The following infographic was published in “Le Télégramme”, dated 7th March 2012. It’s quite interesting and explains why there are still so many bakeries around. 69 % of French people would rather buy their bread in a bakery. When you consider the price of bread here, it is admirable.
Today in “Le Télégramme“
Back in September, I was elected substitute to sit on the church council in the place of any full member of the parent representatives parent who could not attend a meeting. A lady asked me a couple of weeks ago if I could replace her for the next meeting. The meeting was last night. It was great to be present and observe the  proceedings.
The whole protocole is interesting. While in the UK, people who arrive would come in and sit down after giving a general greeting to those already present, in france, those arriving at the meeting go around the room shaking hands to every single person already present. If they know each other well enough, they would do “la bise”, but men always shake hands.
Most of the teachers were there, as well as the mayor and  other representatives of the town council. I think the total number was about 18. Various subjects concerning the running of the school were talked about. It was interesting to know better what’s going on in the school and to meet knew people as well. The meeting was about 2 hours long.
I saw this video on Sunday morning just before going to church. It was difficult not to think about it during the first part of the service.
It was a good weekend. We had the youth group on Saturday. It was great. we played a game called Pit. It’s fun and noisy, ideal for young people. We studied Deborah and Baraq in the book of Judges.
We had a visiting preacher from Southern Brittany and the service was followed by a fellowship lunch. The church was quite full and about 25 people stayed for lunch. In the afternoon, we had a good meeting to prepare for the AGM in a fortnight’s time.
I am preaching in Bordeaux next Sunday, in French in the morning, in English in the evening. I need to prepare for these services. It will be good to catch up with our friends there although it will be a very quick visit. I also need to write our next prayer letter, finish an article I started writing last week. I’ll also prepare one or two Bible studies in Judges for the Youth Group.
There’s the usual meetings: Bible study on Tuesday afternoon, and Prayer meeting on Thursday, but my colleague is leading these. There’s also a school council meeting. I am not on the council, but I am on the list of people who can replace anyone who can’t attend. A lady contacted me last week to know if I could go take her place this time. I am looking forward to this. Then, on Friday we will be on the market in Guingamp.
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