THANK YOU FOR PRAYING FOR OUR NEW GATHERING PLACE!

It’s been a long time coming, but, (finally) we’re now meeting in an elementary school less than a block away from “Ici Par Les Arts”, our previous gathering place (last Sunday was our first meeting).

Advantages?

• The gymnasium can hold 200-250 people (our previous place maxed out at 130).
• More space for classes
• Much more parking (30+ spaces in front, 30+ spaces in back… as compared to about 15 spaces total at the other place)
• Much, much cleaner (At the other place, we often entered early Sunday morning, just to find a pile of massive art supplies, wood, etc., and a washing machine or fridge in the middle of our meeting space. Once or twice, this is okay, but it happened nearly every other week… meaning we had to get a group of people to move large furniture, then do a major floor cleaning… THEN begin setting things up. This got to be discouraging for many after nearly two years and little or no change).

The big move was Saturday. Here are some photos of the move and the first service:

Moving chairs into our new storage area

L-R: Jacob, Isabelle's hair, Stephane, Zacharie's hat, Pierre, Caleb, Martine

Finishing up the Sound Check early Sunday morning

Before everyone shows up

Jacob welcoming everyone to our new location

Though it felt nearly full, we still have space for another 100+ people

Standing & Singing... not too expressive yet

Here’s my first sermon in the new location, talking about “Lust after Stuff and Christmas” (in French of course):