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Lisa Cirieco-Ohlman (left) and Denise Nickerson (right)
Lisa Cirieco-Ohlman has teamed up with Denise Nickerson for a new project: Education Guide Switzerland. Lisa has been publishing Know-it-all passport® since 1999 and has built up a solid reputation in the area. The 8th edition is at press and will be available end-of-August 2012. Denise has been involved with education since 1997 and specializes in working with multicultural, international, and expatriated individuals and families, and international schools and universities.
This new catalog will be listing over 250 universities, graduate institutes, international schools and Montessori schools — all educational institutions that offer academic programs in English within Switzerland — listed free-of-charge. Each school will have a dedicated page for their description which will also contain quotes when available from parents, students, alumni, faculty, or directors. The tuition costs, contact details, location, fun facts or famous alumni, degrees and certificates will also be divulged in one handy book. This 272-page catalog will certainly meet the demands much needed in a country offering so many ways to learn.
Providing a catalog of a country boasting a variety of English-language educational experiences for children and adults in Switzerland has been met with much applaud. "This will be a very useful guide" and "What a super and useful idea!" are just some of the comments that have been pouring in.
In response to the increasing demand for new moms wishing to recover their form after giving birth, GET FIT fitness coach, Leigh Anne Boonzaier has set up a new Stroller Club class, which will take place 3 times a week in the Geneva region.
The focus of the classes will be to establish cardiac fitness in a social environment, which offers post-natal support at the same time. The program will demonstrate the key steps in learning to run, and will show you how running and fitness can be a way of life, not just a seasonal past-time or trend. In a short time, moms should begin to see how they can “get their bodies back” and feel good.
The program provides a very gentle, step by step, introduction for moms into the fitness world again. All groups will have a fitness goal that is achievable, giving moms the confidence to continue their fitness journey. Each session will begin with a warm up, and end with a gentle cardio finish off with core training to strengthen post-pregnancy mothers’ core. Sessions will last approx 1 hour.
If you want to attend one of the many Christmas services happening in Geneva, Vaud and neighboring France this year, take a look at the following list, which we have compiled from the websites of local churches.
If you know about other services in your area, please let us know.
GENEVA
Church of Scotland
Auditoire de Calvin
1204 Geneva
022 788 08 31
www.churchofscotlandgeneva.com
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International, English-speaking Presbyterian church.
Advent Service – every Wednesday in December until Christmas – 20h00
Christmas Day Worship, 25 December -11h00
Emmanuel Church In Geneva
3 rue du Monthoux
1201 Geneva
022 732 80 78
www.emmanuelchurch.ch
Episcopal church.
Eucharist Service, 19 December – 10h00
Family Christmas Eve Eucharist, 24 December – 17h00
Midnight Eucharist, 24 December – 22h30
Christmas Eucharist, 25 December – 10h00
Feast of St. Stephen Eucharist – 10h00
The Evangelical Baptist Church of Geneva
Chapelle de l’Oratoire
7 rue Tabazan
1204 Geneva
022 311 43 01
www.ebcg.ch
International English-language Evangelical church
Christmas Carol Service, 19 December – 17h00
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Geneva
Place Bourg du Four
20 rue Verdaine
1204 Geneva
022 310 50 89
www.genevalutheran.ch
English worship, hymns in prayers in the language of its members, of whom fewer than half are Lutheran.
Christmas carol singing, 17 December - 18h30
Christmas pageant by children, 19 December – 11h00
Christmas Eve worship with carols and candle lighting, 24 December – 17h00
Christmas Day, 25 December – 11h00
First Sunday after Christmas, 26 December – 11h00
Holy Trinity Church
14b rue du Mont Blanc
1201 Geneva
022 731 51 55
022 734 38 17
www.anglican.ch/geneva-htc
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Anglican Church in the Diocese of Europe of the Church of England
Crib Service for Children., 24 December – 15h00
Service of Nine Lesson and Carols in the Cathedral St. Pierre, 24 December -17h30 (preceded by Organ Recital at 17h00)
Midnight Eucharist, 24 December – 23h00
Holy Communion, 25 December – 09h00
Christmas Day Sung Communion, 25 December – 10h30
St. Stephen Holy Communion, 26 December – 09h00
St. Stephen Family Communon, 26 December – 10h30
First Sunday of Christmas (Organ Vespers with Compline), 26 December – 19h00
Roman Catholic Church
John XXIII Parish
35 ch. Adolphe-Pasteur
1209 Geneva
022 733 04 83
www.johnxxiii.ch
Roman catholic church.
