Amagerbro Frikirke
07 Oct 2007 by Tom in Denmark
This morning we attended Amagerbro Frikirke, my cousin Anette’s church in Copenhagen. They meet in a small building near the city center — about three Metro stops away from where we’ve been staying. The congregation is a good mix of old and young people, most of whom are really tall and really blonde. They also eat bread and drink coffee out of Ikea mugs before the service begins.
We’ve been there twice now (we also visited once last year) and both times they had a translator sit next to us. (By the way, it’s really strange to have someone whispering in your ear for an hour and a half.) She didn’t translate the Danish lyrics to the songs, but we were able to follow along in English, since most of them were familiar. It’s really quite amazing to hear people worship God in another language in a place far from home. It makes God so huge and massive and worthy. It felt so good to be there with these people, worshiping alongside them, even in a different language.
After church, we drove to Sonja’s (my other cousin) house to celebrate her 29th birthday. We ate ridiculous amounts of food and sang a strange version of Happy Birthday. They also made me say some things in Danish and then laughed when I pronounced them wrong. That’s OK … you should hear Anette say ‘corduroy.’
We’re back at the apartment now (it’s around 11:30 pm) watching the 49ers-Ravens game on TV with Danish commentary. Apparently the NFL is growing in popularity here. Baseball isn’t as big. We were at a housewarming party the other night (one of Anette’s friends) and a guy there admitted that all he knew about baseball was a team called the New York Yankees and a fat guy named Babe something.
10 Oct 2007 at 8:10 am
Yeah i went to an english ministry service here and it was a diverse congregation with even Iraqi seminary students; it was pretty contemporary and felt like home.