by Patricia Templeton | Sep 11, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
September 11, 2001We Remember “It is the greatness and heart of the Christian message that God, as manifest in the Christ on the cross, totally participates in the dying of a child, in the condemnation of a criminal, in the disintegration of a mind, in...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 10, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” — John 1:1Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.” — John 14:6Jesus...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 9, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, As we struggle on in the midst of a global pandemic that continues to take the lives of upwards of 1,000 people a day in this country, the Church gives us a reminder today that we are not the first to live through treacherous times. Today on the Church...
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 5, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, In my days as a political reporter for the Nashville Banner, Labor Day weekend was not just the unofficial end of summer. It was also the time that things kicked into high gear in whatever political races we were covering. The same is true today....
by Patricia Templeton | Sep 2, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, In spring 2019 many of us participated in a project to collect soil from the sites of the 36 lynchings of Black Americans in Fulton County. The lynchings were identified by the Equal Justice Initiative, an amazing organization based in Montgomery, that...
by Patricia Templeton | Aug 28, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, It is a joy to have some good news to share with you. A couple of good things, in fact. First, Justin and Mike Camara report that Amelia’s adoption was made official yesterday in a Zoom hearing with the judge. They are now Amelia’s dads in...
by Patricia Templeton | Aug 27, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Just one thing today. The squirrels have asked me to pass on their gratitude to whoever moved the bench in the courtyard. It has made their lives much easier. The Rev. Patricia Templeton
by Patricia Templeton | Aug 24, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Both Georgia and the nation reached grim pandemic milestones over the weekend. Georgia passed the 5,000 death mark from Covid-19 (5,156 as of 3 p.m. today) and the nation marked 175,000 deaths (now 176,802). Medical experts say the actual toll may be far...
