by Patricia Templeton | Sep 15, 2024 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Several of you have asked me for copies of today’s sermon. It is now posted on the website here: https://stdunstan.net/bearing-false-witness/ I also want to share with you a letter from Peter Eaton, the Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Southeast...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 15, 2024 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
This week I spent a couple of days at our annual clergy conference, a gathering of all the active priests and deacons in the diocese. These gatherings serve two purposes. It’s a chance for us to spend time with our colleagues — to worship together, eat...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 14, 2024 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Tomorrow in Sunday School we are going to look at two events that have been front and center in the news in the past week. The first is the shooting at Apalachee High School in nearby Winder. There is a very small Episcopal Church there. Bishop Wright...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 3, 2024 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, It is good to be back in the office today after time away. Most of the time I was home doing things around the house that have been on the to do list for a long time. The big event was this past weekend with my 50th high school reunion. One of the...
by Patricia Templeton | Aug 4, 2024 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
There is an old joke about a person who dies and goes to heaven, where she is met by St. Peter, who welcomes her and gives her a tour of the place. They walk by beautiful vista after vista with happy people engaging with one another. Peter gave a commentary as they...
by Patricia Templeton | Aug 1, 2024 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, August 1 is a special day for me. It was on the first day of this month in 2004 that I began work at St. Dunstan’s. That is 20 years ago. I’ve been here for a third of St. Dunstan’s existence, two-thirds of the years I’ve been...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 29, 2024 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Today is the anniversary of a life-changing event in the Episcopal Church, the ordination of the first 11 women to the priesthood. I was so sorry to miss the celebration of that and the 30th anniversary of Mary and Martha’s Place at the service...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 28, 2024 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, My wise friend Bob Longino wrote me this morning saying that it saddened him that I was discouraging the tradition of excellent postlude music. I reread what I wrote and see that it could be taken that way. That was not my intent and I am sorry. I...
