by Patricia Templeton | Apr 7, 2026 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, What a glorious Holy Week and Easter we had! That stretch from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday is the most labor intensive time of the year, but the liturgies are all so powerful that all the hard work is more than worth it. It truly does take a village, or...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 5, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Easter SundayApril 5, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Every year on the Tuesday before Easter, the clergy of the Diocese of Atlanta gather at the Cathedral to renew our ordination vows. At that service we are asked this question: “Will you continue...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 3, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Good FridayApril 3, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton A legend about the explorer Marco Polo says that on his famous trek to the Far East he was captured and brought before the feared conqueror Genghis Khan. Afraid for his life, and desperate for some way...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 1, 2026 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Today on the church calendar is, of course, the Wednesday of Holy Week, but it is also the day the Church remembers Frederick Denison Maurice, a 19th century English priest. Maurice was the pastor of several churches, and was a professor of Moral...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 29, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Palm Sunday AMarch 29, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton I have always loved Palm Sunday. The waving of palm branches and crosses. The ragtag procession into the church. The shouting of hosannas. The once-a-year singing of the hymn, All Glory Laud and...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 26, 2026 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Yesterday was an historic day for the Church. Sarah Mullally was installed as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to hold that position. That means she is the spiritual head of the Church of England, similar to our position of presiding...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 25, 2026 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, All of our focus at church these days is toward next week, Sunday is Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week. Between then and Easter the following Sunday there are three other special services. Bulletins are being produced, sermons written, music...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 22, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Lent 5ASt. Dunstan’sMarch 22, 2026The Rev. Patricia Templeton He calls it “the Dark Time.” It began on April 17, 1975 – the day the Cambodian government was overthrown by the forces of the Khmer Rouge, led by the revolutionary Pol Pot. On that day,...
