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...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 5, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Today is Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week, the most sacred week of the year for Christians. Normally this is also the church’s busiest week of the year. Choirs will have spent weeks rehearsing not just for today and Easter, but for special services on...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 4, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Do you recognize this picture? It is the “aumbry” candle that burns in the church, signifying that Jesus in present in the reserve sacrament, the consecrated bread and wine that are kept to take to those who are sick or cannot come to church....
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 3, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Many years ago when I was in seminary studying the different services of Holy Week, my liturgics professor Marion Hatchett (one of the chief architects of both the prayer book and hymnal) encouraged us not to use palms on Palm Sunday. It would be far...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 2, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, In our ever-changing world I hope everyone has gotten the latest news that our governor has finally issued a statewide stay-at-home order. In accordance with that order, Bishop Wright has directed all clergy that the church buildings are now to be closed...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 30, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, How are you doing? Are you getting stir crazy? How are your anxiety levels, and how is that playing out in your life? What are your concerns and fears? It is hard to put an exact date on when this all began, but by my counting we are entering into the...
