This Sunday, we are needed at Medborgarplatsen – join us!
The world is shaking. Violence, division, and hatred are spreading. But we believe in another way. This Sunday, February 9 at 17:30, we gather at Medborgarplatsen to stand up for peace, for one another and for hope.
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We from Immanuel will gather at 17:15 outside Max, Götgatan 41, to walk together.
🌍 Manifestation for PEACE
📍 Location: Medborgarplatsen, Södermalm.
🕰 Time: Sunday, 9 February 17.30–18.00 (lecture at 17:00 for those interested)
We will light candles. We will listen to speeches, readings, prayers, and music. We will show that peace is something we create – together.
This event was planned long before the tragic events of the past week. Now, it is more urgent than ever. We need spaces to come together, to stand up for one another, and to remind ourselves that another world is possible.
On Sunday, Immanuel Church is needed at Medborgarplatsen. Now is the time for “God’s peace” – come and join us!
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Get involved and make an impact! Submit your motion to the annual meeting
As a member of Immanuel Church, you can submit motions to the annual meeting 2025. Send your motion by February 16th to motioner@immanuel.se.
THIS IS HOW YOU WRITE A MOTION
All members of Immanuel Church are welcome to submit motions for the annual meeting. Please submit your motions to the church office or via motioner@immanuel.se
no later than Sunday, February 16.
How to write a motion
Below you find the structure needed for a motion:
- At the top of the page, write ”Motion to Immanuel Church Annual Meeting 2025”
- Write a headline of the motion. Your headline shall tell what your motion is about.
- Describe what you want to bring up.
Tips: Focus on what you want to achieve rather than how to accomplish the solution. - Formulate one or several suggestions to be decided upon.
- Write your name and if you are a group of members, please write the names of the
co-signing members. - You need to be present at the Annual meeting and recite your motion. If you are a group, please write who is your contact person for the motion. This person recites the motion at the Annual meeting.
Before the Annual meeting the Board will process all motions and give their suggestion of decisions. These suggestions will be found in the material for the Annual meeting which will be available for all members approx 10 days before the Annual meeting.
The Wednesday Mass – A place for rest, inspiration, and community
Starting in February 2025, the Wednesday Mass will take on a new form. In the middle of life – in the middle of the week – there is an open space where you can come as you are, without preparation or expectations.
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This event is in Swedish only. No translation will be provided.
Sit down with a cup of tea, breathe in the pew, and rest in the calm. The mass offers peaceful music that creates tranquility and reflection. It’s a break from the everyday stress, a moment to just be and catch your breath.
The church offers tea, and you are warmly welcome to bring your own snacks or a packed lunch to eat before or after the mass. A microwave is available for use in the coffee room.
After the mass, we sometimes offer something extra for those who wish to stay. It could be a mini-retreat, an inspiring lecture, or something else that provides an opportunity for deepening and reflection.
Welcome to the Wednesday Mass – a place for rest, inspiration, and community in the middle of the week!
Kl 17.30 Feel free to come early if you want to help with something practical.
Kl 18.00 Mass in the Sanctuary upstairs.
Kl 19.00 Almost every Wednesday, something happens after the mass.
Give yourself a day of quiet and rest. Let your soul breathe – a retreat in the heart of the city
Let your soul breathe – a retreat in the heart of the city. In order to give, it is necessary to receive. Only those who allow themselves to be loved are able to love.
MINI RETREAT- THREE WEDNESDAY 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
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This event is in Swedish only. No translation will be provided.
Mini Retreat – Three Wednesdays This Spring
Life rushes by, leaving few moments for stillness. Here, you have the opportunity to pause and reflect. A key theme is longing. In the quiet, we can rest and tune in to our deepest desires. We can ask ourselves: “How do I want to live my life? What brings me joy? What do I long for?”
This is also a chance to explore what happens when our everyday lives intersect with a Bible passage and some thought-provoking questions. No prior knowledge is needed. This mini retreat is open to everyone—whether you are deeply rooted in faith, new to it, or simply curious about Christian belief.
If you have the opportunity, you are welcome to join the Mass at 6:00 PM, with a short coffee break before the mini retreat starts at 7:00 PM.
QUESTIONS: If you have any questions, feel free to email: charlotte.hoglund@immanuelskyrkan.se
WHERE: Immanuelskyrkan (Kungsstensgatan 17), T-Rådmansgatan
WHEN: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
REGISTRATION: Click on the respective date to sign up.
RETREAT- FULL DAY 15 MARCH 10.00 – 15.30
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This event is in Swedish only. No translation will be provided.
“Retreat means to withdraw. In all ages, people have sought places that provide opportunities for rest and reflection, stillness and prayer. Retreat means to withdraw. In all ages, people have sought to secluded places that provide opportunities to rest and reflection, in a culture where activity and efficiency are prized, we often forget the simple and obvious: human life is a commute between work and rest, it is necessary to receive allows oneself to be loved. In the retreat, we put work, almanac and ambitions aside. The conversation of the heart with God and myself is in the center. In the silence, we allow something to happen in our lives.” (Quote: Retreatgården Bjärka Säby)
WHEN: Saturday, 15 March kl 10:00 – 15:30
WHERE: Immanuels Church Stockholm, Kungsstensgatan 17, T-bana Rådmansgatan.
