by Patricia Templeton | May 13, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Did you know that in the Episcopal Church we believe that Jesus doesn’t love white people? That was news to me, too. But that’s what far-right activist Charlie Kirk said today. I had to Google Kirk to see who he is. He’s big in MAGA...
by Patricia Templeton | May 12, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, I’m writing to tell you that Cameron is leaving St. Dunstan’s. He is officially finished here at the end of the month, but he has long planned to be away Memorial Day weekend. That means this Sunday will be his last time with us at worship....
by Patricia Templeton | May 11, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Easter 4CMay 11, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Today is the fourth Sunday of the Easter season, a day that is known as Good Shepherd Sunday. Every year on this Sunday the prayers and scripture readings reference shepherds and their flocks. We see...
by Patricia Templeton | May 8, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, So we have a new pope, and shockingly, he is an American, albeit one who has lived outside of the country for decades. There will be more to learn about Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, in the days to come. But for now we should all pray for him as he...
by Patricia Templeton | May 4, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Easter 3CMay 4, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Every Sunday one of the most dramatic moments of the Eucharist is the breaking of the bread. The loaf of bread is held up and broken, a symbol of Christ’s body broken for us. For a long time here at...
by Patricia Templeton | May 3, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, I am looking forward to being with you tomorrow after a post-Easter time away. I had a great time in London. We had communion at Westminster Abbey, listened to Evensong at St. Paul’s Cathedral, admired the grandeur of Canterbury Cathedral. And, of...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 20, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, What a glorious Holy Week and Easter morning we had at St. Dunstan’s! It takes a whole church community to put all those services together. Special thanks to the altar guild, which set up for four entirely different liturgies; to the flower guild,...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 20, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Easter 2025April 20, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Early this Holy Week a post showed up on my Facebook feed that has stayed in my mind all week. It was by Joel Webbon, the pastor of a large church in Texas. Webbon describes himself as a hard-core...
