8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
7.30pm
The Swiss Church in London is delighted to draw your attention to the following concert by talented British-Swiss artists Frederic Bager and Olivia Doutney.
Yearning for Freedom by The Swiss Philharmonic Academy
Frederic Bager- Piano; Olivia Doutney Soprano ; Martin Studer Conductor
Tickets are available directly from St Johns Smith Square.Click here.
Performance
Sibelius -Finlandia Op. 26
Brahms -Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor Op. 15
Haydn- Concerto-Aria ‘Scena die Berenice’
Elgar-Enigma Variations Op. 36
The Swiss Philharmonic Academy (PHIL-A) brings together members of the New Zurich Orchestra and the Alumni & Symphony Orchestra of the University of Berne. This is their their performance debut in London.
Works by four composers, masters of the classical and romantic periods, make up their programme. The monumental opening by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius is followed by the symphonic Piano Concerto No. 1 by Johannes Brahms. The second half opens with a Concert Aria by the classical genius and celebrated London visitor Joseph Haydn. The programme concludes with the Enigma Variations by Sir Edward Elgar, an intimate portrait of his friends, shrouded in mystery and nostalgia.
The PHIL-A is delighted to perform with two outstanding young British-Swiss soloists: pianist Frederic Bager, graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London and soprano Olivia Doutney, who is currently pursuing advanced studies in Berne, Switzerland.
11.00am
Our Sunday services are held at the Swiss Church in 79 Endell Street every first and third Sunday of the month. The first Sunday is with communion. Everyone is invited to join.
The sermons are in English, the hymns and the liturgy are also in German and French.
A meal or light refreshments are served after the service.
The Swiss Church in London is rooted in the Reformed tradition but people from all denominations, faith groups (and none) are welcome.
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
11.00am
Our Sunday services are held at the Swiss Church in 79 Endell Street every first and third Sunday of the month. The first Sunday is with communion. Everyone is invited to join.
The sermons are in English, the hymns and the liturgy are also in German and French.
A meal or light refreshments are served after the service.
The Swiss Church in London is rooted in the Reformed tradition but people from all denominations, faith groups (and none) are welcome.
12.15pm
The Annual General Meeting of The Swiss Church in London will take place on Sunday 16 June 2019 at the Church at 12.15pm. The AGM will follow the Church Service.
All Members and Friends of the Church are invited to attend.
Refreshments will be served after the service.
The agenda, together with financial extracts from the Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018 have already been sent by post to all Members of The Swiss Church in London.
The Minutes of the 2018 AGM will be tabled at the Meeting.
The full Trustees’ Report for 2018 and all other AGM documents can be viewed on our website by clicking here
If you wish to vote by proxy please request a form from the Church office, or download it by clicking on the above-mentioned link.
Yvon Tse
Company Secretary, The Swiss Church in London
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
7.30pm
The Swiss Church in London is delighted to host the City Academy Encore Choir Summer Showcase Concert.
Doors open at 7:30 pm and the concert begins at 8pm.
Join them as they take us on a journey through their greatest hits and favourite songs from both stage and screen. Featuring songs from shows such as Fiddler on the Roof, Phantom of the Opera and A Star is Born, it will be the perfect way for any Musical Theatre fan to spend an evening.
Tickets are £8 each. Click here to purchase tickets
For patrons with limited mobility or access requirements, please contact the City Academy office on 0207 042 8833 or email info@city-academy.com
Please note that this organised and run by City Academy who are entirely responsible for the event.
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
7.00pm
Please join Australian soprano Ruby Nightingale, accompanied by Lewis Kingsley Peart, for an evening of vocal performance in Covent Garden’s otherworldly and resonant space of The Swiss Church in London.
The programme will include a selection of German lieder, French melodies, and 20th/21st century English songs and arias including works by Dove, Rorem, and Copland. Ruby will also premiere her new song cycle for voice and harmonium, ‘we will part’.
Please click here to purchase your ticket. The ticket price will take the form of a donation. A minimum donation of £10 is suggested since all proceeds from this recital will go towards funding Ruby’s postgraduate studies in Vocal Performance at London’s Trinity Laban Conservatoire this September 2019.
11.00am
Our Sunday services are held at the Swiss Church in 79 Endell Street every first and third Sunday of the month. The first Sunday is with communion. Everyone is invited to join.
The sermons are in English, the hymns and the liturgy are also in German and French.
A meal or light refreshments are served after the service.
The Swiss Church in London is rooted in the Reformed tradition but people from all denominations, faith groups (and none) are welcome.
7.00pm
The Swiss Church London is delighted to welcome The Monaco Boys’ Choir (Les Petits Chanteurs de Monaco) for an evening concert on Monday 8 July at 7pm as part of their UK tour.
