by Patricia Templeton | May 19, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, The Church calendar today recognizes our patron saint, Dunstan. I have to admit that when I applied here more than two decades ago I had no idea who Dunstan was. He was an Archbishop of Canterbury, who died in 988. He was a leader in the revival of...
by Patricia Templeton | May 18, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Easter 5CMay 18, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton It is the very first church controversy, and like the hundreds, if not thousands, since then, it threatens to tear apart the body of the faithful. The controversy is ancient, but its content could be pulled...
by Patricia Templeton | May 15, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Many of you have heard me liken being the rector of St. Dunstan’s to herding cats, which is true. I quickly add that I love cats. This week the cats, the actual four-legged variety, have gotten the best of me. We all could use a little levity these...
by Patricia Templeton | May 13, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, Did you know that in the Episcopal Church we believe that Jesus doesn’t love white people? That was news to me, too. But that’s what far-right activist Charlie Kirk said today. I had to Google Kirk to see who he is. He’s big in MAGA...
by Patricia Templeton | May 12, 2025 | ANNOUNCEMENTS, News
Dear friends, I’m writing to tell you that Cameron is leaving St. Dunstan’s. He is officially finished here at the end of the month, but he has long planned to be away Memorial Day weekend. That means this Sunday will be his last time with us at worship....
by Patricia Templeton | May 11, 2025 | Sermons, Tricia's Sermons
Easter 4CMay 11, 2025St. Dunstan’sThe Rev. Patricia Templeton Today is the fourth Sunday of the Easter season, a day that is known as Good Shepherd Sunday. Every year on this Sunday the prayers and scripture readings reference shepherds and their flocks. We see...
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...
