by Patricia Templeton | Apr 18, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Good FridayApril 18, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” This opening line of the 22nd psalm is one of the most plaintive cries in scripture. It’s a cry of agony, despair, and abandonment. It...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 13, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Palm Sunday CSt. Dunstan’sApril 13, 2025The Rev. Patricia Templeton We entered church today at one of the highpoints of Jesus’ ministry – his entry into Jerusalem. Jesus is at long last coming into the city that is the political and religious center of life in his...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 10, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, This Sunday begins Holy Week, the most sacred week of the Christian calendar. Beginning with Palm Sunday we hear the dramatic story of the last week of Jesus’ life and how God defeats even death. To fully understand the joy of Easter it helps to...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 2, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, This Sunday, April 6, is our annual parish meeting. We will have one service at 10 a.m. The first half of the service will be the meeting; then we will move to the Eucharist. One of the important things we do at the meeting is elect three new vestry...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 1, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Suzanne Johnson offers this information about our refugee family. And I am excited to say that we have surpassed our goal to raise $20,000 to support them. If you’d still like to contribute, please do. It is still unclear what services the...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 30, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“There was a man who had two sons.” Thus begins what is probably the best known of all of Jesus’ stories, usually known as the parable of the prodigal son. This tale of the son who takes his inheritance, squanders it, then comes home to be greeted with joy by...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 28, 2025 | PHOTOS, Recognition
“I looked and before me was a multitude that could not be numbered, from every nation, from every language, tribe, and people….These are they who have come out of the great ordeal.” –Revelation 7:9, 14 Given in loving memory of Joseph Monti, by his...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 25, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Those of you who have been at St. Dunstan’s for a while may remember that 10 years ago I had the privilege of participating in the National Park Service’s commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, and the ensuing...
