by Patricia Templeton | Oct 30, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, I hope that you have had your power restored. Claudia tells me it is back on at church (I’m in Chattanooga today), but it is still out at home and may be out until Sunday night. Fingers crossed that it’s not that long. Remember that this...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 29, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Good afternoon from Starbucks, where I am using their wifi. We are without power both at home and church, as I imagine many of you are, too. I hope everyone is safe and that you have not had any damage to your home. Here is the prayer for the Thursday...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 28, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Here is the prayer for the Wednesday before the election, taken from the Book of Common Prayer. Grant, O God, that your holy and life-giving Spirit may so move every heart, especially the hearts of the people of this land, that barriers which divide us...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 27, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, One week from today is election day. There is no such thing as an inconsequential election, but with a rising pandemic, an economy in shambles, and issues of racial equality at the forefront, this election seems particularly important. In my sermon...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 26, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Well, yesterday the weather was not our friend when it came to gathering for worship. Let’s hope it cooperates for this this Sunday. Here is the link to RSVP: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050F49ACA822A1FD0-church3 This Sunday is All...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 25, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Today’s gospel reading is one of a string of stories in Matthew where the religious authorities are questioning Jesus, trying to trap him into saying something wrong or heretical. Today it’s the turn of a religious leader who is also...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 24, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Attached is the service sheet for tomorrow’s worship. Right now we are planning to be online and in-person in the Beech Grove at 10 a.m. We are hoping that the weather will allow us to be outside. If it is raining in the morning we will have to...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 22, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Life in the pandemic has brought liturgical innovations to in-person worship that were previously unimagined. There are the new accoutrements of worship — masks, sanitizers, and Eucharistic pincers (see picture below). And there are new practices...
