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...
by Patricia Templeton | May 28, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Attached is the bulletin for our worship tomorrow, which will be a service of lament for the victims of the massacres in Uvalde and Buffalo. Our scripture readings, music, and prayers were all chosen to reflect the grief and horror we feel. I hope you...
by Patricia Templeton | May 25, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Twenty-seven years ago today (or this evening) I was ordained to the priesthood at Church of the Ascension in Knoxville. I’ve spent this anniversary doing something I have had to do too many times in my ordained life — planning a liturgy in...
by Patricia Templeton | May 22, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Last Saturday afternoon I made a routine run to the grocery store. I checked things off my list, chatted with a friend I ran into in the spice section, stood in line, paid for my items, then went home. All across America...
by Patricia Templeton | May 19, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dunstan, the Archbishop of Catterbury, is accepting salutations and praise on this his feast day, which he reluctantly shares with some other guy named Dunstan, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Dear friends, Happy St. Dunstan’s Day! Our patron saint is honored...
by Patricia Templeton | May 12, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, We had our first meeting of the new vestry this week. Year after year I am amazed at the people who enthusiastically offer themselves to serve God and the people of St. Dunstan’s. And every year I come home after the first meeting of the new group...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 30, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, This Sunday we will have our first annual parish meeting since 2019. We will have one service at 10 a,m., which will include the meeting. After the service there will be a potluck lunch, so bring a dish to share. The service sheet is attached. I look...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 24, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.” This is the first, and will most likely be the only, time that I have quoted Joseph Stalin in a sermon. We are fast approaching a...
