by Patricia Templeton | Oct 4, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, How wonderful it was to see some of you this afternoon at the Blessing of the Animals. It was a beautiful day, and the Beech Grove was the perfect spot for our first in-person gathering since March. We had about 25 people, 12 dogs, a fish, and pictures...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 4, 2020 | Stewardship
Dear friends, Here is this week’s stewardship testimonial, this time by vestry member Jackie O’Connell. I hope you have enjoyed reading these as much as I have. Especially now when we can not be physically together I have enjoyed hearing people’s...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 4, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
This year as we have made our way through the strange time of a global pandemic many of our Old Testament readings have come from the Book of Exodus. Both have been interesting, and often parallel, journeys. We’ve heard God...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 2, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, We still have spaces available for the Blessing of the Animals in the Beech Grove on Sunday at 2 p.m. This will be our first in-person gathering since March 15, and I am very excited to see some of you face-to-face for the first time since then. Diocesan...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 28, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, This Sunday we will have our first in-person gathering since March 15, an outdoor Blessing of the Animals. Note that we will still have our usual online service of Holy Eucharist at 10 Sunday morning. The Blessing of the Animals will be at 2 p.m. in the...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 27, 2020 | Stewardship
Dear friends, Today’s stewardship testimonial comes from Hollis and Bessie Holland, stalwarts of the 8:30 service. They also have the distinction of having tuned in to every online service since March 15. That means every Compline as well as every Sunday...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 27, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
This may be an apocryphal story, but it still rings true. The great philosopher Alfred North Whitehead had just finished his opening lecture in a course on cosmology, the study of the universe, when an agitated student came up to him. “I’m sorry, professor, but...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 26, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Attached is the bulletin for tomorrow’s service. Pentecost-17-Proper-21-20A-September-27Download And remember that next Sunday, October 4, we will have our first in-person gathering since March with the Blessing of the Animals. It will be at 2 p.m....
