Sunday Worship

Traditional:  09h00 and 11h00

Contemporary:  13h30

Wear Red on Pentecost — 27 May

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US Voters Assistance

Sunday, 20 May at 12h15 coffee hour.
A non-partisan voting assistance team will help US voters with registration and absentee ballots. More information

Friday Mission Lunch

Beginning 18 May, the ACP hosts the Friday Mission Lunch, which provides a free, cooked lunch to the homeless or hungry in Paris. More information

A Beacon on the Seine since 1857

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The American Church in Paris (ACP) welcomes you to worship each Sunday at one of our three services. The 09h00 service is a contemplative communion service; the 11h00 service is a traditional service with special music from one of our guest soloists or various choirs; the 13h30 service is a contemporary service.

Our congregation is an interdenominational and international Christian community whose mission is to bear witness by word and deed to the love of God as revealed in Jesus Christ, to provide a place of English language worship in the American Protestant tradition, and to engage in ministries and services that enrich the lives of residents and visitors in Paris.

The ACP is the first American church established outside of the United States. Begun in 1814, its official charter and first sanctuary were established in 1857. We have been located on the quai d’Orsay since 1931.

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Dinner & Talent Show — 19 May

Dinner & Talent ShowDinner and talent show on Saturday, 19 May at 19h30 to 22h30 in the Thurber Room.

Please come and support the team of 15 youth and youth leaders in their missions.
A home-cooked dinner will be served as you watch a diversity of talents on display from all ages.

There will be a raffle with over 10 prizes.  All proceeds and donations support the team of 15 students and leaders traveling to Gabon, Africa during 8-23 July.

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Enuma Okoro — Thurber Thursdays and the Annual Women's Retreat

Enuma Enuma Okoro, author of Reluctant Pilgrim, will speak at three Thurber Thursdays and at the Annual Women's Retreat on 2 June. Enuma was born in the US but raised in Nigeria, Ivory Coast and England.  She holds a Master of Divinity degree from Duke University Divinity School where she served as the Director for the Center of Theological Writing.  She is a Spiritual Director in the Ignatian tradition, a writer, speaker, and leader of retreats and workshops.  You can read more about Enuma and her book at Enuma's Website.

Thurber Thursday    24 & 31 May     7 June

24 May: "Making Our Lives Hospitable to the Holy (Seasoned Lives Beyond Sunday)"
31 May: "Engaging the Visual Arts for Spiritual Contemplation"
7 June: "The Call to Prayer: How, Why and for What We Pray."
Dinner will be served at 18h30, with the evening program beginning at 19h30.

Annual Women's Retreat
2 June 2012     9h30-16h30     ACP Thurber Room

Join us on Saturday, 2 June, as the women of ACP gather for an all-day retreat on Spiritual Renewal. This will be a full day of laughing, praying, reflecting, sharing and celebrating what God is doing in our lives as friends, mothers, daughters and wives.  A wonderful lunch is included.  Mark your calendars because you don’t want to miss this.  More information on how to register will be coming soon.

 

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The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault — The Annual Spring Retreat for Adults

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The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault spoke at Thurber Thursday on 10 May and will speak at the Annual Spring Retreat for Adults on 1-3 June. Modern day mystic, Episcopal priest, writer, and internationally known retreat leader, Dr. Bourgeault divides her time between solitude at her seaside hermitage in Maine, and a demanding schedule traveling globally to teach and spread the recovery of the Christian contemplative and Wisdom path. She is the founding director of both The Contemplative Society and the Aspen Wisdom School. You can read more about Cynthia on her website by clicking here.


Listen to ACP Today radio interview with Dr. Bourgeault — 7 May 2012, beginning at about minute 7:00

Annual Spring Retreat for Adults     Exploring Centering Prayer
1-3 June 2012     Abbaye-Fleury

The annual Spring Retreat for adults will take place the weekend of 1-3 June 2012. We will be returning to the Abbaye-Fleury, an historic Benedictine monastery on the banks of the Loire under two hours from Paris. The theme of the meeting will be "Exploring Centering Prayer". The retreat will extend our introduction to this practice which will be presented by Rev. Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault at the May 10 Thurber Thursday. Rev. Bourgeault is a contemplative herself, an Episcopalian priest, a former student and colleague of Father Thomas Keating, and an internationally known author and retreat leader. As further preparation it is recommended to read Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening by Rev. Bourgeault. We are fortunate and grateful to have as our pastoral leader the Rev. Bedford Transou who was introduced to the contemplative life by Thomas Merton and other monks at Our Lady of Gethsemani, the Trappist monastery in Bardstown, KY.

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Support Us

Gifts in support of the ministries and mission of the American Church in Paris may be made directly to the Church or to our United States sponsor, the American and Foreign Christian Union (AFCU).
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