by Patricia Templeton | Apr 2, 2021 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Unimaginable suffering. Excruciating pain. Bottomless grief. Incomprehensible cruelty. All of that is on display on this most somber day when we remember the death, the execution, of Jesus. It’s a hard...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 1, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Today we enter into the Triduum, Latin meaning three days. The Easter Triduum begins this evening with the Maundy Thursday service remembering the last night of Jesus’ life. Tomorrow, Good Friday, we remember Jesus’ death on the cross. On...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 30, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Today is Tuesday in Holy Week. In a normal year, I would gather this day with all the clergy of the diocese and Bishop Wright to renew our ordination vows. That is a Holy Week practice throughout the church. In the busiest week of the year for clergy, we set aside...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 29, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, This week we begin the special services of Holy Week. Tonight through Wednesday night we will be online at 8 to pray the Stations of the Cross, following Jesus from his arrest to the laying of his body in the tomb. On Thursday we move into the special...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 27, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Tomorrow we begin Holy Week with our Palm Sunday service. The service bulletin is attached. We will have special services streamed online every evening next week. Monday through Wednesday we will do the Stations of the Cross at 8 p.m. Then our Maundy...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 25, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Just a reminder that we have palm crosses for you to have for our Palm Sunday service this week. Come by the church tomorrow or Saturday late morning or afternoon and pick yours up.
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 24, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, I heard a sound today that I hadn’t heard in many months — a group of people in the parish hall laughing. With vaccines and masks, they came together to make palm crosses for Palm Sunday, which is this week. We had originally hoped to be able...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 24, 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Two sets of pictures popped up in my Facebook memories feed today. The first was from three years ago today, when a group from St. Dunstan’s took to the streets of Atlanta, along with thousands of others, marching to demand sensible gun control...
