God answers prayer, especially when His children pray together. A deacon in one of the churches I pastored, Babe Donache, fell ill and was taken to hospital. The report came to us on Sunday afternoon that he was critically ill. At the evening service, instead of preaching, I called the
Continue readingMay 2023 be a wonderful year for you and your family. I believe God has great things in store for us as a church this coming year. A promise that comes to mind at this time is Jeremiah 29:11-13, “For I know the plans I have for you”—this is the
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, I want to share with you this week about the length of my service as Pastor of IBCZ. A familiar line from Scripture (Ecclesiastes 3:1) states, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” I’m sure we
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, I’m sure you all are aware that the Swiss government has tighten some of the Covid regulations in light of the increasing rate of infection. The Church Elders have met twice in the last two weeks to pray, discuss, and seek the Lord’s guidance
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, As Jesus reinstates Peter in John 21:15-19 as a disciple and leader for His church, he allowed Peter to confirm Jesus publicly as many times as he had previously denied him in the court yard of the high-priest. And while Peter wouldn’t dare to
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, At our General Meeting on July 12th following our worship service, we would like to present Oliver Herrmann as an Elder for IBCZ. Oliver has a deep and informed faith in Christ, has faithfully served IBCZ in numerous ways, and is actively working within
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, One of the great gifts God has given us is our memory – the ability to remember things. As we know, when people reach their senior years, unfortunately often their memory fades and they become forgetful. But long before that process sets in, we
Continue readingDear Members and Friends of IBCZ, I want to share several timely announcements with you. First, this Sunday the children will be presenting their Christmas program, and we will also have some special music by our worship team and others. I hope you can come for this special service. In
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
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