Tuesday 10 June 2025

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

I hope to see you this coming Sunday (Trinity Sunday). Please note, that the Frauenlauf takes place this Sunday and travelling across Bern may be more difficult. The church will still be accessible from Thunstrasse and Ostring, but Monbijoubrücke will be closed to cars. You might want also to check public transport connections in advance.

Junior Church Picnic
After the service this Sunday, there will be a picnic for Junior Church families, teachers and helpers.
Please bring your own picnic. We will provide drinks and crisps.

Goodbye to Rick, Marielouise, Lucas and Frederik THIS SUNDAY
Do come and say goodbye to them if you can. We will certainly miss them, but we 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. It is still not too late to do this! 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

Memorial Service for Fred Moser
Some of you may remember Fred Moser who attended St Ursula's some years ago. He died recently, and his Memorial Service will be at St Ursula's on Saturday 14th June, 11am. Everyone is welcome.
Please keep his children, Lisa and Chris and their families in your prayers.

Summer Fete, Saturday 21st June, 10am - 3pm
Please do put this church event in your diary and come along and bring your friends. There will be lots on offer including our cake stall, food stall, book stall, and tombola, and with delicious food in our restaurant.
This is a wonderful community event as well as a fundraiser.
We still need volunteers: to bake cakes, help run stalls, help in the restaurant, and to clear up afterwards. We would also appreciate more bottles for the tombola. If you are able to help, please do let Maria in the office know.

James Morgan's Ordination, 6th July
James will be ordained as a priest at St Ursula's on Sunday 6th July, at 10.30am, by Bishop Alison White.
NB please do note the change of time. This is so that there is time to run through everything with Bishop Alison before the service. There will be a bring and share lunch after the service. I do hope you will all come to this very special occasion. Please keep James and Lilian and all the family in your prayers.

Prayer for Trinity Sunday
Holy God, faithful and unchanging:
enlarge our minds with the knowledge of your truth,
and draw us more deeply into the mystery of your love,
that we may truly worship you,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever,
Amen

With love in Christ,
Helen