To La Côte Church family and friends and visitors,
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We pray this week for courage to continue into Holy Week with Christ. Here is an Iona prayer which links Jesus’ bodily suffering with the pain of our so many around our world today.
Through our lives and by our prayers, your kingdom come.
Lord God, in Jesus, you came in the body:
Flesh of our flesh, bone of our bone…
We thank you that you did not remain an idea,
Even a religious idea,
But walked, wept, and washed feet among us.
By your love, change our ideas, especially our religious ideas,
Into living signs of your work, your will and above all, your love.
Through our lives and by our prayers, your kingdom come.
(Adapted from Bread of Tomorrow, ed. J. Morley, 1992)
Offering accommodation to Ukrainian refugees
In Switzerland – contact OSAR Organisation Suisse d’Aide aux Réfugiées. https://www.osar.ch/agir/aide-pour-les-personnes-refugiees-ukrainiennes/familles-daccueil
In France – http://www.ain.gouv.fr/situation-en-ukraine-accueil-et-solidarite-a7226.html
Or – contact the local association ALIAS 01 who work in the Pays de Gex to support integration of refugees, including Ukrainians arriving. Please click HERE.
Please click HERE for more information from our La Côte Church website.
Connie Siedler, Youth and Children's worker
We are delighted to welcome Connie Siedler, who has begun working with us as a part time Youth and Children’s worker. I am sure you will join me in making her feel welcome and helping her find her feet among us. Please keep her in your prayers too as she settles into this new role with lots of new faces.
ADJUSTED COVID MEASURES AND GUIDELINES
Due to national and regional changes in France and Switzerland, the following changes have been implemented.
Mask wearing will now be OPTIONAL in all our churches and during services.
MEASURES STILL IN PLACE:
1. If you feel unwell or have any symptoms, please either test before coming, or stay away - and if available, join us online.
2. Please sanitise your hands.
3. To help keep our community safe, we encourage following the WHO advice on participating in the vaccination programme. This includes booster vaccination, which is available in our region.
For your safety and reassurance, we have a small working group following the Covid situation daily, and with council we are assessing our approach on a regular basis.
UPDATE - HOLY COMMUNION - On receiving bread and wine.
The Diocese in Europe, have updated their guidance and have re-introduced the offering of the common cup.
“We are now updating our guidelines, in light of the fact that Covid does not pose the same threat to our corporate health an wellbeing that it did last year.”
As a result of this change we will now be offering communion wine, alongside the sharing of holy bread.
We would like to emphasise that the Church’s teaching is that the body and blood of Christ may be completely received in one kind only. Nobody should feel under pressure to receive the cup if they are uneasy with this.
For any prayer requests for yourself or others, please contact Peta Tracey who will share in confidence with our Tuesday prayer group where we pray for the needs of our world and community.
Worship this coming week-end
This Sunday 10 April we gather to celebrate Palm Sunday
10.00 Holy Communion with Sunday Club Divonne
16.00 Evening Prayer Gingins - THIS SERVICE WILL ALSO BE LIVE-STREAMED.
HERE IS THE ZOOM LINK:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89211188073?pwd=RGpBZ25jbUhzQmxKWHE1NkdlMSs2QT09
Meeting ID: 892 1118 8073
Passcode: 566859
HERE IS THE ORDER
Holy Week services
14 April 19.00 Maundy Thursday Service with Holy Communion in Gingins
15 April 15.00 Good Friday Service of prayer and reflection in Divonne – hearing from voices around the world, members of our international community, reflecting on the seven last sayings of Jesus on the cross.
17 April 6.00 Sunrise Service on Easter Day – followed by Tresse and coffee!
17 April 10.00 Easter Celebration for Everyone with an Easter Egg Hunt to follow – Everyone Welcome. Please click HERE for more information.
JOIN US FOR A POTLUCK EASTER DAY MEAL TOGETHER
After the morning Easter Day Service – if you would like to share in a potluck lunch in the Gingins parish rooms – please contact Connie or Carolyn to sign up and let them know what you could bring to share.
Click HERE for our Holy Week programme and to prayerfully think about who you can invite to join us as we celebrate God’s life-giving love for all.
Worship next week-ends
Sunday 24 April – The Second Sunday of Easter (a break for Sunday club)
8.45 Divonne Early Morning Said Eucharist
10.00 Divonne Morning Prayer
16.00 Gingins Taize worship with our Swiss host church community. This joint Taizé service will be the last service in this format on Sundays afternoon in Gingins. If you can stay to share refreshments after the service we will be able to talk together with our Swiss community about how we could meet up for worship in the future.
Sunday 1 May – The Third Sunday of Easter
10.00 Crassier Holy Communion with Sunday Club
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