Dear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Perhaps you have heard of the recent change in the federal regulations regarding church worship services. I want to pass this information on to you so there will be no misunderstanding. The government has ruled that beginning March 1, no singing is allowed in
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, A few months ago, in a sermon I quoted the poem Life Is but a Weaving, that Corrie ten Boom often recited to audiences around the world. The poem pictures in a beautiful and insightful way how God is always at work, even in
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, I want to give you an update regarding our worship services as it regards meeting together again for “in person” worship. The Elders and Deacons met this past Wednesday evening to discuss this, and then the Elders considered it again at our regular monthly
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, When we lived in Malaysia (immediately prior to coming to Switzerland), we would sometimes get invited out to eat with friends from our church. On occasion they would take us to restaurants we could never enter on our own. These were private clubs, often
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, (The message this week is from Lindy Hirt, who serves as our liaison with The Open Door Foundation, which ministers to women and girls who have been rescued from human trafficking. In addition, she has included several pictures of the van this ministry was
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last Sunday I began a new sermon series on the Book of Hebrews, this wonderful account of the supremacy of Christ in all things. In the introductory first three verses, we encounter an interesting phrase I did not have time to explain in the
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, It is good to be back with you after several weeks of vacation with our family in the US. We had a wonderful time and are so grateful for the time we shared with our loved ones. And now we are glad to be
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, In a couple weeks, the year 2020 will come to an end. It has certainly been a year unlike any other. The Covid virus disrupted our lives in ways we would not have imagined. And yet, in the midst of whatever disappointments and hardships
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, On Wednesday evening, Dec. 9th, your Elders and Deacons had an online meeting to consider our Christmas Eve Worship Service, as well as our Sunday worship services for January. Like all of you, we had been hoping that the spread of the Covid 19
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Usually in December, the Women’s Ministry sponsors a Christmas gathering and meal for the women of our church. As a part of that, they give an offering, that in recent years has been given to the Open Door Foundation in Romania. This is a
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