by Patricia Templeton | Dec 16, 2018 | Tricia's Sermons
Advent 3C When I looked at the scripture readings for this week I was reminded of a game from Sesame Street. Four objects would be shown on the screen while one of the characters sang these words: “One of these things is not like the other. One of these things just...
by Patricia Templeton | Dec 9, 2018 | Tricia's Sermons
Advent 2C We hear today from the beginning of the Gospel of Luke, the gospel that gives us the most beloved stories of Jesus’ birth – the angel’s visit to Mary announcing she will have a son, Mary’s beautiful song of praise in response to that startling news, the...
by Patricia Templeton | Dec 2, 2018 | Tricia's Sermons
Advent 1C Today is the first day of Advent, the beginning of a new year in the church calendar. We have spent the last six months in what the church calls “ordinary time,” that long period between Pentecost, 50 days after Easter, and the First Sunday of Advent....
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 17, 2018 | Tricia's Sermons
Proper 6B I recently finished a haunting novel, Before We Were Yours, in which Lisa Wingate tells a fictionalized account of the true story of one of this country’s great scandals, the Tennessee Children’s Home Society and its director, Georgia Tann. From the 1920s...
by Patricia Templeton | Nov 5, 2017 | Recognition
For Steve We are here today to celebrate the life and mourn the death of Stephen Wai Seng Mark, and to commend him into the care of our gracious and loving God. It seems appropriate that today is All Saints’ Sunday, the day each year that we remember those we love who...
by Patricia Templeton | Mar 2, 2017 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, Outreach, Refugee Ministry
Dear friends, As you know, for the past couple of months we have been hoping to begin a ministry with newly arrived refugees. Unfortunately, our timing was not good. Just as we began planning to sponsor a family, the travel ban and hold on refugees went into place....
by Patricia Templeton | Feb 23, 2017 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, Outreach, Refugee Ministry
I heard yesterday from our contact at New American Pathways that although they have no new families of refugees scheduled for arrival in the immediate future, there are families who are already here and could use a sponsor. Only about 10 percent of the families who...
by Patricia Templeton | Nov 13, 2016 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
My sermon today begins with a preamble of sorts. That’s not the usual way to begin, but this has not been a usual kind of week. I’ve been preaching for well over two decades now. I’ve preached in many difficult situations – after natural disasters here and around the...