Children’s Christmas mass, commencing with carols, 24 December – 16h30
Christmas Vigil Mass, 24 December – 20h00
Carols followed by Midnight Mass, 24 December – 23h30
Mass of Christmas Day, 25 December – 11h00
Masses at the Centre, 26 December, 10h00 and 11h30
Mass at Notre Same, 26 December – 19h00
Mass, 31 December – 12h45
Adoration, 31 December – 18h00
Adoration, 1 January – 11h00
New Year’s Day Mass, 1 January – 12h00
Sunday Vigil Mass, 1 January – 18h30
VAUD
All Saints’ English Church
Av. de la Prairie 40
1800 Vevey
021 922 94 57
www.allsaints.ch
Christmas Eve Midnight Communion, 24 December – 23h00
Christmas Day Family Communion, 25 December – 10h30
Morning Prayer, 26 December - 10h30
Christ Church Lausanne
Av. de l’Eglise Anglaise 1
1006 Lausanne
021 617 65 63
021 312 65 63
www.christchurch-lausanne.ch
Crib Service, 24 December, 17h00
Midnight Mass, 24 December, 23h30
Christmas Day, Holy Communion, 25 December – 08h00
Christmas Day, Holy Communion, 25 December – 10h30
St. Stephen Holy Communion, 26 December – 10h30
La Côte Anglican Church
(Gingins Village Church, Divonne Eglise Réformée, Genolier Village Church)
Ch du Couchant 7
1260 Nyon
022 364 00 30
www.lacotechurch.ch
English-speaking church with an emphasis on family activity.
Family Communion with Nativity Play at Divonne, 19 December – 10h00
Family Celebration with Christingles at Gingins (followed by minced pies and mulled wine in the Stand de Tir), 19 December – 16h00
Service of Nine Lessons and Carols at Genolier, 23 December – 20h00
Crib Service for Children at Gingins (NEW!), 24 December – 15h00
Christmas Eve Communion at Gingins (NEW!), 24 December – 17h00
Christmas Day Family Communion at Divonne, 25 December – 10h00
Roman Catholic English-language Mission of Our Lady of Faith
Av. de Béthusy 54
1012 Lausanne
021 653 42 58
www.catholicchurchlausanne.org
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Vigil Mass of the Nativity of Christ at the Champittet College Chapel, 24 December – 18h00
The Nativity of Christ Mass at Champittet College Chapel, 25 December – 25 December – 10h30
The Holy Family Mass at Champittet College Chapel, 26 December – 10h30
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Mass at Av. Béthusy 54, 1 January – 17h30
The Epiphany of the Lord Mass at Champittet College Chapel, 2 January – 10h30
Scots Kirk
Av. de Rumine 26
1005 Lausanne
021 323 98 28
www.scotskirklausanne.ch
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Family Nativity Service, 19 December – 10h30
Christmas Eve watch-night service, 24 December – 23h30
Christmas Day Service with Holy Communion, 25 December – 10h30
St. John’s Anglican Church
Av. de Chillon 92
1820 Montreux-Territe
021 963 43 54
www.stjohns-montreux.ch
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Evangelist Anglican church.
Nine Lessons and Carols at St. John’s, followed by wine and finger foods (n.b. parking may be difficult du to Montreux Christmas Market so please use public transport if you can), 19 December – 17h30
Midnight Communion, 24 December – 23h30
Sung Eucharist, 25 December – 10h30
Matins followed by shortened service of Holy Communion (St. Stephen’s Day and Patronal Festival), 26 December – 10h30
Westlake Church Nyon
6 rue Juste-Olivier
1260 Nyon
www.westlakechurch.com/site
4th Advent, 19 December
Christmas Eve with a Drama, 24 December
Westlake Church Lausanne
c/o ch. du Bochet 27
1025 St-Sulpice
021 534 57 72
www.westlakechurch.ch/lausanne
Christmas Morning family service at the Foyer Paroissal, Chemin des Paquis, St. Sulpice, 25 December – 10h00
FRANCE
Crossroads Evangelical Church
Ch. de la Brunette
01210 Ferney-Voltaire
France
0033/450 40 65 11
www.crossroadschurch.fr
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Christmas Eve Service, 24 December – 17h00
Trade in the last edition and get a new one for just Fr. 25.-!
Don’t forget to bring along a copy of your Know-it-all passport to Leman Expat Fair, which is taking place on Sunday, 31 October from 11h-17h, at Beaulieu in Lausanne.
Lisa Cirieco-Ohlman, editor of the book, is repeating the special offer she made at Expat Expo earlier in the month, and is asking customers to bring in their 2009/2010 edition. All you have to do is find your old green copy at home and bring it to Lisa on the stand (table 21) who will trade it in for the new edition for just Fr. 25.-. Since the regular price is Fr. 38.- in stores, this is a great incentive to upgrade.
A team of 14 people updated the 7th edition, which includes over 700 pages and features literally hundreds of new entries. In response to customer demand, two new sections covering NIGHT LIFE and CHOCOLATE have also been added.
