This morning I attended Temple du Marais: a reformed church in Paris. It's held in a beautiful building built in the 17th century. The service was in French. I understood most of it, but not all of the sermon. The congregation was very small because of the bank holiday this week, and the sanctuary is not very large. There were maybe 50 people there. The music and liturgy were beautiful. The British couple who welcomed me invited me to the common meal following the service. There I met women from North Carolina, Russa, and Morocco. There isn't a dominant ethnicity in the church. The congregation is from everywhere. It offers 3 services in French, 1 in Japanese, and 1 in Arabic: a great picture of the Kingdom of God at work in a city full of churches, but rather averse to the gospel.
It was a wonderful experience. I'm very sad this is the only Sunday I'll be in town.
Just know, if you ever go to Paris, I have a great church to recommend.
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