by Patricia Templeton | Jun 18, 2022 | Bulletins, News
Dear friends, Tomorrow will be a big day at St. Dunstan’s. Violet Pierre, the daughter of Alex and Katy Pierre, will be baptized at the 10 a.m. service. To make that even more special, Violet’s grandmother Carole Maddux, the archdeacon of the diocese, will...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 17, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, It has happened again, and this time in an Episcopal Church. Yesterday evening a man attending a potluck supper at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Vestavia, a suburb of Birmingham, pulled out a gun and began firing. A church member hit the...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 11, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, I recently read an article in The New York Times saying that if it seems like everyone you know has Covid it’s because they do. That is a bit of an exaggeration, but during the last week I am aware of several people, including parishioners,...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 8, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, There are a couple of things happening this week that I’d like you to know about. First, this Saturday there will be marches across the country to end gun violence. The Atlanta march will begin at Ebenezer Baptist Church at 1 p.m. Ebenezer is no...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 7, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Next month the Episcopal Church will hold its General Convention in Baltimore. Each diocese in the Church sends its bishop, four...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 5, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
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 crucifixion, fearing that those who...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 4, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Tomorrow we celebrate Pentecost, one of the most joyous days of the church year. It is the day that Jesus’ promise of the Holy Spirit comes to fruition. The Spirit appears as tongues of fire above the disciples’ heads, and a great rush of...
by Patricia Templeton | May 29, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
If you came here this morning expecting to hear some words of wisdom or comfort from me, I’m sorry. I have no words. No words to ease the pain, no words of hope, no words of wisdom. All I can...
