The day began at 10 a.m. with an introduction, a round of introductions, and a schedule that guided the group through the day. This was followed by six lecture segments presented by Mathias Eberle, which examined key periods of Apostolic church history in chronological order.

In addition to the content presented, each of these segments offered an opportunity for questions and was concluded with a fitting song from the network’s Apostolic Song Book and a break. A light homemade lunch and a coffee and cake break rounded out the program, which ended at 5 p.m.

Although the program comprised nearly 280 presentation slides and lasted seven hours, participants regretted that some interesting topics could only be touched upon due to time constraints. Both a repeat of the event for additional interested parties and a more in-depth follow-up to this day are conceivable. The intensive, constructive, and at times cheerful atmosphere was described by some attendees as a “mini-annual meeting” of the network.

Thanks to a small, earmarked grant from the German Foundation for Civic Engagement and Volunteering, we were able to purchase four additional high-quality folding tables for the archive’s hall in recent weeks, which were used for the first time on this occasion as seminar room furnishings. The very sturdy yet flexible tables proved to be excellent work equipment, and we hope to be able to use them for many years to come.

We thank all attendees for their interest and participation! We enjoyed it too.

July 14 is approaching, and with it the anniversary of the segregation of the Twelve Apostles in London in 1835. We have commemorated this historic apostolic holiday for many years, with a memorial gathering on site in Brockhagen, and last year with a virtual commemoration via YouTube instead. We are not yet able to reopen the archive, so we want to offer a commemorative hour via YouTube again this year.

In this context we would also like to sound again some pieces that were sung in the Catholic Apostolic congregations:

• Apostolisches Liederbuch Nr. 49 “Du Hirte Israels bist ungeschieden”, stanzas 1, 2, and 6.
• Apostolisches Liederbuch Nr. 127 “Wasserströme will ich gießen”, all stanzas
• E.H. Turpin – “Lord, I have loved”, choral piece from the English evening service.

And we invite you all to join in the singing! Feel free to forward this invitation to others! Of course, you don’t have to send videos for all the pieces – but we welcome all submissions.

Our Network Music Working Group has prepared a download with sheet music, sing-along recordings and instructions:

http://www.me1542.de/transfer/2021-06_Mitsingaktion.zip (20 MB)

Feel free to participate! No matter from which country, apostolic or other denomination, etc.!
The “closing date” for all recordings is

July 9, 2021.

After that, we will start editing the contributions so that the pieces can be included in our virtual memorial gathering. They will also be available separately for listening and sharing on our YouTube channel.