by Patricia Templeton | Sep 13, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, What a week it has been around here! On Wednesday morning, Bella was in my office, out of her crate. I opened the door and she darted out before I could stop her, then ran (cast and all) down the hall, out the open door, and into the bushes. Any time we...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 7, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Proper 18CSeptember 7, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Today we hear a story about a slave named Onesimus who was owned by a man named Philemon. After enduring years of slavery, Onesimus sees his chance for escape. He runs away from Philemon and heads to...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 5, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Good morning, everyone. I promise that this will be the last Bella update for a while, but did want you to know that we have a crate courtesy of Elise McIntyre. Thank you, Elise.
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 4, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Bella made it through her surgery. I picked her up at the clinic in Alpharetta at 9 p.m. Now we are at church. I will spend the night with her. This is going to be a long recovery. She needs to be confined to a crate for six weeks. (I wish they had told...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 4, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, The calendar says it is still summer, but Labor Day signals the start of fall, no matter what the weather is. And this week even the weather is giving us hints that summer is coming to an end. No matter how old we are, or no matter how long it has been...
by Patricia Templeton | Aug 31, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Proper 17CAugust 31, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton It is one of the most basic tenets of scripture in both the Old and New Testaments — hospitality to the stranger. Abraham and Sarah are the first in scripture to model it. Abraham is sitting...
by Patricia Templeton | Aug 27, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
“A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.” — Jeremiah 31:15 It has become part of the annual back-to-school ritual....
by Patricia Templeton | Aug 24, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Proper 16CAugust 24, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Eighteen years. For 18 years the woman has not been able to stand up straight. For 18 years she has been hunched over, her back so bent that all she can see is the ground around her. For 18 years...
