Alban Arbeit /
Creative Church

The weekly church service on Sunday evenings at 6 p.m. in St. Paul's Church is the most important event in the congregational life of the Alban-Arbeit. Here we meet to refocus on God, to share joys and sorrows, to receive blessings, to meet friends and make new contacts. We deliberately celebrate the service as Alban-Arbeit together with Christians from other churches and interested people from the city.

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The service essentially consists of a sermon in which we listen to God's word and a musical part in which we praise and worship Jesus Christ. The cross as a place of forgiveness and release is important to us: during the time of worship, there is therefore the opportunity to attach written requests to a wooden cross in a symbolic act.

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The course and form of the services are varied. Once a month, for example, professional artists organize a service under the label "Kirche Kreativ" (Creative Church), in which all possible forms of artistic expression, from classical music and jazz to texts and pictures, find their place.

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The program includes cheerful and exuberant gospel services as well as quiet and meditative evenings in the style of the Taizé community. As Alban-Arbeit, we feel connected with various Christians across the boundaries of the congregation.

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That is why guests from other churches and ministries in Basel regularly preach and play music in our services. The church service depends on a large number of volunteers who contribute to the organization, technology, moderation, music and preaching.