Today's thruway is tomorrow's byway  ..........

       Recently I traveled from Americus to Tifton by way of highway 41 rather than take Interstate 75 down.  You might recall that before being replaced by I-75, Hwy. 41 was the busiest route between Atlanta and Tallahassee.   What was an effort by me to save fuel by driving at slower speeds became an opportunity to see Holy Scripture in a relevant way. 
      Driving 41, I became increasingly aware of homes, stores and motels that are abandoned and rapidly deteriorating.  Each edifice represented someone’s dreams, hopes, means of life and even something they loved.  The occupants of those building were no different than we are and I am sure they put a great deal of time, effort and savings into each structure.  However, time reminds us that earthly structures are temporal, or have a shelf life defined by abandonment or replacement by new directions or those perceived to be more effective or beautiful. 
      Stopping at one former family’s home, that must have been grand during its hey-day, I could almost hear the laughter, the toil and the pride that would lead one to proclaim “I love my home.”  But, they are no longer there, the home is no longer grand and there is an obvious absence of love.  Reflecting a little deeper it is easy to see this “love” as affection and not a “need love” as defined by C.S. Lewis.  The love that the owner had for the property had a temporal nature and lasted only as long as the home was useful or practical. 

ANNUAL PARISH MEETING 

Please mark your calendars now for the 2012 Annual Meeting of Calvary Episcopal Church which will be held on Sunday, January 15th following the 10:30am service of Holy Eucharist.

The bylaws state:

ARTICLE ONE

 The Annual Parish Meeting shall be held on the third Sunday in January of each year, immediately following the principal service of the day.  All communicants in good standing of Calvary Episcopal Church, of eighteen years of age or older, shall be eligible to vote at all meetings of the Parish.  The status of “Communicant in Good Standing” shall be determined by the faithful observance of the Canons “Of Regulations Respecting the Laity” and “Of the Due Celebration of Sundays” of the Episcopal Church and as a giver of record committed to the tithe as the Church’s standard of giving and working toward or having realized this standard, and through active participation in the life and ministries of this Parish.

Please join us as we present the state of the parish, discuss future plans, elect new vestry members and wardens and share a meal.