Wednesday 21 May 2025

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

This coming Sunday, 25th May, we look forward to the baptism of Jesse Aduba. Please pray for Jesse, his parents, Roland and Goodness, and his sisters, Purity and Praise, and for James taking his first baptism.

Green Investments
After the service on Sunday, the Eco group are organising an information and discussion session on 'Financing Green and Greening Finance'. At our Eco Forum a few months ago, many people expressed a desire to have a session on this topic. So please come to find out more and raise your questions. If you would like to raise a question or make a comment beforehand, please send it to the Eco Group
Please also bring your mobile phone with you as we may ask for questions through the mentimeter.

Goodbye to Rick, Marielouise, Lucas and Frederik
The Slettenhaar family are leaving us later in June. Their last Sunday will be Sunday 15th June. We will certainly miss them, but wish them well as they prepare to move to Vietnam. They would like to collect messages from us before they leave for a Friendship Book. Below is a message from them:

Dear friends,

Before we move to Vietnam this summer, we would like to ask you to fill in a page in our friendship book as a lasting memory of our time in Switzerland. We have compiled a list of questions that you can answer on the website – individually or as a family. All you need to do is follow the steps and fill your personal page with answers and two photos. You can either do this in English or in German. When we leave, all of your pages will then be printed into a book, which we can bring with us to Vietnam, so we never forget our friendship.

Thank you so much, and have fun answering the questions!

With kind regards,

Frederik, Lucas, Marielouise & Rick Slettenhaar

Ascension Day, Thursday 29th May
There will be a Eucharist at 10am to mark this important festival. Please do join us if you can.

Pentecost Special Service, Photo, and International Lunch
Pentecost is 8th June. Please do join us for this special service as we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the church.
After the service we will be taking a new church photo to go on the home page of our new website. We would like as many people as possible, of all ages, countries and cultures, to be in the photo.
International lunch: we will then share a lunch together as in previous years. We encourage everyone to bring a dish from their region or country to share. This is a very special community occasion so don't miss it!

Prayers

I leave you with two prayers used in this season of Easter which I hope will be an encouragement.

Eternal God,
whose Son Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life:
grant us to walk in his way,
to rejoice in his truth,
and to share his risen life;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.
Amen

God our Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ gives the water of eternal life:
may we thirst for you,
the spring of life and source of goodness,
through him who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.
Amen

With love in Christ,
Helen