Briefing
Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) will broadcast a radio church service on Sunday, 8 November 2026, at 10:00 from the Evangelical Reformed Palmaille Community Centre in Hamburg-Altona. The programme is part of the series “Church on NDR” and will be broadcast on NDR Info ; according to the congregation, WDR 5 is also scheduled to carry the service. Pastor Hendrik Meier is named as the preacher. The date falls on the second-to-last Sunday of the church year and also marks the start of the Ecumenical Peace Decade, which traditionally focuses on themes such as justice, reconciliation and peace.
According to the official programme description, the service will focus on remembrance, responsibility and confidence. Pastor Hendrik Meier hopes to encourage listeners to “face uncertainty and fear with courage and hope”; members of the congregation will also take part in the readings and prayers. The service will feature a programme of music with a Hanseatic flavour: among other pieces, Franz Tunder's cantata “Ach Herr, lass deine lieben Engelein” is scheduled; soloists and instrumentalists from the region will take part. The congregation advises that anyone attending in person should arrive early for production reasons.
The Evangelical Reformed Church in Hamburg has several locations; the Palmaille Community Centre is a well-known meeting place for the Reformed congregation in Altona. NDR's regular radio church services ensure a church presence on public-service programmes in northern Germany and offer listeners in the area and across the broadcast region a public service of religious support. Details of the venue, date, broadcast time and participants are based on the broadcaster's announcement and information from the Evangelical Reformed Church in Hamburg.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).