by Patricia Templeton | Nov 17, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, It is the season of giving. We certainly see that at St. Dunstan’s. Earlier this week, Beth Zimmerman, Vivian Siggers, Elise McIntyre, and Rhea Hannah loaded up more than 60 bags of ingredients for Thanksgiving side dishes and delivered them to...
by Patricia Templeton | Nov 13, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Do you trust the Bible? That’s why a sign in front of a church I pass on the way home asked recently. Do I trust the Bible? It’s an interesting question; one that leads me to other...
by Patricia Templeton | Nov 12, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, The service sheet for tomorrow’s Eucharist is attached. e-ver-Pentecost-23-Proper-28C-Nov-13Download Remember tomorrow is the deadline for bringing in Thanksgiving bags for Emmaus House. I look forward to seeing you in Sunday school and...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 30, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Zacchaeus is not a happy man. In fact, he might describe himself as miserable. He has great wealth, but has learned the hard way that riches do not guarantee joy. He supposes that wealth often brings with it isolation, but most of...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 29, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Attached is the service sheet for tomorrow morning. Kids (and the young at heart) are invited to wear their Halloween costumes and to trick or treat in the Beech Grove after the service. e-ver-Pentecost-21-Proper-26C-Oct-30Download We still need to fill...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 23, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” These words we hear today in our epistle reading are written by the Apostle Paul from a prison cell in Rome to his friend and protégée...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 22, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, When I go to cast my ballot in the next few days I will do something I have never done before — vote for a Republican in a contested race. It’s not just any Republican, it’s St. Dunstan’s own Lee Morris, who is running for a third...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 16, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Many years ago, when I was newly ordained, I taught an adult Sunday School class called “Saints and Sinners.” The class took a look at those we typically think of as Biblical heroes of faith – people like Abraham, Moses, David, Peter, and Paul...