by Patricia Templeton | Mar 19, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, It has been many years since we’ve had a parish pictorial directory. We tried a few years ago to do one online, but it never really worked. Now we are going to put out a hard copy directory. Our seminarian, Luis Ottley, will be taking photos of...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 13, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
The promise was outrageous from the beginning. Abraham is an old man, 75 years old. His wife Sarah is 65. They have no children, and at their age, no hope of having any. They are nomadic people with no land to call their own....
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 12, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Hi everyone, Attached is the program for tomorrow’s service. Remember that we are now back to our “regular” schedule: 8:30 a.m. — Holy Eucharist9:30 a.m. — Adult Sunday School 10:45 a.m. — Holy Eucharist (live-streamed on Facebook)...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 9, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, It was this week two years ago that the world turned upside down. At the beginning of the week a friend from Virginia told me that churches there were suspending services. I was incredulous. By the end of the week, much of our lives were shut down....
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 6, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
The devil led Jesus up and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And the devil said to him, “To you I will give their glory and all this authority; for it has been given over to me, and I give it to anyone I please. If you,...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 5, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Tomorrow morning we will do something we haven’t done in two years. We’ll have two services, at 8:30 and 10:45, and Sunday School for adults at 9:30. The 10:45 service will be live-streamed (the service sheet is attached). Going back to our...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 1, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, What a wonderful day we had Sunday! That was our largest in-person congregation in two years. It was so nice to see peoples’ faces, especially all the smiles. The good spirit carried into the parish hall, with a delicious pancake brunch. Thank you...
by Patricia Templeton | Feb 28, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
On the top of a mountain, Jesus kneels in prayer as his friends struggle to stay awake. As he prays, Jesus is suddenly filled with radiant light, his very face aglow. Then two figures from another time and place appear, ...