Dear Members and Friends of IBCZ, This week marks the second anniversary that Daniela and I have been with you. I began serving as your pastor July 1, 2018. It hardly seems possible that two years have already flown by! I want to thank you for the privilege of being
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, This past Tuesday (June 16), the Elders and Deacons met to discuss the guidelines we need to follow when we resume our public worship services. We had to consider requirements from the Federal Government, recommendations from various Swiss church organizations, as well as the
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, It has now been two and one-half months since we last met in the sanctuary for corporate worship. This has gone on longer than I’m sure many of us imagined back in March, and I know we all are eager to meet together again
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last week I wrote about the uncertainty of life, which we have been experiencing in so many ways the past several months. But while life can be unpredictable, God remains the same yesterday, today, and forever. Furthermore, as we are promised in Ps. 46:1
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, A phrase that is sometimes used to describe these past few months is that we are living “in uncertain times.” How true that is, and no doubt we all have felt that. Just six months ago no one would have anticipated the changes that
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, This coming Sunday our theme will be the Power of Prayer. What a great gift God has given us! I know we all recognize how important prayer is, especially at a time like this with the whole world affected by COVID19. We know we
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, In our sermon series through Exodus, we are now at the point where the Israelites are beginning their 40 years of wandering through the desert wilderness. When they began their journey out of Egypt, they never would have imagined it would last 40 years.
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last Sunday we considered how God used the ten plagues, along with the hardness of Pharaoh’s heart, to not only win the release of the Israelites from their slavery, but also to demonstrate to the Egyptians that He is the true God. Some of
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, For all of us, this is a time of unprecedented change. We have had to abandon our normal routines regarding work, school, entertainment, socializing, and worshiping. Change can be both disruptive and challenging, especially when these changes affect almost every aspect of our lives.
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, If ever there was a year when we needed the good news of Easter, surely it is this year. The COVID19 virus has not only upended our lives and routines, but it has brought all kinds of hardship, suffering, and even death to thousands,
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