by Patricia Templeton | Jul 18, 2021 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“Jesus saw a great crowd and he had compassion for them.” Compassion. It’s at the core of who Jesus is. Time and time again in the gospels we hear of Jesus’ compassion — for the crowds who have...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 15, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, I have a few assorted things to share with you. Those of you who come to coffee hour know that we have a fabulous and complex coffee/cappuccino machine that is a gift from Tommy Hansen. During the early days of the pandemic he worked to have a water line...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 14, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, One of the best things we do at St. Dunstan’s is participating in the Family Promise program. We are one of 13 congregations that several times a year open our doors to become “home” for a week for families who don’t have one....
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 11, 2021 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
You know it is going to be an interesting week of sermon preparation when you open a commentary on the Gospel lesson and read this, “The story of the beheading of John the Baptist is hardly a text one would spontaneously choose for a sermon.” No...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 4, 2021 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Happy Fourth of July! On this day that we celebrate the founding of this great nation that we all love, it seems appropriate to begin the day in church with prayers for our country. By any standards the past year has been a difficult one for...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 2, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, This Sunday, July 4, we will mark the founding of our country with a service including prayers for our nation, and music appropriate to the day. We’ll also have a holiday-themed coffee hour. If you’re in town we hope you will join us. For...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 26, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
The service bulletin for tomorrow is attached. It should be a special service with guest musician, violinist Kerren Berz, and guest preacher and celebrant Deborah Silver. I’ll be back next week. Pentecost-5-Proper-8-June-27-SPDownload
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 22, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, This may be a first. I’m recommending a piece that recently ran on (the national) Fox News. It is about my friend and fellow Episcopal priest, Kim Jackson, who has preached at St. Dunstan’s many times. Kim is now the vicar of the Church of...