They are one of Europe’s renowned Boys’ Choir with an illustrious history and the Swiss Church London is honoured that they should have chosen to perform at The Swiss Church in London.
Entrance will be free. There will be a retiring collection.
The choir’s origins can be traced back to the 18th century. They have also been associated with some performances of the Monte-Carlo Opera and the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra: “La Bohème” and “Tosca” of Puccini, “Der Rosenkavalier” of Strauss, “Orfeo ed Euridice” of Gluck, “Pelléas et Mélisande” of Debussy, “Carmen” of Bizet, “Nut-cracker” of Tchaïkovsky, “Werther” of Massenet”, “La Damnation de Faust” of Berlioz… and they took part to the first ever recording in French of Georges Enesco’s opera “Oedipus”, with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Monte-Carlo conducted by Lawrence Foster, accompanying José Van Dam, Gabriel Bacquier, Nicolai Gedda, Barbara Hendricks, Brigitte Fassbaender for EMI (First Disc Prize). They have also sung in the Principality with Ruggero Raimondi, Katia Ricciarelli, Leo Nucci, Lucia Valentini- Terrani.
In 1997, as part of the closing celebrations ceremonies of the 700 years of the Grimaldi Dynasty, the choir took part to the “Christmas Concert” held in the Vatican and broadcasted in Worldvision, performed together with the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra and numerous international artists.
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
11.00am
Description
11.00am
Come and join us on Sunday 21 July at 11:00 am for our Sunday Service. It will be led by our Minister Reverend Carla Maurer. Her Sermon will take the story of Jesus cursing the fig tree as her starting point.
The Bible is full of great stories which are part of our cultural heritage and collective knowledge. Who hasn’t heard of Adam and Eve, Noah’s Ark, the Ten Commandments, David and Goliath, the creation of the world, or Jesus walking on water? Novelists and artists refer to these stories in their works, and they are popular children’s tales too. They fascinate and inspire people around the globe and across cultures, and religious affiliations.
The sermon is part of our "The greatest Hits of the Bible" sermon series, which started in January and will run until the summer break at the end of July.
In The Swiss Church, everyone is welcome to join in Communion, whatever their faith tradition might be. We worship in the Reformed tradition and have an ecumenical outlook.
Our hymns and liturgy are in English, French and German, and accompanied on the Späth organ, played by our Director of Music, Peter Yardley-Jones. The service will be conducted by our Minister Revd. Carla Maurer. The sermon is in English. Printed copies, including a large-print version will be available at the Service.
Please stay for lunch after the Service. It is an excellent opportunity to get to know people and to chat. You will be most welcome. If you would enjoy the opportunity to chat in Swiss German, or French, come and join us. We all speak English too, and a number of other languages as well. We look forward to meeting you all - friends, new and old.
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
6.30pm
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
5.00pm
The Swiss Church In London is proud to be hosting Swiss National Day once again.
Entrance is free. There will be a full programme of events including
17.30 Authentic Alphorn performance
18.15 Singing of the National Anthem
18.30 Ambassador of Switzerland in London's speech
19.00 Auction
20.00 Raffle
Traditional Swiss Food and drink will be on sale
The Swiss Church London has a maximum capicity of 150 people, and the event is expected to be popular. Entrance will be on a first come- first served basis.
5.00pm
10.00am
10.00am
Perhaps we associate pilgrimage rather with rural areas than with a metropolis, and yet to discover a city from a pilgrim’s perspective has its very own charm. In collaboration with Reverend Michael Schaar from the pilgrimage centre in Zurich, we invite you to put on your hiking shoes and to join us on this spiritual journey. A group from Zurich will travel to London to get to experience our city in a new light. It would be wonderful if some members of the Swiss Church and the Swiss community in London would join the group to build new friendships and tell our visitors more about life in London.
Programme
Tuesday, 27 August:
From Limehouse to Angel along Regent’s Canal. Visit of St Paul Old Ford Church, Victoria Park and St James Church.
Wednesday, 28 August:
Parkland Walk from Finsbury Park to Alexandra Palace. Visit of Highgate Cemetery.
Thursday, 29 August:
Meeting at the Swiss Church in London (morning). Street pilgrimage in Central London or free time (afternoon).
Friday, 30 August:
Along the Thames from Shepperton to Hampton Court (Weybridge Ferry route).
Members and friends of the Swiss Church can participate in the whole programme or join in for individual days. We ask for a donation of £10 per day. Bring your own lunch. Evening meal in a restaurant (optional).
