UUFP meets next on...
Sunday, June 9
at 3:00 PM
"Never the Water, Only the Wave "
Visiting minister
the Rev. Mark Morrison-Reed
Mark writes: "Like rolling waves heading toward a distant shore our lives are ever moving, changing and unique and yet they are with one with life as a wave is to the ocean. This is a personal story of loss, and how grief led me to a deeper understanding of life and eternity."
Elizabeth Gex, violist, will provide extra music during the service. This is our last service before the summer break.
Where We Meet
Temple de Pentemont
(Eglise réformée de France)
106 rue de Grenelle
Paris 7e
Location: The location of the church
-- 106 rue de Grenelle -- is between Rue du Bac and Rue de Bellechasse, practically on the corner of Rue de Bellechasse. It is situated just a few blocks from the Musée d’Orsay, on the other side of Boulevard St Germain.
Closest Metro stations: “Solférino”, “Rue du Bac”, line 12. (At the Solférino stop, taking Sortie #1 or #3 means you will not have to cross the Boulevard St Germain. However, Sortie #2 has an escalator; if you take it you must then cross Boulevard St Germain to rue de Bellechasse.)
Other Metro stations: For those who are happy to walk a few more blocks: “Musée d’Orsay” (RER C), “Varenne” (line 13), and “Sévres-Babylone” (line 10).
Buses which run on Sundays:
63 (Porte de la Muette — Gare de Lyon), arrêt “Solférino-Bellechasse”,
68 (Place de Clichy — Châtillon-Montrouge), arrêt “Rue de Bac-René Char”,
94 (on Sundays runs only Gare Montparnasse — Gare St Lazare),
arrêt “Rue du Bac-René Char”.
Car: Parking is very difficult in the neighborhood which has many government buildings. It is easy to park temporarily at the front door of the church to drop off passengers. The closest public parking garages are the “Bac-Montalembert” on the corner of Rue du Bac and Rue Montalembert, and the “Musée d’Orsay” on the Quai Anatole France.
Cafés: Two cafés near the church which are open on Sundays: Café Mucha on the corner of rue de Bellechasse and Boulevard St Germain, and Le Florès on the corner of the Rue de Grenelle and the Rue du Bac.
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June President's Letter
Here we are at the beginning of a new summer season, in name if not yet in weather. During this month of June, we'll see the equinox and the first day of summer, joined up with the Fete de la Musique. The school year will wind down for those of us 'in it'. New members of UUFP will be formally welcomed into our fellowship at our June service and others of our community will say good-bye for now, as they will be elsewhere when we gather again at the rentree in September. As individuals, we are all experiencing our particular upheavals and transitions. As Heraclitus said, the only constant is change.
The changes of this time might bring hope, bring sadness, bring anxiety, bring excitement. And in the midst of whatever it is we're individually experiencing, there are also the constants. I just catalogued a few that keep me on an even keel -- my daily bike ride, a hungry meowing cat every morning, our monthly UU service, Friday pizza & movie nights at home, candles on the dinner table -- that provide some stability in the midst of all the change. Thank goodness!
I hope that we might all find in our various communities -- be it the Paris UU Fellowship or others -- the companionship or encouragement or comfort we each need to balance the stress of inevitable change.
In fellowship,
Karen Kyker Frey
(Click here to continue reading this and past President's letters.)
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