by Patricia Templeton | May 8, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, So we have a new pope, and shockingly, he is an American, albeit one who has lived outside of the country for decades. There will be more to learn about Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, in the days to come. But for now we should all pray for him as he...
by Patricia Templeton | May 4, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Easter 3CMay 4, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Every Sunday one of the most dramatic moments of the Eucharist is the breaking of the bread. The loaf of bread is held up and broken, a symbol of Christ’s body broken for us. For a long time here at...
by Patricia Templeton | May 3, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, I am looking forward to being with you tomorrow after a post-Easter time away. I had a great time in London. We had communion at Westminster Abbey, listened to Evensong at St. Paul’s Cathedral, admired the grandeur of Canterbury Cathedral. And, of...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 20, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, What a glorious Holy Week and Easter morning we had at St. Dunstan’s! It takes a whole church community to put all those services together. Special thanks to the altar guild, which set up for four entirely different liturgies; to the flower guild,...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 20, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Easter 2025April 20, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Early this Holy Week a post showed up on my Facebook feed that has stayed in my mind all week. It was by Joel Webbon, the pastor of a large church in Texas. Webbon describes himself as a hard-core...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 18, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Good FridayApril 18, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” This opening line of the 22nd psalm is one of the most plaintive cries in scripture. It’s a cry of agony, despair, and abandonment. It...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 13, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Palm Sunday CSt. Dunstan’sApril 13, 2025The Rev. Patricia Templeton We entered church today at one of the highpoints of Jesus’ ministry – his entry into Jerusalem. Jesus is at long last coming into the city that is the political and religious center of life in his...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 10, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, This Sunday begins Holy Week, the most sacred week of the Christian calendar. Beginning with Palm Sunday we hear the dramatic story of the last week of Jesus’ life and how God defeats even death. To fully understand the joy of Easter it helps to...
