Christus-Kirche Nettelkamp, Lutheran church in Nettelkamp, Germany.
Christus-Kirche Nettelkamp is a timber-framed Neo-Gothic church built in 1878 to plans by master carpenter W. Schoenecke of Holdenstedt, with its tower added 28 years later. In the 1950s Oberbaurat Kath of Celle redesigned the nave, adding a brick apse about five metres deep with two full-height windows in each side wall. The nave has a matt yellow vault carried by six slender columns, while the chancel ceiling is white and tent-shaped, resting on ten delicate columns.
The church was founded in 1878 as a half-timbered neo-Gothic structure, with its tower added later as an extension to the original design. In the mid-twentieth century, the building underwent substantial renovation that introduced a new brick apse.
The baptismal font, the only piece kept from the original church, bears the words "Lasset die Kinder zu mir kommen" (Let the children come to me). It stands between the nave and the apse, opposite the pulpit. Each year at the start of the autumn holidays, children take part in Kinderbibeltage from Thursday to Sunday, ending with a service they help lead.
Sunday morning services are held regularly; children are invited to a separate children's service in the community house before the sermon. The church stands at Papenstieg 2 in the northwestern part of Nettelkamp, next to the rectory and community house. Its tower is visible from a distance, which helps with orientation.
The baptismal font between nave and apse is the only piece carried over from the original 1878 church; it bears the inscription "Lasset die Kinder zu mir kommen". The mosaic window above the main door shows a lamb and the four evangelists' symbols, while the side-door window depicts a vine, a grape branch and a host.
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