seetal chile Post 11/2025

Dear friends of the seetal chile

by Cédric Brügger

In my office, there is a Bible verse that has become increasingly important to me recently. It has become my reminder, my guide, my signpost and also my daily prayer. I love being a pastor because many of my activities involve creative processes. In particular, every sermon is the result of a lengthy creative process, which is not always easy. Many ideas rush through my mind. I read a lot about it, let myself be inspired and pray again and again. It is often not easy to know which inner impulse I should follow and which I should not pursue.

This verse did not come into my life by chance, but rather when I was intensively engaged with the sermon series «Work & Faith». This verse became important to me, helping me to ground myself and providing me with guidance.

The Bible verse in question reads as follows: «See if I am in danger of being unfaithful to you, and if so, bring me back to the path you have shown us forever!» (Psalm 139:24 HFA). As I said, this verse is also part of my daily prayer. I pray along with the verse: Where am I currently in danger of being unfaithful to you, God? What has become too important to me? Where am I also in danger of something becoming too big in my life?

How about you? Have our sermon series this year shown you your danger zone? Where are you in danger of becoming unfaithful to God? But after becoming aware, my earnest prayer follows: Bring me back to the path... I ask God for forgiveness if necessary – but above all, I ask that I may once again walk the path He has laid out for me: a life of freedom, joy, peace, serenity and much more. I want to be constantly aware of my personal responsibility: «See if I am in danger of being unfaithful to you.»

This This month, we begin our final sermon series, «Possessions & Faith.» Together, we want to set out on a journey to discover what following Jesus has to do with our possessions – and Psalm 139:24 is a good guide for us in this endeavour.

Our finances

by Christoph Leimgruber

Last month, we received a very generous single donation – and lo and behold: our income now exceeds our expenses. We are delighted about this – hallelujah and a heartfelt thank you! We are equally grateful to all our loyal supporters who regularly send us donations. We would also like to express our sincere and heartfelt thanks to them!

Martin von Schoultz, Kurdistan

The Kurdish summer. Several months from June to September, with maximum temperatures of up to 46 °C, and no rain for five months. The Kurdish media reported that it was the driest summer in 90 years. The best time for a children's week! At least that's what I (Tinu) thought, and so did my team. Until now, we had never attempted a project of this size, and the Kurds had never experienced anything like it either. But to open new doors, you have to dare to try new things.

So we set up tables, chairs and tents on a nearby sports field and gathered a group of over 70 children (girls and boys separately, of course). For a week, we got together every day to do crafts, play games and tell stories. The joy was immense – not only because the children had something to do during their summer holidays, but also because adults were looking after them. (A rather rare sight here.)

When the sun was low in the sky, we sent the gang home to fetch their parents and neighbours for dinner. To our surprise, the parents actually came. More and more arrived every day, until we were finally cooking for over 180 people. A kind of neighbourhood party, you might say, which people still talk about today.

However, my personal highlight was seeing how our local helpers experienced Children's Week. Every day, we prayed with them in the name of Jesus and explained the values of our story to them in more detail. They told us that there was a palpable sense of peace in our group. They said that working together had been so great that they would have loved to work with us every day.

Pray with us that your hunger will continue to grow and that doors will continue to open in our poor neighbourhoods.

Warm regards, Tinu

If you would like to subscribe to Martin von Schoultz's newsletter, you can get in touch with his contact person Melanie Meier (079 723 18 33).

Information in a nutshell

For the Twenty-five participants have registered for the seminar «Living in Freedom».. It is our prayer that during the joint meetings between 3 and 21 November, many stones that stand in the way of greater freedom can be brought together to the cross of Jesus.

The time for The early Saturday prayer was moved from 6:00 a.m. to 6:30 a.m., so that it is also accessible to public transport users. We would like to take this opportunity to cordially invite you to drop by this prayer group. It's well worth it!

Info about people

Two strapping lads recently began their journey on this earth: Joel Emanuel Brügger on 25 September and Levi Fröhlich on 7 October. We rejoice together with both families (Cédric and Andreina with Hosea and Jona | Josua and Samira with Yaron) and wish you God's rich blessings with all our hearts.

Silas Burgherr, the new Head of Music from January 2026, applies for membership at seetal chile. We are very pleased about this and are therefore opening the 14-day period during which existing members can raise objections.

Ruth Kiener passed away peacefully on 26 September and is now with her Creator and heavenly Father. We wholeheartedly wish the bereaved family divine comfort and strength!

Matthias and Silvia Altwegg are on a study trip to Israel with Viva Kirche Schweiz and Kultour from 13 to 20 November. It also serves as preparation for the trip that we as seetal chile are offering from 10 to 20 April 2026.

Nicole Kahle now supports the small Kinderhüeti team. Caroline and Philip Wiskin will be ending their work in this role at the end of the year. The following people are no longer part of the bistro team: Simone and Levio Bolliger, Sirio Burger, Joshua Fröhlich, Peter Inäbnit, Stefan Sager and Debby Hugentobler. Jonas Hauser has left the core team. Melina Pariyar and Salome Wipf are no longer part of the Ameisliteam. Many thanks to all of you for your tremendous commitment!

Melina Pariyar, Ian Grieve start under the direction of Noel Bieli in the prayer team glow Youth. Tala Kunz assists in the glow Youth bar team. Roger Zingg has joined the bistro team. Thank you so much for investing your time, heart and talent in the church!

For the agenda

This year, too, we are at the Christmas parcel" campaign
 für Eastern Europe" in the process. The collection takes place between the 2 and 16 November All important information can be found on our blog!

On Sunday, 2 November, are immediately after the service Everyone is invited to take a look behind the scenes of our event technology. It is fascinating to see everything that has to happen behind the scenes to ensure that our church services run smoothly and pleasantly for both those attending in person and those watching the livestream.

At 13 November at 19:30 the next regional impulse evening to the topic "How do we understand the Bible?" with Dr Roland Hardmeier.

At 14 November at 19:30 Together with the Evangelical Alliance Aargauer Seetal, we are offering a theatre play in the Seon parish hall to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's death.

At Saturday, 15 November from 8 a.m., invites the technology team to a special project day. On our blog, you can read that anyone interested in technology is warmly invited.

At Monday, 24 November at 8:00 p.m., our budget community meeting will take place. We will also provide information about the newly filled position in the music department, the work of the «House of the Future» concept team, and the mission statement for worship services. These are relevant topics for all of us.

From 10–20 April The seetal chile trip to Israel will take place together with Kultour. It is a very good time to travel to Israel and gain a lot of momentum for your personal faith life.