Prayer News from France Mission – Issue 132 – Autumn 2014
Inside this
Edition
Preparing a
church-plant in Auray
New arrivals in
Paris & St-Étienne
www.france-mission.org
Inaugural services in
Argenton & Langeais
Living out the gospel in
Marseille
Paul’s page: La rentrée
Reflections by Dr Paul Cooke, FM’s British Director
M
ost French churches (like most British
ones) return to “normal” activities with
renewed enthusiasm after the summer break.
In French, this return is known as la rentrée –
literally (but not at all idiomatically!), a “reentry” – a term that makes me think of a space
capsule’s turbulent passage back through the
earth’s atmosphere. How has your “re-entry”
been this autumn: a comforting return to
familiar patterns or a time of turbulent change?
For me, the latter experience is closer to the
mark: first our eldest child went off to university
and then my mum passed away. We’re now in the
process of trying to buy a house where we can
live together with my dad. It feels like rather a lot
of change! But what tremendous reassurance to
know that “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday,
today, and forever” (Hebrews 13:8).
This issue of Action Missionnaire contains
numerous stories of change: Hannah Prior,
Sam Brown, and Sofie Crump who have recently
moved to France to serve in churches; Chris &
Fiona Lloyd who have moved within France to
begin a new work in Brittany; fresh outreach
opportunities in Châteauroux; church-plants
that have seen their first services in Argenton
and Langeais; and a new style of service being
developed in Paris-Villiers .
But there are also stories of faithful
continuance: perseverance in prayer and
preaching; the necessarily steady work of
relationship-building
and discipleship; a
firm commitment to
leadership development
and team-building. Such
long-term activities serve
to connect us as the
body of Christ more securely to our Living Head
and to learn to depend on Him for whatever
new initiatives the Spirit births. May we all
increasingly experience that dependency over
the church year ahead.
Every blessing
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s we start our second year in our new
premises, we can see there’s been a
steady increase in the numbers attending
Sunday services and the mid-week prayer
meeting. So thank you for your prayers
and support.
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and requires people who are called to this
sort of ministry.
We’re also thinking about ways of being
effective witnesses to the shopkeepers and
small cafés in the same street as the church.
There’s a small kebab snack bar just next
door to us and this seems to be a good place
for meeting local people. In fact the owner is
very glad to see us as he thinks our presence
has increased his business! All this shows
that the message of the gospel must be
lived out in everyday situations, as Jesus
Himself showed us by His life.
I (Simon) will be coming over to the UK
at the end of October and look forward
to meeting some of you at the events
listed on p. 5.
Simon, Radia & daughter Sara (son Yannis was
away on a school trip!)
France Mission in Brief:
56
Churches and centres in ten regions
of France
134 Missionaries
14
Missionaries from the UK
Church growth through multiplication
Church plant
Developing church
Front-page photo: Auray (Brittany)
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Missionaries Simon & Radia Allchin reflect on the challenges
of inner-city mission
FOR YOUR PRAYERS EVERY SUNDAY
Maturing church
Adult church
Daughter church
Activity centre
Increased numbers are a source of
encouragement but also bring challenges as
some of the new people come from difficult
backgrounds, and when they come to faith
in Christ we often have to explain to them
some of the basic rules of living together in
community. Obviously discipleship is first
of all about following Christ but there are
also social consequences which cannot be
separated from that. We are in an area of
high unemployment which has negative
consequences on family life, so there are
plenty of needs to which we need to try
and respond. This is a big challenge for the
Church in large cities all over the world
A church meal after a recent baptism in a
swimming pool
You can contact the Allchins at
simon.allchin@neuf.fr
FOR YOUR PRAYERS EVERY SUNDAY
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Evangelism and discipleship
in Le Pré Saint Gervais
Settling into Le Pré
Missionaries Jonathan and Rachel Vaughan share their
outreach plans
Mission apprentice Hannah Prior (with Grace Baptist Mission)
reflects on her first few weeks
Discipleship
We’ve had a very
encouraging start
to term, with visitors
at services, a good
turnout for our first
monthly prayer
meeting, and a great
weekend away with
the France Mission
church in Romainville.
