“TABLE SERVICE” Sunday Service 16 Nov. In Person/Online/Podcast & Other Events

**"Table Service"** **Led by the Rev. Claire MacDonald** In this Sunday's service Claire has chosen to talk about tables - sacred and social - tables of welcome, tables of wisdom, communal tables, kitchen tables, tables we have known and tables where we might have felt, at times, that there was no place for us. What do tables mean to us? Our guest minister Rev. Claire MacDonald is currently Chaplain and Ministry Tutor at Harris Manchester College Oxford, where she trained as a Unitarian minister more than a decade ago. Harris Manchester is Unitarian in origin and is now a co-educational college for students over 21, a full college of Oxford University with a strong commitment to its nonconformist background. She is also a writer with a background in theatre and the arts. This is not her first time leading worship with the Paris UU community, and she is also a member of European Unitarian Universalists. **Children and families** are welcome at our services! UUFP offers Religious Exploration (**RE**) for children ages 5-12. This month, after reading the book "Carl and the Meaning of Life" by Deborah Freedman, the children will explore what has meaning for them and what is important. There is a **babysitter** for younger ones during the service. **All** are welcome to join us for **refreshments** after the service (please bring your own cup). You are also invited to join some of us who go for **lunch** in a nearby restaurant. **Important Information about Sunday Services:** **IN PERSON** **Entrance** to La Maison Verte courtyard is on rue Diard, the side street to the left. The **Gate Code is 0** from 9:30 to 12:30. (Once inside, go down the ramp on the left.) Address: La Maison Verte, 127 rue Marcadet (at the back of the courtyard) 18th Arrd't. Métros Lamarck Caulaincourt or Jules Joffrin, also several buses. **ONLINE (via New Zoom link below)** Live-stream: please log on between 10 to 10:20 am (music). Microphones will be off but for technical assistance, use the Chat function. Chat also available during Candles of Joys and Concerns, but, please don't use it during the service. [https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81141453373?pwd=YnpCTlU2c3drUmFmeFdLT3NWRnhJQT09](https://uuparis.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91c041ce8f772b05f43caaa7e&id=fdc1810de6&e=43a567a603) (Meeting ID: 811 4145 3373 Passcode: 9uvgnBzu Dial by mobile: +33 1 7095 0103 France) **VIA PODCAST - New!** For people who wish to join using audio on their telephone (not the Zoom app): obtain your local phone number here ([https://us06web.zoom.us/u/khOM9HdwJ](https://uuparis.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91c041ce8f772b05f43caaa7e&id=3f644b4790&e=43a567a603)) and use these details (Meeting ID: 811 4145 3373 and Passcode: 49440225). **Upcoming events** : ° Happy Hours\* - online every Friday 17-19:00 CET - see separate Meetup page for link. (*NB* Another weekly happy hour among European UU's if you or your friends are seeking UU fellowship and contacts on the Continent beyond France: Tuesdays 17:30-19:00. [https://www.europeanuu.org](https://uuparis.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91c041ce8f772b05f43caaa7e&id=5984a542bc&e=43a567a603) to get the link) ° Museum & lunch outing: Hôtel de Ville "Paris à Belem" - Cancelled by the city. Another museum visit for the same date, Fri. 21 Nov., is in the planning. ° Walking Tour of Disney Village: Sun. 7 Dec. 15:00 at meeting point 40 bd. Haussmann in front of Galeries Lafayette, or directly at Disney Village, Bd. de Parc, 77700 Couvray. Free. contact@uuparis.org ° Christmas Lunch: Thursday 25 December, 12-14:30 at Restaurant Station Krishna, 16 rue du Père Guérin, Paris 13. contact@uuparis.org ° European Unitarian Universalists Spring Retreat in Saarbrucken, Germany: 17-19 April 2026. ([https://www.europeanuu.org](https://uuparis.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91c041ce8f772b05f43caaa7e&id=5984a542bc&e=43a567a603). Sign-Up deadline was 15 Oct. 2025 but contact to be put on waiting list) \* see separate Meetup announcement **2025-2026 Season Monthly Service Schedule**. 2025: 16 Nov, 14 Dec; 2026: 18 Jan, 15 Feb, 15 Mar, 12 Apr, 10 May, 14 Jun. **Besides monthly services and weekly happy hours**, UUFP proposes regular spiritual, social justice and leisure activities, both in person or online, such as a meditation group, book and film clubs, social justice actions, etc. For more **information: contact@uuparis.org**, FB and Instagram, Website https://uuparis.org/