{"id":28,"date":"2014-09-08T07:33:23","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T07:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grenoblechurch.org\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2026-04-06T10:04:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T10:04:26","slug":"agenda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grenoblechurch.org\/?page_id=28","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s on @ St Marc&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">Upcoming Events<\/mark><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday 26th April church AGM (assembl\u00e9e g\u00e9n\u00e9rale) after the service<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Advance Notice : Sunday 28th June Church Barbecue at Nell&#8217;s ! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">Regular events<\/mark><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prayer meeting by zoom every Tuesday morning from 8:30 to 9.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John leads an online bible study (MOBS) on Mondays at 16:00 (4pm French time)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In person (and on zoom) bible study (WEBS) 3 wednesdays a month at 20:00 at the Chaplaincy apartment. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once a month at Nell&#8217;s. Lunchtime Fellowship And Bible Study (FABS) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Email contact@grenoblechurch.org if you wish to receive any of the zoom details or any other info.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow this link for<a href=\"http:\/\/centresaintmarc-grenoble.fr\/-Rendez-vous-du-Centre-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <\/a>Events programmed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diocese-grenoble-vienne.fr\/saint-marc.html\">St Marc&#8217;s ecumenical Centre<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Our services are held <strong>every Sunday at 10:45.<\/strong> We encourage you to attend them in person, but they are all broadcast on zoom. If you&#8217;d like to have the zoom link, please email contact@grenoblechurch.org.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Past important events<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>April 5th A wonderfully vibrant Easter Sunday Service. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>April 2nd Maundy thursday Service and &#8220;last supper&#8221;.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sunday 29th March Special Palm Sunday service and baptism.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friday 27th March at 9:00 Women&#8217;s breakfast<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sunday 15th March<\/strong> after the service Church family lunch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Friday 6th March<\/strong> at 19:00 Women&#8217;s world day of prayer, prepared by the women of Nigeria !<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friday 6th February : Lifesprings Women&#8217;s Breakfast at 9:00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The week starting 18th January was the <a href=\"https:\/\/grenoblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/VPU-2025.pdf\">week for Christian Unity.<\/a> On the Sunday, we had a preacher&#8217;s exchange and Father Christophe Brunet preached for us. We shared an ap\u00e9ro with our Catholic friends after the service.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4th January Epiphany Sunday with Christingles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>25th December Christmas service at 10:45<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>24th December Midnight communion starting 22:00 in salle &#8220;Oratoire&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>21st December All age Nativity service followed by Pre-Christmas Ap\u00e9ro<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>14th December at 18:00 Carol Service (no morning service on that day)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5th December at 9 am Women&#8217;s breakfast<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>27th November we enjoyed a visit from Bishop Robert and Archdeacon Peter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>21st November at 20:00 Soir\u00e9e de Louange pour tous les Chr\u00e9tiens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>.16th November ecumenical prayer and worship with the other churches at 10:45 instead of our normal service.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>13th November at 17:00 \u201cInauguration\u201d of the &#8220;new&#8221; Saint-Marc\u2019s Centre with Mgr Jean-Marc Eychenne, Catholic Bishop of Grenoble, and local authorities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">Sunday 12th October<\/mark><\/strong> Harvest thanksgiving service followed by a meal !<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Saturday 21st June from 12:30 to 15:00<\/strong>. Ecumenical f\u00eate de la musique for Children and young people !<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sunday June 15th<\/strong> at 10:45 special all-age service, led by our children and young people. This was a wonderful moment ! <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sunday June 15th<\/strong> Church Barbecue at Nell&#8217;s after the all age service !<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Saturday 7th<\/strong> June Ecumenical Pentecost vigil at 20:30.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Friday 6th June<\/strong> at 9:00 Women&#8217;s breakfast<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Church AGM<\/strong> (Assembl\u00e9e G\u00e9n\u00e9rale) on <strong>Sunday 18th May<\/strong> after the service. A new council was elected.