by Patricia Templeton | Aug 19, 2026 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Our long-awaited picture directory is almost ready. I say almost because we want to give those who have not had their photographs taken one last chance to be included. Tom Wilson will be available to take photos before and after the service Sunday. If...
by Patricia Templeton | Aug 16, 2026 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, I look forward to being back at church tomorrow after some nice time away. I return with some unexpected news. I have a large tumor in the right atrium of my heart. The good news is that it is most likely a myxoma, which is benign. The next step is a...
by Patricia Templeton | Aug 1, 2026 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, When I was a senior in high school I had the privilege of interviewing legendary Atlanta Constitution reporter and columnist Celestine Sibley. Celestine went on to become a good friend and mentor and we had many conversations over the next quarter...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 16, 2026 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, I have finally reentered the world after my bout with Covid. Fortunately, it was a mild case, but it lingered for a while. I am glad to have it behind me. Every Sunday the flowers at our altar are breathtakingly beautiful. Flower guild chair Michele...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 5, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
The Fourth of JulyJuly 5, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton “God is not ashamed to be called their God.” This sentence from our second scripture reading today, a letter to the Hebrews, has been knocking around in my mind all week. That reading, like all...
by Patricia Templeton | Jul 5, 2026 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, What a beautiful service we had this morning, shaped around the Fourth of July. It was one of those days when the prayers, scripture, and music come together in a powerful way. That is what we hope for, but you never know if it works until we do...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 28, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Proper 8AJune 28, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Years ago there was a spy movie called The Good Shepherd. It starred Matt Damon as Edward Wilson, a Yale student who was recruited to work in military intelligence during World War Two, and then was...
by Patricia Templeton | Jun 21, 2026 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Proper 7AJune 21, 2026St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton “Do not think I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a...
