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We’re still enjoying the warm late-summer days, but we on the Christmas parcel team are already planning the Christmas parcel campaign on 7 November. We’re collecting food and other items for the Christmas parcels at Migros. To do this, we need lots of generous donors and hard-working volunteers to receive the donations and pack them on site. This year, we won’t be able to pack the parcels in…

Demolition work for the new building on Pfannenstielstrasse has progressed well over the past few weeks. It is now almost complete. The hoarding around the building site – the so-called construction hoarding – has been extended. A temporary ramp has been built to ensure access to the car parks belonging to neighbour Candido Storni. Now the next phase is beginning: the…

Come along to SlowUp and lend a hand: Slow Up volunteering! For the SlowUp on 27 September, we at the BESJ will be hiring the Gladiator game and setting it up outside the Seehofsaal. We need your help to run the stall. Two of us will be on site at all times to show people how…

Once a month, after the service, we warmly invite you to a potluck lunch. We have lunch together, get to know one another better and spend some quality time together. To ensure there’s a varied buffet, each person or family brings something to eat that they’d like to share with others. In this way, lots of small contributions come together to create a colourful…

In September, we’ll be launching our new sermon series, in which we’ll explore the Gospel of Mark together. Over 14 Sundays, we’ll read through the entire story together, focusing on key questions about Jesus, his journey and his message. To absorb more of the full richness of the Gospel of Mark, we want to reflect on what we have heard on Tuesdays…