The theme for the
Clockwise from top:
weekend was
Jonathan, Stephanie,
Christian service;
Naomi, Zoe, Leah, Rachel
one of our aims
for this year is to encourage and train our
members to take on new responsibilities
(leading services, Bible studies, children’s
work). We will also hold the first meeting of
the renewed church council at the end of
October. And our apprentice, Hannah Prior,
joined us at the beginning of September.
God has provided her with a flat and some
English tutoring, and she is settling into life
in Le Pré, building relationships with people
in and out of the church.
ot having spent much time in Le Pré
before I arrived at the beginning of
September, I’ve really enjoyed exploring
the town and getting to know people.
Everyone is very friendly and the church
weekend away and weekly gospel choir
have been great opportunities to get to
know people. I’ve also enjoyed studying
the book of Revelation as part of a training
course called Formapré. On Sunday
mornings at church Jony has been working
through a series on prayer – very helpful
and a great reminder of the privilege
that it is to call God our Father and how
much we need Him day by day.
Please pray for:
• wisdom – in training, in decision-making,
in delegation; pray for us all to be growing
in our love and service of the Lord.
25 October: Holiday Bible Club
On the Saturday of half-term we’ll be
running a Bible club at the church for
children aged 6-12. Ideally we could
do with additional helpers for this. May
God be preparing children’s hearts to
hear the gospel.
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The joint church weekend away for Le Pré &
Romainville
7-13 November: Art Exhibition on “Guilt
and forgiveness”
We’ve decided to organise another art
exhibition with local non-church artists and a
poet. Eight artists are planning to contribute
work in dialogue with Bible verses on the
theme. The exhibition will culminate this year
with an evening talk on guilt by psychologist
and FM pastor Sylvain Lombet (from Le Blanc
Mesnil, to the north-east of Paris).
“We’ve had a very encouraging
start to term.”
The rentrée (i.e. start of the new academic
year) has brought many new people to our
Gospel choir, one of whom is interested
in coming to a service. Jonathan also ran a
week-long IT crash-course earlier in October
(rather than weekly afternoon sessions).
Please pray that:
• God would use all these activities to
draw people to Himself, that they might
receive His forgiveness.
You can contact the Vaughans at
jony.vaughan@gmail.com
FOR YOUR PRAYERS EVERY MONDAY
N
It’s not always easy, though. Living out of
a suitcase is challenging at times; and
although good, my French is not yet
fluent, making it frustrating when I can’t
communicate as I would like. But God is
good and I’m learning to depend on Him
more and more, and I pray that my time here
will be for His glory and bear much fruit.
“God is good and I’m learning to
depend on Him more and more.”
Although it took a while, I’ve recently
found a flat to live in – next step though
is decorating before I can move in! In the
coming weeks, as I need to do less DIY, the
plan is to start reading the Bible with some
of the ladies in the church, volunteer in a
fair trade shop run by the FM church in
Paris-Villiers, and start teaching English.
Simon Allchin’s engagements
• 18th Oct (pm) French Prayer Meeting,
Lisburn (NI)
• 19th Oct (am) Lisburn Congregational Church (NI)
• 19th Oct (pm) Mount Zion Community Church,
Lisburn (NI)
• 19th Oct (pm) Lisburn Christian Workers’
Union Hall (NI)
• 20th Oct (am) Bangor Missionary Prayer
Meeting (NI)
• 21st Oct (pm) Wallace High School S.U.
senior, Lisburn (NI)
You can contact Hannah at
hannah_prior@hotmail.com
• 22nd Oct (pm) Wallace High School S.U. junior,
Lisburn (NI)
• 22nd Oct (pm) Presbyterian Church, Moira (NI)
• 25th Oct (am) Park United Free Church, Uddingston
(nr. Glasgow)
• 26th Oct (am) St Oswald’s Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
• 26th Oct (pm) French Prayer Meeting,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
• 29th Oct (am) Blakelaw Community Church,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
• 29th Oct (pm) Wishaw Baptist Church
(nr. Glasgow)
FOR YOUR PRAYERS EVERY MONDAY
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Seeking spiritual renewal
in Saint-Étienne
Getting stuck in
in Saint-Étienne
Missionaries Peter & Rachel Calvert ask you to stand with them
in prayer
Student Sam Brown is excited by the gospel opportunities in his new location
S
erving Jesus in local church leadership is
an amazing privilege and often a joy. But
sometimes leaders feel just plain exhausted!
