Calvinus Biere Incentive

The Anaheim CRC Council was stunned last night by a creative move by one of their members. Since we are so poor at getting guests to complete the “yellow” visitor cards, it was suggested that a reward be give to the Council member who collects the most completed “yellow” cards from our Sunday morning guests. The contest would run until the end of the May and the winner will be awarded their prize at the beginning of June as new Council membes are installed.
Since July 10, 2009 is the 500th anniversary of John Calvin’s birth, the winner will receive the much coveted drink made famous by the distinguished reformer – a bottle of Calvinus Biere*. Of course, the discussion of the contest was quickly aborted after one of the Council member shouted, “Forget the contest, just give me the beer.”

* In Blondae Cupitas
One fine summer’s night in 1553, as he walked towards the summit of Mount Saleve, where he used to observe the moon and the stars, Jean-Baptiste Cern, the learned botanist and astronomer from Geneva, accidentally slipped into a crevasse. To his amazement, the walls sparkled in the darkness. ‘Gold!’ he cried. News of the discovery spread to Geneva and triggered an immediate gold rush. Mines and quarries appeared. Puzzled by the deserted city, Calvin summoned a mineralogist from the Academy of Lyon. Alas, this scientist discovered that in fact the mineral was just common pyrite – fool’s gold – and that Saleve’s only treasure was its good building rock. Calvin, incensed by the greed and covetousness of the people of Geneva, delivered thundering sermons attacking them. He exiled the ignorant scientist and promulgated his highly controversial anti-science laws, which plunged Geneva into scientific obscurantism. In memory of Calvin, and also of persecuted scientists and disfigured Mount Saleve, the Papinot Brothers, have brewed a beer with glints of gold. A traditional unfiltered lager, containing spring water, barley, hops, and yeast, all organically produced.