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...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 27, 2024 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, For a week in the middle of summer we have a lot going on at St. Dunstan’s. First, I remind you that tomorrow will be a special service honoring the 30th anniversary of the founding of Mary and Martha’s Place and the 50th anniversary of the...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 21, 2024 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
It has been quite a week, hasn’t it? It’s one of those weeks when I could not bear to turn on the TV news and could only glance at the headlines. Today’s scripture readings could certainly be applied to our current state. From Jeremiah we have the...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 16, 2024 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, As you can see from the picture below, the narthex is being filled up with school supplies for children in Sandy Springs who might not be able to afford them. We will continue collecting through Sunday. Below is an Amazon link to the list of what is...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 14, 2024 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, During announcements today I invited anyone who is interested to come to church Tuesday morning at 10 am to discuss Project 2025, a manifesto of what Republicans hope to accomplish if Trump wins the November election. I don’t know all of the things...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 14, 2024 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Well, I had a sermon all prepared for this morning. I was feeling pretty smug that I had finished it on Thursday, clearing my weekend. And then about 11:30 last night I looked at the news before going to bed, and immediately realized that the sermon I had...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 10, 2024 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Yesterday I told you that we are partnering with Solidarity Sandy Springs to help provide backpacks and school supplies to children whose families may not be able to afford them. Our goal is to be able to give 30 backpacks and a heap of school supplies....
