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...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 29, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Amazingly, it was only two weeks ago that we were gathered in person in this space in what I suspected would be our last physical gathering for some time. It seems like a lot longer, doesn’t it? Our Old Testament reading that day was from the...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 28, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Tomorrow morning we continue the adventure of worshipping online, live streaming the Holy Eucharist at 10 a.m. You may have already discovered that all our online services, week night Complines and Sunday Eucharists, are also recorded online. That means...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 25, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
A message from our treasurer, Lee: As we all know, the costs of keeping the parish going continue despite the fact that we cannot physically be present on Sundays and other days. I am always awed by the faithful generosity of our community, and trust that faithful...