Whether they are working with children and
young people, heading up a diaconal ministry,
serving on church council or responsible for
a home group, leaders need support if they
are to persevere and flourish. We would like
to ask for your prayers for a series of termly
Leaders’ Days, held jointly with the France
Mission church in Firminy, starting on 18
October. Current and emerging leaders will
be working together to help each other put
into practice the vision of the church as a
community of disciples. Please pray that
supportive friendships will also be formed
between leaders from the two churches.
Please pray too for spiritual renewal in the
Saint-Étienne church. A number of people are
feeling weary at the moment, overwhelmed
by difficult personal or family circumstances.
Some are disappointed because friends and
colleagues who seemed to be open to Jesus
have not followed through when it came
to committing to a life of discipleship. Our
collective prayer life is weak, we are finding
it hard to get people together to pray. Yet we
know that God is faithful, that if we
’ve really enjoyed my first few
weeks in France. The people
are incredibly friendly, the French
cuisine is delicious, and it’s
fantastic to be part of a church
that is desperate to see Jesus
made known in this city!
“I’m extremely excited
about what God is doing
here in Saint-Étienne!”
Members of the Firminy/Saint-Étienne churches
seek Him with all our hearts and obey Him
without giving up, He will accomplish His
purposes in and through His people here.
We are glad to have Sam Brown from
Newbridge, South Wales with us for a
five-month internship as part of his modern
languages degree at the University of
“A number of people are feeling
weary at the moment.”
Birmingham. He is getting stuck in, serving
and building relationships both inside and
outside the church. Please pray that, to
quote Paul’s words to Timothy, Sam would
“set an example for the believers in speech,
in life, in love, in faith and in purity”
(1 Timothy 4:12).
You can contact the Calverts at
pierrerachel.calvert@gmail.com
A joint Saint-Étienne/Firminy church picnic
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FOR YOUR PRAYERS EVERY TUESDAY
I’ve been really encouraged by
the home groups. We’ve been
using Scripture to consider
creative ways of sharing Jesus
with our friends. Although few in
number, the local Christian Union
is planning some really exciting
events to help engage students
with the Christian faith. Helping
at a food bank has given me the
opportunity to meet people from
a variety of backgrounds and has
also given me a glimpse of Jesus’
heart for the poor.
I’m about to begin an online
course looking at the theology
behind mission. I’m really looking
forward to this but am also
slightly nervous at the thought
of it all being in French! I’m very
much hoping that this course will
increase my understanding of
God’s mission to reach the lost
and encourage me in my personal
evangelism. I’m extremely excited
about what God is doing here
in Saint-Étienne!
View of Sam’s new city
You can contact Sam at
sazo_goalkeeper93@hotmail.co.uk
FOR YOUR PRAYERS EVERY TUESDAY
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A new challenge in Auray
up conversations with the bike shop owner
who repaired our bikes!
After this kind of work and doing a study
of the town we hope to promote discovery
Bible studies and also create events on a
regular basis that attract the curious and
those wanting to make up their own mind
about Jesus.
Missionaries Chris & Fiona Lloyd
have started building relationships
in their new home town
Chris & Fiona moved to France in 1994
with three small children after studying
at Moorlands Bible College. Their desire
was to see new churches started in places
where there were none (or very few) and
for existing churches to have a vision for
multiplication. They spent 13 years in
Châteauroux seeing a small group grow
and multiply and then moved to Auxerre
where they spent 7 years looking after an
existing church.
For the last few years they’ve felt the
need to get back to their original vision of
starting churches and, after a number of
ups and downs, have settled on the town
of Auray in Brittany. There is no evangelical
church in Auray and few such churches in
the region. However, there are two new
France Mission colleagues in Vannes
(20km away) and Pontivy (50km away).
