Dear 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, Over the last few weeks we experienced unexpected changes in our daily routines. Most of us would probably say, I would like to have my life back as it was before. Due to the Covid-19 virus we face a couple of restrictions and challenges
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, I know we have all be hearing and reading a lot about the coronavirus in recent days and weeks. Several have asked me if we need to do anything in particular as a church in light of this virus. As of now, there are
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, We are now approaching our Week of Prayer – Feb. 23-29. I know we can easily overlook prayer, either because we are too busy, or we feel inadequate when it comes to prayer, or we wonder if it is really worth it, or our
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, For several months we have been hearing about the Festival of Thought, taking place in the Zurich area Sept. 22-28. The Festival actually kicks off at IBCZ this coming Sunday as Andy Moore, co-founder of the Festival of Thought, will bring our morning message.
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Have you ever looked through the wrong end of a telescope? The purpose of a telescope, as you know, is to bring distant objects closer, to give us a bigger and clearer picture of objects we otherwise could see only faintly. But if we
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, Our Scripture passage for last week was Prov. 3:5-6, a familiar text that encourages us to trust in the Lord with all our hearts. Perhaps it seems unrealistic or impractical to trust fully in God, but the truth is, everyone places there trust somewhere.
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, This past Sunday we concluded our sermon series on the seven letters from the Risen Christ to the seven 1st century churches as found in Rev. 2-3. Either by way of affirmation for its presence, or rebuke for its absence, each of these letters
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