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Dear La Côte Church family and friends,
Beginning on Ash Wednesday, Lent is a season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter. The Church year revolves around two “cycles”, one for Christmas and one for Easter. The Christmas cycle begins with a season of preparation through Advent. The Easter cycle begins with a season of preparation through Lent.
Some common Lenten practices include prayer, almsgiving and fasting. One of my favourite books of prayers is entitled “Prayers for the Journey” by Fr James M. Fitzpatrick O.M.I. It contains prayers for each day of the year.
The introduction for the prayers in the first week in Lent starts with the well-known verses that are often read on Ash Wednesday: “Have mercy on me O God, according to your steadfast love…Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit in me” (Psalm 51: 1, 10).
Let me share with you the prayers for the first week starting from Sunday:
Sunday:
Your whole life, Lord, was a preparation for your passion, death and resurrection.
I now have these forty days of Lent to prepare myself to stand with you.
Help me to live these mysteries with a sense of fervour, gratitude and awe. Amen.
Monday:
He who is most powerful became a man of weakness.
He who is most loving became an object of hate.
He who is most blessed became as one cursed.
He who is most healing became a mass of wounds.
He who is most exalted became as one despised.
He who is most glorious became a thing of shame.
He is my God, my Saviour and Redeemer, Jesus Christ.
In that saving and redeeming he gave his all. Amen.
Tuesday:
Lord, I have sinned, by thought and by deed, by word and by silence, by act and by omission. As often as I have sinned, you have stood ready to forgive. O gracious Lord, I thank you. Amen.
Wednesday:
Lord, I am tempted to turn from you.
Be now my strength that I may not sin.
Draw me back to stand by you,
and let not evil enter in. Amen.
Thursday:
Lord, I have sinned,
Love me still. Amen.
Friday:
Lord, in your life you changed sickness to health, sorrow to joy, death to life.
Change now in me those things which only your love can heal. Amen.
Saturday:
I thank you, Lord, for your forgiveness,
when I neglected you,
when I strayed from you,
when I offended you,
when I thought only of myself.
And now, Lord, it’s good to be back with you again. Amen.
Read each prayer a number of times. Let it speak to you to direct your mind, to touch your heart. Sit with it for a few minutes, then go beyond the words to take up your own thoughts leading to a conversation with God.
Betty Talbot
Important – Renewal of the Electoral Roll happening now!
Every six years, all churches and chaplaincies in the Church of England have to renew their Electoral Rolls. This means throwing the old one away and starting again!
2025 is one of those years, so even if you are on the Electoral Roll at the moment, you need to fill in a new form if you want to be on the Roll after 8 March 2025.
To find out about the electoral roll and its purpose in our church life – CLICK HERE
If you would like to be on the Electoral Roll, click HERE.
Thank you for supporting our RTS service on Sunday 2 March
Thank you to everyone in our community who contributed to last Sunday’s service through the music, liturgy, readings, translations and your prayerful presence. This was indeed a community offering to the wider audience on the radio, conveyed with a generous and worshipful spirit. A special thank you to many of you strong singers who congregated near the microphone at the front. Ably led by Richard, we made a joyful sound which came over well on the radio!
Click HERE to listen to the service.
As requested by some, click HERE to read the sermon.
Worship this weekend
Sunday 9 March - First Sunday in Lent
10.00 Divonne - Morning Prayer with Sunday Club
16.00 Gingins - Infant Baptism Service
Join us to welcome Leilani into the Church
Worship coming up
Sunday 16 March - Second Sunday in Lent
16.00 Gingins - Holy Communion
19.30 Online youth session with Joy, continuing to explore the Beatitudes
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.
Sunday Club - Urgent Need for Volunteers
Our Sunday Club is in urgent need of volunteer leaders and helpers to continue our classes and other activities for young people.
If you are interested in assisting, in giving your time and talents to this precious and vital ministry, please contact Betty at betty.talbot@lacotechurch.ch.
Give your used eyeglasses a second life!
We are happy to announce that we are organizing another collection during Lent and Easter and should be grateful for any contributions.
Click here for more information.
New requirements to enter the UK from 02.04.2025
As you may know, European and EFTA citizens (Schengen area) will require an ETA (Electronic Travel Authorisation) to enter the UK as of the 2nd April 2025. Citizens may apply for one as of the 5th March 2025.
Here are some useful links:
Apply for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) - GOV.UK
New entry regulations for the United Kingdom | SWISS
And for UK citizens travelling to the Schengen area
IATA - New Entry Requirements for Travel into EU
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 - 13 March
Thursday 19.30-22.00 - in Nyon at the Prieuré next to the temple
For more details – contact David Cooke
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 (playgroup@lacotechurch.ch)
Our Lenten journey
Lenten Study Groups
This year marks the 1700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed. Much of the global church is using this anniversary as an opportunity to breathe new life into the words of a creed which unites us. As Nicaea is in Iznik, in modern-day Turkey and therefore in our diocese in Europe, we have a unique and special reason to celebrate.
The aim of the course is to help us see afresh the faith which holds us together. Everyone is welcome, from complete beginners wondering about the Christian faith, to those with years of Christian practice.
There are two options for joining a study group locally:
- A Lenten Lunch and Study group on Fridays in Divonne during Lent
- An on-line Lenten study group on Tuesday evenings during Lent
See below for further details.
 Please register with anne.detreverret@lacotechurch.ch
 For more information and register, please contact betty.talbot@lacotechurch.ch
Save the date!
La Côte Church Annual General Meeting in Divonne
Sunday 23 March
after the 10.00 service of Holy Communion
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.
Happening elsewhere
Conference and Display of 16th Century Books
Tudor England and the Antwerp Book Trade:
From Tyndale to Plantin
Antwerp (BE), Tuesday 8 – Friday 11 July 2025
For more 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.
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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