From a practical point of view, the Lloyds
also needed to be near a high school that
did the course that their youngest son
Joseph (born in France) wanted to do for
his baccalaureate.
Auray town hall
The 15th-century Pont Saint Goustan
W
e’ve arrived in Brittany! In August we
moved into our new flat in the town
of Auray, situated on the south coast of
Brittany between Lorient and Vannes. Auray
itself has about 13,000 inhabitants and the
agglomeration has a population of nearly
80,000. But there is no evangelical church.
courtesy visits to the mayor, the local
Catholic priest, and other churches in the
Morbihan (the département, or county,
where Auray is located). We have nothing
to hide and wish to minimise suspicion by
being upfront. This could be important, for
example, when it comes to trying to find
premises for the new church.
We’re also trying to meet as many
people as possible in different contexts to
whom we can say that we’re here to start
a church. We invited our neighbours over
for an aperitif for this purpose. We’ve also
commissioned a local graphic designer
to create a logo for the church-plant.
We specifically wanted to choose a local
business in order to have the opportunity to
explain what we’re doing. We even struck
“Starting a new church is rather
like decorating your lounge: 80% of
the work is spent in preparation!”
We’re also interested in helping a couple
who live in a nearby town reach out to their
friends and neighbours. We think it best not
to bring them away from their network of
friends to join us in Auray, but rather to help
them in their own context.
How can you help?
By praying in three main ways:
Port Saint Goustan (now part of Auray)
Rue du Château
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We believe Jesus wants people to get to
know Him. We want to be available to Jesus
to enable those people to find Him and to
form a local church that will continue to
help many find Jesus. Starting a new church
is rather like decorating your lounge: 80% of
the work is spent in preparation!
There are many things to do and to think
about. We’ve already started by making
FOR YOUR PRAYERS EVERY WEDNESDAY
• For God to prepare people for us to
meet who want to look for Jesus
• For the recruitment of co-workers,
either locally in the form of Christians
who live in the area and are willing to
be part of the project, or those who
would be willing to move to the town
• For the starting up of a fund to finance
the project
Auray market
You can contact the Lloyds at
chris.lloyd@orange.fr
FOR YOUR PRAYERS EVERY WEDNESDAY
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Getting on the map in
Châteauroux
Up and running in
Argenton-sur-Creuse
Missionaries Paul & Marjorie Dowling anticipate a time of
transition for the church
Missionaries Élise & Michaël Duchemann report on developments
at “Living Waters”
T
he big emphasis for the church in
Châteauroux this autumn is trying to put
ourselves on the map in the town. During
the summer, we presented ourselves to the
new Mayor of Châteauroux, who received
us warmly and was very positive about what
we are trying to do.
Then on 21-22 September, the church (or
rather, its cultural association) had a stand at
the Forum des Associations in Châteauroux,
a sort of charities fair where all the local
voluntary groups can advertise their services.
We had an attractive stand, designed by one of
The church stand at the Forum des Associations
our members, and focussed on three “cultural
activities” – the Alpha parents’ course, Oasis
(our drop-in morning, now on a Wednesday),
and the recently-formed (evangelical) Scout
group. It was a very positive experience with
lots of church members taking part and gave
rise to some interesting discussions and
contacts – especially with the other exhibitors.
We also sent information to the local newspaper
and radio station and distributed leaflets in
the streets round the church. Please pray that
“The new Mayor of Châteauroux
received us warmly and was very
positive about what we are trying
to do.”
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A recent church lunch
some fruit may come from all this sowing. We
pray, in particular, that some parents from
outside the church may participate in the
Alpha parents’ course.
The other main development locally has been
the launch of Sunday services at Aux Sources
Vives (the “Living Waters” spiritual centre) in
Argenton (see opposite). On 14 September the
church held an Extraordinary General Meeting
to make appointments to fill the gaps left by
the departure of the Argenton team. Please
pray for Daniel and Philippe, elected as the new
members of the Châteauroux leadership team.
