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‘...As I have have loved you, you must love another.’ John 13:34 Chaplaincy of Aquitaine Spreading the Word August/September 2017 The Chaplaincy of Aquitaine is part of the Church of England Diocese in Europe, working in partnership with The Intercontinental Church Society, in ministry to people who speak English. It covers Gironde, Dordogne and Lot-et-Garonne. to give you light for tomorrow`s U Clerical Corner U challenges. Pay attention to the CHURCH SERVICES, AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2017 feelings that surface as you survey (see Around the Chaplaincy for location details) U U U UU what`s coming up. Are you doubtful, We do our best to feature accurate information, but for up to date details, please visit the cheerful, apprehensive, full of Services page of our website http://www.churchinaquitaine.org/index.php/services-2 delighted anticipation? Allow these The practice of daily personal day may seem confusing to you – a feelings to turn into prayer. Seek prayer is essential for spiritual blur, a jumble, a muddle. Ask God to SUNDAY 06 AUGUST 10:30 Fresh Expressions – Eymet Temple God`s guidance. Ask him for help bring clarity and understanding 10:30 Service of the Word – Bertric Burée 10:30 Prayer & Praise – Limeuil health and understanding. Pray for hope. 10:30 Family Communion – Bordeaux 10:30 Morning Worship – Monteton ay I share an experience with 2. Review the day with gratitude. End the Examen with a conversation 10:30 The Gathering Meeting, Condom, Le Mouret 11:00 The Gathering Meeting – Condom,La Sauvetat you in relation to the above Gratitude is the foundation of our 10:30 Fresh Expressions – Eymet Temple M with Jesus. Ask forgiveness for your 11:00 Holy Communion – Doudrac statement? One of the issues is what relationship with God. Walk through sins. Ask for his protection and 10:30 Prayer & Praise – Limeuil 11:00 Prayer & Praise with Communion – Sainte Nathalène might be described as `dryness`, your day in the presence of God and help. Ask for his wisdom about the 10:30 Morning Worship – Monteton 15:00 French-Madagascan Communion - Bordeaux that is following a familiar pattern of note it`s joys and delights. Focus on 11:00 Holy Communion – Doudrac 18:00 Evensong – Bertric Burée questions you have and the problems 11:00 Prayer & Praise – Sainte Nathalène prayer to the point where it becomes the day`s gifts. Look at the work you you face. Do all this in a spirit of 18:00 Evensong – Bertric Burée Thursday 7 September no more than repetition without did. The people you interacted with. gratitude. Your life is a gift adorned 17:00 Different and Dynamic Worship - Limeuil reality. What did you receive from these with gifts from God. End the Examen Wednesday 09 August people? What did you give them? The context: I confess to having with the Lord`s Prayer. 11:00 BCP Holy Communion – Bertric Burée SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER Pay attention to small things – the difficulty with Lent in that simply Conclusion: I found that the best 10:30 Holy Communion – Bertric Burée food you ate, the sights you saw and SUNDAY 13 AUGUST giving something up for the sake of time to engage in this discipline is 10:30 All Age Worship – Bordeaux other seemingly small pleasures. 10:30 Holy Communion – Bertric Burée it seems to me to be a `negative`. in the early evening and it takes me 10:30 Fresh Expressions – Eymet Temple God is is in the details. 10:30 Family Communion – Bordeaux 10:30 Holy Communion – Limeuil Thus I decided to try something about 20- 30 minutes. Has it made 10:30 Fresh Expressions – Eymet Temple 10:30 Morning Prayer - Monteton `positive`, and on reflection accepted 3. Pay attention to your emotions. a difference? Without question. It`s 10:30 Holy Communion – Limeuil 10:30 Family Service – Négrondes that my personal prayer life had We may detect God`s presence in the also made me note events, emotions 10:30 Morning Prayer – Monteton 10:30 Harvest Holy Communion – Saint Médard, L&G become rather like that described movement of our emotions. Reflect and experiences during the day when 10:30 Family Service - Négrondes above. Why not try a new way of on the feelings you experienced I say `I must remember that for the 11:00 Prayer & Praise – Sainte Nathalène Wednesday 13 September 11:00 Holy Communion – Condom Chapelle praying and through it be spiritually during the day. Boredom? Elation? Examen this evening.` What began 11:00 BCP Holy Communion – Bertric Burée revitalised? Thus I came across Resentment? Compassion? Anger? as a `trial` during Lent has now Ignatian Spirituality as a way to look Confidence? What is God saying become embedded in my personal Wednesday 16 August SUNDAY 17 SEPTEMBER through these feelings? 