by Patricia Templeton | Apr 14, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, I write today with the sad news that parishioner Nancy Young has died. Nancy and her sister, Pat Berman, have been active parishioners at St. Dunstan’s for many years. Those of you who are relatively new to St. Dunstan’s will not know them...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 13, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Well, between online services, social distancing, and tornado watches it was a very strange Easter, but Easter nonetheless. I am grateful to those who ensured we had beautiful Holy Week and Easter services despite the circumstances. Thanks to Claudia...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 11, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Dear friends in Christ: On this most holy night, in which our Lord Jesus passed over from death to life, the Church invites her members, dispersed throughout the world, to gather in vigil and prayer. For this is the Passover of the Lord, in which,...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 11, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, As I write this Saturday afternoon we are in that strange time in between the crucifixion and resurrection. I’d like to share a poem/prayer about Holy Saturday 2020, written by Cameron Wiggins Bellm. Holy Saturday. The world is, as we say, silent...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 10, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” This opening line of the 22nd psalm is one of the most plaintive cries in Scripture, or indeed, in all of literature. It is a cry of agony, despair, and abandonment....
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 9, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
It is the last night of Jesus’ earthly life, the last time he will have dinner with his friends. The specter of betrayal and death is hanging over him. So how does he spend this last meal with his friends, this last time...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 9, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Today we enter into the Triduum, the three days before the resurrection. Tonight at 7 we will gather online for the Maundy Thursday liturgy, commemorating the last night of Jesus’ earthly life. Tomorrow evening we gather for the Good Friday...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 6, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, On the first Sunday of Lent I announced that our Lenten project this year would be to raise money to forgive medical debt for some of the poorest people in Atlanta. Our goal was to raise $25,000 by Easter, with the vestry agreeing to match all donations...
