by Patricia Templeton | Apr 2, 2024 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Hi everyone, There was a serious omission in the listing of people to thank for the beautiful Holy Week and Easter services. But as you can tell by the pictures below, maybe this needed its own email. So, I thank Katharina McCawley for the exquisite (and...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 2, 2024 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, There is news to share from the diocese today. Bishop Wright is one of four bishops nominated to be Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. The presiding bishop presides over meetings of the bishops, and participates in the ordination of new bishops....
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 31, 2024 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
It is so wonderful to be here with you this glorious morning. So many people have worked hard to create the beauty of this service – and the three others that preceded it this week. The altar guild has been busy polishing silver, ironing linens, and preparing...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 30, 2024 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Dear friends in Christ: On this most holy night, in which our Lord Jesus passed over from death to life, the Church invites her members, dispersed throughout the world, to gather in vigil and prayer. For this is the Passover of the Lord, in which, by hearing God’s...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 28, 2024 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, Bulletins, News
Dear friends, This evening begins what is called The Triduum, or the Three Days, the most holy time of the Christian year. Tonight we mark the last night of Jesus’ earthly life, and remember his final command to his disciples — to love one another....
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 28, 2024 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” These are the words that Jesus said to his disciples on the last night of his life. Love one another. Jesus...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 23, 2024 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, Bulletins, News
Dear friends, Tomorrow begins the most solemn, sacred week of the Christian year, the lead up to Easter known as Holy Week. We start tomorrow with Palm Sunday (service leaflet attached), a day that begins with joy and triumph as Jesus enters Jerusalem, and ends in...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 17, 2024 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” That was the request of some Greeks who were visiting a festival in Jerusalem, or someplace close by. They ask this of one of Jesus’ disciples, Philip, who tells his friend Andrew. The two of them go to Jesus with the...
