Premises - and the cultes en anglais

Negotiations have been positive. We ended up with the figure we first thought of, and a decent price if we want to take up the option to buy the place.

Now the questions arise about the International services in English. Is it a good venue for them ? Who can tell. I think we need to give it a go and see. I mean - parking's easy, trams are nearby, access by road is easy. Could it be better ? However Bordeaux has a psychological 'right bank' thing going on. We'll give it a go and see, I think.

So here is the pattern that we're thinking about :

Twice a month, evangelistic services in French meant to be easy access. We'd translate as much as we could into English too.

The other Sundays, services in English. Given that we'll be holding services in the evening in French, too, this also allows us to try and establish a bridge from the anglophones into the francophones.

In addition we need to consider starting a homegroup in English if possible.

Yes, I know. It might not work. But then nothing "works", does it ! (see previous posts...)

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A figleaf of your imagination said…
It is hard to organize English cults!
10:58 am
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