by Patricia Templeton | Apr 24, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, “What has been done has been done; what has not been done has not been done; let it be.”That line from the New Zealand prayer book’s service of Night Prayers (comparable to our prayer book’s Compline) is one of my very favorites....
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 22, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Happy Earth Day! In conversations and emails with many of you the past few weeks I hear a common theme — that for many of you being outside and rejoicing in the beauty of creation has helped ground you during this time of anxiety and...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 21, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Just a reminder that we are collecting letters and cards to thank hospital workers. Tomorrow and Thursday we will have a basket by the main door that you can put your offerings in. They do not need to be in envelopes. Kristine Anderson will pick them up...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 20, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, I came across this quote about prayer today from Ann Ulanov, a retired professor of religion and psychiatry at Union Theological Seminary in New York. It seems to speak to our current situation:”Prayer enters the non-space, non-time zone, that part...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 19, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Well, this is our fifth Sunday of virtual church, livestreaming our service first from the sanctuary, and for three weeks now from our dining room. As we enter our sixth week of staying at home I wonder – how are you doing? Are you in a routine that feels fairly...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 18, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Tomorrow morning, we “gather” at 10 a.m. for the Eucharist. There are two ways to access our services. If you’re on Facebook, you can go to the St. Dunstan’s Facebook page, and scroll down until you see the video (there may be a...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 16, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, You may have already seen this online, but in case you haven’t, and you need to hear something uplifting, check out this video. It was put together by the national church with 600 musicians from across the country. You’ll probably want to...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 15, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, We had a first for St. Dunstan’s yesterday — a vestry meeting by Zoom. It is amazing how much the world has changed since our last meeting on March 11, where we talked about the coronavirus, but had no idea how much it would change our lives,...