To sign up please contact Carla (carla.maurer@swisschurchlondon.org.uk) by 15 July. We are also looking for volunteers to welcome the group at the Swiss Church on Thursday, 29 August.
11.00am
Come and join us on Sunday 1 September at 11:00 am for our Sunday Service with Communion. It will be led by our Minister Reverend Carla Maurer. Her Sermon will be the first of a series examing symbols in the Bible, and will take the symbol of bread as her starting point.
The sermon is part of our "Symbols in the Bible" sermon series, which starts in September and will run until January.
The Bible is full of great stories which are part of our cultural heritage and collective knowledge. The symbols such as bread, water and stars, to name just a few, form part of our shared culture. Novelists and artists refer to them constantly in their work. They fascinate and inspire people around the globe and across cultures, and religious affiliations.
In The Swiss Church, everyone is welcome to join in Communion, whatever their faith tradition might be. We worship in the Reformed tradition and have an ecumenical outlook.
Our hymns and liturgy are in English, French and German, and accompanied on the Späth organ, played by our Director of Music, Peter Yardley-Jones. The Holborn Chamber Choir will accompany us, and sign the anthems. The service will be conducted by our Minister Revd. Carla Maurer. The sermon is in English. Printed copies, including a large-print version will be available at the Service.
Please stay for lunch after the Service. It is an excellent opportunity to get to know people and to chat. You will be most welcome. If you would enjoy the opportunity to chat in Swiss German, or French, come and join us. We all speak English too, and a number of other languages as well. We look forward to meeting you all - friends, new and old.
11.00am
Our Sunday Services with Communion are held at the Swiss Church in 79 Endell Street on the first Sunday of the month. Everyone is invited to join in Communion if they wish.
The sermons are in English. The hymns and the liturgy are also in English, French and German.
Hymns are played by Peter Yardley-Jones on our wonderful Swiss Späth organ, accompanied by the High Holborn Chamber Choir.
A meal or light refreshments are served after the service. Please stay and experience a warm welcome from a friendly Congregation of all ages.
The Swiss Church in London is rooted in the Reformed tradition. People from all denominations, faith groups, and none, are welcome.
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
11.00am
Sunday Services are held at the Swiss Church in 79 Endell Street every third Sunday of the month.
On the first Sunday of the month the Service is with communion. Everyone is invited to join.
The sermons are in English, the hymns and the liturgy are also in German and French.
A meal or light refreshments are served after the service.
The Swiss Church in London is rooted in the Reformed tradition but people from all denominations, faith groups or none, are welcome.
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
7.30pm
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
6.00pm
Andy Palfreyman was street homeless for 30 years after he left his parental home in Cheshire at the age of 19. He slept mostly in the streets of London in various postcodes. Life changed in 2015 after a chance conversation with an artist who had an exhibition next to the Swiss Church, where he used to come for weekly breakfast. That’s how he got his first camera and the necessary support for his artistic work.
“Photography is a way of expressing myself and how I see the world. Until 2015 I had no idea I had any artistic talent and I didn’t believe in myself. I had very little self-worth, hence 30 years on the streets. Photography empowers me and hopefully is going to raise awareness for homelessness. This is what it’s about for me.”
Andy held his first exhibition ‘Cardboard and Caviar’ at the Swiss Church in London in December 2015 showing some of the doorways that became home. The exhibition was a great success with exposure in the Evening Standard, BBC London News and Buzzfeed. In 2017 the exhibition was also shown in Zurich, Switzerland.
Andy describes the content of his second photography exhibition: “When you are street homeless you tend to look down and notice things most of the general public don’t see. It strikes a chord with me, why it’s there, how it got there, and I photograph it. It feels like I’m the only person who sees it. Some of these things can be upsetting, but I see it from a homeless person’s point of view. When I see these things I can personally relate to them. For example in Shaftesbury Avenue there is a broken spanner pressed into the tarmac and I bet no one else can see it but me. It reminds me how homeless people are pushed down and become invisible. Once a homeless guy walked past me, it just started to rain, and he left footprints on the wet pavement. I call this photograph The Invisible Homeless.”
10.00am
Andy Palfreyman was street homeless for 30 years after he left his parental home in Cheshire at the age of 19. He slept mostly in the streets of London in various postcodes. Life changed in 2015 after a chance conversation with an artist who had an exhibition next to the Swiss Church, where he used to come for weekly breakfast. That’s how he got his first camera and the necessary support for his artistic work.
“Photography is a way of expressing myself and how I see the world. Until 2015 I had no idea I had any artistic talent and I didn’t believe in myself. I had very little self-worth, hence 30 years on the streets. Photography empowers me and hopefully is going to raise awareness for homelessness. This is what it’s about for me.”
