by Patricia Templeton | Dec 6, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
What do you still need to do to be prepared for Christmas? Do you still have gifts to buy? Decorating to do? Cards to mail? Baking and cooking? Wrapping? There is so much to do between now and December 25. I...
by Patricia Templeton | Dec 2, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, This morning the clergy of the diocese had a Zoom call with Bishop Wright. He asked some Episcopalians who are in public health to speak to us about the Covid situation. The short answer is that it is not good. Georgia may look better than other states,...
by Patricia Templeton | Nov 30, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, As we begin the new Church year, I thought you would appreciate this article from The New York Times about churches stepping in to help with relieve medical debt that is crushing so many American households. We weren’t interviewed for this piece,...
by Patricia Templeton | Nov 28, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, With Thanksgiving behind us we now turn our attention to preparing for the coming of Christ. Tomorrow is the First Sunday of Advent, the beginning of a new year in the Church calendar. The service sheet for tomorrow is attached. Remember, we have moved...
by Patricia Templeton | Nov 23, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, The holiday season is upon us, and although a Coronatide Thanksgiving and Christmas will be different in many ways, some things remain the same. One is that part of many people’s holiday traditions include helping others. Of course, helping others...
by Patricia Templeton | Nov 22, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
The calendar says today is November 22, but the liturgical calendar says this is the last Sunday after Pentecost, which means it is the last Sunday of the Church year. The regular calendar says we still have almost six weeks left in 2020, but in...
by Patricia Templeton | Nov 20, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, As we look ahead to next week Thanksgiving is at the forefront of our thoughts. But right behind it come Advent and Christmas. This year we are once again helping families served by Emmaus House, near the old Turner Field. In years past we have adopted...
by Patricia Templeton | Nov 18, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, A popular song when I was in high school was “Joy to the World” by the band Three Dog Night, which began with the memorable line “Jeremiah was a bullfrog.” I remember my biology teacher walking around the classroom singing it as...
