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Today is the final Sunday at
St. Paul’s, Mt. Lebanon,
for Interim Rector Nano (Nancy) Chalfant-Walker. Rector Louis B. Hays
takes over on October 1. Both because I had written a poem on the
occasion of her becoming interim and because I have grown quite fond of
Nano, I thought I should write a poem commemorating her departure. The
earlier poem was a limerick (see “Canon Mary
Changes Her Mind”), so another limerick—even if a bit
idiosyncratic—seemed an appropriate bookend.
Only a few notes are needed to explain this
quickly written poem. My fondness for Nano seems universal in the
parish, so I believe that there is much sadness at her leaving, even
though there is also recognition that it is high time to install a
permanent rector. The “searchers” in the poem are, of course, the
hard-working members of the Search Committee who identified Lou Hays as
the next rector. “TEC” is to be read “T-E-C.” This has become the new
standard acronym for
The Episcopal
Church.
As it happens, Nano is reading a statement
from the vestry in church today reiterating its intent to keep the
parish in The Episcopal Church, come what may.
— LED, 9/23/2007 |
