by Patricia Templeton | Jan 5, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Tomorrow is January 6, the Feast of the Epiphany, the day we remember the story of the Magi bringing gifts to the baby Jesus. The season of Epiphany, (from January 6 to Ash Wednesday) is often known as the season of light. There is the light of the star...
by Patricia Templeton | Jan 1, 2022 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Happy New Year! A new year usually brings feelings of hope for new beginnings. But 2022 is starting out in a depressingly familiar way. Once again Covid cases are rising as the omicron variant explodes across the country. As you have no doubt heard or...
by Patricia Templeton | Dec 25, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, What a joyful Christmas celebration we had last night. A full church, fabulous music, beautiful decorations. Thanks to all who worked so hard to make it happen. This morning we also had a beautiful, simple service. And the Christmas celebration continues...
by Patricia Templeton | Dec 24, 2021 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
How wonderful it is to be here this evening with all of you. This is the first time in two years that we have been able to pull out all the stops and celebrate a major feast day of the Church as...
by Patricia Templeton | Dec 24, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Every year during Holy Week, the week leading up to Easter, we celebrate the Triduum, which literally means the “three days.” There are special services each of those days — Maundy Thursday, the last night of Jesus’ life; Good...
by Patricia Templeton | Dec 21, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, This year Christmas Eve will bring a long-awaited gift to astronomers around the world with the launch of the James Webb Telescope. Our parishioner Dr. Misty Bentz, professor of physics and astronomy at Georgia State University, has a special interest in...
by Patricia Templeton | Dec 20, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Here we go again. Once more the news is full of dire predictions of a coming surge of Covid cases with the Omicron variant gaining strength, and the Delta variant still going strong. I know that we all (me included) have pandemic fatigue. But this is not...
by Patricia Templeton | Dec 19, 2021 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
If we have learned anything in the past 20 months of pandemic it is that human beings need community. Isolation may be okay for a little while, but soon we are longing for contact with other people, to be with friends and family. ...