COST: 250 kr
FOR WHOM: No prior knowledge. Something both for those who are new and old in the faith. Also for those who are curious about the Christian faith. We go into silence during the day and turn off our mobiles after morning coffee.
LEADER: Charlotte Höglund, pastor at Immanuel Church.
charlotte.hoglund@immanuelskyrkan.se
SCHEDULE:
9.45 Check-in and morning coffee.
10.30 Pass 1: Short introduction and then we enter the silence together with some questions to reflect on, on your own.
12.00 Pass 2: An introduction to creatively reflecting on a bibletext.
13.00 Lunch to classical music during continued silence
14.00 Session 3: Music begins our third session and then a new bibletext to reflect on.
15.00 – 15.15 Afternoon coffee to classical music
15.15-15.30 We summarize the day and leave the silence.
Lecture Evening “Even the Smallest Fanatic Needs to Sleep Sometimes”
Sisters, Sofie Twal Hedman and Mia Fernando, share their upbringing in Stockholm Karisma Center – a congregation marked by strong faith, abuse of power, and collapse. The lecture evening is February 12 at 19:00.
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This event is in Swedish only. No translation will be provided.
Conversation about faith, power, and growing up in a closed congregation
What is it like to grow up in a congregation where the leadership has all the power? Sisters Sofie Twal Hedman and Mia Fernando share their story of Stockholm Karisma Center – from childhood faith to the breakdown in 2005. Welcome to an evening about faith, control, and finding your own way forward.
📅 Wednesday, 12 February at 19:00
📍 Immanuel Church, Waldenström Hall
Before the lecture: Mass at 18:00 in the Sanctuary upstairsl
The church offers tea – bring your own snacks or warm a packed lunch in the coffee room.
New staff member – meet Martin Åsander, Church musician
THREE QUESTIONS FOR MARTIN
What did you do before you came here?
In recent years, I have worked part-time as a singer in the Radio Choir at Berwaldhallen, and the rest of the time as a freelance singer, musician, and composer. Before that, I studied psychology at Stockholm University. Last year, much of my time was devoted to the anniversary suite I composed for Immanuelskyrkan’s 50th anniversary.
What do you do when you’re not working?
I enjoy spending time with family and friends, going out into the woods with a bunch of frisbees, or working on carpentry projects at our countryside place in the Norrtälje archipelago.
What is the bravest thing you have ever done?
That’s a tough question. Working with music requires a kind of constant courage, as I always have to throw myself into new music and new collaborations with new people. A big part of the creative process is therefore about living with unanswered questions and hopes—without knowing for sure what the final result will be.
Welcome Martin!
Erika – a rock we will miss in the team!
Erika Ershammar, who has for some time worked as management support, has now returned to her position at Sociala Missionen, from which she had been on leave. Erika has been a rock in many ways, not least through all her work with the anniversary year. Thank you, Erika, for all that you have contributed! Erika is a member of our congregation, so we will continue to see her at Immanuelskyrkan in the future. We wish her all the best going forward!
Springs – The Christian Spirituality Through the Ages
Welcome to an inspiring lecture series on the development of Christian spirituality throughout history. Over six Wednesday evenings, starting on March 5, we will explore the church’s spiritual springs together with Peter Halldorf, editor of the journal Pilgrim. On the final occasion, we will be joined by KG Hammar, Archbishop Emeritus
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This event is in Swedish only. No translation will be provided.
🕰️ Time & Place
Six Wednesdays, 19:00–20:30 at Immanuel Church, Stockholm
📍 Waldenström Hall
✝️ Mass is celebrated at 18:00 in the church hall
💡 Lectures
📅 March 5
“On this rock, I will build my church”
The emergence of a church in the tension between charisma and institution
📅 March 19
“God of God, Light of Light, begotten, not made”
The early Christian struggle with the mystery of the Incarnation
📅 April 2
“Don’t say that humans cannot see the divine light”
Anthropology, cosmology, and mysticism in Eastern Christian spirituality
📅 April 23
“I saw and heard everything”
Contemplative renewal movements in the medieval church
📅 May 14
“The root of all evil is the division that separates the churches of East and West”
From Constantinople to Kyiv: the development and distinctiveness of Slavic Christianity
📅 May 28
“The church’s path in a trackless land”
Peter Halldorf in conversation with KG Hammar on theological crossroads that could shape the church’s future
💰 Cost
200 SEK (includes all lectures and distribution of preparatory texts)
📩 Registration & Contact
info@tidskriftenpilgrim.se
📖 Organizers
Tidskriften Pilgrim & Immanuel Church
You are warmly welcome to deepen your understanding of the church’s spiritual heritage!
