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What does our social association Lichtblick do?
Do you already know our social organisation Lichtblick? We've been around for 11 years. We were born out of a desire to help people in emergency situations quickly and easily. And the work goes...
We pray for the glow camp
On Saturday, 03 July 2021 we will travel to Gais AR with a good 40 children. It is our great desire that God will reach their hearts during this week and that they...
Our services
We are very pleased that the Confederation has announced further steps towards opening up and that we can therefore adapt our church services. What is current? We are very pleased that we are able to...
Trip to Lake Constance
Our Generation+ team is organising a half-day trip to the Swiss Cider and Distillery Museum in Arbon on Lake Constance on 26 August 2021. Even if you are not yet part of the Generation+,...
Grill & Chill
The time has come, we can finally organise another Männer Event worthy of the name... To celebrate this properly, we are holding a Grill & Chill:...
Being a Christian
Recently someone from the seetal chile drew my attention to the following text by Maria Hüsing: Being familiar with sorrow, but living without bitterness Doubting oneself, but not despairing...
glow Mountain Weekend 2021
This year we will once again be spending two days in the mountains with the glow Youth and glow Next: 07-08 August 2021. Together we will embark on an adventurous hike that is...
The main thing is to be healthy!
On 13 June, the next seetal chile Talk on the current and controversial topic "The main thing is to be healthy!" will take place as part of the 7pm church service. The dialogue partner is a man who deals with illness, health and death...
Our services
With regard to the corona regulations, we are currently waiting for the regulations of the Free Churches Association. We will inform you here as soon as possible what this means for our Sunday services. Every Sunday we celebrate with...
Adventure in the bivouac
One of the first questions I was asked as the new glow Kids leader/main leader was: "Steffi, can you do pioneering techniques?" Yes, I can ? So we decided to organise a leaders' weekend,...
Invitation to the "Salt and Light in Everyday Life" Evening
Once again, we would like to share and hear from each other what we experience as salt and light in our everyday lives. This on Monday 7 June at 20:00. You are very welcome...
A great atmosphere despite the bad weather!
Last Saturday wasn't the most beautiful day in May, but glow Kids still took place in the forest as planned. With rain jackets and a plan B, we ran with the kids into the...
Baptism in open water
Next Sunday, 27 June at 13:30, we will have a big baptism celebration at Hübelholz. It is a privilege for 11 people to be baptised in the Aabach...
Sisterhood visits the Stapferhaus
The Stapferhaus has been offering exciting, stimulating and interactive exhibitions on a wide variety of topics for many years. The current exhibition "gender" is probably no exception. Are you interested? Then join...
Sisterhood Evening Walk
Dear women, the Sisterhood team is very pleased to finally be able to announce another event after a while! We are going on an evening walk to the Esterliturm. We cordially invite you to join us...
The Marriage Course
Seven date nights for your relationship - that's the slogan for familylife's marriage course. This course offers couples the opportunity to spend seven evenings in a romantic atmosphere in a...
Food for you
Unfortunately, we are currently unable to provide food. We will inform you as soon as the situation has changed. Thank you for your understanding. Every day, vast quantities of food that is still in perfect condition ends up in our...
Our co-pastor
We are pleased to announce that we will have a new co-pastor from summer 2021, who will be responsible for youth work and adult ministry. Cédric Brügger (29) has applied in response to our advert....
Tri for God - my Challenge for Compassion
Report by Daniel Rubsch-King The aim of this project is to raise funds for 73 young people in need in Rwanda so that they can start and complete a vocational training programme that will provide them with the essential...
Do you want to "discover the Bible?"
Would you like to grow in your faith? Would you like to discover and share the Bible regularly with other Christians? Every fortnight we give you the opportunity to do this and...
God loves you unconditionally!
We have already been travelling for a third of a year on the subject of "metamorphosis". Suddenly, the thought spread through my mind that the claim of transforming our being could also exert pressure. Do we have to...
Our services
Every Sunday we celebrate church services at 09:30 and 11:00 in seetal chile. Here you can get an overview of what Sunday morning looks like: From 08:45...
Getting to know each other
The introductory evening on 7 May 2021 at 19:30 is an event that is intended to fulfil two tasks: For people who are still undecided, this should provide a basis for a good decision...
Senior Citizens' Day 2021 in Seon
On 4 May 2021 we will broadcast the Senior Citizens' Day of the St. Chrischona Theological Seminary in the seetal chile. The livestream starts at 14:30. So that we are ready for the start,...
