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August and although he always said funerals were to be short and no eulogy, he did leave instructions to sing three hymns, one of who was his favorite, the Navy hymn. Barret Hill’s husband and Downey’s wife both hated to go to church, so Downey and Barret were always together at church events. No scandal in the least!
2009
We began 2009 in good fashion, with things stable and everything running smoothly. However (and there usually is a HOWEVER connected to activities at Calvary!), I began to notice visitors appearing from time to time during the week, closeting themselves in Ned’s office. It wasn’t hard for me to figure out that these people were wooing Ned, and they really pulled out all the stops, flying him in a private plane to Church of the Advent in Spartanburg, SC among other things. This secret association culminated finally in a letter to the parish from Ned on April 17 confessing that he had accepted the job in SC. Pentecost Sunday, May 31, would be his last Sunday. (Added update – although Calvary disdains to use my service music for the most part, Ned asked to use it in his, so at least people in SC use it. Well, until
Covid that is.)
So here we go again! Another search committee, this one even had co chairs of Jamie Hendon and Meg Scharre! Mary Sanders was elected secretary and Gwathmey Tyler treasurer. Larry Frederiksen exercised influence as senior warden. Mark Linder was hired as a consultant this time, whatever good that would ultimately do. We did luck out once again with an interim in John Hines, who steadied the ship and we proceeded on. Emily Schwartz lasted as Curate and interim priest in charge until John Hines arrived n August, but only stayed at Calvary until November 15,
when she took the assistant’s job at St. Matthews, Louisville. Callie, Anita, and Leroy, and I pretty much kept the place going with all this revolving door stuff, although some parishioners would be the last to give us credit.
I have not mentioned our association with the
Central Louisville Community Ministries very
much, but it has been a continuous partner and
ally in our mutual quest to serve the poor in our
area. It started out way back around 1970 as the
HELP OFFICE, then shifted names to Help
Ministries of Central Louisville (HMCL), and now
to the present CLCM. Name changes were usually mandated by government regulations, a pain to execute. Nomadic locations were also numerous, having begun at First Unitarian until the fire of 1991 (I think) forced relocation to the Kling Center. That was a good location, other than it was a long way to Calvary for the clients who were referred to us. Kling proprietors, however, after a number of happy years together, took the area HMCL had occupied to make an expansion of their own activities, and we moved to Christ Church Cathedral. AlthoughCCCwasveryhospitable,thelocationwasawfulforallofourclientsas it was way too far to walk, and then they would have to double back to get the food at Calvary. Most of our people live right around Calvary or to the south, not to the north. But in 2009, First Unitarian graciously invited CLCM to make their second floor their new home, and they have been there ever since. Ideal! With the transfer of all food referrals directly to Calvary, we are all in business right next to each other. This association has been