11:30 Holy Communion – Envals 10:30 Family Service – Bertric Burée for God`s presence in my life in ways prayer life and I am enormously 10:30 Family Communion – Bordeaux that I had not realised before. God will most likely show you some enriched by it. I commend it to all Thursday 17 August 10:30 Holy Communion – Chancelade ways that you fell short. Make a who seek the same. 10:30 BCP Holy Communion – Limeuil The Content: More than four 10:30 Morning Worship – Dondas hundred years ago St. Ignatius Loyola note of these sins and faults, but With blessings, 10:30 Fresh Expressions – Eymet Temple proposed what has been called the look deeply for other implications. SUNDAY 20 AUGUST 10:30 Morning Worship – Limeuil Brian. Daily Examen. It`s a technique of Does a feeling of frustration for 10:30 Family Service – Bertric Burée 10:30 Prayer & Praise – Monteton 10:30 Family Communion – Bordeaux 11:00 Prayer & Praise – Sainte Nathalène prayerful reflection on the events example mean that God wants you 10:30 Holy Communion – Chancelade of the day in order to detect God`s to consider a new direction in your 10:30 Holy Communion – Dondas Thursday 21 September presence and to discern his direction work? Are you concerned about a 10:30 Fresh Expressions – Eymet Temple 10:30 BCP Holy Communion – Limeuil for us. friend? Perhaps you should reach 10:30 Songs of Praise – Limeuil out to he/she in some way. 10:30 Prayer & Praise – Monteton SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 4. Choose one feature from the day 11:00 Prayer & Praise with Communion – Sainte Nathalène 10:30 Holy Communion – Bertric Burée 10:30 Family Commmunion – Bordeaux and pray from it. Ask the Holy Spirit SUNDAY 27 AUGUST 10:30 Fresh Expressions – Eymet Temple to direct you to something during the Long warm days... 10:30 Holy Communion – Bertric Burée 10:30 Harvest Holy Communion – Limeuil day that God thinks is particularly 10:30 All Age Worship – Bordeaux The pace of life slows... 10:30 Harvest Holy Communion - Monteton important. It may involve a feeling A time for picnics and rest 10:30 Fresh Expressions – Eymet Temple 10:30 Holy Communion – Négrondes – positive or negative. It may be a 10:30 Prayer & Praise and Baptism – Limeuil in the shade... significant encounter with another Lord, 10:30 Holy Communion - Monteton Tuesday 26 September 10:30 Holy Communion – Négrondes person or a vivid moment of pleasure help me to rest awhile 18:30 Ecumenical service for Creationtide – Villeneuve sur Lot, or peace. Or it may be something 11:00 Prayer & Praise – Sainte Nathalène St Etienne church in the cooling shade of your that seems rather insignificant. Look presence. at it. Pray about it. Allow the prayer Thursday 31 August Thursday 28 September There are five stages to be followed Slow down my restless heart 11:00 Harvest Holy Communion – Condom Chapelle 11:00 Worship Service for Creationtide – Condom thus: to rise spontaneously from your and fill me with gentle heart – whether intercession, praise, 1. Become aware of God`s presence. compassion for all your SUNDAY 03 SEPTEMBER repentance, or gratitude. Saturday 30 September Look back on the events of the day in people. 10:30 Service of the Word – Bertric Burée 10:00 – 15:00 6th annual WorshipFest – Berbiguières, Dordogne 10:30 Family Communion – Bordeaux the company of the Holy Spirit. The 5. Look toward tomorrow. Ask God Amen. Spreading the Word Aug/Sep 2017 | 2 Spreading the Word Aug/Sep 2017 | 3 CHAPLAINCY SYNOD REPORT 2017 It was a depleted Aquitaine contingent for Synod this year as the dates coincided with Safeguarding in the the Readers Conference in Cologne, so Tony, David Albrecht and myself travelled to the Chaplaincy of Aquitaine beautiful Abbaye in Saint Jacut de la Mer. This was the Chaplain’s first Synod, but we felt that he would not only be impressed by the beautiful surroundings and facilities of the We do not need to be theologians Abbaye, but with the fellowship of all the Synod members. After meeting up with old to understand why safeguarding friends from past years we settled into our rooms, before receiving the Eucharist given by is integral to the Church’s mission the new Archdeacon Father Meurig, who was also attending his first Synod having taken and our lives as members of the over from Ian Naylor. After dinner and introductions of the new Synod representatives Body of Christ. We all have a duty of around France it was time to call it a night! care to anyone who comes into our The theme of this year’s Synod was “Walking the Faith” and Dr Meg Warner, a lecturer from church buildings to worship with us. Kings College London was leading the Bible Study. Dr Warner is a Hebrew Bible specialist Children obviously need our care; young people probably believe they with a background in law and an interest in the Torah (the law of God as revealed to information about someone else.