by Patricia Templeton | Nov 4, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, And so we wait. All I can say about the presidential election is that by the time I press send on this email the situation will have changed. I have largely, and uncharacteristically, stayed away from the news and social media today, letting Joe and...
by Patricia Templeton | Nov 3, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Well, it is finally here. Election Day 2020. The day we have been anticipating for months, if not longer. In the past few days texts and conversations with friends here and across the country have been uniformly the same. “I’m so nervous! Are...
by Patricia Templeton | Nov 2, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Occasionally I take a look at a Facebook page for the parents of Georgia Tech students. I jokingly say that this page is the landing pad for helicopter parents who are trying to micromanage their children’s lives from afar. But there is also good...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 31, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Happy Halloween! This Halloween prayer seems especially appropriate this year when Halloween collides with a pandemic, an election, and the aftermath of a tropical storm. From ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 30, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, I hope that you have had your power restored. Claudia tells me it is back on at church (I’m in Chattanooga today), but it is still out at home and may be out until Sunday night. Fingers crossed that it’s not that long. Remember that this...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 29, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Good afternoon from Starbucks, where I am using their wifi. We are without power both at home and church, as I imagine many of you are, too. I hope everyone is safe and that you have not had any damage to your home. Here is the prayer for the Thursday...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 28, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Here is the prayer for the Wednesday before the election, taken from the Book of Common Prayer. Grant, O God, that your holy and life-giving Spirit may so move every heart, especially the hearts of the people of this land, that barriers which divide us...
by Patricia Templeton | Oct 27, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, One week from today is election day. There is no such thing as an inconsequential election, but with a rising pandemic, an economy in shambles, and issues of racial equality at the forefront, this election seems particularly important. In my sermon...
