Links

Our Neighbouring Anglican Friends

 

The Anglican Church of St Andrews, Pau. Their website address is: www.standrewschurchpau.org.uk

 

St Andrews Church, Biarritz. Please contact the Church Warden, Johan Visser on
Tel 0558 73 14 98 or e-mail him at visser.hans1@wanadoo.fr. Their website address is:
www.biarritzanglicanchurch.org.uk.

 

The Chaplaincy of Poitou-Charentes. Their chaplain is the Reverend Michael Hepper, who can be contacted on Tel 05 49 97 04 21 or by e-mail on chaplain.goodshepherd@orange.fr. Their website is www.church-in-france.com

 

The Anglican Chaplaincy of Midi Pyrenees and Aude has an excellent web site at www.escotc.com. Services are held across the border from Lot et Garonne at several locations and, in the same way that several of their regulars join us at Dondas, so are we all very welcome at the services.

 

The Chaplaincy of the Vendee. Reverend Brian Davies now leads services at two centres. He can be contacted at briandpam@free.fr

 

Main Church Sites

 

The Church of England’s Diocese in Europe can be contacted via its site, www.europe.anglican.org, where details of all Anglican activities across Europe can be found.

 

The Intercontinental Church Society 

Our chaplaincy supports this international Anglican mission, which shares the good news of Jesus Christ with people who speak English who find themselves in countries where it is not the first language. ICS has partnered the Aquitaine chaplaincy in its ministry since 1874 and is responsible for recruiting our chaplain. You can find out more about ICS's church planting, church growth and outreach projects from its web site.

They can be found on www.ics-uk.org

 

A Church Near You is a site designed to help you find an Anglican church in England and across Europe. It currently lists more than 16,500 churches and 20,000 services and events!

Visit: www.acny.org.uk

 

The Church On The Net is the first church of its type and is a project of Holy Trinity Ripon in the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds. Its purpose is to reach people who have no contact with either God or the church. It assumes no existing knowledge and, by explaining Christian principles in an engaging way and to bring visitors to an understanding of Jesus and his church.

Their address is www.church-on-the-net.com.

 

Christians Together in France. A web site dedicated to bringing together God’s people for fellowship and mutual care.

Their web site is www.christians-together.net

 

Charity: we are committed to support the work of Worldvision, in particular the Stepenavan project for children in Armenia.

See www.worldvision.org.co.uk/chip

 

Lectionary: bible readings and prayers for each week are here along with many other church resources. 

  

Buy a bible : http://www.bibleresources.org.uk The Bible Society's Bible resources website carefully selects a range of Bible related resources, in a variety of formats, that complement our work of making the Bible heard. It also contains a concordance.

   

Sites which support us.

 

The Connexion. This English language newspaper provides a full listing of churches which hold services in English across France on their website www.connexionfrance.com as well as the times of forthcoming services.

  

AngloInfo. This site has a range of pages where information on a wide variety of issues of interest to English speaking residents ranging from health issues, building regulations and funerals to legal and consumer matters. Their website is www.angloinfo.com/countries/france

  

Group 47. This is a newsletter of interest to English speakers living in the Lot et Garonne which is issued by Kevin Powell. It details a wide variety of activities from brocantes to Fish and Chip suppers as well as details of our services in Lot et Garonne. Ask him to include you on his circulation list by e-mailing group47@orange.fr.

 

Reformation Tours. This site lists churches across Europe and organises tours of interest to Christians. It also has links to a large number of interesting sites. Try: www.reformationtours.com.

  

Eymet Guide/Miramont Guide. These sites have a huge range of information for English-speaking residents in and visitors to the southern Dordogne and Lot & Garonne. They show local services and facilities, calendar of events, a forum for seeking advice, and much, much more. It includes details of all our local church activities. 
Go to www.eymetguide.com or www.miramontguide.com.

 

Specific Help

 

Cancer Support France. A charity dedicated to helping English-speaking cancer patients; it started in the Charente area and is now spreading into areas with large English speaking communities. Volunteers are professionally trained under the guidance of the MacMillan Cancer Support organisation. There are groups in the Dordogne and Lot and several nearby departements. Those in need of support can contact the group by telephone, wherever they live. Their national help line is on 05 53 54 46 67 and their website is www.cancersupportfrance.info.

 

English - French medical vocabulary. . Members of the Chaplaincy have put together a booklet for English speaking patients which can be downloaded by clicking here

  

Retired Service Personnel and Their Families. SSAFA looks after people with direct and indirect military links. They can be found via france@SSAFA.org.uk or by telephone to Liz Rolfe on 05 53 01 64 54

  

Hospital Visiting in Bordeaux. There is a network of English speaking volunteers in Bordeaux who visit people in Bordeaux hospitals, offering support and using their local knowledge to offer practical help.

Contact either the British Consulate on 05 57 22 21 10 or the Chaplain by email at aquitainechaplain@gmail.com

 

SOS HELP Crisis line in English: 01 46 21 46 46

SOS Help is a telephone listening service for the English-speaking community in France.  Trained listeners are available every day of the year from 3pm to 11pm.  The service is confidential and anonymous.  In addition to compassionate, non-directive listening, we can provide information on community services and community resources available to English-speaking callers.  SOS Help is staffed by volunteer listeners; other volunteers are involved in community liaison, fund-raising and publicity.  Volunteers are always welcome, and should contact the above telephone number to request further information about recruitment and training.

 

Chairman David Payne 01 46 21 46 46

Web Site : http://www.soshelpline.org/

 

Useful Addresses in the Chaplaincy

 

Chaplain : aquitainechaplain@gmail.com

 

Assistant Chaplain: Reverend Caroline Gordon-Walker, La Vieille Ferme, 24170 St Germain de Belves e-mail: carolinegw@wanadoo.fr

 

Curate: Reverend Gillian Strachan, La Gravette, 24150 Bayac. e-mail: gillstrachan@wanadoo.fr

 

Details of local contacts can be found on the pages for each congregation