Happy cleaning of our church
This year we will be holding the annual clean-up day on 24 April from 08:00 to 17:00. It would be great if you could join us. You can spend the whole morning or as this year's...
Salt and light in everyday life, 2nd evening
On 19 April at 20:00 we will meet again for the evening "Salt and light in everyday life". You are cordially invited, even if it is the first time for you...
How does leadership work?
How do you lead a church like the seetal chile? How much democracy is needed? How much authority does the church leadership have? What does the Bible say about these questions?
JeMANNd wanted
Do you enjoy fun activities? Do you like being in nature? Do you want to invest in the next generation? Then we are looking for you! Our offer from glow Kids and...
Teens Event 2021
It's almost time again: the Teens Event 2021 is just around the corner! At the Teens Event you live with other young people in the seetal chile. We enjoy the community, romp...
glow Camp 2021
We are stranded on an idyllic island in Gais in the canton of Appenzell Ausserroden. There we try to survive, meet unknown natives and discover exciting stories from the Bible. For this...
Personal metamorphosis project
Tackling a personal metamorphosis project (PMP) together with others in an inspiring setting and under expert guidance - could this be something for you? Reni Wick was able to find out at a specialist centre for...
Acting out of faith
The topic of the transformation of our being, the metamorphosis, raises the exciting question: What does God do and what must man do? "Let your being be transformed!" It...
Mini story with depression
Corona has laid the foundation for us to talk more openly about mental illness. Nevertheless, there is still a big taboo in this area and the number of unreported cases is estimated to be very high....
Create living space
"The church is a living space that encourages committed relationships with Jesus Christ and with one another." This is the first value in the seetal chile mission statement. In the online AGM of 25....
Salt and light in everyday life
If you would like to share your experiences as salt and light and/or be inspired by others, you are invited to "Salt and light in everyday life" on 15 March at 20:00...
Small groups to promote metamorphosis
Every spring, our small groups make a pit stop. This gives each group the opportunity to take stock and decide whether to continue in the same way and with the same members...
We do not live towards dying, but die towards life
Meanwhile, we are already in the middle of the new theme for the year. I am fascinated by the idea of metamorphosis, the transformation of our being towards Jesus-likeness. I was even somewhat surprised by the discovery that...
We look forward to two services
In order to enable more people to attend our church services, we have decided to offer a service on Sundays at 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. from 14 February 2021. We...
WhatsApp under fire?!
The media are currently running big headlines urging people to leave WhatsApp and use an alternative messenger for communication instead. You may also have been told by a friend /...
Cordial invitation to the Alliance Service
We cordially invite you to the Alliance Service on 17 January 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Seon Reformed Church with a sermon by Pastor Jan Niemeier. Even "the smallest...
Metamorphosis
The motto for 2021 is: "Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful" (Luke 6:36). The standard for our mercy should therefore be the mercy of the Father. And God...
Data protection in the seetal chile
Admittedly, there are more interesting topics than this. Nevertheless, it is important that we as a growing church address it, especially because we all benefit from it. As seetal chile go...
Baking Gritibänz at the MuKi-Träff
The last MuKi-Träff (mother-child meeting) was all about baking. Our children, from very young to kindergarten age, created Gritibänze, Gritifrauen and individual plaited animals. The children enjoyed playing together.
Information on the current situation
As of 25 February 2021 The exceptional permit for religious events continues to apply. We are extremely grateful for this decision and consider it a huge privilege that we would like to treat with respect....
glow Next - Did the Exodus really happen?
For the second time, we are inviting Michael Zingg from Inspyred Research to join us at glow Next. Mike will be talking about the "historical contextualisation" of the Bible. The last...
Christmas Eve of the seetal chile
Our Christmas evening will take place in compliance with all safety measures! We look forward to seeing you. Would you like to celebrate Christmas with other people in a cosy atmosphere instead of alone or as a couple/family?
Christmas Party of the seetal chile
On 20 December, we will celebrate a big Christmas together. Under the theme "Herod - a king like you and me?", we invite all generations to join us in celebrating the birth of our...
Online get-to-know-you morning
The next get-to-know-you morning will take place online via a Zoom meeting on 23 January 2021 at 09:00 a.m. due to the current situation. We believe that this is another way to ensure a positive and...
Sisterhood invites you to the Advent Evening
Unfortunately, some Sisterhood events have been cancelled this year. Now we would like to spend a cosy Advent evening together. All women are welcome to join us on 4 December 2020...
