The water tower at the chateau
I suppose there may have been twenty of us at the service
at the chateau in the Blayais - at St Genès de Blaye, of whom six had come from Floirac.
Blaye is quite a major town, and surrounded by its satellite villages (the Blayais - the Blaye area). It is hard to imagine the church there supporting its own pastor in the foreseeable future, but we aren't aware of any other protestant witness in the area and there's a lot of people there to reach.
At present the believers there maintain services every week. Two Sundays a month the Floirac pastor goes up to conduct the service. For the others two there may be a retired pastor available - otherwise they manage themselves, but I don't think anyone there is a preacher.
(This is the water tower. I am sure none of this goes in the wine, but you have to wash everything well.)
The service was followed by coffee, tea, orange juice, couronne des rois (brioche flavoured with orange blossom) and galette des rois (a bit like a bakewell pudding, but with no jam and topped with buttery flakey pastry).
at the chateau in the Blayais - at St Genès de Blaye, of whom six had come from Floirac.Blaye is quite a major town, and surrounded by its satellite villages (the Blayais - the Blaye area). It is hard to imagine the church there supporting its own pastor in the foreseeable future, but we aren't aware of any other protestant witness in the area and there's a lot of people there to reach.
At present the believers there maintain services every week. Two Sundays a month the Floirac pastor goes up to conduct the service. For the others two there may be a retired pastor available - otherwise they manage themselves, but I don't think anyone there is a preacher.
(This is the water tower. I am sure none of this goes in the wine, but you have to wash everything well.)
The service was followed by coffee, tea, orange juice, couronne des rois (brioche flavoured with orange blossom) and galette des rois (a bit like a bakewell pudding, but with no jam and topped with buttery flakey pastry).
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