As I was sauntering down rue de Grenelle today, I stumbled across this church at #147 - I had seen it before but had somehow forgotten it. Its stone appears to have been recently cleaned and restored – I couldn’t miss it this time! It sits in a beautiful courtyard that you can easily miss if you’re in a hurry to get somewhere (ah, the joys of being a “flâneur” – a stroller, a wanderer (even though my mobility is somewhat limited), who is here to “be” rather than to “do”!).
At the front of the courtyard, right on the sidewalk, sits a half-timbered house. Then in a lovely simple garden, tucked among 19th century Haussmann-era buildings (and with the American University in Paris just behind it) you find this gorgeous church. It’s a French Evangelical Lutheran church called Paroisse Saint-Jean. Hmmm...Evangelical Lutheran...I could do that...but it’s only a couple blocks from my favorite Sunday hangout, The American Church in Paris...maybe I could split my time between them...hmmm....
Here are some of my photos of the church and garden, plus one from the church’s website www.eelf-stjean.org
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