A Ride to Church: Atlanta

A Ride to Church: Atlanta

Welcome to our new weekly feature:  Ride to Church. On D&S 2, and usually on a Sunday, we’ll explore a journey from a part of the world which one of our readers calls ‘home’.

As the first ‘Ride to Church’, you’ll see the drive our family has made hundreds of times over the past decade in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.  Because the city is so large and the number of members so few, our ward covers hundreds of square miles- all of the west side.   We live a block from the northern boundary and drive about 11 miles to our building, straight through downtown Atlanta.   Members living on the southern boundary drive at least as far.   Here you see it on a bright Sunday morning this past fall.   Sunday mornings are a breeze- we usually make it the drive in under 20 minutes (I think I clocked it at 12 one time).   Weeknights are a different story altogether, as you might imagine.

It’s a drive that offers a variety of scenery: we head south from a more ‘suburban’ type intown neighborhood to a more ‘urban’ type neighborhood.   Our meetinghouse location is almost always a surprise to out -of-towners.   We get lots of visitors since our ward is the closest to downtown and airport convention hotels and is on the Marta (Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority) line.   Look me up if you will be in Atlanta, Doves and Serpents Readers!   I’ll watch for you in Sunday School.

What is your Ride to Church like?   We’d love to feature your selection of photos documenting a drive in your area of the world.   Please contact us with your submission:  andy[at]dovesandserpents.org or claire[at]dovesandserpents.org .