London Time
RTGMTG update Paris
Saturday the 11th we headed off to Paris. Our
destination was the American Church in Paris which is served by Senior Pastor
Scott Herr. Scott and the congregation
proved to be very gracious hosts. http://www.acparis.org/
On Sunday morning we worshipped at the early 9am Communion
Service. Throughout the worship our eyes were drawn to an amazing painting
along the side of one of the walls. Following the service we met the artists,
Lionel and Moncia (husband and wife).
 |
| Lionel, one of the artists |
We chatted with them and the wheels began to turn in my
mind. What if, just “what if” we could get this painting sent to Bethany just
in time for Lent 2013? What if we could
have some kind of exchange (via Skype or even in person?) I have found over the
years that it is dreams like this that can and do become reality.
We then went to a great little café for brunch before
heading off to a day at the Orsay.
http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/home.html
http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/home.html
 |
| Sainte- Chapelle |
 |
| Time is on Sue Ann's side! |
Then we made quick trips to the Sainte Chappelle, http://sainte-chapelle.monuments-nationaux.fr/en/
Delacroix Museum and St. Sulpice (a few
scenes from the Da Vinici Code were shot here) But, what drew us here the most is
two wonderful expressions of art: (1)
the organ http://bit.ly/zcd5f2
where Widor was appointed “provisional organist” for 63 years
and (2) Delacroix has three large murals here.
 |
| Jacob wrestles with the Angel |
On Monday, we did the Musee de l'Orangerie where
there are fantastic water lilies by Monet in the round. Monet liked to call
them “nymphs.”
St. Valentine’s Day found us with a quick trip to the Rodin
Museum http://www.musee-rodin.fr/
and then to cooking class at La Cusine. We actually took two
classes, one on cooking a traditional French meal and then everyone’s favorite,
MACAROONS. http://lacuisineparis.com/
I definitely recommend that if you are coming to Paris that
you sign-up for a class.
It’s fantastic. Bon Appetite’
It’s fantastic. Bon Appetite’
It was our pleasure to have you as guests, Ron and Sue Ann! Small world, big family, and we'll look forward to hopefully sharing the beautiful cross and time together again sooner than later. In the meantime, happy trails on the rest of your sabbatical. In Christ, Scott and the rest of your Paris Church Family at the ACP!
ReplyDeleteI am truly excited that you were able to spend time with Pastor Scott Herr, attend services at the American Church in Paris and meet some of the other wonderful people there! My hope is that a partnership between Bethany and the American Church in Paris will form. Thanks for sharing some of your Paris visit moments. Made me homesick for our "second home". We will be expecting some freshly made macaroons on Sunday morning when you return to Bethany, Ron and Sue Ann!
ReplyDeleteTed Ziemann
I trust that you also heard some great music. The music director, Fred Graman is a well known handbell composer. We were not quite advanced enough to perform any of his music (it's pretty hard) but I have heard several performances of his work.
ReplyDelete