Factory church Winterthur

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The former location of the ref. Factory church Winterthur.

The Reformed Factory Church in Winterthur is an Evangelical Reformed church institution in Winterthur . Sponsors are the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zurich and the City Association of the Reformed Churches of Winterthur. The factory church in Winterthur is one of the first youth churches in Switzerland. The name of the institution goes back to a former factory building that was used as a meeting room between 2007 and 2017.

history

In 2003 the Zurich pastor Matthias Girgis and the youth social worker and social entrepreneur Nik Gugger were commissioned by the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zurich to set up a youth church for the city of Winterthur. The focus of the new project was on modern forms of worship that were intended to appeal to young people and young adults. The events of the Winterthur Youth Church took place in different locations and with an event character in the first few years.

In 2010, the factory church in Winterthur became an integral part of the church offers in Winterthur through a resolution by the Central Church Administration.

From 2007 to 2017, the Winterthur youth church was located in the Sulzer area in Winterthur. A former factory building gave the Winterthur youth church its current name. From 2007 to 2013 the factory church operated a lunch bistro in the hall. As of February 2017, the factory church no longer has a meeting room. The previously used factory hall has to give way to a new building project and will be demolished.

offer

The factory church in Winterthur organizes church services , is active in social welfare and organizes events for young people and adults.

In the social diakonia, the institution is involved, among other things, with projects in the second labor market . A church office service carries out copy and dispatch orders or helps with the design of websites and printed matter.

The events of the factory church (e.g. Monday Blues, WunderBar) stimulate discussions in an unconventional way.

The factory church in Winterthur also offers internships for social workers and theology students and is an operational company for community service providers .

Web links

literature

  • Hermann-Josef Krug: Shaping Spaces of Opportunity - An Urban Recartography of the Sulzer Area in Winterthur, 1989–2009. transcript Verlag, Bielefeld 2012, ISBN 978-3-8376-1997-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ em: Making the way to church easier for young people. NZZ Online, May 24, 2004, accessed April 25, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Urs Meyer, information officer: The factory church will continue to operate indefinitely. (PDF) Meeting of the Central Church Administration on June 28, 2010, Kirchgemeindehaus Oberwinterthur. Association of Evangelical Reformed Churches in the City of Winterthur, June 29, 2010, accessed on July 14, 2011 .
  3. ^ First reformed factory church with an everyday bistro. (PDF; 834 kB) In: ImmoNews. Sulzer Immobilien, January 2007, p. 4 , archived from the original on July 9, 2007 ; Retrieved July 27, 2011 .
  4. ↑ Peter Schmid: Winterthur has a factory church. In: livenet.ch. February 2, 2007, accessed July 27, 2011 .
  5. ↑ Marius Leutenegger: Young unemployed: Church is challenged . In: reformed. No. 7 , June 26, 2009, p. 1 ( reformiert.info [PDF; 5.9 MB ; accessed on August 22, 2017]).

Coordinates: 47 ° 29 '44.1 "  N , 8 ° 42' 59.4"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred and ninety-six thousand two hundred and ninety  /  261319