Welcome to All Saints Vendee
The Constituency
Our church, ‘The Congregations of All Saints Vendée (ASV)’ serves the English speaking community in the Vendée and neighbouring Deux-Sèvres: both residents and visitiors.
With the invaluable cooperation of the Roman Catholic Church we have the use of their churches at Puy de Serre (east) , La Chapelle Achard (south-west) and La Chapelle Palluau (north). For the locations of these worship centres see the panel on the right of this page.
Services
| Sunday | Centre | Service |
| First | La Chapelle Palluau (LCP) | Word and Worship |
| Second | Puy de Serre (PdS) | Holy Communion |
| Third | La Chappelle Achard (LCA) | Holy Communion |
| Fourth | Puy de Serre PdS) | Holy Communion |
| Fifth (occasional) | PdS / LCA alternately | Holy Communion (BCP) |
Services normally commence at 11:00am. Coffee is served after all services, followed by a 'Bring and Share' lunch, except on 5th Sundays, to which all are welcome.
Dates for your Diary
Details of Forthcoming Events of all kinds can be found in our monthly newsletter, ‘The Grapevine,’ which can be viewed or downloaded from this website in the section ‘Notices’
Christian Festivals
On these occasions the times and locations of services may vary from those shown above, please refer to ‘The Grapevine’
Social Events Programme 2012
| Date | Event | Organisers / Hosts | Location |
| 16 Mar 12 | Quiz | Polly or Christine Low | Puy de Serre |
| 21 Apr 12 | Coffee morning | Richard and Marian Rackham | Thire |
| 11 May 12 | Quiz | Polly or Christine Low | Puy de Serre |
| 17 May 12 | Walk | John & Barbara Matthews | La Tardiere |
| 29 May 12 | Car treasure hunt | Richard and Marian Rackham | |
| 29 Jun 12 | Barbecue | Mike and Jean Mylod | Mouilleron |
| 11 Jul 12 | Quiz | Polly or Christine Low | Puy de Serre |
| July | Walk | tba | tba |
| July | English Cream Tea | tba | tba |
| Aug | Ploughman's supper | tba | Mouilleron |
| Aug | Walk + Picnic | tba | tba |
| Aug /Sept | English Cream Tea | tba | tba |
| 1 Sept 12 | Summer fete | tba | Puy de Serre |
| Sept – Nov | Christmas Draw | Polly | |
| late Sept | Quiz | Polly or Christine Low | Puy de Serre |
| Oct | Barbecue | Dawn & Ray | Lege |
| early Nov | Quiz | Polly | Puy de Serre |
| 30 Nov 12 | Ceilidh | Polly or Christine Low | St Maurice le Girard |
| Dec | Christmas Lunch | Mike Mylod | tba |
| Dec | Carol service | Polly | Puy de Serre |
Activities
For information on other regular activities see ‘Our church’
If you would like to contribute to this site please send details to Peter Mills at peter.mills@wanadoo.fr
Stop Press
Please note these Additions to the Prayer List:
Peter Mills who is receiving treatment for leukaemia and Sally Mills whose chest infection does not appear to be responding to antibiotics.
Christine Armstrong who is in hospital again and awaiting results of further tests.
...................................................................................................
Treasure Hunt, Tuesday 29st May 2012
We are planning to hold another Treasure Hunt on Tuesday May 29th 2012. Our main aim is for this to be a social event rather than a fund raiser (although the latter is always a help!) and we hope to have a mix of Church and non-attenders as we did last autumn. However we will take entrants on a first come first served basis as numbers must be limited for safety on the roads. Maximum number per car is four people and departure time will be probably from 14.30h - 15.30h with a staggered start as previously. The event will conclude with a meal and we expect the overall cost to be €15.00 per head which will include the cost of the meal.
Please will anyone wishing to make a definite application send it to us as soon as possible; anyone wanting more details, just ask us in person, by phone [02 51 27 64 67] or email at richard.rackham@cegetel.net
Best wishes,
Marian and Richard Rackham
Anglican Liturgical Music
The French Choir, L’Ensemble Vocal Via Musica of Niort are to give two concerts in Deux Sèvres during the first week-end in June 2012, performing what are believed to be the first performances of Sir John Stainers’ Crucifixion. They would welcome an English speaking congregation to help with the hymns/chorales.
The first performance will be on Saturday 2nd.June between 8.30 and 10.00 pm in the Church on the square at Moutiers-sous-Argenton, 16 km north of Bressuire on the cross-roads of the D146 between Argenton and Airvault and the D159. Light refreshments will be served after the performance.
The second performance will be on Sunday 3rd. June between 5.0 and 6.30 pm with light refreshments afterwards in the Temple near the Mairie on the St. Sauvant road at Rouillé, 6 km west of Lusignan on the D611 main road from Niort to Poitiers.
The entry charge is 12€, with a reduced charge of 6€; but is free to young persons aged 13 years or less. One can pay on entry but you are advised to book in advance. For information and reservations contact Elisabeth Torné on 09 81 19 46 90 or 06 26 34 31 10 and by email at elistorne@gmail.com
Download concert flyer - 2nd June 2012 Here
Download concert flyer - 3rd June 2012 Here
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