Advent calendar from Sisterhood
It's already mid-November and the year is drawing to a close. But before that, the Advent season awaits us ? For the third time, Sisterhood is presenting an advent calendar via Instagram...
Winter Camp 20/21
Once again this year, we'll be spending time together in the snow over New Year! The winter camp takes place in the huge Arosa-Lenzerheide snow sports area for everyone aged 14 and over. You can expect 225 km of...
Children's worship in the current time
It is very important to us that the children can continue to attend the children's service. Even if you as a parent do not attend our local church service. That is why we have...
We, in the midst of Corona....
For more than seven months now, we have been challenged to keep finding the right protection concept for us as a church. We have had some interesting experiences in the process. After every decision, there are...
Salt and Light in November
The year 2020, and with it our theme for the year "I will bless you and you shall be a blessing", is slowly coming to an end. But our blessing should continue to...
Information about our worship service
As at 03 November 2020 Corona measures will apply from 29 October. We are facing up to them and trying to use the remaining space constructively and creatively. Church services, Kigo, crèche and...
glow Lifegroup
It all starts again at the end of November - glow Lifegroup begins a new round. This year with a revised and improved "curriculum". But let's start at the beginning: glow Lifegroup is the...
New structure at glow Kids and Ameisli
A new term - a new structure. We from the glow Kids and Ameisli leadership team have a great passion for investing ourselves in children and creating a platform where children can...
seetal chile Talk with Nathalie Schertenleib
On Sunday 8 November, we invite you, your family, friends and acquaintances to our talk with Nathalie Schertenleib. Nathalie was a top athlete in the 1,500 and 5,000 metre races. She was part of the Swiss...
On the phenomenon of "post-mortem torture
During the time when we were producing online church services in the studio, various people - including myself - left the studio in a huff. I wish I had worded that passage a little better! If only I had...
Invitation to the tsc Network Conference
We have been invited to the tsc network conference in November with the title "Unleashed community". This was originally planned to take place at St Chrischona in Basel. However, due to the current coronavirus situation, it was...
Regio (Sofa) Worship Evening
We're making up for what we missed on the day of the lockdown, 13 March 2020! Together with our neighbouring Chrischona congregations - Lenzchile, Lenzokirche, Fabrik...
PRAY20 - We are part of it!
The PRAY prayer initiative was launched at the beginning of 2019 with the aim of having people in Switzerland pray around the clock for a whole year. The aim is to rediscover personal prayer...
Sisterhood goes to the Ladies Lounge
Also this year we are planning to visit the ICF Ladies Lounge in Zurich together. This is a women's conference which will take place on 30/31 October 2020 (Friday evening and all day Saturday). To the...
Invitation to the parents' evening!
I would like to cordially invite you to the parents' evening on 10 September 2020 at 20:00 in seetal chile. Why is that? It is our heartfelt wish that we - all the leaders...
Through falls to humility
As I'm having shoulder surgery tomorrow and will be "writing handicapped" afterwards, I'm already getting to work on the foreword. This operation is the result of a fall...
That was the glow mountain weekend 2020
We met on Saturday, 22 August 2020 at 07:00 in the seetal chile for a two-day adventure. With around 30 people, we filled the waiting vehicles and set off...
Lovely atmosphere on Sisterhood evening
When last Friday's Sisterhood evening was planned, we were of course hoping for nice summer weather, but still had to plan for all weather eventualities. To our great delight, we were richly blessed...
Getting to know each other
The "get-to-know-you" morning on 12 September at 9:00 a.m. is an event designed to fulfil two tasks: For people who are still undecided, this should provide a basis for a good decision...
Abentüür Gebät
Praying together is a joy and has great power. We believe that praying together must be the basis of all our work in seetal chile. That is why we are very happy...
Men's Event at the Sandstone Caves
Networking, active recreation, fellowship and a cosy evening among men. All this awaits you on Saturday, 29 August 2020, when we meet at 18:00 in the seetal...
glow Mountain Weekend 2020
This year we will be going into the mountains for two days with the glow Youth and glow Next: 22-23 August 2020. Together we will go on an adventurous hike that will be...
Small annual cleaning
Unfortunately, we don't have a clear view everywhere at the moment. But we want to remedy this situation on Saturday 29 August from 08.00 to approx. 11.00. The windows...
Sisterhood Barbecue evening
The time has finally come again and we are looking forward to spending the next Sisterhood evening with you on Friday, 21 August. We will meet punctually at 18:00 at the...
Course "Living in Freedom
The goal of a life with Jesus is not just to go to heaven. No, heaven is to come into the world through Christians. The life of Jesus is to be lived in...
