Finding a church

Last Sunday, Patrick and Tanya decided to see Notre Dame and attend mass. We had already toured this landmark last year when we were here, and decided to check out the American Church in Paris. Attending church every week is important to us and we wanted to continue with that while here in Paris. We wanted to find an active congregation and one that spoke in English. The American Church in Paris is about a 20 minute walk from our apartment so we decided to start with that one. It is an interdenominational church that has been here over 100 years with a beautiful building on the left bank of the Seine. It has three services each Sunday and a free concert every Sunday evening, which would be nice to attend. I guess over 2000 people a day use their facilities for preschool, Bible studies, 12-step groups, aerobic classes, etc. They even have an outreach group doing a Habitat for Humanity project in Macedonia this summer! Anyway, there were about 300 people in the service, which was a simple, traditional service. It looks like a good place to start with and meet some people who speak English!

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