Prayers of thanksgiving and for peace

Dear La Côte Church friends and family,

Prayers of thanksgiving: “All things come from you and of your own do we give you.”

In preparation for our Gift Day, we continue with our theme of thanksgiving. Last week I asked you to think about those gifts within yourself for which you are thankful, and which you want to offer back to God. This week I invite you to think about the gifts of others in our church community that have been a blessing to you and/or to others. As you recall both the generous spirit of the givers, and the gifts that they share, I encourage you to offer thanks to God for them.

Once again, please record and store your thanksgiving ideas somewhere, and bring them along to our Gift Day celebration on Sunday 15 June.

SAVE THE DATE
Our La Côte Church Gift Day and Service of Thanksgiving is on Sunday 15 June at 16.00 in Crassier – We hope you can join us in celebration.

Prayers for peace

Last Sunday in our Taize prayer service we sang, “Ubi caritas, et amor, ubi caritas, Deus ibi est.” “Where there is charity and love, there God is.”

As a community, I invite us to join in acts of charity and love through prayer. The nine days between Ascension and Pentecost are traditionally nominated as a “novena”, which is a nine-day period of private or public prayer. This year, the novena booklet prepared by the Thy Kingdom Come ecumenical global prayer movement, written by Archbishop Stephen Cotterell, focuses on The Lord’s Prayer.

Download the booklet here. https://www.thykingdomcome.global/resources/2025-novena-various-languages

In view of this focus on prayer, we will devote the first part of our 4pm service on Sunday 1 June, to prayers for peace, with particular focus on Palestine and Israel and on Ukraine and Russia. We will gather our prayers together into our Holy Communion, celebrating our peace with God, brought about through Jesus Christ.

Archbishop Stephen writes: “when we pray, ‘Thy kingdom come’, we are referring to God’s rule of justice and peace: that the servant-hearted leadership that we see in Jesus may be the hallmark of the leadership of the world.”

Here is a letter prepared by the Episcopal and Anglican English-speaking churches in Geneva, to which I have added my signature. In addition, I urge you to pray for our Jewish sisters and brothers living in our neighbourhoods and all around the world, who long for an end to the hostilities and for a just and lasting peace in the Middle East.

Carolyn

Wednesday 28 May at 18.00 online

You are warmly invited to a Diocese in Europe Online Service of prayer led by our bishops to mark the 20th anniversary of the International Day against LGBTQIA+ discrimination. All are welcome to join and pray for LGBTQIA+ people and for universal rejection of injustice, discrimination and homophobia.

This service will take place on Zoom - the link is below:

https://bit.ly/4dhJTbr

Worship this weekend

Thursday 29 May - Ascension Day

10.30     chapelle Notre-Dame de Rianmont - a service of Holy Communion

We will share coffee and cake afterwards at the entrance to the chapel.

You can reach the chapel from the centre of Vesancy, with quite a steep walk of about 20 minutes. Or you can drive up to parking de la Carrière which affords a 5 minute walk.

Directions to the chapel

Sunday 1 June - Sunday after the Ascension

08.45     Crassier -  Early Morning Said Eucharist

16.00     Gingins - Prayers for Peace with Holy Communion, with Sunday Club

Worship coming up

Sunday 8 June - Pentecost Day

10.00     Divonne -  Holy Communion with Sunday Club

16.00     Gingins - Evening Prayer

For more details here is an introduction from Etienne.

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.

SAVE THE DATE!

SATURDAY 5 JULY AT 3PM IN CRASSIER
BETTY TALBOT’S PRIESTING

Betty Talbot’s priesting will take place on Saturday 5 July at 15.00 in Crassier. We will welcome back Honorary Assistant Bishop Alison White, who conducted our Confirmation service in October. More details to follow but we hope many of you will join us in this special service to support Betty.

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 playgroup in Divonne

The La Côte Playgroup held its first session on Thursday 24th April and the next dates will be May 15, 22 and June 5,12,19,26. Please pass this message on to any caregivers with children aged 0-4 who would like to join us in the Divonne Parish rooms from 9.30 - 11.30 on Thursdays. There is no need to sign up and no charge, everyone is welcome.

Thank you,

The Playgroup Team playgroup@lacotechurch.ch

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/

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Happening elsewhere

Ignatian Spirituality Community

If you would like someone to explore your spiritual life with and have a desire to deepen your relationship with God, then spiritual accompaniment could be for YOU! Click here to find out what the Ignatian Spirituality Community can offer you.

For more information, click here

Samedi du partage
14 June

Serve the City is looking for volunteers for several events in June, in particular for collecting food donations from customers at shops in Chavannes & Versoix on Sat. 14 June.
Please take a look at www.servethecitygeneva.ch/current-activities/ for further info.

Ignatian Way Retreat
Our God Who is Love
Château de Bossey - 14 June 2025

For more information, click here

Ignatian weekend of silence, prayer and reflection
St Maurice - 20-22 June 2025

The Ignatian Spirituality Community  in Geneva invites you to join them on 20-22 June for a weekend of silence, prayer and reflection in the beautiful surroundings of St Maurice. For more information click here. To register please visit our website at ISC-Geneva.ch.

Feel free to contact Louise or Chuck if you’d like to find out more.

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.

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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