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, ...
by Patricia Templeton | Feb 26, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, I have some good news to report. Yesterday the CDC issued new guidelines on masks, which say that masks are not required indoors in low risk areas. A chart on the CDC website lists the risks for each county in the country. We are in a low risk area. ...
by Patricia Templeton | Feb 23, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, We are headed into a busy time in the next week with the ending of the season of Epiphany and the beginning of Lent. This Sunday is the last Sunday of Epiphany. Every year Epiphany begins with the wise men following the star to the baby Jesus and ends...
by Patricia Templeton | Feb 20, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Have you ever picked up a book, opened it about three-fourths of the way through and started reading it? You don’t know the characters, the plot, the context. Even if you can tell that something important is happening it doesn’t quite...
