by Patricia Templeton | Oct 14, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, What a great time we all had at the Flying Pig BBQ on Sunday! The food was delicious, the weather was perfect, and everyone obviously enjoyed being together. Many thanks to our BBQ gurus — John Gimson, Joe Gaul, and Connor Mark, the coordinators of...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 9, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
It was not the word from the Lord that the Israelites were hoping or expecting to hear. God is addressing the survivors of the Babylonian invasion of Israel, almost 600 years before the birth of Christ. Those...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 7, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, St. Dunstan’s biggest social event of the year, the Flying Pig BBQ is this Sunday! We’ll gather in the Beech Grove after the 10:45 service for good food and fellowship. Bring a side dish to share. Tickets are $15. The forecast predicts...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 2, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, “All we have left is each other.” Those are the words of a friend and former newspaper colleague who retired to Ft. Myers Beach a few years ago. She and her husband are now in Spain on a long-planned vacation, but she knows from pictures and...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 29, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, This Sunday is one of the most fun services of the year, our annual Blessing of the Animals. Bring your beloved furred, feathered, or finned friends to church with you to receive a blessing, and to acknowledge what a blessing they are in our lives....
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 25, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
The story we hear today from Luke’s gospel is one of Jesus’ most vivid and harsh parables. There’s the poor man, Lazarus, covered with sores, sitting outside the gates of the rich man’s home. He’s so...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 24, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Right now the parish hall is full of women at a flower arranging workshop led by floral artist Josh Borden. The arrangements they have created for tomorrow are breathtaking. Their beauty will be scattered around the church, so keep your eye out for them....
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 18, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
You know it is going to be an interesting week of sermon preparation when you read the day’s Gospel text, scratch your head and say “Huh?”; then go to a commentary for illumination and find it begins with this sentence: “The parable of the unjust steward has baffled...
