by Patricia Templeton | Jun 15, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Trinity Sunday CJune 15, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton “Blessed be God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.” For much of the church year, we begin our worship service with those words, as Christians have done since the first century. Today is Trinity...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 11, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
This is a letter sent today by our Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe, the symbolic head of the Episcopal Church Dear people of God in The Episcopal Church: I am writing to you from Geneva, where I am meeting with global partners at the World Council of Churches and the...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 11, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, With the celebration of Pentecost last Sunday we are officially through the Easter season. But the last few days I’ve been thinking about Palm Sunday and Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem for the last week of his life. We typically think of...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 8, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Pentecost CJune 8, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton It’s a dangerous moment for Christianity. The disciple are gathered together in a locked room. It’s a familiar place to them. They locked themselves away from the world after Jesus’ arrest and...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 7, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Tomorrow is one of the most festive Sundays of the Church year. The day of Pentecost is when Jesus’ promise that the Holy Spirit will be with the disciples after he is gone comes true. The Spirit blows through the room where the disciples are...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 5, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, One of this country’s most well-respected Biblical scholars and theologians died today. Walter Brueggemann was undoubtedly the preeminent Christian Old Testament scholar of the last decades. He published dozens of books and articles and frequently...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 1, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Easter 7CJune 1, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton “Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous, and give thanks to God’s holy name.” That last verse from Psalm 97, which we said today, reminds us that people of faith are always supposed to rejoice and give thanks...
by Patricia Templeton | May 25, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Easter 6CMay 25, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Today is the 30th anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood. That is a milestone of sorts. I hope you’ll indulge me for not preaching on the Biblical texts today, but instead reflecting on...