Lock-In for youth ages 13-20+
Looking for a great time during sportlov? Join us on Friday, 28 February at 18.00 in the Church Square. It will be a night filled with friendship, fun, fellowship, food, and so much more!
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Cost: 100 kr / Swish: 1231 849 843 (dinner, breakfast and snacks included).
Mark: Lock-In 2025
What to bring: a friend, tooth brush, sleeping bag/pillow, gym clothes, a water bottle and a lot of energy!
Ends: 8.30 Saturday, 1March in the morning
Contact: Geri Lindberg via mail för mer information.
To register scan the QR code and fill out the form
NO LATER than Sunday, 23 February.
This year’s edition of the Archbishop’s Lenten book – “Gud är inte plåstret”
Personal stories and poetic fragments intertwine with theology and essays as Tomas Andersson Wij lovingly engages with the Christian tradition he grew up in.
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This year’s edition of the Archbishop’s Lenten book – “Gud är inte plåstret” – is written by artist and author Tomas Andersson Wij.
Personal stories and poetic fragments intertwine with theology and essays as Tomas Andersson Wij lovingly engages with the Christian tradition he grew up in. With raw honesty and urgency, he writes about the consequences of being taught as a child to distrust his own body, the human need to define God quickly and decisively, the revival at Allhelgonakyrkan in Stockholm—where he was part of the movement from its beginnings in the 90s—the role of celebration and ecstasy in revitalizing the church, and a God who bleeds and dies with us.
The book is well-suited for reading together with others but can also be read individually—at any time of the year.
You can find the book at the book table next to the information desk.
/Claes-Göran Ydrefors
To Translate God – A Reflection on the Word Made Flesh
Sometimes I am asked to translate some documents from Swedish to English for colleagues here at the church. Usually this is a simple task but sometimes it is hard to catch the real meaning of the author. Language is more than grammar and vocabulary. The true heart of a message includes nuances deeply rooted in the wider cultural context, a context I don’t always understand or find it tricky to express in English. Sometimes the meaning is, as the saying goes, ‘lost in translation’.
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It struck me recently that this is a helpful way to think about who Jesus is. At the beginning of his gospel, John writes “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God”. We use words to express ourselves, to get stuff done, to build relationships. And God does the same. God is not a silent, mysterious, unknowable God but a God who communicates, shares, reveals. God speaks Godself out into the creation and into our lives.
But how can we understand that Word? God is fundamentally a foreign language to those of us who, unlike God, are created, fallible and limited. How can we begin to grasp the true nature of the self-revealing God? As with all literature written in another language we need a translation, a good one, one that properly reflects the divine cultural context and idiom, a translation which remains true to God but also uses the language of human beings.
And the answer of course is Jesus. Jesus is the translation of God into ’human’. John writes “…and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us”. In other words, if we want to know God then, as far as it is possible for us to do so, we just need to know Jesus. There is no more and no less God than Jesus. Jesus is the perfect translation of God into human. In his fully human life we can see the divine life in action; creating, challenging, healing, renewing, protecting, rescuing and loving. There is nothing that is true of God that we do not see in Jesus. There are no new ‘discoveries’ to be made about God that do not correspond to the Jesus we know.
Jesus must be at the centre of all we do, on Sundays, in our midweek activities and in our personal relationship with God. Nothing else will do. Nothing else will reveal the love and goodness of our God, no one else can inspire the deep love and devotion for God that will make a difference in our city and our world. So I invite you to read the ‘old, old story’ again…with the help of a good translation!
Hugh Doyle
Pastor Immanuel Church Internationel Fellowship
Swedish Service at 11.00 in the big Sanctuary
10.45 Quiet music. 11.00 Worship Service. Children’s church every Sunday. The services can also be viewed online on Facebook, our website and YouTube.
Every Sunday we have coffee after the service in the church square. Welcome!
Korean Service at 11.00 in the Waldenström Hall
The services can also be viewed online on our website, Sunday school
in Korean is offered every Sunday for children ages 2–14.
Join us for coffee after the service. Welcome!
International Service 11.00 in Congressen on level K1
All Sunday services can also be viewed online on our website and on YouTube.
Sunday School in English is offered every Sunday for children ages 3-14.
Join us for Fika after the service in Paus on level K1. Welcome!
Celebrating birthdays
Ethel Mulindwa 75 yrs February 18
Helena Piensoho 60 yrs February 22
Anette Barsk 60 yrs February 23
Per Nordling 60 yrs February 24
Sophia Hober 60 yrs February 25
Sven Rejnö 80 yrs February 26
Thomas Ericsson 70 yrs February 26
Jaana Lundström 60 yrs February 27
New members
Judith Doola
Demaris Neamen
Mathew George
Ye Jin Shin
Ester Berndes
Lennart Hjelmåker
Catarina Hillås Lindberg
Minshin Koo
Sanghee Park
Gone to be with the Lord
Pirjo Waldner
*February 21, 1936 † January 15, 2025
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