Ensemble Lumina Vespers Service

4 December at 17h30

ACP Candlelight Christmas Concerts

Featuring ACP's Adult, Children's and Bell choirs, Ensemble Lumina, a string trio and Alexia Rabé with a carol singalong in English and French.

WHEN : Saturday 10 December 17h and 20h

WHERE: The American Church in Paris sanctuary

Tickets (all open seating): Adults 25€, Children and Students 15€.

Online sales include processing fees. Tickets without the fees can be purchased, beginning Sunday 13 November, at the welcome table and during the week at reception.

Purchase tickets here

The American Church in Paris (ACP) is a Christian community of all socio-economic backgrounds, ethnicities, races, nationalities, gender identities, and sexual orientations. Learn more about us

We welcome you to worship each Sunday. The 11h service is a traditional service with special music from one of our guest soloists or various choirs; the 14h 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.

Mary’s Magnificat: God’s Upside Down Kingdom

The Magnificat is the hymn of praise by Mary, pregnant with  Jesus, after her jubilant visit with her relative Elizabeth, pregnant with St. John the Baptist. The Magnificat, known as “Mary’s Song,” flips things upside down. The text takes the world as it is and declares a better way. Join us each Sunday at 11h and 14h for worship during this Advent season, as we explore Mary’s bold and provocative canticle.

Advent and Christmas at ACP: 

• 4 December: Ensemble Lumina Vespers Service at 17h30
• 10 December: Candlelight Christmas Concerts at 17h and 20h
• 21 December: Gathering of the Longest Night at 19h30
• 24 December, Christmas Eve: Family Service at 16h, Candlelight Services at 19h30 and 22h
• 25 December, Christmas: One service at 11h
• 1 January: One service at 14h.

More about the Young Adults group here

We would like to extend to you the opportunity to tangibly participate in our Christmas Eve worship services this year, wherever you may be, by providing a Christmas Poinsettia for the ACP sanctuary and making a special dedication in honor or memory of a loved one in our worship bulletins.

The suggested donation for the poinsettia is 25€ per plant. However, we invite you to prayerfully consider making a special donation for your poinsettia to help ACP thrive into the next year.

We are dreaming of having many poinsettias decorating the sanctuary each one given with love for the ACP while honoring or remembering the donors’ loved ones from all over the world.

Please be sure to fill in the Service Bulletin Dedication field.  Examples:
In honor of "honored person", by "honoring person/family".
In memory of "remembered person", by "remembering person/family".
Also see examples from a previous Christmas Eve bulletin.

Last day to order: 15 December

Order here

Choose Bank card or PayPal on 3rd screen of the donation system.

As a reminder, ACP takes data privacy very seriously and does not retain donor bank card numbers.

Worship Livestream

Alternate viewing channels, ACP Facebook page, YouTube livestreams, YouTube videos.

Please pray about your financial commitment to ACP for 2023. To submit your commitment go to acparis.org/estimatedgiving2023.

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You can download the worship bulletin here and the announcements here.

Previous Worship Online Services are available here.

Temporary Art Exhibition in the ACP Sanctuary
Opening: 6 October 18h – 21h
Exhibition: 7 October – 7 December 2022

Schedule visit by appointment.

Les moires reflètent un miroir sans fond © Camille BruatWith Les moires reflètent un miroir sans fond, Camille Bruat honors the American Church in Paris’s three Art Nouveau stained-glass windows made in 1901 by Louis Comfort Tiffany. In relation to the sinuous, curved stained glasses and the changing colors of the church, Bruat’s drawings take on a stark black contrast to the immaculate limestone of the walls. In an unceasing dialogue, they float – suspended in the alcoves of the church.

CAMILLE BRUAT

Born in 1993, Camille Bruat is an insatiable explorer. She roams the city as her research laboratory through which she experiences life and the urban space. Whether she is inviting visitors to wander around the bend of In-Situ conceptual lines in abandoned places, exploring the perception of the city by its citizens like a treasure hunt, or reactivating the memory of the former Nanterre School based on the principle of mobility, her expeditions require the total commitment of the body. Drawing and sculpture intertwine in a permanent back-and-forth motion. Her work in space proceeds from a sensitive interaction between places, works, and spectators, while her graphic production raises an imaginary tactility that involves memory, observation, and slowness.

More about Les moires reflètent un miroir sans fond and Camille Bruat.

Youth and Children's Choirs rehearsals begin 21 September

Sing in church once a month. All children and youth are welcome! No sign-up is necessary; please come to our Wednesday rehearsals (except during school holidays) and give it a try.

See the schedule below for details, and get in touch with Sara Barton at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with any questions.

• 13h30-14h00 Angel Choir (ages 3-6);
• 14h00-14h45 Spirit Choir (ages 7-18);
• 14h45-15h15 Choirchimes (ages 7-18);
• 15h15-15h45 Ethereal ensemble (audition-based, ages 10-18)

More information here.