by Patricia Templeton | May 21, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Today is a milestone day for one of the ministries we have supported during the pandemic. The PopUp Food Pantry at Samad’s Grill in Sandy Springs distributed food to its last customers today. In recent weeks, as more people have gone back to work,...
by Patricia Templeton | May 19, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Happy St. Dunstan’s Day! May 19 is the day on the Church calendar set aside to remember our patron saint. I have to admit that when I first applied to be rector of St. Dunstan’s I had to look him up. I found that he was the Archbishop of...
by Patricia Templeton | May 18, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, As I said Sunday, Bishop Wright issued new Covid protocols on Friday afternoon in response to the CDC’s announcement that fully vaccinated people can go without their masks in many instances. The new protocols are lengthy and complicated, so on...
by Patricia Templeton | May 16, 2021 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
While most of us were busy doing other things this week a major feast day of the Church slipped by. This past Thursday was Ascension Day, the day that Christ, who has already risen from the dead, finally ascends into heaven. Ascension Day is...
by Patricia Templeton | May 14, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, The CDC’s announcement yesterday that it is safe for fully vaccinated people to go most places indoors or outside without masks was good news, indeed. It is another sign that the long season of Coronatide may finally be nearing the end. What does...
by Patricia Templeton | May 12, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, May means graduations, and we have some accomplished students at St. Dunstan’s who are finishing up their high school and law school careers. Alexander Changus will be graduating from the Westminster Schools where he performed in the band, wind...
by Patricia Templeton | May 9, 2021 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
When I read today’s gospel a man came to mind who I have not thought about in many years. Ernest was a fellow parishioner at St. Ann’s in Nashville. He was a quiet, unobtrusive man, probably in his mid-80s. He had long...
by Patricia Templeton | May 5, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Bishop Wright announced this morning some loosening of the Covid protocols for worship and use of the church facilities. Here are some of the more pertinent changes: We no longer have to consecrate the wafers three days ahead of time, then put them in...