Andy held his first exhibition ‘Cardboard and Caviar’ at the Swiss Church in London in December 2015 showing some of the doorways that became home. The exhibition was a great success with exposure in the Evening Standard, BBC London News and Buzzfeed. In 2017 the exhibition was also shown in Zurich, Switzerland.
Andy describes the content of his second photography exhibition: “When you are street homeless you tend to look down and notice things most of the general public don’t see. It strikes a chord with me, why it’s there, how it got there, and I photograph it. It feels like I’m the only person who sees it. Some of these things can be upsetting, but I see it from a homeless person’s point of view. When I see these things I can personally relate to them. For example in Shaftesbury Avenue there is a broken spanner pressed into the tarmac and I bet no one else can see it but me. It reminds me how homeless people are pushed down and become invisible. Once a homeless guy walked past me, it just started to rain, and he left footprints on the wet pavement. I call this photograph The Invisible Homeless.”
10.00am
Andy Palfreyman was street homeless for 30 years after he left his parental home in Cheshire at the age of 19. He slept mostly in the streets of London in various postcodes. Life changed in 2015 after a chance conversation with an artist who had an exhibition next to the Swiss Church, where he used to come for weekly breakfast. That’s how he got his first camera and the necessary support for his artistic work.
“Photography is a way of expressing myself and how I see the world. Until 2015 I had no idea I had any artistic talent and I didn’t believe in myself. I had very little self-worth, hence 30 years on the streets. Photography empowers me and hopefully is going to raise awareness for homelessness. This is what it’s about for me.”
Andy held his first exhibition ‘Cardboard and Caviar’ at the Swiss Church in London in December 2015 showing some of the doorways that became home. The exhibition was a great success with exposure in the Evening Standard, BBC London News and Buzzfeed. In 2017 the exhibition was also shown in Zurich, Switzerland.
Andy describes the content of his second photography exhibition: “When you are street homeless you tend to look down and notice things most of the general public don’t see. It strikes a chord with me, why it’s there, how it got there, and I photograph it. It feels like I’m the only person who sees it. Some of these things can be upsetting, but I see it from a homeless person’s point of view. When I see these things I can personally relate to them. For example in Shaftesbury Avenue there is a broken spanner pressed into the tarmac and I bet no one else can see it but me. It reminds me how homeless people are pushed down and become invisible. Once a homeless guy walked past me, it just started to rain, and he left footprints on the wet pavement. I call this photograph The Invisible Homeless.”
11.00am
Our Sunday Services with Communion are held at the Swiss Church in 79 Endell Street on the first Sunday of the month. Everyone is invited to join in Communion if they wish.
The sermons are in English. The hymns and the liturgy are also in English, French and German.
Hymns are played by Peter Yardley-Jones on our wonderful Swiss Späth organ, accompanied by the High Holborn Chamber Choir.
A meal or light refreshments are served after the service. Please stay and experience a warm welcome from a friendly Congregation of all ages.
The Swiss Church in London is rooted in the Reformed tradition. People from all denominations, faith groups, and none, are welcome.
10.00am
Andy Palfreyman was street homeless for 30 years after he left his parental home in Cheshire at the age of 19. He slept mostly in the streets of London in various postcodes. Life changed in 2015 after a chance conversation with an artist who had an exhibition next to the Swiss Church, where he used to come for weekly breakfast. That’s how he got his first camera and the necessary support for his artistic work.
“Photography is a way of expressing myself and how I see the world. Until 2015 I had no idea I had any artistic talent and I didn’t believe in myself. I had very little self-worth, hence 30 years on the streets. Photography empowers me and hopefully is going to raise awareness for homelessness. This is what it’s about for me.”
Andy held his first exhibition ‘Cardboard and Caviar’ at the Swiss Church in London in December 2015 showing some of the doorways that became home. The exhibition was a great success with exposure in the Evening Standard, BBC London News and Buzzfeed. In 2017 the exhibition was also shown in Zurich, Switzerland.
Andy describes the content of his second photography exhibition: “When you are street homeless you tend to look down and notice things most of the general public don’t see. It strikes a chord with me, why it’s there, how it got there, and I photograph it. It feels like I’m the only person who sees it. Some of these things can be upsetting, but I see it from a homeless person’s point of view. When I see these things I can personally relate to them. For example in Shaftesbury Avenue there is a broken spanner pressed into the tarmac and I bet no one else can see it but me. It reminds me how homeless people are pushed down and become invisible. Once a homeless guy walked past me, it just started to rain, and he left footprints on the wet pavement. I call this photograph The Invisible Homeless.”
