Gottesdienst laden wir zum Begrüßungskaffee ein und im Anschluss zu einem Mitbring-Büfett (Bring & Share)

Zum Vorbereitungsteam gehören:

- Propstei Braunschweig
- Evangelische Studierendengemeinde Braunschweig
- Ev.-luth. Kirchengemeinde St. Johannis und ihre Partnerschaftsarbeit
- Biblical Encounters Group 
- Tigrayan-Orthodox Group Braunschweig
- Tamil Ev.-Lutheran Group Braunschweig
- Landeskirche Braunschweig; Partnerschaftsarbeit