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Easter Sunday communion service and Baptism April 20th<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>during Holy Week, 3 zoom bible studies and 2 services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Palm Sunday celebration at the normal time (10:45) on Sunday 13th April<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friday April 11th Women&#8217;s breakfast at 9:00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>23rd March <strong>Licensing service for our new Chaplain, John Gay.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/grenoblechurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JMP-2025-St-Marc-7-mars.pdf\">Women&#8217;s world day pf Prayer (JMP) <\/a>service on march 7th at 20:00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>23rd February Ecumenical &#8220;3 churches&#8221; Worship service at 10:30<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>16th February church meal after the service<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7th February at 20:00 Ecumenical Praise Evening (Soir\u00e9e de Louange) in St Marc&#8217;s.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7th February at 9:00 Women&#8217;s breakfast (Petit D\u00e9jeuner des femmes) in St Marc&#8217;s.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>23rd January at 20:00 Christian Unity Ecumenical Service (VPU) in St Marc&#8217;s<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>25th January Children&#8217;s and Families day in St Marc&#8217;s Starting 15:00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wednesday 24th December <strong>Christmas Day family communion service.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Church family lunch after the service on Deccember 22nd.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sunday 15th December at 18:00 <strong>Carol service<\/strong> ! <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thursday 10th October at 20:00 in St Marc&#8217;s Ecumenical Bible study evening  to prepare the Week of Christian Unity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wednesday 25th September from 17:00 onwards Creationtide ecumenical event in Saint-Marc&#8217;s<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Annual church picnic at Nell&#8217;s house  Sunday 1st September.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saturday 8th June Children&#8217;s and Families (ecumenical) afternoon in Saint-Marc&#8217;s.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friday May 31st at 9am women&#8217;s breakfast in le FEU (temporary venue while the work is going on in Saint-Marc&#8217;s)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Church AGM (assembl\u00e9e g\u00e9n\u00e9rale) on Sunday 19th May. (Pentecost Sunday) after our service.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sunday 7th April Special Service with our children, followed by Church Ap\u00e9ro.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>F<strong>riday 5th April<\/strong> Lifesprings Women&#8217;s breakfast at 9:00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Friday 5th April<\/strong> Praise Evening (Soir\u00e9e de Louange) at 20:00 in Saint-Marc&#8217;s.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We held the following Holy Week Services :<br><strong>Good Friday<\/strong> (29th March) Special \u201cTenebrae\u201d service at 20:00 in salle de pri\u00e8re<br><strong>Easter Sunday<\/strong> (31st March) Easter Service at 10:45<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Palm Sunday <\/strong>(24th March) Special service with our children<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saturday 9th March Children and young people&#8217;s outing to Cosmocit\u00e9 planetarium in Pont de Claix. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friday March 1st at 20:00 Women&#8217;s world day of prayer (JMP), prepared by Christian women from Palestine,  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> Women&#8217;s Breakfast Friday Feb 9th at 9:00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An alpha course was held every tuesday evening by zoom from October to February. We hope to plan another one soon.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Church family meal <\/strong>after the service on Sunday February 4th.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Childrens and Families afternoon<\/strong> Saturday 20th January in St Marc&#8217;s from 14:00 onwards. This was well attended by our children !<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ecumenical service for Christian Unity<\/strong> (VPU) Thursday 18th January at 20:00  in St Marc&#8217;s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sunday 24th December<\/strong>  <strong>Christmas Service<\/strong> at 10:45<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Saturday 16th December<\/strong> at 17:00. <strong>Carol service<\/strong> in St Marc&#8217;s<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Friday 8th December<\/strong> Women&#8217;s Breakfast in St Marc&#8217;s<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sunday 3rd December<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christingle\">Christingle Service<\/a> followed by Church Family meal <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Friday 24th November<\/strong> at 20:00 Praise Evening (Soir\u00e9e de Louange) in St Marc&#8217;s.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Saturday 25th November<\/strong>, our church particpated in the National Food bank collection.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We were happy to welcome members of the Soweto Choir on Sunday 5th November !<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Saturday 30th September<\/strong> Journ\u00e9e Portes Ouvertes in St Marc&#8217;s. This was a good opportunity to come and meet people from the neighbouring area and all the other churches and groups which meet in St Marc&#8217;s. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wednesday 20th September <\/strong>Creationtide (Journ\u00e9e de la cr\u00e9ation) was celebrated in St Marc&#8217;s. