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...
by Patricia Templeton | Feb 19, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, We’re in the midst of doing some much needed spring cleaning around the church. On a table in the parish hall is a collection of things that have been left here over the years. They are going to Good Will this week, so if you’re here tomorrow...
by Patricia Templeton | Feb 15, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, It was so great to see many of you in person on Sunday! To hear voices singing and responding in the liturgy was wonderful. I pray that no more variants arise and that our days of “online only” worship are done. BUT we still need to recognize...
by Patricia Templeton | Feb 13, 2022 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
When I was young, one of my favorite books was Pollyanna, the story of a girl who is orphaned at a young age, and sent to live with a wealthy, but austere and stern aunt in a distant part of the country. Pollyanna had never met...
by Patricia Templeton | Feb 12, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Attached is the bulletin for tomorrow morning’s service. And remember we are back in person (as well as online) tomorrow. Masks are required, vaccines strongly encouraged. There will also be coffee hour. Hope to see you....
by Patricia Templeton | Feb 7, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, I have some good news to report. This Sunday, February 13, we will go back to in-person worship. The number of Covid cases in our area are still high, but they have fallen by 50 percent in the last two weeks. The positivity testing rates have also...
