Swiss Church in LondonEglise Suisse de LondresSchweizerkirche in LondonChiesa Svizzera a LondraBaselgia svizra a Londra

Reverend Stephan Degen-Ballmer is Minister in Baselland, Switzerland and on sabbatical at the Swiss Church in London from April to July. During a series of evening classes, he will introduce different religions and lead excursions to visit places of worship.

This last evening class has the title: "The different Christian confessions: Reformed, Anglican, Catholic, Orthodox"

Everyone is invited to join. No previous knowledge is required. 

Costs: £8 per class, material and light dinner included.

For further questions you can contact Stephan directly: sdegenballmer@bluewin.ch

The Mothers Group was founded in the 1960ies by a group of Swiss immigrants. The mothers, now grandmothers and great-grandmothers, continue to meet ever second Wednesday of the month to build old and new friendships and provide an interesting programme.

Young mothers and fathers with the children are invited to join the meetings.

For more details please contact Marianne Fisher-Hertig on muttergruppe@outlook.com

Tickets not available from Eventbrite. Please contact the organiser of this event directly to reserve your space. See below for contact details.

What happens in our Red Tent?

• As we welcome all to the atmospheric space, we sit in a circle in the presence of candles and a cup of herbal tea is provided.

• After settling in the space and slowing down from the busyness of the outside world, we engage in a meditation/visualization (guided or silent).

• We then check in with each other, passing around a “talking stick” giving every woman a chance to share a thought, an experience, something about her journey, while we listen with openness and non-judgment. Women do not have to share if they do not wish to and are welcome to just sit and soak up the atmosphere. 

• We enter creative space, some ideas are:

- We do some free movement or dance to celebrate our feminine nature and to express any non-verbal, embodied impulses and energies.
- We paint, we draw, we create an installation inspired from female experiences/objects.
- We read, we write, we share poems.
- We sing or make music.

This is a sacred, safe space of connection with no judgement open to all womenWho is this event for?
All women are welcome! We celebrate the beauty of all ages, backgrounds, sexual orientation and spiritual or religious beliefs.

 
Additional information

Wear something red
You can bring tea or snacks to share and a blanket or a mat or a cushion if you like extra comfort.
We welcome donations, which will be used towards the use of the space.

 Tickets for this Event  are now only available, directly from the organiser, and on the door on the evening.

For tickets and enquiries please contact: dr@vocalino-wettingen.ch

The Swiss Church in London is proud to host a Workshop Concert by Vocalino Choir Wettingen, Switzerland with Robin Tyson of the  King's Singers. The concert will include choral works from Switzerland and abroad.

Vocalino Wettingen is a choir of experienced amateur singers aged between 20 and 35, characterised by a youthful spirit and its lean sound. Having its roots in the Wettingen High School, the choir regards itself as the school's alumni choir. The repertory consists of sacred and secular works spanning all periods of classical choral music, especially early and contemporary music.

Free entrance and retiring collection for the work of the Swiss Church in London

The Service will be  led by Reverend Meret Engel, sabattical Minister from Romanshorn-Salmsach, and will include communion.  Everyone is welcome to join us for our Sunday service and share communion. We are an ecumenical congregation, and people from Anglican, Protestant and Catholic backgrounds and no religious affiliation worship together.

The sermon is in English. The hymns are sung in German, French and English.

The service is followed by lunch, served at 12.15 pm, cooked by members of the congregation.

A FREE community Breakfast in the church that is open to all in our wider community.

We serve tea and coffee with boiled eggs, toast, spreads, fresh fruit and cheese.

On the last Tuesday of the month we cook a Full English Breakfast and every eight weeks we provide a haircut too!

So come and relax in a safe, quiet space, read the daily papers or chat with the regulars.

If ever a breakfast is cancelled we will give as much prior notice as possible and place a notice in our outside display box.

A FREE community Breakfast in the church that is open to all in our wider community.

We serve tea and coffee with boiled eggs, toast, spreads, fresh fruit and cheese.

On the last Tuesday of the month we cook a Full English Breakfast and every eight weeks we provide a haircut too!

So come and relax in a safe, quiet space, read the daily papers or chat with the regulars.

If ever a breakfast is cancelled we will give as much prior notice as possible and place a notice in our outside display box.

Join us for an evening of stunning singing, accompanied by theorbo, harpsichord and recorder. The forthcoming concert for Saint Cecilia's day, Cecilia Sings, will continue the theme of bird mythology that was initiated in the first three concerts, melded with ideas about Saint Cecilia. Text and artwork by students from Marylebone Girls' School will illustrate newly commissioned works on the theme of female power, passion and spirit by Janet Oates (with new text by Euan Tait), Sheena Phillips, Dominic McGonigal and Joel Jårventausta. Further repertoire includes expressive songs by Francesca Caccini and Barbara Strozzi, virtuosic duets by Mazzocchi, and beautiful madrigals by Maddalena Casulana.

Tickets £15 available at the door 

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The Yellowing, Part 2 (Bell Mouth) is a new audio-visual performance, that brings the architecture and history of the Swiss Church into dialogue with the current life of a bell mouth intersection on the A583 in Lancashire. This bell mouth, as the gateway to a fracking site has, over the past two years, become inhabited as a place of resistance, reflection and togetherness.

