by Patricia Templeton | Jan 26, 2026 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Episcopalians have been in the news in recent days, and in a very good way. Clergy, including Minnesota Bishop Craig Loya, have been on the frontlines of protests against ICE agents cruel and lawless brutality in Minneapolis. Bishop Loya has...
by Patricia Templeton | Jan 22, 2026 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Like many of you I have been watching the weather forecasts for this weekend. The predictions seem to change by the hour. What is clear is that something is going to happen, either rain, ice, or snow. It also seems like we might not know what it is until...
by Patricia Templeton | Jan 18, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Epiphany 2AJanuary 18, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton It is a scene that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King would find all too familiar – protests across the country against the brutality of law enforcement agents – the killing of Renee Good, and the...
by Patricia Templeton | Jan 11, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Epiphany 1AJanuary 11, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton One of the things that I learned in seminary many years ago is that in the Episcopal Church baptism is a one-time event. It doesn’t matter if you were baptized as an infant or an adult. It doesn’t...
by Patricia Templeton | Jan 4, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
EpiphanyJanuary 4, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Once again, the church’s calendar is out of sync with the culture. The 12 Days of Christmas may be a popular song, but in reality to most of the world Christmas is long over. Those Christmas...
by Patricia Templeton | Jan 3, 2026 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Happy New Year! I hope you will join us tomorrow for the first service of 2026. We will have one service at 10 a.m. We’ll be celebrating Epiphany a couple of days early. The wise men will be at the creche in the morning. We begin the new year with...
by Patricia Templeton | Dec 24, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Christmas 2025December 24, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton It is good to be gathered here with you on this most wondrous night of the year, the night we celebrate the birth of a baby who will change the world. Everything about this evening is special –...
by Patricia Templeton | Dec 21, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Advent 4ASt. Dunstan’sDecember 21, 2025The Rev. Patricia Templeton Every three years on this day, the Fourth Sunday of Advent, our gospel reading takes a few moments to remember a crucial character in the birth we are about to celebrate, a character who soon fades...
