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Dear La Côte Church friends and family,
The slugs in my garden have had a spectacularly good year, so good that even the tomatoes, which usually get away unscathed, have suffered their assault, and so I eventually decided to salvage the remaining green ones and bring them inside. I am not a fan of fried green tomatoes and had a bad experience with an over-spiced green tomato curry last year, so I was determined to get them to ripen indoors this time around.
Tomato ripening is triggered by the gas ethene, which causes the conversion of starches into sugar and the generation of the red pigment lycopene. This happens naturally on the vine, and as the green tomatoes begin to ripen, they too give off ethene, encouraging their neighbours to ripen in a virtuous cycle of increasing deliciousness.
To mimic this process in the safety of my slug-free kitchen, I popped some ripe tomatoes in a tray along with my green ones and, sure enough, a few weeks later, my green tomato harvest was almost entirely red. As I contemplated these mutually ripening tomatoes, I was reminded of the words at the end of our passage for this Sunday:
And let us consider how to provoke one another toward love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching. (Hebrews 10: 24-25)
As the green tomatoes are encouraged to ripen by their slightly redder neighbours, we can encourage each other to greater ‘love and good deeds’ – but for that to happen, just like the tomatoes, we need to be in close proximity, ‘not neglecting to meet each other’. See you on Sunday!
Louise Burrows
Worship coming up
Sunday 17 November - The Day of the Lord
16.00 - Gingins - Holy Communion with Sunday Club
Worship coming up
Sunday 24 November - Christ the King
10.00 - Divonne - Holy Communion with Sunday Club
16.00 - Gingins - Taizé Prayer Service
PLEASE NOTE - If you are unable to attend one of our main services but would like Holy Communion or private prayer in person, please contact Carolyn Cooke.
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.
A La Côte playgroup in Divonne
We are looking at setting up a La Côte playgroup for children aged 0-4, which would meet in Divonne once a week in term time. For further information please contact Alison Ball (alisonball200@gmail.com)
Do you have an interest in communication and social media?
We are looking to find someone who is interested in helping the church manage its communication using social media. This is a first step into how we might be able to better communicate with our community or welcome newcomers. If you are interested in helping on this, please contact Kate Shepherd kate.shepherd@lacotechurch.ch
La Côte Church calendar for 2025
A beautiful LA CÔTE CHURCH CALENDAR FOR 2025 on the theme of ‘Food in the Bible’, with photos and relevant Bible quotations, will be on sale from Sunday 10th November onwards in Divonne and Gingins churches.
PRICE: CHF 25.00 for 1 copy, CHF 20.00 each for 2 copies or more. All proceeds to our Church funds. Also suitable as a Christmas gift for family and friends.
Coming up this week
Morning Prayer
Monday to Friday at 7.30 and Saturday at 8.30 - online
Here is the link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84315258948?pwd=WWZaMTRzZEpnNHV3ekZYRFRUYU96Zz09
Meeting ID: 843 1525 8948 - Passcode: 82966
La Côte Blokes' dinner - 21 November
Thursday 19.30-22.00 - in Nyon at the Prieuré next to the temple
For more details – contact David Cooke
Sunday Lunch Group - 24 November
Auberge de la Réunion, Coinsins
Would you like to join us at our Auberge in Coinsins for lunch at 12.00 on the fourth Sunday of each month? We are offered a choice of menus at a reduced price. There are usually around 15 of us and it's a great opportunity for a relaxed chat over lunch. Whether you just come once, or on a regular basis, you are most welcome!
Please let us know by Fri. 22nd so we can book the table! peta.tracey@lacotechurch.ch
https://www.auberge-coinsins.ch/
N.B. Next Sunday Lunch will be 23 Feb. 2025, due to Christmas and Auberge holiday in Jan.
Recent Happenings at La Côte !
If you would like to have a look at some photographs of recent happenings at La Côte Church please go to our website https://www.lacotechurch.ch/recent-happening/
Rotas in ChurchSuite
Dear church members and volunteers,
ChurchSuite is beginning to work more smoothly, thank you to everyone for your patience and commitment.
One step that would be very helpful for Anne is that you add in your unavailabilites. Click HERE for how to do this or contact Anne.
It is very important that you check ChurchSuite on a regular basis to view when you are next serving. For further information, click HERE.
The Lost Food Project (combatting food waste)
Members of la Côte Church are taking part in a food bank in Nyon. Click HERE for more information. If would like to supplement our food supplies, please bring rice or pulses to our Sunday services. Thank you very much.
Happening elsewhere
Concert de l'Avent
30 November 2024
Temple de Gingins
For more information, please click here
Work with those seeking refugee status
Mentoring opportunities and Accommodation: Please speak to Diantha Terry with any thoughts you have.
Do you have jobs that need doing? Please contact Diantha Terry.
From your safeguarding team
Your safeguarding team promotes and works towards keeping our church a safe place where our congregation can feel secure and cared for.
Safeguarding is an integral part of the wellbeing of our Church community.
We are here not only to work with you through the formalities of short training or administrative safeguarding checks but to support you in strict confidentiality if concerns relative to abuse arise.
You can count on our understanding and goodwill in all things safeguarding.
Ever Guttierez, Cate Bichara and Liz Martinez
Contact email: Safeguarding@lacotechurch.ch
 Pledging and Giving online and in person
Many thanks as ever for your giving to the life of our church and thus to our mission and service within and well beyond our community.
Pledging gives stability to the church finances and ensures that budgets can be planned realistically. So however large or however small your commitment, please consider pledging. Contact our pledge administrator, Mark Warren (mark.warren@yahoo.fr) for further details.
If you are at church without any cash but would like to give to the collection there is a solution: we have a bank or credit card reader at church to contribute to the collection using your card.
Here are the bank details for our church:
IBAN CH42 0022 8228 5504 9740 H
Holder The La Côte Anglican Church Development Association, 1267 Coinsins
BIC UBSWCHZH80A
You can also do so by scanning the QR code below
You may also like to remember La Côte Anglican Church in your will.
Merci beaucoup, thank you very much!
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