The performance takes as its starting point the history of female social support work at the Swiss Church. It connects this to the activities in the bell mouth on Preston New Road, Lancashire, where the local community, particularly many older women, have held vigil since work on the site commenced in January 2017. During these two years, the site has played host to silent contemplation, knitting circles, speeches and song and dance, against a backdrop of frequently violent intervention from the police and security staff. For many of these women, these activities are their first active political engagements, made later in life, and challenging their existing belief systems.

Akin to a narrated live film, the performance will extend methods used in Birch’s previous performances—video, projections and live narration—to gradually transform the architecture of the Church through images, sound and objects. Refreshments will be served in the foyer throughout the evening.

The Yellowing, Part 2 (Bell Mouth) is a chapter in Birch's wider project, The Yellowing, which connects women’s histories, landscapes and sub-surface geologies. The Yellowing, Part 1was shown in May 2018 at The Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, as part of Fig-Futures. The project also includes a forthcoming feature-length film, Undermine, that follows the daily lives of the community of women affected by fracking in Lancashire, investigating the psychological implications of being undermined, environmentally, democratically and emotionally. 

The Yellowing, Part 1 was commissioned by Fig-Futures, and supported by Art Fund, Arts Council England and Outset. The sister feature film currently in development, Undermine,has been supported by Arts Council England, FLAMIN (New Approaches) and Lancaster Arts. 

Rebecca Birch has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. Her solo exhibitions include; Lichen hunting on the west coast, Fig-2 at ICA London, and the days run away, commissioned by Camden Arts Centre and Whitescreenat The Agency Gallery. Her group exhibitions include, Matt’s Galleryat Black Rock, Test Run at Modern Art Oxford, Multiplexing at LUX & PeckhamPlex, London. She is the recipient of a number of residencies and awards including, CCA Creative Lab Residency, Glasgow and LUX Associate Artists Programme. 

The Yellowing, Part 2: Bell Mouthis part of Being and Appearing, a programme of contemporary art curated for the Swiss Church in London by Kirsty White - beingandappearing.org.uk.

Kindly supported by The Swiss Church in London, Arts Council England and The Elephant Trust.  

Performances will take place every hour. Admission free but please book if you would like to guarantee entry for a particular time slot

The Yellowing, Part 2 (Bell Mouth) is a new audio-visual performance, that brings the architecture and history of the Swiss Church into dialogue with the current life of a bell mouth intersection on the A583 in Lancashire. This bell mouth, as the gateway to a fracking site has, over the past two years, become inhabited as a place of resistance, reflection and togetherness.

The performance takes as its starting point the history of female social support work at the Swiss Church. It connects this to the activities in the bell mouth on Preston New Road, Lancashire, where the local community, particularly many older women, have held vigil since work on the site commenced in January 2017. During these two years, the site has played host to silent contemplation, knitting circles, speeches and song and dance, against a backdrop of frequently violent intervention from the police and security staff. For many of these women, these activities are their first active political engagements, made later in life, and challenging their existing belief systems.

Akin to a narrated live film, the performance will extend methods used in Birch’s previous performances—video, projections and live narration—to gradually transform the architecture of the Church through images, sound and objects. Refreshments will be served in the foyer throughout the evening.

The Yellowing, Part 2 (Bell Mouth) is a chapter in Birch's wider project, The Yellowing, which connects women’s histories, landscapes and sub-surface geologies. The Yellowing, Part 1was shown in May 2018 at The Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, as part of Fig-Futures. The project also includes a forthcoming feature-length film, Undermine, that follows the daily lives of the community of women affected by fracking in Lancashire, investigating the psychological implications of being undermined, environmentally, democratically and emotionally. 

The Yellowing, Part 1 was commissioned by Fig-Futures, and supported by Art Fund, Arts Council England and Outset. The sister feature film currently in development, Undermine,has been supported by Arts Council England, FLAMIN (New Approaches) and Lancaster Arts. 

Rebecca Birch has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. Her solo exhibitions include; Lichen hunting on the west coast, Fig-2 at ICA London, and the days run away, commissioned by Camden Arts Centre and Whitescreenat The Agency Gallery. Her group exhibitions include, Matt’s Galleryat Black Rock, Test Run at Modern Art Oxford, Multiplexing at LUX & PeckhamPlex, London. She is the recipient of a number of residencies and awards including, CCA Creative Lab Residency, Glasgow and LUX Associate Artists Programme. 

The Yellowing, Part 2: Bell Mouthis part of Being and Appearing, a programme of contemporary art curated for the Swiss Church in London by Kirsty White - beingandappearing.org.uk.

Kindly supported by The Swiss Church in London, Arts Council England and The Elephant Trust.  

Performances will take place every hour. Admission free but please book if you would like to guarantee entry for a particular time slot

St George's School, Windsor Castle - Christmas Concert. Further details to be published soon.

One of the highlights of our Church year. Come and join the Swiss community and friends, at our traditional Christmas Carol service. With English, German and French carols and Advent hymns performed by the choral group Icosa. 

After the service, mulled wine and mince pies will be served. Come and join us for this wonderful evening!

This event is very popular and access is strictly on a first-come-first-served basis. Please turn up early to avoid disappointment as ticketing is not taking place this year. 

Admission free. Retiring collection.