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
10.00am
Andy Palfreyman was street homeless for 30 years after he left his parental home in Cheshire at the age of 19. He slept mostly in the streets of London in various postcodes. Life changed in 2015 after a chance conversation with an artist who had an exhibition next to the Swiss Church, where he used to come for weekly breakfast. That’s how he got his first camera and the necessary support for his artistic work.
“Photography is a way of expressing myself and how I see the world. Until 2015 I had no idea I had any artistic talent and I didn’t believe in myself. I had very little self-worth, hence 30 years on the streets. Photography empowers me and hopefully is going to raise awareness for homelessness. This is what it’s about for me.”
Andy held his first exhibition ‘Cardboard and Caviar’ at the Swiss Church in London in December 2015 showing some of the doorways that became home. The exhibition was a great success with exposure in the Evening Standard, BBC London News and Buzzfeed. In 2017 the exhibition was also shown in Zurich, Switzerland.
Andy describes the content of his second photography exhibition: “When you are street homeless you tend to look down and notice things most of the general public don’t see. It strikes a chord with me, why it’s there, how it got there, and I photograph it. It feels like I’m the only person who sees it. Some of these things can be upsetting, but I see it from a homeless person’s point of view. When I see these things I can personally relate to them. For example in Shaftesbury Avenue there is a broken spanner pressed into the tarmac and I bet no one else can see it but me. It reminds me how homeless people are pushed down and become invisible. Once a homeless guy walked past me, it just started to rain, and he left footprints on the wet pavement. I call this photograph The Invisible Homeless.”
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
11.00am
Sunday Services are held at the Swiss Church in 79 Endell Street every third Sunday of the month.
On the first Sunday of the month the Service is with communion. Everyone is invited to join.
The sermons are in English, the hymns and the liturgy are also in German and French.
A meal or light refreshments are served after the service.
The Swiss Church in London is rooted in the Reformed tradition but people from all denominations, faith groups or none, are welcome.
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
5.00pm
11.00am
Our Sunday Services with Communion are held at the Swiss Church in 79 Endell Street on the first Sunday of the month. Everyone is invited to join in Communion if they wish.
The sermons are in English. The hymns and the liturgy are also in English, French and German.
Hymns are played by Peter Yardley-Jones on our wonderful Swiss Späth organ, accompanied by the High Holborn Chamber Choir.
A meal or light refreshments are served after the service. Please stay and experience a warm welcome from a friendly Congregation of all ages.
The Swiss Church in London is rooted in the Reformed tradition. People from all denominations, faith groups, and none, are welcome.
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
11.00am
Our annual Commemoration Service will be held at 11:00 am on 17 November 2019.
At the service we will remember those who passed away recently and the people who we miss in our lives. We will light candles in their memory.
The service will be in English, and include hymns, poems and the liturgy are in French, German and English.
You can give the names you would like to be read out at the service to the Minister, Revd. Carla Maurer before the service. Contact here by email or via the Church office.
Light refreshments are served after the service.
The Swiss Church in London is rooted in the Reformed tradition but people from all denominations, faith groups or none, are welcome.
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
11.00am
Our Sunday Services with Communion are held at the Swiss Church in 79 Endell Street on the first Sunday of the month. Everyone is invited to join in Communion if they wish.
The sermons are in English. The hymns and the liturgy are also in English, French and German.
Hymns are played by Peter Yardley-Jones on our wonderful Swiss Späth organ, accompanied by the High Holborn Chamber Choir.
A meal or light refreshments are served after the service. Please stay and experience a warm welcome from a friendly Congregation of all ages.
The Swiss Church in London is rooted in the Reformed tradition. People from all denominations, faith groups, and none, are welcome.
7.00pm
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
8.00am
Breakfast on the Steps is an important part of the week at the Swiss Church. It is a time when we serve our community and welcome people into the church by serving food and offering fellowship. We make an effort to be present and spend time with the people who come along. It is always a joy to see the variety of people who come to join our community activities.
We gratefully accept donations of winter footwear and warm clothing, to pass onto our guests when they need them.
If you would like to volunteer, we would love that!
Get in touch with Josh: josh.kelly@swisschurchlondon.org.uk
The Winter edition of the Swiss Church News is out now.
It's full of all the latest news. On page 3 we review the recent arts events held at the Church, including Andy Palfreyman's second photographic...
Our annual Commemoration Service will be held at 11:00 am on 17 November 2019.
At the service we will remember those who passed away recently and the people who we miss in our lives. We will light candles in...
We are delighted to welcome St George's School, Windsor Castle back to The Swiss Church this year on 2 December at 7pm, accompanied by our organist, Peter Yardley-Jones.