Personally we thoroughly enjoyed spending
time with the family across the summer,
including Marjorie’s brother and family over
from Australia.
Please pray for:
• The new leaders in Châteauroux
• Fruit from our presence at the Forum
des Associations
• T he course “Alpha – Parents of children
aged 1-10”
You can contact the Dowlings at
paul.dowling@sfr.fr
FOR YOUR PRAYERS EVERY THURSDAY
The Châteauroux church prays for the
Argenton team
S
unday 7 September marked a new stage
in the development of our Spiritual
Centre as we held the first Sunday service
in our new prayer room. There were ten of
us in total: eight adults and two babies. For
one young woman, it was the very first time
she’d been to a Sunday service.
The refurbishment of the prayer room is
very nearly complete. Without those who
generously donated their money and/or their
time, this “chapel” simply wouldn’t exist – so
a huge thank you to them. This building was
still part of a working farm less than ten years
ago. The floor was simply beaten earth. There
were shutters but no door or window. The first
phase of the renovation involved demolishing
a huge wine vat. This was followed by the
introduction of joists, a ceiling, a concrete
floor, and insulation. Then a door and window
were added, together with radiators and
new electrics. Finally, two stone walls were
resurfaced, everything was painted, and the
carpet and lighting was fitted. Phew!
“They’re now in a place where
they really want to know the
Lord personally.”
Over the last year, those of us who were
playing prominent roles in the France
Mission church in Châteauroux have been
making the transition to the Spiritual Centre
(effectively a church-plant) in Argenton.
That move is now complete and we’re
delighted that the Lord has led new people
into leadership positions in Châteauroux.
This means that Roger Ravaiojaona and
I (Élise) in particular have more time and
energy to devote to the mission in the
south of our département (called L’Indre).
I’ve started working with a number of
women, some of whom already have a
knowledge of the Lord. They’re now in a
place where they really want to know Him
personally and/or be reconciled to Him.
Please ask the Holy Spirit to lead them to
know God as He really is and to allow Him
to renew their life.
(Above) the outside
of the new
prayer room…
(Right) … and
the inside
You can contact the Duchemanns at
eliseduchemann@gmail.com
FOR YOUR PRAYERS EVERY THURSDAY
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A new service for a new
congregation
A new church is born
in Langeais
Missionaries Dave & Mary Brown show how a church can plant
without moving
Team members Steve & Eira Martin share the good news
T
he churches affiliated to the
National Council of French
Evangelicals (which is the case
for France Mission churches)
are committed to planting
churches in order to reach the
target of one church in France
for every 10,000 inhabitants.
Here in the 17th
arrondissement (i.e. district)
of Paris there are 160,000
inhabitants – so we should
be aiming for 16 evangelical
churches … and we’re not
even half way there.
The Paris-Villiers church is
contributing to this through our The evening service
evening service. In reality, this
gathering has become a weekly event! This
culte du soir is a church-plant within
will remain in its current format every other
the Paris-Villiers church because, for
week and the intervening weeks will be
training evenings. We have to be careful not
to overstretch ourselves because our Sunday
evening services involve a lot of work to be
a time of creative worship. We are thankful
to God that two young men from another
church in Paris have been sent by their
several of the participants, it really is their
pastor to help us this year… and learn how
church. The Sunday evening service is
to lead this type of church-plant, which
not just an extra meeting for the keenest
will be useful in their sending church in the
members who come in the morning: it
near future.
is a second congregation in its own right
This term the training will be concentrating
meeting on the same premises as the sister
on how to read the Bible – including how
congregation in the morning.
to interpret the different literary genres in
The biggest change in the church this
the Old and New Testaments.
autumn is that the fortnightly evening
Thank you for your prayers – for both
congregations!
“The Sunday evening service
is a second congregation in
its own right.”
