Dear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last week we saw the importance of seeking after Jesus during the Christmas season. The Magi and the shepherds found and worshiped the Christ Child because they went seeking after Him. Others chose not to, and thus they missed Him. As Jesus said in
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, In the message last Sunday, I referred to the chief priests and teachers of the law. After the Magi arrived in Jerusalem looking for the Christ Child, King Herod asked these religious leaders where the promised Messiah was to be born. They quoted the
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last Sunday we considered the church as the Bride of Christ. As His Bride, our relationship with God is rooted in love – first, His love for us, and then in response, our love for God. Nothing renews, deepens, and energizes our faith like
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, For the past two weeks I have been sharing about community – the life we experience as a church family as we love one another, care for one another, forgive one another, bear with one another, and encourage one another. We have seen that
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last week I wrote about the importance of community within the church. The church is not to be a place where we come, sit through a worship service, and then leave. The church is the people who are drawn to God and to one
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, One of the common themes we’ve encountered in our sermon series on The Church has been community. Several whole sermons were devoted to this (“What Is the Church?” which highlighted the church as the people of God being called together; and “The Church: A
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last Sunday we considered the statement from our Church Covenant that says: “we will seek to know more about God and about how to live as followers of Jesus Christ.” If we are to live authentically and effectively as followers of Jesus, from time
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last Sunday our theme was “Gifted to Serve.” We saw how everyone in the church is gifted by the Holy Spirit to make some kind of meaningful contribution to the life and ministry of the church. No one has all the gifts, but all
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Last Sunday our topic was the ministry of mercy we, as the church, are called to undertake. We looked at numerous passages from Scripture that highlight our call to minister assistance to those in need, such as the poor, the orphans, the widows, the
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, As was announced last Sunday, and as you probably know, the Swiss Government has enacted new regulations for public gatherings in light of the increasing number of people infected with Covid. As of now, these measures will be in place until Jan. 24, 2022.
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