We didn't have a definite plan as to which church we wanted to visit, so we met at 9:30 to decide. We chose to return to St. Martini's church, which is the closest to us. I didn't bring my camera, which I regret to some extent, but I was there to worship, not to be a tourist.
The minister spoke more quickly than I remembered him speaking, which posed some trouble for our understanding, but I managed to get a few points of the sermon.
After the service, we met a churchgoer who spoke very good English, and he invited us to fellowship afterwards. I think that, after our last appearance at the church, we had a reputation as "the Americans who leave right after the service", which most of the other students sustained, again. Those of us who remained met a few people, most of whom spoke English to some degree, but perhaps most noteworthily, a university-age woman who lives very close to our apartments. We students spoke in a mixture of English and German, depending on if we could convey ourselves in German. We learned of an international church that meets near the train station on Sunday afternoons.
After over an hour of fellowship, we two remaining Calvin students decided to head back, when we were offered the opportunity to see the German student's house. We took her up on it, exchanged names and contact info, and then headed back to the apartments for our own lunch.
After lunch, some went to the international service, but most stayed in the apartments, doing homework or socializing.
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