by Patricia Templeton | May 31, 2023 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Last week I had lunch with Winnie Varghese, the rector of St. Luke’s downtown. She told me about a project they are involved in during the school year — sending backpacks full of food home with kids on Fridays to help them through the...
by Patricia Templeton | May 28, 2023 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
John Howard Griffin was 16 when he left his home in a small south Georgia town to study in France in the years before World War II. Once there, he joined the French Underground and began helping to smuggle Jewish people out of Germany, putting them on boats to safety...
by Patricia Templeton | May 27, 2023 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Tomorrow is one of the major feast days of the Church, the Day of Pentecost. Pentecost is a celebration of the Holy Spirit, God’s continuing presence with us. We invite you to wear red, the color associated with the Spirit. And remember that...
by Patricia Templeton | May 21, 2023 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
In Sunday School this spring we are viewing a video series called Living the Questions that explores what it means to be a progressive Christian, how and what we believe. Last week, the discussion centered around how we interpret scripture, including how a story may...
by Patricia Templeton | May 19, 2023 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Happy St. Dunstan’s Day! May 19 is our patron saint’s day of remembrance on the church calendar. During the 10th century, Dunstan served as the abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, the bishop of Worcester and London, and the Archbishop of Canterbury....
by Patricia Templeton | May 14, 2023 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“Now who will harm you if you are eager to do what is good?” We hear that question asked in our second reading today. It’s a rhetorical question, and at first hearing sounds a bit naive. We all know that doing the right or the good thing is no guarantee against being...
by Patricia Templeton | May 11, 2023 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, This Sunday we will be observing an old church tradition, Rogation Sunday. Rogation is an ancient church festival to seek blessing for a community and its sustenance. The word rogation comes from the Latin word rogare, meaning “to ask.”...
by Patricia Templeton | Apr 30, 2023 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
“All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need.” I have been preaching for almost three decades now, and in all those years I have never preached on this...
