by Patricia Templeton | Oct 31, 2024 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, This is the third email you have received from me this week. I apologize for cluttering up your inboxes, but this is a busy time of year. Tomorrow the calendar turns to November, which means the holiday season is upon us. For everyone in this country,...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 30, 2024 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, This Sunday is All Saints’ Sunday one of the most celebrated feast days of the year. This is the day that we remember those we love who have joined that great cloud of witnesses in the heavens. As we do every year, we will read the names of...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 28, 2024 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Sixty six years ago this month, on October 12, 1958, the Temple, a reformed Jewish congregation on Peachtree Street, was bombed. Although no one was injured, the early morning blast caused significant damage to the building. The bombing was provoked by...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 27, 2024 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“If the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us?” These words were uttered by Gideon at a time when Israel had been overtaken and ruled by the Midianites. It is a dark chapter in Israel’s history. After seven years of brutal occupation,...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 20, 2024 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Two weeks from Tuesday we will elect the next president of our country. Some of you have already voted; others like to wait until election day to cast their vote.s As November 5th draws nearer I can feel my anxiety levels rising. From conversations with many of you,...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 16, 2024 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, This Sunday is one of the most events of the year at St. Dunstan’s, the annual Flying Pig BBQ. We will have one service at 10:45, followed by the feast. Head cook John Gimson will have plenty of pork and chicken on hand. We ask you to bring a side...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 13, 2024 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Jesus said, “You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” St. Anthony of Thebes, brought up in a wealthy Christian family, but orphaned at age 18, heard these words one day in...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 11, 2024 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, We have all been following the news of Hurricanes Helene and Milton the last two weeks. Many of us have friends and relatives, or even second homes, in Western North Carolina and Florida. I have been in touch with our former parishioners Dotti Albright...