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You can contact the Browns at
david.brown.paris@gmail.com
FOR YOUR PRAYERS EVERY FRIDAY
The inaugural service
T
he Church in Langeais is now open for
worship each Sunday: not yet in the
church building but in the upper room of
the adjacent Charles VIII café. Our inaugural
service on 14 September was a joyful
occasion, celebrated with Christians from
neighbouring France Mission churches in
Tours, Chinon, and Loches – 36 people
altogether, with numbers dropping to about
half that on subsequent Sundays. Our thanks
to George and Elsa for the use of their café.
There is still much to do on the church
building. The front wall, facing onto the road,
forms a two-metre-deep lobby in front of the
main building. Discussions with Bâtiments de
France (similar to English Heritage) continue
about the lobby’s future. On the positive side,
a very expensive set of windows and door,
designed to meet stringent fire regulations,
has recently been installed.
The young Langeais team is headed by the
pastor Raphaël Héritier and his wife, Floriane:
carpenter and music teacher respectively.
You can find out more about the church
at www.evangeliquedelangeais.fr and
can contact the pastor at raphheritier@
hotmail.com. Many thanks to all those
who have provided financial support
for the church: gifts currently stand
at around £3,500.
Marina Merckle works locally as a
physiotherapist and Fanny Diedrichs is
studying orthotics and prosthetics in Angers
and joins the team at the weekend. Timothée
& Tamara Pommier participate in the churchplanting course at Loches, in preparation for
starting a new church in Lyon next year. Bea
Stoy is working here for a year as an au-pair
in order to learn French. And then there’s us:
retirees from England and old enough to be
grandparents to Manoah (16 months), Raphaël
and Floriane’s son, and Alicia (3 years) and Elias
(9 months), Timothée and Tamara’s children.
The team: the Héritier family top left; Marina top
right; Fanny in sunglasses; the Pommier family
centre-right; and a mysterious masked helper!
During the week, the team continue to
meet for study and prayer at 7am and
thanksgiving for the day at 6pm. We pray for
the inhabitants of Langeais, for those people
we meet during the day, and for activities in
local evangelical churches. Please pray for us
and the work here in Langeais.
FOR YOUR PRAYERS EVERY FRIDAY
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Other news from Paul Cooke
Serving God in Brittany
FM supporter Sofie Crump shares about how the Lord has been
using her and her friend Milla
Milla & Sofie in South Korea
M
illa and I met at a Word of Life (Parole
de Vie) camp (www.pdvfrance.org) for
young adults just over a year ago. We hit it
off as friends and the Lord opened up various
opportunities for us to serve Him together
throughout summer 2014 in England and
South Korea. During the Beautiful Feet trip
we spent 6 weeks walking from Exeter to
Liverpool (800 miles) sharing the gospel,
and in Taibeck, South Korea, we had the
opportunity to run a 10-day evangelistic
English camp for children and teenagers.
The Lord has called us both to spend the
next 10 months (at least) in France where
we’re now living in a small town called Bruz,
just outside Rennes. Milla (who’s French) is
studying Spanish with English & Sociology at
the University of Rennes. I’m teaching English
to children, teens, and adults in a private
language centre in Bruz.
We spend our weekends in Dinan as we are
involved in the France Mission church there.
Milla is a member of the Conseil (leadership
team) and heads up the pre-adolescent
group as well as the “Evangelism on the
streets” team. I’m finding my feet, gradually
getting to know members of the church
and praying about which area(s) the Lord
would have me serve in. Thank you so much
for your prayers. God bless you richly.
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Prayer requests
Free DVD
Vocation: Implanteur
d’église (“Vocation:
Church-Planter”) is
an excellent DVD
produced by the
National Council of
French Evangelicals.
It presents five
recent examples
of French churchplanting, including
the FM church in
Loches. The DVD
retails at about £8, but it’s such a
great resource that we’ll gladly send it
you for free! Please just complete and
return the relevant part of the response
form that came with this magazine.
• For every church member to know
their spiritual gift(s) and to use them
wholeheartedly in the Lord’s service
• For opportunities to listen, share
the gospel, and share our lives with
colleagues, friends, and neighbours
• Encouragement for the pastoral
couple (Frédéric & Angela Sourisseau),
especially since a couple of prominent
families have recently been called by
the Lord to serve Him further afield
• For God’s will concerning possible
future projects such as “The Mark
Drama” at Rennes University
(www.themarkdrama.com)
• A miracle in the form of a new
church building!
