A heart for france
A view of eternity
On one of our Sunday afternoon drives (a French custom and also to give our son some driving practice and to get away from too much screen time!), we visited a gorgeous typical Ardèche village. As we have wound our way around many of the roads here, we are struck by the number of cemeteries with a…
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Meanderings
Our holiday time in July was reasonably R & R, but our first week saw us sending off No.1 son to Australia for a year's study. (He's settling in nicely and not far from his grandparents.) The rest of the time we supported No.2 son who has spent 6 weeks picking cherries and pears, although…
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End of an era
Last Sunday we held a special service for our young people. They are leaving the area to pursue studies and work options and we will no longer be able to coordinate regular activities for them. We hope to take them along to different youth gatherings and there are 3 weekends in perspective. Our…
MoreMillenium generation
Have been so busy with end of school year activities and wind up and juggling with all the kids being back home. So scrolling through Facebook, I found this post. It will well and truly keep you busy reading and reflecting on our current generation and its relationship to institutionalised church.…
MoreOur precious young people
We've been really busy lately with 3 packed weeks of ministry. We had 2 weeks of school holidays, so had a 3-day Vacation Bible Club with a space theme. The leader spoke about the astronaut James Irwin, then the life of Jesus, then the fact that Jesus is coming back one day and are we ready…
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A little after Easter
Pascal was ministering at our other church in Lyon, so I invited a whole family over for Easter lunch on Sunday. It is also a host family for a Canadian girl over here for 3 months and they wanted her to experience a typical French luncheon which lasts for at least 3 hours! The family is also a…
MoreThings are spiralling, but not necessarily out of control!
,"Toute ascension vers un endroit merveilleux se fait par un escalier en spirale.," Francis Bacon ,"All goings-up towards a wonderful place pass by a spiral staircase.," When we talk about getting somewhere, reaching goals, putting something into place, there's always that…
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Hello after a rather long silence! Things have been hotting up since I last wrote and I have a mass of things to process in my head and to share with my husband and my church before I can summarize for you what it is all about. In the meantime; here is one small reflection which will also give you…
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2014
Of course we don't know what this New Year will bring, but we can guess some aspects: the every day life may not be very different, but circumstances can change, sometimes dramatically. We can dream our dreams and work towards achieving them. We can pray about a millions topics, but in the end we…
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Be yourself, free yourself !
,"..whatever your do, do it for the glory of God,", 1 Cor 10:31 This is the title of a 4-day Youth Gathering starting today. Off to our Union of Churches' holiday/conference centre at 1000m (could be snow!) with 8 members of our youth group and we'll be meeting up with around 250 other young…
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About Us
God's ways are mysterious, but I must say that since my commitment to follow Jesus Christ in 1985 life with God has been one big adventure. While teaching in a small town in Western Victoria in Australia I felt called to look into mission, to understand what it meant and if it was still relevant on the 20th Century. In 1989/90 I went to Niamey, the capital of Niger in French West Africa, for a Short Term Service as a French teacher at Sahel Academy, a school for missionary kids. This was a life changing experience, because I realized two things: I really wanted to study the Bible full time and I needed to improve my French! Solution: do a 3 year Theology Diploma in an Evangelical French College in the Paris region. The Lord led the way and not only did I realize how much Christian workers were needed in France but the Lord organized for me to stay in France permanently - yes! I met my French husband Pascal, at Bible College. Together we have three wonderful children. Pascal is now pastor in a French Evangelical Church Union and I am a supported missionary working alongside him.
What are we doing?
My ACE ministry consists of;
A=Accompanying (counselling, discipline),
C=Coordinating (particularly the Vitality Pathway, revitalizing
churches), and
E=Evangelism to bring more into the Kingdom.
My ministry is recognized by the Union of Free Evangelical Churches in France with whom my husband serves as pastor. I coordinate a national team seeking to create healthy, missional churches. Ministry involves equipping the local church to reach its community by: discipline, mentoring, counselling and training others; organizing events and coordinating children and youth ministries and particularly reaching out to women.
Where are we?:
Working on Leadership & Training with SIM in Europe, Europe, Ain, FranceMonthly archive
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