Convention 2015 in Lyon

Well not quite in Lyon, but a 20minute drive away is considered close enough. The French Baptiste association has a bi-yearly convention where members from all the french speaking churches come together and have what I liken to a church retreat weekend. We're staying on a conference center (Domaine Lyon Saint Joseph) where we eat all our meals, have morning worship and a talk, afternoon activities, and an evening meeting as well. 

 

Our room was right behind those trees.

Paul was in the program to speak Friday night on being holy and setting our hope in Christ (to glowing reviews), so Julia and I got to tag along and spend time getting to know others and also see friendly faces. Grandma and grandpa came as well, and we all drove here Thursday and stayed until Sunday afternoon. 

The building next door which I wanted to visit; private property though.

 Friday afternoon we signed up for a little boat cruise down the river through the city to see all the sites. Then we walked around the downtown area seeing all the shops there. 

Saturday afternoon we joined a walking tour of the old city and the traboules. Traboules are passageways through the buildings which connected down to the river so they had quick access to the source of trade. They were also used for other purposes during war. 

Cathedral Saint-Jean-Baptiste

Entrance to a Traboules which we went through!

Julia wasn't too keen on the walking tour, so after some ice cream we wandered off and found a little water spray next to a bridge over the river. She LOVED it! Happy to be free from the stroller, she ran all over and got pretty wet. It was pretty fun. Poor girl has been teething all week, so we've had some pretty fussy moments, although for the most part she's been her usual charming self with everyone. 

 We had pretty great weather except for some rain Saturday night. Now we have a week home before having a family vacation next week in central France.