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sunday 17th September<\/strong> we welcome our locums, Roger and Ursula Simpson.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sunday 10th September<\/strong> we said good bye to our Chaplain, Nick Finlay and his wife Julia. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Special Children&#8217;s Service Sunday 3rd September.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Church Picnic on Sunday 3rd September<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Special &#8220;African Sunday&#8221; service on August 13th<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Soir\u00e9e de Louange (Praise evening) Friday 23rd June 20:00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friday 14th April at 20:00 , Praise Evening (Soir\u00e9e de louange) in St Marc&#8217;s.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On <strong>Good Friday<\/strong> (7th April) Our service, at 19:45 was  led by Archdeacon Peter Hooper.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friday 3rd March Women&#8217;s World day of Prayer (JMP) ecumenical service at 20:00 in St Marc&#8217;s.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thursday 19th January&nbsp; at 20:30 in St Marc&#8217;s. Ecumenical service for Christian Unity (VPU).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Events in 2022 :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Saturday 17th December Carol service at 18:30 in St Marc&#8217;s<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saturday 26th November our church participated in the national &#8220;banque alimentaire&#8221; (food bank) collection.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sunday 30th October, 3 children were baptised in St Marc&#8217;s<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sunday 2nd October<\/strong> Harvest Thanksgiving, with a special guest, Richard Bromley from ICS. The service was followed by &#8220;bring and share&#8221; meal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Soweto choir &#8220;hope&#8221; musical was on <strong>September 30th<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our special &#8220;African Sunday&#8221; Service was on August 21st.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Praise evening (Soir\u00e9e de Louange) on Friday 10th June.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Saturday 2nd April<\/strong> The Soweto Choir was back for an evening of praise starting at 18:30&nbsp; !<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carol Service <strong>Saturday 18th December<\/strong> at 18:30 in St Marc&#8217;s Grand volume!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Praise evening (Soir\u00e9e de Louange) <strong>Friday 26th November.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bishop Robert&nbsp; took a Confirmation service on <strong>Thursday 18th November. On that day, 20 people from our church were confirmed !<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Soweto choir led an evening of praise on Friday 12th November !<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 people were baptised on Sunday 31st October.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harvest Service and church meal (the first since the covid outbreak) on Sunday October 17th.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sunday 10th October, special guests , ie a small group from Soweto&nbsp; Choir led our worship !<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>St Marc&#8217;s Centre Open day <strong>Saturday 11th September<\/strong> 10-12 am<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>On Sunday 29th August, 8 people were baptised and 4 children dedicated.<br><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Church picnic Sunday 18th July<br><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Saturday 12th June at 17:00 Praise evening (Soir\u00e9e de Louange) in St Marc&#8217;s Grand volume. theme : Rooted in His love (enracin\u00e9s dans son amour). <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>On Sunday 30th May, 16 people were baptised !<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>April 18th, after the service, we held our church AGM (Assembl\u00e9e G\u00e9n\u00e9rale)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On Easter Sunday, 4 adults and 4 children were baptised.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our Chaplain, <a href=\"https:\/\/grenoblechurch.org\/?page_id=1059\">Nick Finlay<\/a> was licensed on February 7th, in St Marc&#8217;s and on zoom.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to see the detail how we managed our services during the covid lockdowns  <a href=\"https:\/\/grenoblechurch.org\/?page_id=623\">consult this page<\/a> !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For details of any of our zoom meetings, please email contact@grenoblechurch.org and we will send them to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In St Marc&#8217;s ecumenical centre :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&nbsp;&#8220;<strong>Escale St Marc<\/strong>&#8221; (a &#8220;drop in&#8221; centre)&nbsp; is currently&nbsp; open&nbsp; Wednesday and Thursday afternoons.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Prayer vigil for Christian Unity was recorded on Saturday 16th January, and&nbsp; broadcast on France 2, on Sunday 24th January.&nbsp; Watch it again here : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gdncbuPNpig&amp;feature=youtu.be\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gdncbuPNpig&amp;feature=youtu.be<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upcoming Events: Sunday 26th April church AGM (assembl\u00e9e g\u00e9n\u00e9rale) after the service Advance Notice : Sunday 28th June Church Barbecue at Nell&#8217;s ! Regular events: Email contact@grenoblechurch.org if you wish to receive any of the zoom details or any other info. 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