Dear Members and Friends of IBCZ, This week I want to touch on a few topics important for our church life. First, I want to thank all the members who participated via Zoom in our Business Meeting last Sunday. This was our first online Business Meeting, and it seemed to
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, In the message this past Sunday from Heb. 11, I shared a quote by George Ladd, who was a renown New Testament scholar about 50 years ago. I think his quote is very insightful and helpful, so I wanted to share it here so
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, I can still remember the first time I saw a friend use a mobile phone. It was about 30 years ago. The whole contraption (receiver and base the receiver was placed on) was about the size of a shoebox. It was only partially mobile
Continue readingDear 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
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