seetal chile Poscht 09/2024

Dear friends of the seetal chile

by Matthias Altwegg

Every Christian, every church has the task of making the good news of Jesus Christ known to the people around them. As seetal chile, we have developed a friendly welcoming culture in recent years and have endeavoured to organise church services that are easy to attend, even without prior biblical knowledge.

Now we want to go one better. We believe that we have been gifted with many talents in the form of our livestream system. We want to use these consciously and purposefully so that they can multiply (Matthew 25:14ff). This talent is fitting for a world that is becoming increasingly digital. We can complain about this development, but we don't want to do that, we want to use it for the best thing in the world. I am convinced that the livestream of a church service will be received in homes whose residents would never step over the threshold of a church. There is a lot of potential in this, which we want to utilise in a targeted manner.

Livestream 500(0) is a faith goal. We are praying that at least 500 devices will be connected in homes in our region on Sunday mornings between 10:00 and 11:15.

To draw attention to our services, we put up posters and even run a bus advert. But the most important "advertising media" are us. To help us invite people, there are business cards with three blank spaces for the names of people who are important to us. The idea is that we pray for the people in an initial phase so that the Spirit of God can prepare them. We have also provided giveaways: Toothpaste and mustard tubes with funny and informative stickers. We can give these as gifts to our friends who have been prepared in prayer and they will be invited to our livestream.

Our theme for the year is: "Follow you Follow me!" At the feeding of the 5000 people, Jesus demanded: "Give her to feed them!" We are meant. It takes you and me to connect people with Jesus. We need to take a step out of our safety and comfort zone and then we will experience how God works miracles. I look forward to hearing testimonies from people who have come to know Jesus personally via the livestream!

Conversion of youth centre

from Daniel Rüegger

How quickly time flies when you are working towards a goal! Just a few months after we were able to inform the community meeting about the upcoming work, we can look forward with gratitude to the successful completion: The band practice room, the multimedia office and the larger room for the children's nursery have already been handed over. The additional KIGO group room and the lounge and cooking facilities in the youth centre will also be ready in the next few days. We would like to thank the many helpers, supporters and donors from the bottom of our hearts. This would not have been possible without you. Thanks to the generous donations, we were even able to cover the additional costs for the electrician. Thank you very much.

Information in a nutshell

Family discount in the bistro: We offer lunch in our bistro (almost) every Sunday. It is important to us that nobody has to miss out for financial reasons. That's why we offer one free pizza for every four pizzas.

Transport service southThis is a service for people who need a taxi service to church from the villages of Meisterschwanden, Seengen and Boniswil. The idea is that people who would like to use this service should contact the seetal chile office by Thursday. From here, we will write to the potential drivers who are organised in a pool group.

Key management: There are well over a hundred keys in circulation among the employees of seetal chile. These are linked to a service. It often happens that keys are still in the care of people who have resigned their service. If you are still holding a key that you no longer need, please return it. Thank you very much!

LED wallOur new LED wall is a sensitive object and should not be touched. We therefore ask you to take great care when cleaning it. What has always been the case also applies: the stage is not a place for children. Thank you very much for your understanding!

glow Next: The glow Next now takes place on Sunday evenings. You can find the next dates on our website. The glow Next is for all young adults aged 18 and over who want to get to know God and each other better in good fellowship.

Info about people

The following children were born:

• Romee Ellis Merz on 22 July (daughter of Rebecca & Sandro Merz, sister of Sanna & Enny).
• Luisa Elena Probst on 27 July (daughter of Hanna & Tobias Probst, sister of Sophia).
• Leonelle Hugentobler on 07.08. (daughter of Debora & Patrick, sister of Nelyo & Maivie).
• Malou Eyla Roth on 17 August (daughter of Cornelia & Damian Roth).
• Emilia Hauser on 22 August (daughter of Melanie & Dominik Hauser).

We wish the 5 girls (!) and their families God's rich blessing.

Theresa Lay and Viktor Dück are getting married on 28.09.2024 in East Frisia. We wish you God's rich blessing from the bottom of our hearts!

As there were no objections, we may Eveliina Franz as a new member. We are delighted about this binding step! Tim Grossenbacher and Manuel Grossenbacher are also applying for membership. We are pleased about this and hereby open the two-week objection period for our members.

Timon Altwegg flies to Hawaii in mid-September. There he will Surfing the Nations a three-month discipleship training programme. This also includes social diaconal work. Jana Fischer is travelling to New Zealand at the end of September. There she will Youth with a Mission a three-month discipleship school followed by a ten-week outreach programme. We wish them both God's rich blessing, new insights and many good encounters.

Matthias Staehelin was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Chrischona Heime Zurich Foundation on 6 July as Hans Dössegger's successor. Among other things, the foundation manages a property in the centre of Zurich. The tenant is VBG, which is active at colleges and universities. Barbara Grossenbacher, Leonie Altwegg, Silvan Senn and Melanie Hauser are involved in the new glow Preteens programme. Nicola Sigg & Anisha Hunziker are new additions to the glow Next team. Arianne Hasler has joined the prayer team. New to the Livestream hosts are: Adrian Hasler, Rahel Beck, René Gröber and Nils Janshon.

For the agenda

At 7 September at 09:0 the next Get to know each other morning takes place. This event is a good opportunity to familiarise yourself with the seetal chile. You can register on our blog.

At 7 September at 13:00 the men set off for the Gisliflue. Afterwards at 6:00 pm there will be a barbecue at the seetal chile. Find out more on our blog!

At 8 September 2024 we will be in a Church service followed by lunch celebrate the 10th anniversary of the centre, the launch of Livestream 500(0) and the inauguration of the renovations to the youth centre and stage.

From 21 to 25 October the Pray24 Week of Prayer will take place on the topic of forgiveness.