Read during morning worship on Sunday 16 March 2025

Notice is hereby given that the Vacancy Procedure Committee of the Presbytery of International Charges on 7th March 2025 approved the following course of action in regard to the charge of The Church of Scotland Geneva:

1. To release Rev Laurence Twaddle from the charge on 31st May 2025;

2. Determine that the charge will become vacant on 1st June 2025; and

3. Determine that the appointment of the Rev Graham Austin as Interim Moderator in the deferred linking of The Scots Kirk Lausanne with the charge will now relate to the prospective linking of The Scots Kirk Lausanne with the charge

This action will proceed unless at least four persons, who are either communicant members of this congregation of The Church of Scotland Geneva or full members of Presbytery, together or separately submit to the Presbytery Clerk a request for this proposal to be considered at the next meeting of the Presbytery. Any such request must set out the relevant reasons.

You should submit any such request by email to the Presbytery Clerk, Rev Derek Lawson, at clerk@internationalpresbytery.org by 24th March 2025.

If four valid requests are received, then the implementation of the foregoing course of action will be suspended and the approval of Presbytery will be required.

Notice is further given that the Presbytery of International Charges meeting in Paris on 7th March 2025 passed a Deliverance in the following terms:

“Presbytery agrees to the Basis of Deferred Linking of The Scots Kirk Lausanne and the Church of Scotland Geneva becoming a Basis of Linking; and encourage the Nominating Committee and the Interim Moderator in the ongoing process.”

Derek G Lawson, Presbytery Clerk

Our fourth book club afternoon will be on Wednesday 12 March at 14h00 in the Salle Théodore de Bèze, to discuss Bonnie Garmus’s book Lessons in Chemistry.

All are welcome to join us.

The third of our congregational book club afternoons, organized by Gillian Friedli

This time we shall meet in the Salle Théodore de Bèze, to discuss Muriel Spark’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. We are always happy to welcome new members to share in the discussion.

Dame Muriel Spark (1918–2006) was a Scottish novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist.

An Ignatian Way Day

This day is the third in a series in three days in 2025. The subtheme: I am raised up with Jesus through my suffering and dying to peace.

The Ignatian Way theme for 2025 is: Our God Who Is Love.

The three sub-themes are:

• March 1: I am loved personally and immensely by God
• June 14: Jesus accompanies me in living suffering, to reveal the mystery of God’s love
• October 11: I am raised up with Jesus through my suffering and dying to peace

An Ignatian Way Day offers a chance to “catch one’s spiritual breath” in today’s hectic world, a pause to open to silence, with time for personal reflection on one’s life in the light of scripture, and group sharing on related questions.

Cost: CHF 50 (includes lunch and a mid-morning coffee/tea with croissant)
Registration: Email Patricia Laurie or call her on +33 6 85 39 15 66

An Ignatian Way Day

This day is the second in a series in three days in 2025. The subtheme: Jesus accompanies me in living suffering, to reveal the mystery of God’s love.

The Ignatian Way theme for 2025 is: Our God Who Is Love.

The three sub-themes are:

• March 1: I am loved personally and immensely by God
• June 14: Jesus accompanies me in living suffering, to reveal the mystery of God’s love
• October 11: I am raised up with Jesus through my suffering and dying to peace

An Ignatian Way Day offers a chance to “catch one’s spiritual breath” in today’s hectic world, a pause to open to silence, with time for personal reflection on one’s life in the light of scripture, and group sharing on related questions.

Cost: CHF 50 (includes lunch and a mid-morning coffee/tea with croissant)
Registration: Email Patricia Laurie or call her on +33 6 85 39 15 66

An Ignatian Way Day

This day is the first in a series in three days in 2025. The subtheme: I am loved personally and immensely by God.

The Ignatian Way theme for 2025 is: Our God Who Is Love.

The three sub-themes are:

• March 1: I am loved personally and immensely by God
• June 14: Jesus accompanies me in living suffering, to reveal the mystery of God’s love
• October 11: I am raised up with Jesus through my suffering and dying to peace

An Ignatian Way Day offers a chance to “catch one’s spiritual breath” in today’s hectic world, a pause to open to silence, with time for personal reflection on one’s life in the light of scripture, and group sharing on related questions.

Cost: CHF 50 (includes lunch and a mid-morning coffee/tea with croissant)
Registration: Email Patricia Laurie or call her on +33 6 85 39 15 66

On Zoom. Members of the congregation wishing to attend online should contact Nan Braunschweiger for the Zoom link

On Zoom

Meeting on Zoom

Burns Night 2025

An evening of fun and entertainment.  Come and join in the fun.

Aperitif and three course meal

18h30 for 19h00 Salle Theodore de Beze.

All tickets now sold. Sorry!