by Patricia Templeton | Apr 19, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, What a powerful Holy Week and joyous Easter celebration we had! It takes so many people to make these services a reality. Many thanks to Cameron and the choir, who sang at five services in one week; to the altar guild, who set up for that many services;...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 17, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Utter nonsense. Foolishness. An idle tale. Every year we begin our Easter celebrations with shouts of joy: “Alleluia! Christ is risen!” we cry. “The Lord is risen, indeed. Alleluia!” As we make this joyful proclamation, we may think we are echoing the words with which...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 16, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, The church is bustling this morning with preparations for the Easter Vigil tonight and tomorrow’s Easter morning. Flowers are being arranged, bulletins folded, the altar is being prepared. It will be lovely and I hope you can be here. For those who...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 15, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
It didn’t have to end this way. A question that perhaps every Christian has asked at some point is this: Why did Jesus have to die on the cross? Or perhaps more to the point: What kind of God would allow, even demand, the torture and death of his own son? Writer Mary...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 13, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Tomorrow we begin what is called the Triduum, or the three days. These holiest days of the Christian year, beginning at sundown Thursday through sundown Sunday, recall the last night of Jesus’ life; his betrayal, arrest, and crucifixion; the...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 10, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Today begins the most sacred week of the Christian year, the week that we walk with Jesus on the path that ends with resurrection, but first goes through betrayal, arrest, torture, and death. Holy Week, as it is called, begins...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 8, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Sunday we will begin Holy Week, the most solemn week of the church year. It’s also the first time since 2019 that we are able to do these services in person and in the church, so it should be a special week as we remember the last week of...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 3, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
The cross is looming large before us on the horizon. We are deeply into Lent. At the end of our service next Sunday we will find ourselves at the foot of the cross, watching as Jesus’ hands and feet are nailed into the wood, cringing as he is...
