by Patricia Templeton | Mar 22, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Last week in what turns out to have been our last time to physically worship together for who knows how long, I talked about how often the scripture readings for a particular Sunday, in a schedule set decades ago, seem to talk to our current... by Patricia Templeton | Mar 21, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
What a week it has been as we have all adjusted to a world we never dreamed of. I appreciate those of you who have tuned in to participate in Compline at 8 every evening (M-F). Several of you have asked about Maisie, aka the Devil Cat, and when she will make another... by Patricia Templeton | Mar 19, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Well, our first foray into worship online did not go exactly as I planned. Maisie the attack cat made an unexpected appearance and pretty much stole the show. One of my favorite writers Anne Lamott calls laughter “carbonated holiness.” Maybe we all needed... by Patricia Templeton | Mar 18, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, I have a request to make. I saw a photo on Facebook last night that took my breath away. A Catholic priest whose church has moved to online worship asked his parishioners to email him pictures of themselves. He then printed them out and taped them on the... by Patricia Templeton | Mar 17, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Forty years ago today I boarded a plane in Atlanta to set off on one of the great adventures of my life, three years in Thailand as a Peace Corps volunteer. Yesterday the Peace Corps announced all volunteers from 60 countries will be evacuated and... by Patricia Templeton | Mar 16, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, Outreach
St. Dunstan’s has a bold initiative for Lent – to raise money to forgive $5 million in oppressive medical debt for Atlanta families. We are working in partnership with Rest in Peace Medical Debt, a nonprofit organization that purchases bundles of medical debt from... by Patricia Templeton | Mar 16, 2020 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Yesterday in church I said that this service may very well be the last time we gather together in person for worship. Today I have made the difficult decision that we will indeed suspend in-person worship for the foreseeable future. The CDC has... by Patricia Templeton | Mar 15, 2020 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
First this morning, I have to recognize the irony that two out of three of our scripture readings are about living water in the same week that we emptied the baptismal font as a precaution against the coronavirus. Perhaps that...
