A heart for france
Where is Spring???
Winter this year has dragged on so long that even the most positive of people are complaining and feeling low. ,"Always look on the bright side of life," we used to sing (thanks to 'the Life of Brian' - sorry about the controversial reference!!) and as an Aussie I've always welcomed rain knowing…
MoreGay marriage and gender choice debates in France
I'm posting a commentary written by Lauren Moore who is also an Aussie missionary working in France. She sums up a very worrying situation and I'm grateful for her perspective. I'm really worried at the way government is operating here and rough shod decisions and lack of correct, informed, public…
MoreGrains of Hope
Good luck to you French-speakers! Here is the video clip created to promote a year-long collection of meditations on the theme of ,"May Your Kingdom Come,". I contributed to this effort with one humble offering (those of you who heard me in Australia would have heard something on 1 Cor 15: 36-58…
MoreBeing content
Had a lovely 3-day retreat at the SIM France guest house and offices. Soula Isch took on the question of being content/satisfied. Here is one of the reflexions she found to share with us. Vis le jour d'aujourd'hui, Dieu te le donne. Live today right now, God gives it to you Il est à toi, It is…
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Good Friday - thanks to Bronwyn for passing this on.
Just thought I’d share this poem about Good Friday. Bruce Dawe, Australian poet, wrote this in 1964. I am shocked each time I read it. Although confronting, it conveys a clear image of that Friday, from the perspective of one of the soldiers… AND A GOOD FRIDAY WAS HAD BY ALL …
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We expect great things from God!
The activities surrounding the World Day of Prayer brought together 3 of Lamastre's churches: the Catholic Church, the Reformed Church, which is now called the United Protestant Church (Eglise protestante unie- a combination of Reformed and Lutheran French churches) and our Free Evangelical Church…
MoreCampaign - Pray for France
QUOTE: This week (March 10-16) we are praising ,"The God of Inheritances," as we celebrate how God has used his people in France and how He is still blessing them and making them a blessing today! Below you will find the major themes for each day (as translated from Objectif France's prayer guide…
MoreWhat's on at the Vatican!
Just heard yet another news item on what's happening at the Vatican on French National radio. Ever since Benedict announced his resignation, the French press, TV, radios and newspapers have been reporting on what's happening. For a country which has wanted to ignore…
MoreIt's France's turn this year...
Here in our little country town - there is LIFE!!! For more than 15 years, women from the Catholic, Reformed and Free Evangelical (that's us!) churches have been getting together to organize the local version of the Women's World Day of Prayer (that is now open to all, by the way…
MoreThe English Invasion
We (church workers) have been aware for a number of years, that the fastest growing evangelical church in France was the Anglican Church establishing parishes in France to cater for its ex-pats. And I use the description 'evangelical' knowingly because many of these congregations have a vision of…
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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.