by Patricia Templeton | Dec 24, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness — on them light has shined.” Usually on Christmas Eve preachers don’t pay a lot of attention to the first two readings of...
by Patricia Templeton | Dec 23, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Although I still find it a little difficult to believe, tomorrow is Christmas Eve. Worship will be different this year, for sure, but we have worked hard to put together online services that we hope will feel worshipful to you and help you experience the...
by Patricia Templeton | Dec 21, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
What star is this, with beams so bright, more beauteous than the noonday light? It shines to herald forth the King, and Gentiles to his crib to bring. (Hymn 124) Dear friends, How wonderful that just days before Christmas we can look into the sky and see something...
by Patricia Templeton | Dec 19, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Attached is the service bulletin for tomorrow morning. We are having a service of Advent Lessons and Carols with the Eucharist. Join us for some glorious music as we celebrate the 4th Sunday of Advent....
by Patricia Templeton | Dec 18, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, We have a beautiful new piece of art at St. Dunstan’s, a marble sculpture of St. Francis, which now resides next to the Memorial Garden. The artist for this piece is Bill Sunderland, who died three years ago. He was a member of Church of the...
by Patricia Templeton | Dec 15, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, One of the major themes of Advent is light in the darkness. We see that symbolized each week in the Advent wreath. We start with a lone candle burning in the dark. Then, paradoxically, as our days grow shorter and darker, the light grows stronger each...
by Patricia Templeton | Dec 14, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, I’d like to share with you a couple of our parishioners who have been in the spotlight recently. First, DR. Misty Bentz, associate professor of physics and astronomy at Georgia State, is on an online panel sponsored by Science Atlanta called...
by Patricia Templeton | Dec 13, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
This third Sunday of Advent we light the pink candle on our wreath to symbolize the joy expressed by Mary when she learns she will bear a son who will be the Savior of the world. Mary bursts into song at this unexpected news, the...