You can find out more about the church at
www.epe-dinan.fr and can contact
Sofie at soficrump@hotmail.co.uk
FOR YOUR PRAYERS EVERY SATURDAY
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France Day 2015
The next “France” Day will be more of a
“French” Day as we will be joining up with
Arab World Ministries to think about the
Lord’s work among Muslim-background
communities in France and the Frenchspeaking world.
The event will be held at Derby Road Baptist
Church, Watford (www.drbchurch.org.uk)
on Saturday 9 May 2015, God willing. The
venue is well served by public transport as
well as having nearby public car parks.
More information will be made available
in due course, both in print and on the
FM website (www.france-mission.com/
fmtrust/web). It promises to be a great
day, so please save the date in your diary
– I’d love to see you there!
Donating to France Mission over
the phone
Supporters have been asking for this facility
for a while and we can now provide it! Just
call me on 07980 450462 to make a donation.
FOR YOUR PRAYERS EVERY SATURDAY
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THESE ARE YOUR AREA REPRESENTATIVES:
scotland
Gordon Leiper
c/o PO Box 743, Exeter, EX1 9RN. Tel: 07980 450462
gordon.leiper@france-mission.org
NORTHERN IRELAND
Ylonne Trotter, 10 Springhill, off Nettlehill Road,
Lisburn BT28 3QE. Tel: 028 9266 5804
ylonne.trotter@france-mission.org
Each area representative offers your church or Christian
Union group:
• Up-to-date news about God’s work in France.
• DVD presentations.
• PowerPoint presentations or OHP acetates to explain
France Mission’s strategy.
• France Mission literature.
Please contact your local representative direct by email,
letter or phone as above.
ALL OTHER REGIONS
LONDON AND SOUTH EAST
Bob Skelly, 137b Barry Road, London SE22 OHW.
Tel: 020 8299 0600
bob.skelly@france-mission.org
SOUTH WALES AND WEST OF ENGLAND
Peter Farley, The Old Chapel, Chapel Lane,
Minchinhampton, Glos GL6 9DL. Tel: 01453 884454
peter.farley@france-mission.org
Paul Cooke, PO Box 743, Exeter, EX1 9RN.
Tel: 07980 450462 or 01392 213275
fmtrust@france-mission.org
MIDLANDS
Nigel Sullivan, 161 Wheelwright Lane, Ash Green,
Coventry CV7 9HR. Tel: 024 7636 2331
nigel.sullivan@france-mission.org
NORTH OF ENGLAND AND NORTH WALES
Colin Judkins, 55 Victoria Road, Northwich, Cheshire
CW9 5RE. Tel: 01606 49859
colin.judkins@france-mission.org
Paul Cooke, PO Box 743, Exeter, EX1 9RN.
Tel: 07980 450462 or 01392 213275
fmtrust@france-mission.org
FRANCE MISSION is a French-based Protestant evangelical
mission organisation founded in France in 1957. Our French
headquarters is at 14 rue d’Annam, 75020 Paris. We are a
fellowship of over 120 church-planting missionaries of all
nationalities, of whom the majority are French nationals and
14 come from the United Kingdom.
FRANCE MISSION TRUST is the mission’s UK support office,
a registered charity (Number 267979) founded in 1974. Our
UK Trustees are: Peter Farley, Colin Judkins, Helen Robinson,
Bob Skelly, Nigel Sullivan. France Mission Trust is a group
member of the Evangelical Alliance and a member society
of Global Connections. Donations should be made payable to
“France Mission” and sent to the Exeter office. Gifts designated
for particular missionaries are forwarded without deduction.
This newsletter is also available in large print. It is
published three times a year, and is available free
of charge from:
FRANCE MISSION TRUST,
PO Box 743, EXETER EX1 9RN (UK)
Tel: 07980 450462 or 01392 213275
Email: fmtrust@france-mission.org
Web: www.france-mission.org
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