What's next for glow?
Everything is starting up again at glow too. At the beginning of this year, the team leaders and I were already thinking a lot about how we wanted to develop glow further. In February, we met...
Baptism in open water
On 30 August, we will once again be celebrating a baptism after the church service. Four people from our church have already confirmed that they would like to celebrate their bond with Jesus on this day.
This is how we currently celebrate worship
Version of 10 September 2020 We are very pleased that we can continue to celebrate church services on site. In accordance with the instructions of the FOPH, we have drawn up a protection concept to which we...
Give us a creative boost!
The community thrives on the diversity, creativity and generosity of many people. It creates unique encounters and a sense of solidarity that inspires and takes us all one step further! With our latest...
Reconciled with God
People are made for healthy relationships. While every packet of cigarettes warns that smoking threatens life, less is known about the fact that loneliness increases the likelihood of premature death by 42%,...
glow Ameisli and Kids on 6 June 2020
After a slightly different, but brilliant Kids and Ameisli afternoon, we continue with the interest groups. So that we don't have too many people together, we'll be organising our afternoon in the following groups.
Autumn Camp 2020
This year it's time again! We are travelling to Spain together for a week - enjoying the sea, playing volleyball, visiting markets and seeking encounters with God. The autumn camp takes place...
glow Ameisli and Kids - creative start to Corona
Corona times call for creative solutions. We sat down together and thought about the framework in which we could organise the glow Ameisli and Kids. That's when we came up with the old concept...
Live streaming - are you there?
With our online services, people were able to take part in our services who would not have been able to attend in person. These are, on the one hand, senior citizens and, on the other hand, people who...
See crises as opportunities
In the welcome address to the first online service on 15 March 2020, I made two points: We don't want to act out of fear, and we want to support the...
How is an online service created?
How are our online church services actually created, what does it all take and how do we proceed as seetal chile? Maybe you've been asking yourself exactly that over the last few weeks? We...
Children's theatre with "The Wicked 4
Dear little, big and grown-up children ? Tonight at 6:00 pm it starts: Our kids theatre starts! Be there when Tinutus, Krassus, Helena and Julius set off on their...
Focusing our gaze on God
This morning (21 March 2020), I read the daily lot. It reads: "The Lord says: I will give peace in your land, and you shall sleep, and no one shall wake you" (Leviticus...
Our help "mitenand fürenand" (together for each other)
Our daily lives have changed dramatically as a result of the coronavirus and you too may now be in need of help. Do you belong to the risk group or are you at full capacity because of the virus? We...
We go online
Last Sunday we experienced a novelty - we celebrated worship together via video streaming! Our joy about such a great participation and all the positive feedback was huge. You all...
Abundance of pictorial beauty
Last Saturday, our decoration team had a creative workshop during which a beautiful new decoration for our church was created. The team wrote the following words about it: With creativity...
Pit stop before the next lap
They say: "The bigger a church gets, the more important small groups are." This is probably true. People should find a home in the small groups and be supported in their spiritual life.
Sometimes strong sometimes weak
Someone recently wrote the following lines: With a VW bus full of people, he was looking for the way back to the hostel at night. Norway, narrow road over steep fjords. Storm and heavy rain. The...
A cosy start to a new Sisterhood year
In the stylishly converted barn of the Burger family or around the warming campfire in their garden, we women enjoyed not only the delicious cheese fondue, but also the informal company and the good company of the...
The Männer Event goes bowling
The next Männer Event is coming up. We're not taking it easy and are therefore going to the Aarau bowling centre. To do this, we will meet on 14 March 2020 at 19:00 at the seetal...
Teens Event 2020
It will soon be time again: If you too would like to spend a week full of action, listening to God, trying out things you have heard courageously and discovering our God in community, you can join the...
Workshop Audio Technology
For our church services and other events, we are always on the lookout for people who can set the tone. You are tech-savvy, love music and could imagine being a regular...
One time high gloss ?
Every year it's time for a big clean at seetal chile - we are organising our joint cleaning morning. As in previous years, this year, too, we want to...
glow Fresh goes to SKILLS PARK
On 7 March 2020, glow Fresh will be heading to SKILLS PARK in Winterthur, where we'll be letting off steam on the trampolines under the motto of fun, games and sport. We will meet...
When falling makes you afraid
This was the topic of our senior citizens' afternoon last week. Around 40 senior citizens listened intently to the words of our speaker Erich Weidmann. As a Kinaesthetics trainer, he is intensively involved...