Loved in to Life at The Field
General News – Sunday, July 5th, 2015‘The Field’ has long been an unofficial name for Lee Abbey’s well-loved campsite, so it seemed the obvious choice as title for what will be less of a ‘camp’ and more of a retreat for 18-30s in July/August 2015. The Field’s history is a huge part of its charm for the 35-strong...
Andy’s story
General News – Tuesday, June 30th, 2015I first met Andy about a year ago, I don’t want to say too much because he has written his story below, only that we feel honored that he has chosen to hang out with us and become a part of this community that is growing in Covent Garden.
In August 2014 I was walking past the Swiss Church...
Harvest
General News – Monday, October 27th, 2014I preached on harvest a couple of weeks ago and here is what I said…
As a Londoner I don’t really know much about Harvest.
So apparently what they do, them farmers in the country, they go around collecting all the plants in the field, and apparently this is a big job that involves things...
All broken, all beautiful
General News – Thursday, July 31st, 2014Homelessness is a part of our story here at the Swiss Church. This connection is partly because of our locality, we are on the border between the two boroughs (Camden and Westminster) who together host 40% of all rough sleepers in London, and partly because of who we are, a church. As a church...
Ezra: taking a stroll accross the Middle East
General News – Thursday, October 31st, 2013In the book of Ezra we read how the exiled Israelite s traveled back to Jerusalem from Babylon, which is modern-day Baghdad.
This journey was over 700 miles and took them over 4 months to complete.
They started off near Baghdad not too far from the current border with Iran and would have...