by Patricia Templeton | Sep 24, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Today is a significant day in Atlanta history, although most people are probably unaware of it. From September 22-24,1906, was the Atlanta Race Massacre. When we hear the words “race riot,” my guess is that for most of us we picture our...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 21, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Just a few things for you today. First, attached is the service sheet for Compline this week. For the first time in a long time we will be doing straight up Compline right out of the prayer book with no tweaks or added prayers, which I usually do....
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 20, 2020 | Stewardship
Dear friends, Today’s stewardship testimonial about St. Dunstan’s comes from Tommy Hannah, who has the espresso machine ready to fire up whenever we all return to church. Evolving steadily over the past three years, St. Dunstan’s has completely...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 20, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Two hundred thousand. Two hundred thousand people. Two hundred thousand deaths. Two. Hundred. Thousand. That is the number of deaths from the coronavirus we reached in this country this weekend, or we should say that is the official death count....
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 19, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, In the last 24 hours I have heard from many of you expressing your grief over the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, a true beacon of justice in our country. I share your grief and the determination to carry on the work she did so...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 14, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, In the early weeks of this pandemic, long before we knew how long the road ahead of us was (something we still don’t know) the vestry discussed two questions: How do we support those in our parish whose economic life has been affected by the...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 13, 2020 | Stewardship
Dear friends, In this strange world in which we have lived the past six months we have had to rethink how we do almost every aspect of church life. Stewardship is no exception. In a “normal” year today would have been the kickoff for our annual stewardship...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 13, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“Forgive your neighbor the wrong he has done, and then your sins will be pardoned when you pray.”“Peter came and said to Jesus, ‘Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often shall I forgive? As many as seven times?”“Jesus said to him, ‘Not seven...
