Thursday 2 June 2022 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, This coming Sunday, 5th June, we celebrate Pentecost, when we remember the coming of the Holy Spirit on the first disciples. This is a major festival in the church year and we are holding a special event to celebrate it. The details are below. Please do come along. Eucharist, 10am: During the service, there will be Junior Church and creche
This occasion will be a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our cultural diversity, yet our oneness in Christ. If you have not been to church for some time, why not come and join us at Pentecost? Online Service Resources
Wine at Communion
Queen's Platinum Jubilee
You may also like to read some tributes to the Queen by various church leaders. St Andrew's Church, Zurich, are holding a concert in celebration of the Queen's Jubilee on Saturday 4th June, 4pm. This will include the coronation anthems by Handel and Parry sung by their choir, followed by a reception in their church garden. Everyone is welcome and entrance is free. Baptism of Benni Steinberg, 12th June
Talk about Care for Refugees, 12th June
Hymn to the Holy Spirit
Come down, O Love divine,
O let it freely burn,
Let holy charity
And so the yearning strong,
(Bianco da Siena, translated R.F. Littledale) With love in Christ,
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Holy God, we give thanks for the seventy years of faithful service of our Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth. We give thanks for her example of faithfulness to God and to her people, and pray God’s blessing on her that she may continue to fulfil the promises she has made with generosity and joy.
Amen.
Gracious God, we give you thanks for the reign of your servant Elizabeth our Queen, and for the example of loving and faithful service which she has shown among us. Help us to follow her example of dedication and to commit our lives to you and to one another, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
O Lord, the Way, the Truth, and the Life, we give you thanks for your servant Queen Elizabeth. May she ever be provided with all she may need for her ministry among us, strengthened to meet every demand which her office may make, and in all things nourished by your word and example, who with the Father and the Holy Spirit live and reign, world without end.
Amen.
Almighty God, the fountain of all goodness, bless our Sovereign Lady, Queen Elizabeth, and all who are in authority under her; that they may order all things in wisdom and equity, righteousness and peace, to the honour and glory of your name and the good of your Church and people; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.