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Welcome to Leipzig English Church

We are an Anglican Church in the heart of Leipzig which is home to believers of many different Christian traditions and cultural backgrounds. We hope you will find joyful worship and clear teaching on the Christian faith, as well as a warm and sincere congregation who endeavours to show Jesus' love. Whether you have been going to church for years, or this is your first visit, we look forward to welcoming you at LEC.

Changes for the 18th of September

Baptism and Confirmation service
During our regular Morning Service we will celebrate Confirmations an Baptisms. As also German speaking people of the LEC community will be confirmed or baptised, German translation via headphones will be available.

Thanksgiving Service for Queen Elizabeth II
There will be a city wide service for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Please do join us and invite others, as we reflect on her life and her steadfast faith in Jesus - 5pm in the Nikolaikirche. The service will be held mostly in English.

There will be no Afternoon and no Evening Service.

LEC's "25+1" anniversary starting this Friday 15th of October

LEC will be celebrating our "25+1" anniversary over the weekend of October 15th - 17th. On the Friday evening there will be a Ceilidh (Scottish dancing) at 7.30pm.

Please register for this at: [email protected]

On the Saturday we will gather during the afternoon and evening to celebrate together:

3:00pm Afternoon tea / Kaffee und Kuchen

4.30pm ‘Bunter Nachmittag’ - sketches, perfomances, music, games

6:00pm Supper and Feuerschale

7.30pm ‘Bunter Abend’ - more sketches, perfomances, music, games

Please register for this too by writing to: [email protected]

On the Sunday at 2.30pm, we will hold a combined bilingual service in the Pavillon der Hoffnung (Puschstr. 9).

There will be no other service that day.

Friday and Saturday events are operating on a 3G basis.

Easter Programme

Services on Easter Day will be at the usual times. Additional Services are:

Good Friday
10:00am Good Friday Meditation (English)
3:00pm Good Friday Service (German)

Easter Day
5:45am Sunrise Service on Fockeberg (English)

Advent and Christmas services

12th December, 7:00pm, Carol Service, location is Lukaskirche, Lukasstr. 1

19th December 10:00am, Nativity Play, Scharnhorststr. 29, in English

19th December 3:30pm, Weihnachtsliedersingen, Scharnhorststr. 29, in German (kein Abendgottesdienst auf Englisch)

24th December 3:00pm, Weihnachtsgottesdienst, Scharnhorststr. 29, in German

24th December 10:00 pm, Midnight service, Scharnhorststr. 29, in English

25th December 10:00am, Christmas Family Service, Scharnhorststr. 29, in English

We kindly ask for a 20 minutes earlier arrival when it comes to checking-in and taking a seat.

Regular Sunday Services in Scharnhorststr. 29:

10am Morning Service (with Children's Ministry)

3:30pm Deutscher Gottesdienst (mit Kindergottesdienst)

6:30pm Evening Service

Parkgottesdienst

An the 10th of July at 10:30 am "Parrkgottesdienst", a Church service of the congregations within the Evangelical Aliance, will take place in Clara-Zetkin-Park. Due to that event LEC will not have its own Morning or Afternoon Services. See https://ev-allianz-leipzig.de/parkgottesdienst/ for mor details about exact location, childrens' programme, picknick etc.

LEC Streamed Services

Current Live Stream

(Only available at 10:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.)

Past Recordings

Current Service Times

10.00am
Morning Service, English, with livestream & children's ministry

There will be also groups of different ages for the children.
A room with toys is available to which parents can take the smallest children.

3.30pm
Afternoon Service, German, with livestream & children's ministry

6.30pm
Evening Service, English