by Patricia Templeton | Mar 18, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, I have a request to make. I saw a photo on Facebook last night that took my breath away. A Catholic priest whose church has moved to online worship asked his parishioners to email him pictures of themselves. He then printed them out and taped them on the...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 17, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Forty years ago today I boarded a plane in Atlanta to set off on one of the great adventures of my life, three years in Thailand as a Peace Corps volunteer. Yesterday the Peace Corps announced all volunteers from 60 countries will be evacuated and...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 16, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, Outreach
St. Dunstan’s has a bold initiative for Lent – to raise money to forgive $5 million in oppressive medical debt for Atlanta families. We are working in partnership with Rest in Peace Medical Debt, a nonprofit organization that purchases bundles of medical debt...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 16, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Yesterday in church I said that this service may very well be the last time we gather together in person for worship. Today I have made the difficult decision that we will indeed suspend in-person worship for the foreseeable future. The CDC has...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 15, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
First this morning, I have to recognize the irony that two out of three of our scripture readings are about living water in the same week that we emptied the baptismal font as a precaution against the coronavirus. Perhaps that...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 14, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, General
“You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”1 Peter 2:5 Dear friends, Today we received word from Bishop Wright that although he is not...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 11, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS
All of the clergy in the diocese received an email from Bishop Wright today with new directives concerning Sunday worship in the age of the coronavirus. Here is what will be our “new normal” until this pandemic has run its course:1. There will be no...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 8, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Years ago I was interviewing people for a position at the church where I worked. One woman seemed very qualified for the job, and came across as competent, capable, and personable. The interview took an unexpected turn when she asked me a question: “What is your...
